The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-09
DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE:


DASTARDLY OUTRAGE:
Alex. Ritchcy Waylaid and Shot!
rwo rEnsoxs ARRESTED EoR the
On last Saturday there was trial be-
fore = Justice, at Winslsv, In Pike
county. OF James McCarty. for ceiling
liquor 10 minor. NcCsrty was one OF
tie owners OF the whisky saloons In
Orwell and Oakland, which we're re-
Gently destroyed by mobs. and passions
ran high ca both sides. The McCarty
boys reside st Washington, and have
several slloons q different small towns,
and this prosecution was Que of 3 num-
Der began against them. in several cases
OF which they had already been lined
Alex. Eifchey was one OF the active
spiriis. la connection " it'll many Others,
urging the prosecutions and WAS also
said TO have been engaged in the de-
struc,ion Of The Orwell saloon. The
charge was not sustained by the Justice,
and number Of the witnesses, Ritchey
with them, len for their homes about
O'Clock in tie afternoon. Just at the
edge OF Winslow, on the Sulphur
Springs road, stands sm old unoccupied
log house, and the assassirs concealed
themselves in this house, and fred upsu
Eitchey and another, named sullivan.
with riGes and rsvolvers, as they PASSED
0e house on the road to rleir homes
Asrge number Of shots W ere fired. and
Eitchey's overcoat has Is bullet holes ia
Il; but one shot, however, took effect
that striking Kim in the side, aud pese-
traiisg his BODY 80 deep that the bali
Las not Levn recovered. sad which il 10
thought may vet prove fatal He vas
supported on his horse by Sullivan until
they got out of range Of ehots from che
house, when other parties who had ned
at tie FIRST firing, vera induced to help
him along to where medical aid could
be procured.
Ritchey add Sullivan were warned
in Winslow ths' il they remained I'll
night their lives would be ia danger, bu'
supposed by leaving early they would
be safe. The assassination vas a very
bold one. being upon public highway,
near town, and In the presence OF sever
al persons, but the asssssins were con
cealed in the house, so they could not
be seen. and fired from the Ion, through
. crack between the house. plate and
logs. -Four men, armed with rifles were
seen going into the house, q short time
previous, aud were afterwards seen to
leave it. This Is one Of the most das-
tardIy outrages which has disgraced the
history Of Pike county, End the good
citizens owe II to their fair fame to see
that the guilty towards, who skulk in
old houses TO take mems lives, ars
brought to punishment. Ii Is no excuse
that these parties were guilty Of an out
rage previously. They were amenabi.
to the law, and should be punished By
the law, to which the McCarty boys haf
already appealed; and they had no RICH
to complain IL they were prosecuted fol
violating law.
Two men, whom We are INFORMED
gave their names RS Alstatt and Bilder
back, have been arrested for the shooting
and are in Jail al Petersburg. awaitin.
the result Of Ritcheys wound. Jane
MeCarty left Immediately for Washing
ton, aud will be able to get out of reaol
OF warrant, should one be sued GU
against him. and be desire to.
4 party Of men from Orwell went L
washiu gton, and proposed to attemp
TO arrest the McCarty boys there, bu
the "Finnegans" showing resistance, tn
self-coustituted Orwell police, though
discretion the better part OF valor, an
retarned home as they went. Bravol