The daily gazette., 1880-12-28
A VILLAINS FATE.
THE FIRST LYNCHING EVER
KNOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
HORRIBLE STORY OF BRUTAL PASSION
AND CRUELTY.

HORRIBLE STORY OF BRUTAL PASSION
AND CRUELTY.
EAsToN, Pa, Dec. 81, 1880.
Two crimes of the most terrible and
most sickening character, by which
three human beings have been de-
prived of existence, were committed
within the past twenty four hours at a
little settlement called Santee's Mills,
a few miles east of Easton. The story
is not pleasant one to read.
BRITISH Low
Joseph Snyder is a worker in the
Coleman Ore Mine, was about twenty
eight years of age, German by birth,
of muscular build and not bad looking.
He had lived for some time as board
or in the family of Mr.. Jacob Gogle, of
whose daughter, Alice, be became en-
amored. Alice was but fifteen years
old and her parents objected to her
acceptance of Snyder as a husband.
Thus there arose ill-fseling between
Snyder and Mr.. and Mrs. Gogle.
He bad frequently made advances
toward Alice, the prepossessing daugh
ter of Mr.. Gogle. The daughter had
complained to her parents of the ac-
tions of Snyder, and her father had
had several stormy Interviews with him
telling him that he must either leave
the house or stop at once his disagree
able attentions to his daughter. On
Saturday they had bitter quarrel, and
Snyder was told that he must pay his
board and leave the house. Yester-
day Sunday Snyder remained home
in cheerful mood, joining with the
children and two girl friends, who had
come from Farmersville, few miles
distant, to spend the night with them,
in in singing their Christmas anthems,
which they were practising for an en-
tertainment in which they were to lake
part in few days.
About eleven o'clock last night Sny-
der arose from his bed, and entering
in a nrde state the room where Mr..
and Mrs. Gogle were sleeping Drained
each of them with an axe. He then
sought the chamber Of the young girl
whom he had professed to love. With
her there were at the time girl named
Clara Young, who was paying her a
visit, and her younger sister, Mary.
Snyder here conducted himself in a
shameless and brutal manner, and the
terrified girls-two of them mere chill
dren-screamed at the top Of their
voices.
THE CHAMBER OF DEATH.
Clara and Mary, crying "Murder p'
ran down stairs into the room of Mr..
and Mrs. Gogle and crouched, trem-
bling with fear, upon the foot of their
bed. Hearing no sound from the cou>
pie whom they supposed to. be there
the strange silence increased their
terror, and Miss Dung, hastily spring
ing to the floor, struck match upon
the wall. The scene which met their
gaze under the feeble rays of the match
was enough to freeze the blood OF
older and braver hearts. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gogle were there, but they were ap-
parently dead. The bed clothing and
even the wall were covered with blood.
Overcome, almost faint horror, the
girls gave only one glance, and then
tottered headlong from the room and
mounted the stairs screaming.
HOURS OF TERROR.
The murderer, bravely repulsed by
Alice Gogle, was still in her room; bul
when he heard the approach OF Clara
and Mary he savagely seized them, and,
pushing them into another room, locked
The door. They remained there for
some tilne shiyering with both cold and
terror. The murderer then went down
stairs and taking off his shirt burned 1t
int ha 1fn Tho uIrls Ad
in the second room for several hours un-
Ill they were almost dead with fright
aud suspense. Alice Gogle, looking
through pipe hole in the floor, saw the
murderer putting his shirt in the stove.
She asked him what he was doing, aud
he replied that 1t was not his shirt but
some shingles that he was burning. She
told him that she knew 1t was his shirt.
THE ALARM GIVEN.
Snyder now went out and alarmed the
neighbors, telling them that murder
had been committed at Gogle's house.
de did not appear excited or concerned
ia The least, but while the neighbors
we're assembling he took care TO aisap-
pear. This was about four O'Clock this
morning.
The excitement and confusion were
great, and little or nothing had yet been
done toward caring for the children or
looking for the murderer. Threats of
lynching were at once made contingent
upon the finding of the murderer.
With Snyder's disappearance from the
premises there also disappeared a four
barrel revolver, which was kept in an
empty cigar box on the window sill in
MIR. Geogle's bedroom. The revolver
was owned by Mr.. Geogle. Under the
direction of Detective Y Yohe,the country
was secured to find Snyder. Every foot
print was followed, and at length Yohe,
searching through the straw in Capt
Ritter's barn, caught the murderer by
the leg. He made no resistance, aud
the detective handcuffed him and took
him to the scene of the tragedy, followed
by large crowd OF persons, who yelled,
"Hang HIM hang himw ~ The missing
revolver was found on Snyder. At
about o:30 A. M. Corner Uhler drove
up to the house in sleigh. The pris-
oner was taken into the house and care
fully guarded by Detective Yohe with
revolver in hand. Threats of hanging
the prisoner were continuously made.
The people would not listen to any rea-
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