The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-28
TWO MURDERERS HANGED.
4 MOST SHOCKING GALLoWs SCENE
TMlY,S LANDING, N. y.

Occasion w omen and Children taxing
{, Upon the spectscie-Tbe strapaied Boy-A
Free show-seIiipa the Hepaman's Rope.
In that poor, sandy, barren corner Of
New jersey known 40 Atlantic county, upto
the 9th Of August last an aged farmer, named
George Chissled, and his daughter Sarah strug-
eIed with the sand flies and mosquitoes for
precarious existence. Half an hour pat mid
night on the morning OF the day named, the
daughter discovered three men prowling about
the house. She awoke her father, and when,
shortly afterward, the providers dem anded sd-
mittanoc, It was denied them, the old mau
and the girl realiziog deadly peril In the pres
snoe Of the strangers who presented themselves
at so unseemiy an hour. That their fears were
not unfoundsd was quickly proved, for the
three mon began furiousy stoning the house
and bsttering the doors to force an entrance.
Scarcely pane Of glass was lett whole In the
windows. The besieRed did not dare to show a
light, and could but dimiy see their ssssilants
in the feeble rays Of murky moon. At length
the attack ceased, and the old farmer, opening
his door, peered cautiously forth to see
n the rufians were gone. Again and
again he did so. dreadiDg further depre-
dations upon his scanty property. and too
anxious to retire to rest. yet imprudentlv ex-
posing himself moro and more each time he
looked out. The third time he did so be opened
wide hts door and stood upon the threshold.
At that instant the loud report Of q gun rent the
stiffness OF the night. He fell backward, dead,
almost into the arms Of his daughter, and over
his body, trsmplne him under foot, rushed the
three robbers into the house. Sarah Chiseled
sprang into room at one side, aud the three
men. no doubt dsemiDg her secure for
leisure butohery. locked the door upon her
and proceeded TO rifle the house. They found
a few silver forks and spoons, heirlooms In the
Chiseled family. and some $50 IN money, all of
which they took. while thev were thus
gagged, Sarah manas cd TO esc pc from the house
Through the cellar. and ran In her night clothes
TO the dwelling OF v iism DICK, the nearest
pear that he made any enor, that night to dis
cover the perpetrators OF tue outrage, or that
came to spread an alarm. Probably Il was
deemed hopeless to attempt doing SO In that
light the news was carried TO the village Of
Elwood. creating the most intense excitement
Chseled farm. They found nd the ,T eefpse OF Of the the
old man still lying IN the open door, where the
OF shot had torn bis neck to pieces. and some
s9attering pellets had penetrated his heart.
The house had been piundered OF all the val
suspicion was quickly directed against the
"tbe Pine Rats" some a5 In number, who
lived at a place locally known AZ Tar Kiln Neck.
tue murderers, on the night of the tragic occur
renoe a dog known 90 belong TO one OF the
Speaking German to bis oompsnions @ amid the
storm OF oaths and threats which they uttered
ns s,sG%ps ~ sb the p1S nos's % The mo,, notorious
orally understood TO be their leader. was huge
aso 6lm.a ysSx NIL az dees fnd s%S inches
70 be lhorouRhy bad fellow. IL was at once
AMI a posse visited his house to search for evil
dences OF hts guilt They found Mrs: Hill and
upon an earth noor 10 a condition OF AFFECT
bqualor, Dart and destitution. Jack Hill was
not at home, and tneir search here as bootiess.
Inhabited wrr-
visited. As II instinciively popular suspicion
the per- letrators OF the assassi sinatiOn, associat
Ing VII the name OF j ok Hil those Of John
hrss man ans we're snd law In ,ba I'M
H I'D. Johnson. q brother In law of D-yton,
positive proof OF their guilt was discovered. He
had lent them a single barIelled shotgun, "a
rusty, cheap, pot-metal piece with huge bore,
and hsd oaaed it for them with heavy charge
Of No. shot, without. however, any knowledge,
as be claimed, OF what use they proposed put
ting ITO. Portions Of newspaper were found
In his game-bAR, voluntarily tendered by him,
Which matched with the fragments Of MADE ding
npwn from the gun when the fatal shot was
hf I'd. An article about Moody and Shnkey
III htched when tue peoee thus found were put
together. ln the gradual accumul ton OF esi-
dance anotner important feature was the ending
Of tracks about the house where the murder
was perpetrated, which were recognized Ms hav.
