The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-05-05
A EpsperadU,s Crimes.

HoNsDALE. Pa. May 1.-Ge)rge Kent who
was ai1es,eu some three weeks ago and lodged
In jsil IN thls pace, on charge Il attempting to
Dut II the village o. Forest N Ills, IL n desperate
criminal. DuriIg the past ten years 40 has
been terror 10 his sictOn. lie was first ar.
re ted for alleged murder OF his wife. lie oscar.
Ell punishment BY mysterious disapprh rance
Of The remains o. MS wife, whicn had been ex-
humed iOI anavsI". All the par les who were
nc i've in Cau9ng his arrest Tor the murder after.
wmd suffered ON the burning Of their mills
barns, hut OtLerl lullulngf. Kent was aitcTwai d
are TED Tor Tue counts ion OF several highway
fObOeilCs ana buI games in the western part Of
tAe county but USCs pcU from his Ca DtOrS on the
way e. jail. tor year he eludud the officer S.
and h Yered about IN the woOCs, bun ing saw
Miis, farm buildings. and other property. To
escape the consequences ct hIs revenge, the
parties seeking his punishment sett ed with
MN, ana ne again maze hls appearance.
Shortly afterward he wayuid the sdopted
daughter OF wealthy farmer III the weeds of
Salem turnpike Hs snU Vas rVtuiniug from
school, Gnd assaulted her. Complaint was mn de
again Kent. anu he was arrested Indicted,
anu admitted 10 bail The week before his trial
there was spelling school in the district school
house III Salem. The only witness agains Kent
was the grl he had outrage She left home
about Gark to attend the spelling school. she
has mover been seen or heard Of since. Kent
was hrfested on Cn aTge OF killing her but EO
evidence could be brought warranting his dc
tentiOn. Kent las since been III CUSTODY on
charge OF rape, bul glary, arson and attempted
every case
lie recently appeared in the manufacturing
villa OF Forest Mills, near the LuzerEe Q county
llne. IncendaIy fires have been prevalent IN
that sectlon ever since ana although Kent was
DeleNtd TO be lie incenuiary, the fear OF him
was so great that no measures were taken Dy
the sufferers 10 h We HIM puni he'd A number
Ot disastrous couhagratlOns occurred in the Clty
OF scranton during the past winter. and all Of
undouDto0 incen1iary origin. inl since the ar
rest OF Kent for the Forest Mills outrage, it Is
sald that circumstances pointing TO him as tho
incendiary have been discovered.
Kent was discharged rom tle employ Of the
Forest Mills Manufacturing Company some
months ago. The dwellings, OF certain en-
ployees weI burne1 sOun after. Three week
ago German living at tle mills revealed to the
superintendent late at night plot OF Kents for
destroying the entire village. Investigation
showed that kerosene oil and other infiamab1e g
stun had Leen placed a,Out the fac .Ories and
torch. The doors of a house occupied by one uf
the tOiemen and his family had been fastened
wllh chains, so that they could not be opened
from the inside.
Kent would have been lynched II he ncensed
operatives had found hun, but he escaped to he
woods He was captured q lew DAYS al erward
by officers, ana lodged In jail IN Htnesdale. and
II was believed that he was at last to meet h! 8
deserts. On Saturday evening Iast however
he escaped from tile Jail by rushing suddenly by
the Sheriff, VINO had entered his cell with his
Iations. He reached the street. and escaped in
the dai KNEES.
Honestale, Pa. May 2-George Kent who
b. Oke J,ll IN this place on Saturday nignt, Was
4 una under a hHystack in field at Indian Or
chard, tour miles below this place. yesterday
afternoon. lie was brought back to his quar-.
teIs. ana Will be tried this week.