, 1880-09-03
"pOOK TOMS A COLD"
A Bit Of Red-Oak Justice in Pick
away County, Ohio.
Tom Mcdaniel Taken FROM n Sick
Bed and Hanged by Wig
iinnts.
History Of a Notorious Rough Who Has
Terrorizcd the Community for
Years,

Years.
SPsetst IN ttneinaatt L"ntnsrefa'.
cOLrMrts.. IL. Sept. l.-rI<].nrs Mt Tho
Stale Fair frntn the 1,Urtllcrn part of Pick
away County brought tho rcIn,rt this innrs,-
Ing t!l2t TUm Mcdaniel fIasl b,.en IynclIctt
Ilear Commercial lt'!n, last night. Your
correspondent tMlk horst. an,l buggy Atat
ttrnve To the sncl,g of tile tragedy, utna pro-
cnrct full hIstnry bf tiln outlaw, n,nl tl,tt
details Of the summary ,na1liser III wI,[clt he
wns launcl,sal into eternity. Getlon nr CnnI-
snefenl Point, nS It Il s,w caf!et. BY s1n.rias
act 0f the Legislature, Is situated III Srtu.o
Township. III the northwest part III Pick
away. 1t Is twtntynilts from CtrrleytIlr,
thirty fr1n 1.ohltjlf, tic ct.1,n ysent If Matl-
Isan. and nlNn,t twenty frDm this lpo'nt.
Thclp Is no FailrOat( or telegraph eanlit,uni-
casst'sss. The n'ail rcacllc. there three snlcs
week by tho WHY Of Ashland, nitle iniles
distant, which Is The nearsst railroad In,Ent
MI tho Sesoto Valley. Tile village, is III tlle
/ Is threaded in alt t.irectlb1ls by It
system Ut l;nu woods. Tho country
for miles around, from I)arbysyillc to slt.
Sterling. In Madison, and fro,u Harrisburg
alMl f3onur's corners, III Franklin. to Com
InerclH, 1'nlnt, fl 1'lrkaway,' ~ Populated by
one Of the l.,,st prosperous class tg farmers
~ Ulh. The nHlulsitlps tirt dotted witt,
',riSk llst:s aIli iInc barns, sncil ~ atc s.slI
H. tile 1ihe strml'lE country about York, IN.
They are lnw-ahitltng .Atld shcial. md ltnye
1erll happy ut!til tfn lust ten yetrs, during
wiirl, lfne Tu,u Mcdaniel las terrnrizpt1
tl,is wl,ole rSElon nf c'l1try enRnginE III ~
lmpunty. Ills chief passiun Inns lecn to
cut. carve, anil stlubt; h!, greatest weakness
has been for hrass-,nidlpu ri>tnjs untj tWt,-
c,!gcti Knives. lie cnine To- this. co,,,,try
WIS WIS., fnr',,'r,y M y IT taiI!.utII '!. It's "ie Kv
rom whence lie fed IL cscam
}-~frst fur engaging In cutting scr,,,W. lie
Syeurs ngu ilu be,,,lll to work for aIr. decker,
Il frijnw Of lin" u.],|reys. ;,,.J ut it tt'a ws
hn,nis,,lilc. lie heEuJIr,l il y,,lIIE ,nl,el,ter
%s Sf Mr s PseEsr s o AtS lS a M W's oi 'a %t Sr r
jler. Tic elnpr.nciit ciri.;e,l great scandal
and cxcitv,r.!t in tllr ,elslLorhV"l. nil liz.
Girls !brot'tcrs,, hume am| Peter DECKER,
Sotwltlista,,ii'.r , ii ,ep III tnn,s' M nisr rom re-
turned in Il wpcl; fro, lis bri.iMi trjt,. ro,Ic
iuiu the j'uIIt viii, l,s brnss t,is,,fs lin, lis
bride, l,antlng for gore nini ungcr fi,r n ffay
that would pli.,lu lin Ia tierinlatc tlIc DerE-
rr nctrs. nl,t, Tins {uerrnsu nix wff.,s slinrt.
OF iIcr fathers yust property
Decker uwIlrd tthl utl,,s eff lnnd. III. set
apart stl,0ut 80 ayrrs for Alice t,lll her hlls-
bAsnl, ami u}lllt u leut little cnttsve OH lii.
If liz woiit ,m,t tli, better. Tonl rcw,iytltd
liswif,,'s fHthnr;s "s,,tl,ienr.. nv im,"ulfnt"tv
beginning to tiu worse. iie refused L, worE.
aud the cnutI,Inn .of tic o,llnltsrs on tf1
SlIurtly aitcr @ his l,larri;,Eu IL Lc aticntiru a
viii h1,iIt nj 1lIIn,miltl' .,mi NJ, lii ~a,.
through Inc latiut ir brral,l,. pIfeti,ir,i nj
Tliol,iis j5erkct. tlry.g0,uls merchant. and.
Iii. Ijckct. jIv,cd M d ersli,s stnnnp NJ 1iS Ey
% bystai,j,r ,infil,y nul1ed lin o,r on,, ,,rf.-
yentri hin hratniiip ilrk,.t wi,l, !, ,,fr,ms. ~ mnf
buggy siufi. i,,pt Ilwk.., viii, Is INV u,,u
house to sllltur}ntri,I lie nrrnnpp,uej,ts for
thc ftllMrnl. "''e
Several years ago tl,ero was n !,o,,se.wnrit,-
lift M f d Fra,Ikii, a, % o Vent " I'd SoSn s,Gi WIFI
unt M ;nyitntsm i" hsin wnrm thc i,,,11s,. n,ul
tv guests 10 tlu nIst t,f ti,, tinl,,,. liz nr,t.
vukesi u 9lIarrrl Gy stepping ol, lid tuu Of u
s,tis, a v%F WIS Ms @ @ y. ei is 70 ~ ~
inls Gn jn.rn'9 iSri.,,. I,.ts, i'm. ,.r,,wI MID
brought ,iuWI Il til,ll Il,lIllwl liuck i}rrrkrll-
rf,lgo hy slun,ilug lin In tl.e th!xi, Tnlt
a @ ~ ia arrsst t"r tts r'r.'', c"'rt'u
Latter liz turlleu detective, ,Itul went to
Srrs gft via VIA ',;'s!e': was "lfy I wi, Ief tr"Wu %
stnnrs IL n truin on thc Nmskinsum Vni,sy,
slut u hin Muu III ly fc t,I M',s ,rrrsle1i s him. . ii.
@ WIZ nevcr ne!rsietl fnr ills i!ttle plcasauiry
b. , tIe a'llcers i M of q thc law
Il fuir mufrj, Uf doubtful rcn,1tn ut The
American House, III DurbyyIlI. ilo ncyrr
sioi,t,tal Ia i,,Uulra wimtllrr iii nttuntjtrls
;o w"uEl be ugrrrulr. % i,lt ealJcI or % nvr o,'l,
Sji,nl,cr. hy rEinIblns n,, II iuli,l]er's waroil
aid ,s,,int l,rs,,lElI fil,. wiu,lnw. lin tI, in,