The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-12
A TRIPLE HOMICIDE.
the bush Rangers Of Pennsylvania
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TCor New York Herald
CLEvE's VALLEY, Pa, July G.-Scat.
tered along a spur of the Blue Ridge, east
from this place, known as the Skenalwall
Hills, are several huts occupied by a trib,
of Blush Rangers numbering about
400. They belong to the lowest order of
human beings, and live more like wild
beasts than men. In the summer the
women and children peddle berries about
the adjacent country, while the men steal
hoop-poles and railroad ties from the land
surrounding them. In the winter they
live by thevery and hunting and trap
/ ping. They dwell together promscu-
| ously. having but four family names
/ the Carkers, Mullins Dozmans, aud
! Maces-and have long been the pests OF
! the neighborhood, though till now no
! deeds OF murt!erous violence nave been
! charged against them.
Early on the morning of the 9th OF
Iuly.a half-nakcd boy from the hill ran
! into this village with the report that
/ there was big tight on the hill, and that
JamsCy Carker had killed Beans Carker
! and stabbed al Carker. and had himself
! been stabbed by some one in the fight
"Jamscy" Carker was the acknowledged
! champion OF the tribe, and beans Car
| ker was his rcputed brother, a. "Sal"
was his sister. They were all three al
! most giants in size and strength. On
the night OF the 81 the woman had been
in the village aud procured two gallons
| OF whisky.
On receipt OF The above news number
of men, with an officer. started for the
| hill. and found the cabin of Old Mullins
! >urrouded aud filled with prOmIscuous
crowd, every member Of which was yell
ing. swearing, screaming. or crying. and
all were gesticulating wildly Sal Car
ker was found lying on the ground in the
cabin. with fearful cash in her lett
breast, from which the blood was stu
| flowing. Dr. Ware at once pronounced
her wound iatal.
The woman was conscious, and. al
though weak, asked the doctor savagely
"Have they killed Jam>ey Carker yet,
damn his soul:'
Some drunken friend of Jamsey'> re-
pied:
mo. they amt, by God, and they
won't while I'm here
The woman attempted to spring from
her position on the ground. The blood
gushed from her side As she rose partly
up, and she tell back, gasped two or
three times. and expired.
On Il pile OF bushes near the Carker
cabin lay Beans CIrker. the murdered
! man. He was cut from his hip To his
lower rib. on the left side. and had a stab
in his right breast. II was evident from
the nature 0l his wounds that they had
been almost instantly fatal.
Ii was apparent that the sentiment OF
the rangers WAS largely in favor o.
Jamsey. the murderer. and wild inquiries
were made tor the man that had stabbed
him. One drunken savage swung knife
| about his head and shouted, I'm put this
in the heart OF the man that hurt Jamscy
Cirker.'
Jamsey Carker could not be found, nor
| would any on" give information of his
! whercabout. or OF the origin of the dis
| turbance.
Old Mullins and several Others were ST.
! cured, and an examination before JUS
| lice vi the peace was held in the evening.
! which showed that for some years there
had been iued between .jamsey Carker
ami the family OF Joseph Mace, which
| consisted OF his daughter, Young wo-
| man known as Mia. and John Mace. her
brother. The quarrel originated in the
| deposition Of the proceeds OF a lot OF
stolen hoop-poles, Mace claiming that
| Carkcr had cheated him out OF his share.
| Numerous fights had occurred over the
matter, IN one Of which Carker was bad
| ly punished by the three MaceS. Six
months ago Beans Carkcr went TO living
with Mia, and subsequently he and John
Mace put up hut. and were joined by
Sal Carker, or big Sal" as she was
called.
On the 4th Of July, towards evening,
nearly every man and woman Oh the
hill being more or less crazed with liquor,
Jamsey Carker met old Joe Mace. and a
| night soon followed. Beans and Sal Car
ker joined the fray on behalf OF Mace.
This was the signal for Others TO take
sides with Jamsey. The first person
stabbed was Beans, who had grappled
| with his brother. The latter ripped his
| side open with long hunting knife, and
| then slashed him with it in the breast
| and threw him from him. Beans was
| picked up dead and carried away by John
Mace. sal Carker had seized Jamsev
around the neck from behind and, al
| though three or four men grasped her
and tried TO pull her away, She held
tightly, and was choking him badly
when he turned half around, and, raising
his knife, buried it in her breast. She
hung OH with bulldog tenacity, but was
torn away before she received another cut
from the knife that was raised to in
/ nv -io lilN hOultll WAS NIdn1tl
away the crowd closed about .Jamsev,
some shouting "Kill him Kill him -
but the majority fighting for him. While
the struggle was going on Carkcr threw
up his hands and staggered back, eX.
claiming, "Im cut, I'm killed some.
body's stabbed me :" The crowd opened
and he was borne home. lie was cut IN
the abdomen and groin. After being
taken to his hut he was, on the approach
OF the party from the village, carried ,o
a deep cave a mile distant i'm The hill
| where he subsequently died, his body be.
ing brought back To his hut while the eN.
animation was in progress. Opinion wa,
divided as 10 who inflicted the tataI
wounds upon him, some believing they
were the work OF his sister, Sal. while
Others credited them to Joe Mace, but nc
reliable evidence could be procured of the
point. Eight others OF the tribe were
more or less seriously injured in the fight
The desperate fray and triply fatal con.
sequences will, it is believed here, lead a,
once 10 The enforced removal of the ont,
law band from the neighborhood. Legal
steps Will at once be taken with that Oh,
ject.