The sun., 1879-06-01

! Rad from waerynle.
IT, Tooi.af5 sI,, SGsis wash s.;,s was murdered
Entrance 10 dooryard.
2 Road to negro shantv on the hill
karn burned when wash was murdered
Q Barn burned BY the mob.
ii The orchard
u Hop deld
The house and garden stood on a bank well
up from the road. Persons sitting on the front
doorstep had n splendid view Of the valley.
The road to Watervlle is in sight for miles.
In the daytime no one could approach without
being seen. There were farm houses within
an eighth Of mile in either direction. Fifteen
years ago II was thrifty farm. Now the fences
are gone. the barn yard is filed with rusty
ploughs and mowers and old wagon wheels.
and the fruit trees are unpruned. Cut timbers
have boen thrown across the foundation Of the
largest barn. and covered with straw. making
shelter for a few il-looking cattle. rusty
baystack stands near il. The only mark Of cul;
tivation is the hop field. filed with poles and
green creepers.
WHAT PLUMD SAYS
met Plumb in fenceess road at the side OF
This hop field. He wore hickory shirt coarse
patched brooches, and a black slouched hat
fire has not died out from his keen blue eyes.
His complexion is clear and his features regu-
lar, but there are wrinkles around the mouth
and well defined crows feet at the eyes. He
peered at mo curiously as drove up, ana
luuGlel tlht ne showed "a llepD5lllhu 10 run
On learning my errand he tai lked readily. The
old place was burned on Sunday. June II 1866.
he said. There must nave been over my IN
the party. knew many Of them. The heit Of
them We're vile, disgraceiul scalnps. There was
pot decent man among them"
"Yes" -" he replied. " but no papers were shown
or served The Sherirs son and Eph Conger, "a
deputy. caught John StOner. Dutch boy who
worked for us. and wanted him to show them
secret passage that they said led from the house
70 the barn. The boy said that he knew Of no
Rnph Then they hung MIN to make
him confess; but he had nothing TO confess
They askcd him great many foolish questions
about whore the Loumses cave was, and such
things. Then they went tor me. and said they
were going TO hang me. They told me that
me me- 10 hel. where / belonged. At irsr thought
they were joking hut when the Sherin went
back over the nil and Eph COnger slipped the
rope over my head. and Asa stone began 70
draw 1t oyerth limb OF thetree. began 10 think
know how long | was hanging. When l came
% the house was ahre. They had touched
1t from top 10 bottom. They opened kcg Of
powder aud laid trains from room to room.
Tho house was plundered before 1t WIS burned.
They tried TO get mother and sister and my
wife and the other girls all Ia one room, - that
they could burn them with the house. Mother
and Cornclia tried to put the fire out. but they
took the water pals away from them ana threw
save some Of The things. but the mob threw
Them back into the fire. Then they haudcmlled
my Old mother who was 70 years old. They
Burnt 1p $3.50 that WINS owned by Hester Gran
dali. There was no insurance on the house.
once iu $50 and again when Wash. was mur-
dered iu 800 This last timo they lred a iarge
straw stack. All tins WIS done on sunday
morning 1t was a disgrace 10 civi zdilop a., ,
Who do you think murdered Mash.F l
'Wen. l think Fnklns was one OF them"
Plumb replied but | didn't see him. Cor
nelia Grow. Nellie smith and Louisa Gates
and one came aiterward, Ne and DEMO were
Rsloep up stairs. and Clrnella told US what was
going on. and We got away Wash. was AZ years
DID wh,n he was murdered. He lived about 3 X
hour. ana died without epenking word. llls
bkull was broken, and there were wounds on
his shoulder aud body that appeared 10 have
been made with II butter SAMPLER"
he died on Feb. 20, tweuty-three years ago
rornelia is 53 ana Plumb himself Al. He says
bis mother called him Plumb because h9 was
lhe name Is spelled with b. He asserted that
bis brothers and sisters we're honest hard
working people and repclled with scOrn any
impuiaton upon their character
ROSCOE coSKLINd's ACCOUNT OF THEIR DoINGs
The report Of the Prison Association AYERS
lhat tho Counties Of Oneida. OsweRo. Osego
Madison. ChenaLgo, SchOharle. Delaware, ana
Bul.iyau were under the heels OF this gang
Tho IopulallQn, according 10 the CENSUS o.
1860, was AS follows;
oncida.......... loa7l3 s'hoharie e3 35s
Dswcso ............ 1921 D. aware ........ A. o3,
ots 60 ..'.''.... l@hlN Sullivan '.''..'.'''' S2Ff
CheuAuso...,...,,.. s735I TotaL...,.., 90. 4i622l
So that nearly half lion people were prac-
tlcally in subjoction TO this lamily. Public at
sentioq. in ben EuEope, and America, was
VieB, in IN article entitled Crime in the State
OF New York" printed in January. 1867. char
acterized their doings ~ beyond belief, and in
stancod the failure OF all attempts to bring them
TO justice AS a proof tnat Republican nstitu-
tlons were a failure. Horace Greeley anathema-
tized them through the columns Of his journal
and eminent men for once eyinced disposition
to.EIpk at tho doings Of vigilance eommittee
THE Court cannot close It's Dyes" said Ros-
GOO ConklDg In the Filkins trial, but must
lake judicial notice Of the fact that for series
OF years numerous crimes have been commit
kod In this county and vicinity some OF them