The daily gazette., 1880-12-28
Bethlehem, who was present asked th

Bethlehem, who was present asked tne
prisoner:
add you do this dreadful thing? ?"
ayes, | did," he answered.
When asked why, he SAID lightly; "Ah,
that is the question"
The Coroner started with the Jury to
go 10 room up stairs. As soon as he
was gone the crowd entered and hustled
the detective out of the way. A rope
was thrown over Snyder's neck, and he
was dragged and pushed to the door,
The clergyman implored the lynchers to
pause, and addressing Snyder, said !:
"They will make short work with you;
do you want to say prayer?"
He answered: "No, want to be
hung. l never SAID but one prayer, and
that is enough" He fell down the
front steps, and they dragged him on his
back to tree. The detective fought
his way to Snyder's side, and said, 81
can't save you, Snyder" He replied,
coolly, "Oh, that's all right" A double
clothesline was put was thrown over the
limb ofa chestnut tree. Then they
swung him up. The rope slipped down
the limb, and he fell to the ground.
Then a man mounted the tree and
passed the rope over another limb, and
they swung him up again. He showed
no fear and never asked for mercy. The
rope was made fast to the fence on the
other side Of the road and he was left
hanging for half an hour. When the
Coroner came down from the inquest
the body was still hanging to the tree
When District Attorney Anstett arrived
the body lay at the foot of the tree. No
information could be obtained as to the
lynchers. No arrests lave been made.
The Coroner's jury found that Jacob
and Anna Gogle came to their death
from blows inflicted with an axe In the
hands of Joseph Snyder.
THE VICTIMS.
Mr.. Gogle was a miner and worked in
The mines near his residence. He was
thirty-eight years old and his wife was
thirty-four. They were both natives Of
this county. The victims presented
horrible and sickening appearance.
Their skulls were crushed IL, the wounds
showing that the murderer had struck
them with the blade Of the axe. The
walls of the room and the bedclothes
were bespattered with blood.
THE MURDERER's COMPRESSION.
During the interval between the ar
rest of the murderer and the lynching he
told the following story:-''I wanted to
live with the girl, but the parents would
not let me. We had quarrelled about il
yesterday afternoon. In the evening /
went to bed determined to get square
with them. l waited untiI..they were all
asleep and there was quietnsss in the
house. About eleven o'clock l got up,
took an axe and entered the room Of the
old folks. They were sound asleep l
struck them both several times and left
he IN dead. then went to the room of
the girls. put them into another room,
and burned the shirt had on, which
was bloody. l then aroused the neigh
bors and hid up in Ritter's bar@. did
the deed,and suppose they will hang me
for it,"
sTCKENING DETAILS.
The Coroner held an inquest upon the
body of Snyder this afternoon and rem
dered verdict to the effect that the
deceased came to his death by hanging
and that the parties who committed the
dead were to the jury unknown. 1t is
generally believed that the murderer
committed terrible outrage upon the
girl Alice after killing her parents
although she denies that he did so.
District Attorney Anstett visited the
seen this afternoon and at once COM
menced.. investigating the ease. He will,
if possible, bring the lynchers to justice.
The quick action off lynchers is COM
mended by large number of citizens of
Easton, while others Indignantly con-
denim it.
AN INNOVATION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The hanging of Joseph Snyder is, ac-
cording to the Oldest police officers and
detectives the first case of lynching that
has ever occurred in this State.