Ing been made by the big nail-stuIdeo boots VI
Ihe cuiprits aed to tho almost impenetrable
Iecesses Of the Johns Branch swamp, pursued
by almost the entire male population the
county. Men armed with shoiguus ana arcom-
night. The fIeeholders Of the county offered
rewsrd OF t3o-a fortune 10 this part OF the
escape Hi, Fuilem and Dayton appeared to-
eether al Ds Costa station on the Camden aud
snd ammunition, rendering IN paynsnt there
for bank biis stained with blood. Failing IN
again n,o the ss swamp, % wtiSs ' i 'ISSes aose
i've mites long and two miles wide, and
through the tanRiea unierbrush. The deter
mined pursuit instituted by the Nnr9s posse
cessfu in driving the asssssins to iis verge at a
point known as Penny Pot, on he Egg Hsrbor
10 the authorities Of the Eastern Pententi ~ OF
fennsylyania. asking the loan of boodhounds,
IT VS. not deemed safe. however. to take Inc
animals out, owing to their excessive ferocity.
Then the chase was continued with the mongrei
ours OF the nesboorhOod; but, from the lime
the fueitises we're sten at Penny Pot. they were
arrest.
On Aug II It was reported tina, they had been
seen In PhiladeiDhiH, ana the police OF that city
Instituted u yigianI watch upon the residences
OF the mothers OF Hill and Fullem. but nether
Aug. Is, Mr.. Thos, Lyon. President Of the f. 81.
ern Ice Company OF Philadelphia. Intercepted "a
letter postmafkeu Camden, N. j., addressed to
Mrs. POLLEN, who was IN hts employ. He opened
y and fouud inside another letter posttnarked
pame1 Croshton, informing her tbat her son
John and Two otner men were there, on their
EyerlY, Mr.. Lyon aud his sou, a police officer OF
fh,Iadelphii. went 70 Muney and there effected
NituOul ulmCully tho hff0Ft Of the laws.
Soon after tuey were captured ID yton turned
States ev,ds1ce, aveTring tnat he had been
forced to accompany Hlll and Fallen, under
lbreats Of death uttered by the former. and that
he WIS present when Hi crept close TO q =.
eleds door ana fired The fatal shoi. On the eth
of Se0teInDeI The trul WAS commenced at Aiay',
Landing. mud Oh the 2eth liiil and Fullem were
condemned to be hanged on the 21th Of Octo.
Der; ID YtOn to be oonhned In State prison for
torn OF twenty yelrs.
The train whIoh wont down 10 Mays Landing
from Camden on Thursday evening, rs h inst,
carried a detachment OF Atty two men belong
Ing 10 the SIxJn N. q. 4. N. j., under comm ana
of Caut. J. II. Austin, ordered to report 10 the
Ghenn Of the county 10 do guard service about
the jali during the night preceding tne eIecu-
tiOn.
ABOUT ~ O'Clock in the evening, the con-
demnsd ueu, speaking with turnkeyF. N. Moore
VI the door Of their cull remarked that tbev
hao not previously believed tney would ever DO
hung, but that now they had Liven up all hope
OF esGaping their doom They then, after halt
testnglY king each other whether they shOdld
tako IN their irons or wAit for the sheriff to do
80, TO tue intense nstonlshment OF the
turnkey, broke on ana HANGED out TO
him the HhAckles aud handouts which
had confined their limbs The irons
had been sawed through uuul scarcely more
chan the thickness Of hthTead wa. left and tho