Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26

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place. and insfesd of the senseless rId-
icule, there IL shamed silence or open
conmeudation. Ipredict ZACH Chand-
Ter will make the best Secretary of the
Interior that the country has had since
the foundation OF the Government."-
Robt. Cratghfon, Washington Cores
pondsnce Danbury .Nsrs.
Illicit Love And Murder.
- fhe following despatches explain
hemselves-R Richmond, Va, GA
Telegram received here from Barbour
vile, West Virginia, on the line Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, states
that the body of Charles F. Meeting,
a young and prominent citizen of Ca
bell county, West Virginia, was to-day
found buried in his stable. He dis
appeared ON Sunday night, aud bis
wife told PLAUSIBLE stories of his alb
sence, which for q time misled the
neighbors, but at last suspicion grew
so strong that search was made, with
the result Indicated. The supposition
is that Meeting was murdered by his
wife and Edward Williams. Williams
has for some time been in frequent
communication with Mrs. Meeting and
their losing relations have been noticed.
1t is conjectured that Meeting had by
some means discovered the intimate
relations of tue two, and they knowing
the consequences of the discovery, &C
complished his murder. Williams and
Mrs. Meeting tave been arrested. There
is much excitement In the neighbor-
hood, and threats of summary ven
geance have been heard.
CONFESSION OF THE PRISONERS THE
MAN LYNCHED-A NARROW ESCAPE
FOR THE WOMAN.
CINCINNATI, Jan. % "A Gcxetfe
special says: Edward Williams, who,
wirh Mrs. Meeting, was arrested for the
murder Of the latter's husband, was
taken from Jail last night at Barbours-
vile, West Virginia, and hanged by a
mob. The prisoners we're assured by a
minister that sufficient evidence Of their
guilt had been obtained, and that the
Jail was surrounded by mob Of excited
people, but both ceried any completely
in the act, although the minister con
tiIued praying with them and asked a
confession. The mob finally forced the
keys from the jailor, took Williams out,
placed him under a tree in the court
house yard, where, with rope around
his neck standing on barrel, he made
a confession. He expressed the hope
that the crowd might obtain Gods for
giveness for their crime, as he had for
bis, and declared he was happily started
on his journey home to Heaven. He
died after fifteen minutes of terrible
agony. Mrs. Meeting was then brought
out, and placing her in front of the
dead murderer, the crowd called for
her confession. She said Williams had
been her paIamour tor three years, that
she had been tying FOR the past three
months to poison her husband, without
success; tha. " illiams struck Meeting
on the head with an axe while be was
asleep, on Wednesday night, afterwards
cutting his throat. She assisted in de-
stroying the evidences of the murder
and in burying Meeting. She accused
herself Of being the cause of the muir
der, but begged pitifulIy for her LIE.
Though the feeling was very strong
against her and the crowd voted unani-
mously for her execution, no man could
be found who would put the rope around
woman's neck, and she was returned
to jail. Williams body was left hang
ing until cut down by the authorities
this morning.