The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-26
He had been connected Tor over two
YEATS *itha gsngef burglars who''had'


worked ther midland At counties, and ,EAad
,oqsEteken ,|t9e robbery Of Geeds]l'.
confederateS that it would repay the risk.
In taking the adjoining house, his design
was to work through into the cellar.
which, with the laid Of his goodman and
groom, who. were his confederates. he
could soon have done. But accidentally
discovering the means Of communication
by the pump, he planned the New Years
Day to get the Goodalls and their do.
mestics QUO Of the way, so as to ransack
the house without any fear Of detection.
After he had made all his preparations,
the detention: of Miss Goodall at home
with sprained ankle seemed to upset
all his plans. He had got everything
in the house on credit, and it was des-
perate game, so than rather than loose
the. last chance he resolved if needs be
to take the. unfortunate woman's life.
When be quilted his visitors for the
purpose Of accompanying his sick guest
homes: he. was but performing a part of
the, plot, the supposed: lady being in
with. HIM. The carriage stood below in
the road without exciting suspicion with
the female accornpllce seated inside,
while Mathews returned to the rear of
the house, and passed his son through
the pump. hole. The lad, acting on his
fathers. directions, easily opened the
back door and admitted Mathews and his
supposed 'groom!* The door was again
closed and fastened, and the boy handed
through; the hole again to confederate.
AS Mathews was about to ascend the
stairs, Miss Goodall, hearing noise, cried
jout.in' an alarmed voice.
=. "Who's there o. 49,.
=; Mathews. darted back to the kitchen
and seized the poker.
''Come on, - said he to his confederate,
scr we shall be bagged.'' 80:
-; The two passed hurriedly towards the
parlon. Mathews entered, and, before
Miss Goodall could utter a scream, BRAIN
ed her with poker. Then they turned
down the gas and ransacked the library,
proceeding next up stairs. The groom
moved all the booty to the carriage,
which was driven off,. Pausing for a mo-
ment, lest the carriage wheels should at
TRACT the attention Of any*in his own
house, Mathews xat length opened the
front door to depart. There was faint
light in the hail, which was shed on the
uniform of a policeman on the sidewalk
below, Mathews. with great presence of
mind, looked up at the sky as though
scanning the weather, and than Renter
ed The house and closed the door. He
locked it as he found it, and returning to
the kitchen, directed his son to be pass
ed through the pump-hole as before.
This was done, and after quitting the
house by the back door, the boy bolted
it and was safely drawn back into the
adjoining kitchen. The poker with which
the fatal blow was struck was dropped
into the we'll. Mathews then followed
the carriage into the Edgbastcn road,
where it awaited him, and drove off to
superintend. the disposal. of the stolen
property. This took him longer than he
expected, and, on his return HON lie, after
midnight, he excused himself to his Wis
itors by saying that his companion was
SO i'll that he had to remain with her un-
till the arrival OF. "a medical man.
Mathews was hanged at Warwick in
the spring 'of 1874. His confederates
were not captured, and it is supposed
they fled to this country. t..