, 1879-05-31
HUNTED DOWN AND HANGED.
Tho Fato Of Two hIurtlerers and Counter.
fafters III TIL. rsnnsylyanta CoAi Ftcld..

Tho Fato Of Two Murtlerers and Counter.
fetters III ths Tennsylyanta Coai Fteld..
tD' D'rtsuondtate Cfnctnn9n Gaselt.
STaonGsTowN, Pa, May 20.-A lively sensa-
tion has been treated hcre hy the announcement
Of the tynchfng Of two notorious characters,
who. until recently, made this region their base
Of operations. sanford MAs,lis Ii pa.nc we'll
known in trlminas apuIa from Ills connection
viii what WAS known as the " Mardt gang " of
countcrfclters Of which he was tho recognized
leader. lie served out ono long term Of In
prtsonmcnt In thu Wessern pen,tentiary at
Pttsburg, and It fs understood tho officers l,ava
been for soma time looking for bin, upon anoth-
er charge. William Sheppard, a notorious
scouudrcl, Inns numerous times been tncar-
eeratea IN tho Cambria County Jati at
EbennburE, for various offenses. Ths last
t!me lie was Imprisoned was upon the
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rAfunbie horse by Sheppard, by means Of q
bogus chrek on an Indiana bank. Sheppard was
a pal OF Mnr.l!s, And both lived near here. Tbesa
two men layo osen !n'lssng, from Their former
launts tor aeyeral weeks. ntld tlctr whereabouts
we're unknowp.. although detectives weru look
Ing for them In Western Pennsylvania and OAt0.
It scems tint Mas.lts and Sheppard wandered
IN compuny into tho ssate Of 1ndiana, alld, Arl-
tux the -nae.7es without money, nnd knowing
that detectives wcse hard upon their heels, de-
cIled to cxtrIcate themselves from their di!lt.
Guilty by robbng private rcadence. The occl,-
pant Of the house, q widow, was murdered. AMI
her money, the savings Of Years, carried Oh.
The uetghhoys, upon the discovery OF tho foul
deed, speedily hunted down Mpri!s and Skbp.
pard atsd lys,chcl them. After hauxlng uutil
they Hero dead tue two murdescrs were cut
down anl buried 1t the foot Of the tfeo which
had eerged rs a ga1!oWs. Tile location Of tho
cs!snc RnA lynch1saH Was IL Indiana, tome-
whcre near the Illinois line. Tho d.
tertEyes hare been furnished With suili.
cicnt Information by q committee OF lynch.
era TO warrant the return OF report to their
suEerioFs that Marlls anI Sheppard are at last
out Of tho reach Of tl,a law, These criminals
disappeared about the time OF tic finding Of the
corpsc Of Hogcr Rush, who was murdered near
hun1nerteld. and IRON ceFtatn eytaeneo that has
bccn adduced s!nco their Ight II Is believed they
were this ulurdcsers Of Rush. Atisa Mury Fahy,
ot phtta1clph!a, tie cousin Of Rush, thoroughly
rcpudatcs the REPORT that hc WIS accompanied
from CnclrnAt! BY several acqualutAnccs hnd
scct!on hands OF tie Littlo Mlani Railroad. and
who had murdered him fur bis muncy. This
statement, Of course, lifts the shadow ot sus-
ptcton fran those who Her6 his associates I'll
Ctuclunati ana Plitaburg, tu which ptsce Rush
walked after lcAyIng Columbus. Tho murdered
'nHn Mas Seen Id contpany, nrAY 6utntnuriptd
with two men, who spswcr :i,e description OF
Marslts slal Sheppard, just preyious to the flnd-
lug Ut h.s lnut,ated body, mud 1t IL presumed
they killed him and plare4 his body In sllcA
position near The railroad track as to c0tlycy thu
1dea that ha had been run oysr BY tsa!n.