, 1880-02-16
Tho Residence Of Henry y. Allen
Entered anti lSurglnrizcl.
Mr.. Allen Shot Three Times and
Instantly Killed.
a Young Man Stabbed to Death at
Kennedy, N. Z.

MURDEr, AT SANDWICH, I'LL.


Ing two bslrKlnrs entered tho residence nf firun
I. Allen, ono nf cur heat nn,l well know, eltt-
zcns, md shot him tlcht Tho house funts tho
wcat, tho l,ctlrN,n being I'll tho nOrth eitlr. n
window opening frnm tin ci,st ettto OIL to bnck
porch. Tho blinds Of this wIn,1uw wcro open.
Tho bedroom Ia Il small nnc, tho l,ctl II, the mid
sllo cutting tho rDnul In two. Two tlnprs, one
fn each sl'2o Of tho bed! open into Tho sitting
rnofn. As tracks wrro found OH this
porch. it Is surtntscd Tint tho burglars
first came ro,lr,ti nrd onkch through tho c,tst
window into tho bedroom to survey tho rtH,l,l.
Then going nrOt,l, they entered thH totisr by
turning tho key lit tho rront tlrur with II pnlr nf
nIppcrH. The taller n,lc stud IN the hull, mud tlio
other, paRsing through tho sltting-rnon entered
tho bedroom 6y tho Gust 'for, on which sle MIR.
Allen slept. Ito tDnk ttnwn tho 1verc0ut from Il
mil, rltled thu pockets, thriving I'LL nccn.,,t-
book under tho 1>tf. Ito then tnHk down AL
!oh's pnlltuonns, II, which wcro his pt,clsctl,ook
md witch. Mr. an1 Mrs. Allen then lwuku, nlld llu
arose, saying I'll a surprised nnnncr, "iinlIo
You're hero nro your" From this It is supposed
that ho recognized thutn. md, Cutting up, nj
tempted u got possession Of Ills puntnlon.is
Tho b,lrglGr, probably thinking tlcn1 tncn tell
no tnles, then rcd four shots from thirty-two
cNItlro rcvolver ut him In 4,ltck succession, tho
revolver bolng hold sD close 10 him ttlnt three
discharges burned his bMly ind shirt. Ono hall
entered four Inches nbpre tho nIrcl, passctl up
wnrt}a md backwards, going through ono nJp Ut
the liver, between tho fsIirth md hftll rlbS
III his bAcls, md WIS found In fcntl,or
lick. Another bull entered tho left brcust, brukc
tho secu,d rib nnt1 lodged In tho sktn ncar tho
spine. Another bA1i entered tho ate of his Nelll,
two Inches nliore md a lttlU bnck Of the left
car. passing through, tho skull duwnwnrds
through tho bnHg Of thu ,rafli, 1Nti lHtyed nuAr
tho ctrv!cul vortlbrfr. Another ball gr1lzed the
scalp olt tho buck plrt of tho hend, making
flesh wound merely, md wns found III tho pillow.
Either 0,lo Of the first three bnla wtMlld haye
proved rntn. Thcrc were als0 bruises un the
tDp Of the forcheld indicating that ho had bccsl
struck l,y hrnss kn,tcktcs 1lr1liscs wcrc found
OIL his legs md knccs nso+ showing TINT he hntl
been kicked. All tho circumstance show that
thorc must hnyu been terrible struggle.
3!lssi I.!hbie ., tho slnuKhtcr nf tho murdered
mnn. who slept ut-sta!tN, lwOke ut tho first shot,
and ran screaming down to the foot Ut tho stuirs.
Mrs. Alien, who during tho struggle hnd run
Into " closet oN her ruutn, then begnn seroa,,r-
tall man, cxclAln to tho other: "Gud damn
1t! hnvo you got htm2" Tho nun
WIN shot, II short, thek-set MIN,
answcrcd "Ycs I hnve." "Then why In
hell don't yon conio?" sal1 tho other. II unl
cDn,ing,' no rcplted I" and wouldn't till ind
finished him." Tloy then stnrtcd to run out,
ono iii his hnssc tt,mhlLrlR over II atand, and
dropped an article Of clothing which will be
valuable Glow 10 ls tletoctlotl, Il sperm candle
nlso being loft. Mtps Lfbbto soon nftrr followed
them, and run shrtcking over to tho ncigllbors
after help. Whou tho ncghbors arrived tho
murdered man wis found lying on tho
tlnur, fnco lOwnwnrrls, with bis head to-
ward tho door. ]. X. K,ter, or J[tncklcy,
tho Coroner, was Immediately notified by
telegraph, md arrived ut 9 Il. III. He impnnocd
n jury, and tho inquest continued NIL day. The
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