The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24

BELoIT, Wis, July I5-George
Mack, q farmer living four miles INST
Of this city, was yesterday found
dead in his barn. He was lying d.
rectly behind his horses, aBd had nu-
merous gashes on his head aud face
and ribs broken on both sides. A
Coroner's jury was ~impaneled, aud.
upon examination, came To tue eJn
%clusion that the injuries could not
have been inflicted by the horses. as
was at first thought possible, but
that be came I o bis death at the
hands Of some person or persons un-
known. A hired man named Frank
Dickerson has been arrested on sus-
picion and lodged 10 the lock up.
Much suspicion also rests upon the
murdered mans wife, between whom
and her husband there have been
frequent quarrels. She testified be-
fore the jury to having struck Mack
with a water-pitcher Friday night,
inflicting a bad wound on the tem-
pie, but this statement is doubted,
as the pitcher was not broken, and
the wound was not such an o as a
weapon of that kind would be likely
to produce. Dickerson has bad IA
rious quarrels with Mack from time
to time, and it is said has threatened
to kill him. He is greatly agitated
and much broken down.
JANERvILLE, Wis, July 15-The
horrible death Of George Mack, in
his barn near SHOPPER on Sunday
last, has been the topic Of converse
ton on the steeets to-day. The In
ter-Ocedn representative, notwith-
standing the intense heat, drove to
the scene Of the bloody tragedy, and
cleaned the following facts from those
at the house and the neighbors: IL
appears that Mr.. and Mrs. Mack
have been at war with each other
for some time, which eliminated in a
general row on Friday. Frank Dick
erson, a German, about 90 years of
age, has been in Msck's employ sew
eral months, but was discharged,
owing to the Jealousy entertained by
Mack that Dickerson and Mrs. Mack
were criminally intimate with each
other. Mrs. Mack hired him again
about the lst of July Owe husbands
protest. Diekerson told Mack on
one occasion that be would kill him,
and drew a revolver. The matter
was hushed up by the wife's inter-
ference. and peace again reigned-
The hired man, Mrs. Mack, and the
three little girls slept up stairs, while
Mr.. Mack occupied a room or the
ground floor. Mack worked in the
field during Saturday, and was in
his room in the evening. He was
heard to go to the barn at ii O'Clock,
for what purpose is not known. but
be did not return, and was not een
until found by the boy Joseph Watsie
at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. lie
Immediately gave the alarm, and
Dickinson, who was awake, came
out and helped to carry the deceased
into the house. Diekenson's job was
to feed the horse, but on this morn
Jag be requested Watsie to do SO.
The body was terribly bruised, three
ribs broken, an ugly cash on the top
Of his head, face badly dis6gured
and bleeding %profusely, q broken
shoulder, one hand full of black mud,
AID his clothing covered with blood.
Officer Robinson, Of Beloit. arrested
Dickerson after the inquest, who re-
marked, "My God, am | arrested tor
numbering George ?" Mrs. Mack re-
piled, well, you didn't do it, did
you Frank 2" Dickerson was so over
come that be nearly tainted away /;
and when be reached Beloit he was
fearful Of being lynched by the infu-
rated populace, and hurried to get
into his cell. Every evidence thus
far points 10 Dickerson and the wife
az the perpetrators, and it is the opin-
ion Of the doctors that no horse ever
produced the wound found upon the
deceased.