The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-22

aitefuoop, aou ne having found sufficient
evidercs u hold them, thought it best that
they BE- committed.
ANOTHER CLUE
The following postal card was received by
the Postmaster at Easton during the day:
| "WINCuEsTER, rs May -, IS79
| "A man with sandy gray wniskers, in
which there was fresh wOuGd SS II they hsd
| been pulled out pass u through here yeSier-
/ day afternoon going west Perhaps lie l. tue
\ man who committed Tbc f'Ei .el near your
| place yesterday He haG GA brown overHlls
| and waist. I. W. GARDINER
There is no abatement OF the excitement,
and IL i well for the murderer, or muriererS'
| that the good people of Elston have had no
opportunity 10 punish crime " TIA a tight
rope attachment. The particulars of a visit
to the ground where the deed was committed
will b. published 10 morrow.
FIIDAYs PRoC EDINCs.
The readers OF The TIM.I are already ac-
quainted with the eyideuc- prod lc.d before
the eoroner's jury rI,.IuIIs III horrible
murder of MIS-. Hannah Cost, Ilo. near Eas-
ton, on Wednesday afternoon and of the ar
rest OF two men who were thought TO be
guilty of the crime. The particulars OF the
arrest are nearly the same as in any otne- case
where the citizens arm themselves ard scour
the county to discover a iieni il human
shape VINO would BE- guilty OF such a blood
curd'ing oieLse. As TINES reporter.
in company with SEerin p. q Love, were
rapidly riding along the road toward the
scene Of the tragedy and discussing its terri
ble character the attention OF the two was
attracted to
BODY OF HoRsEMES,
who Were seen to suddenly appear in the |
road AT the Eight Mile house, wheel about Il |
a second, scan the road, and move toward |
Easton with two men on foot ahead of them, |
leaving one of them at the house as a guard |
to investigate the approaching buggy, con |
taining the said sheriff and TIMES man, who
was then merged into a full fiedged deputy. |
The solitary horseman was Peter Boyle, a |
young man well Known In the neighborhood |
as honest and straight forward. His appear
ance with big navy revolver strapped TO |
his thigh, and his manly, determined man
ner made him appear more of a soldier obey.
ing orders than a neighboring quiet farmer
boy. From him the sheriff learned that the
other horsemen who were yet IN sight, con-
sisting of constables Cole, Smith and Messrs
Jno. Hines, Bus. QuarIney, NJ. Langley, Jas.
Turner, Jno. Calk and two others, together
hundred others o: the yoans and old men
been all over Easton township IN search OF
ihe murderer or mulderers, and that his par
ty, who had been detailed to patrol the
anes about the Eight Mile house had
1vertaken two men, whose names were Mil
Ter, whose characters Were none of the best,
AMI VINO al been seen near the place where
the murder was committed at a time which
cad 10 a suspicion that they were the gully
parties,
~ THOUGHT YOU WERE AFTES Us"
Mr. Boyle said. 'wheu We. rode up To them
In The lane north OF the EIznt Mile House,
The Youngest one, the son, VINO was after
ward called BIge by the Old man, his father,
turned around SHARPLY, and when We Ievel,G
Dur Tevoiyers at them, anu / told him espec-
ally, to throw mp his hands, he said, 4
thought you were after u.s. The two were
walking along the lane, seeming to be IN "A
hurry, as they were walking fast
Mr.. BOyle's conversation as he rode along
beside The buggy drifted into the generaI
ee!Ing OF the community which was that
ROPE
IS much cheaper way to get rid of a Grim
Inal of the kind IN question than the tedious |
OF the law. The sheriff, after
some conversation with other members Of |
The party. drove on rapidly with his COM
panlon 10 Easton, leaving the prisoners To
follow.
AT EAsTON.
on arriving at Easton everything was
IOund To be In a tumult. A hOTseman had
brought IN the intelligence OF the arrest of the
arrest of the arrest OF the two men and the
older ana wiser heads were planning IA way
20 keep the hotter heads from going too lar J
IN a hanging scrape. Sheriff Lowe counsel
ed as never man counselled before; quiet and
atht rllke.
"BECAREFUL, GENTLEMEN,
FOu may have the wrong man." The answer
was: I'VE do not wish 10 punish the innO-
cent, but II We find the rlsht one -mM, -
md the determined looks which accOmpau- |
ed the expression told more than could pos
'lbly be described on paper.
After receiving Intelligence of the receipt of
he postal card, published yesterday, regard
ng the man VINO passed through Winchester
he Sheriff and his companion visited the
SCENE OF THE MURDER
which covers an area OF over two hundred
eet. While walking over the ground the old
ST detective or any man accustomed to see or
write of deeds of crime could not have pass |
II Jest. The character OF the woman who |
ias been a res ident of the township, within
few rods of the place for twenty years, and
lot "A stain on her good name; the fact that
Ter family of six children although cOmpar-
lively poor, were without blemlSh, called
Orth spirit in the breast OF the stranger
Oward the murderer not unlike that eX-
reSsed by the neIghbors who had known
he victim for years. That the circumStau-
las, too true. There have been many tnsO- |
les advanced but none haye been practical
xcept the arrest ur attempted arrest Of any |
rho Is character to be suSpiciOned.
The location of the scene of the Ouutragc, |
: hastily sketched by The TINES reporter, l.
resented below: