The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-01-10

whore her child and her guest wero
8 lcepiug At ,ais instant a terrific
crash of thunder shook the earth
md the tempest broke down the
narrow pass IN which tho house
was situated with frantic howl
Nj the earthly noises we're drowned
in The conflict of the elements A
vivid fash OF tightening however.
revealed the figure Of NadaaIs Mas-
chez's;anding in the doorway Sia
still Iaeli the hatcl at in her band
but 1t was dripping blood.
In fhe brief moment which had
passed a.huIaan lifs hal boon isken
for the siks of 4 Jew gaw -glws anl
o couple of hundred francs.
Such was the tragedy which oc
CURED in the. Andurre pas on the
night Of September TO- 1853, as told
Mt his trial bv the husband of the
murd less himself $, quick nm |
noiseless had the crime been tina,
the little child, who had been avail;
enel by the crash II The storm hal
heard no other sound than that
which h,l disturbed her slum5 ers,
and went to sleep again.
The femi,e iiyress cpmpallnd her
cringing spouse, by furious threats.
to assist her in dragging tho BODY
into tho kitchen Unior cover OF
the storm this was done without dpv
lection. AMI The pack was ljkowiao
transported to tho common room.
The sheepskin over which III, mar
dcrei man had b3on lying vas soak
el with his blood, aud to.gathe.
with bis clothing. was thrown inSo
the fire. The pools OF blood on ths
earthen floor wore speedily soaked
up by the gronnl
The only evidence Of the murie,
left were The pack The hl.chct. and
the corpse THIS htter was qiickly
| disposed Of IN n shed M tho back
Of the house were half u dozen wine
casks, most Of them empty. Toto
ono Of these the boly was thrown.
md at daylight Madame Mlsclaz
hcaisd It MP with hor own hanls
land ran it fu, Of water.
Several dlvs pls3ed, tho M,aahez
house was always 50 bosst with v,si
tors thlt No opportunity for bur,a
" Tho body occurred. NJ ons had
seen tho ped Her enter the house
Innd hia absence was not noticed.
Ga Scntembar IS, .h9 littlo gir'
While nt the village echool oi -. p
10 Icon, oShhi,el very lila sili
lands 'rchicg oHa Of : uun5Jr c)n,
thinel in the reiller's pack. Tn,
honIicrchief attracted the attention
IoI tho village priast who tandlg ia.
school, gnj ne as!.e1:
Whore dill y1l get this fa9
;crchiof ,ay dear ?
Mother has plsnty Of them W.,
the innocent rpaly. The strans,
nan with 81 bl9l!s who slept at on.
house one night nul never went u
way aEtia, bal them.
The caiit had ua willingly b,traY
cd her guilty parent Suapeatinl
something from her remark, tn.
priest at once disp;tc1el 81 mc3s3n,
gor for the a!clile. Ffa cana nc
ramplnleI by . mllesoer FROM An
!Drre, who, thlt very ns1ruiug IN.
called at his h jGis - inlpiro llr tbs
missing p1Idler, % VIII Im ho wish
ed 10 deliver some goods. Withil
"a hour tho school wnq dismilse |
aud n strong party Of villagers as
semblel, AMI undsr tho leadership
OF the priest ao | alcalle, sot on. 10
the Maschoz honse.
Tho ftrm.houss was dasortsI
From n gully behind it, hoyever
came sonnd rs Of splitting wood
and guided by it, the party pushe,
Dn. As they crossed the patch o
vegetable garden at the back Of th'
house they noticed asmooth track OF
the ground as i'm heavy wine cash
had been rolled over it. On reach,
ing the gully this tract was exp iiu'
ed.
At The foot of the steep banl
Maschez himself stood. spade il
|; hand, beside trench newly dug
and deep enough to accommodat
|, the body of n man. Madame Mes
|, chez, armed with y sharp but rust.
hatchet, was beating in the head Of =,
> wine cask near by. Her face VII
flushed aud her manner determine,
Her husband, on tho CONTRARY, wa
pale as death, and trembling in eve
ry limb.
Without n word the party made
rush for the guilty pair. At th
crash of their approach Madam,
, Maschez beat the head of the casl
in, aud turned, with weapon uplifte,
to meet them.
In the caske, almost fnll Of water
they could see the head and shoul
ders Of Il man
With a howl of fury the half saw
ago mountaineers rushed at th
murderers, unable to escape, the q
nnzon facel them dealing blow at
ter blow with tue formidable weap
|, on in her hand. Half dozen of th
assalants sustained fearful wounds
: Then one ofthem with q frantic rual
, drove the tines of a hey fork, wit
which he was armed, clean, througl
the body OF the murderess. With
, furions cut of her hatchet she sever