Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-30

excitement. Fears were entertained
that, after all, this scourge might be
again let loose ON the community, and
threats were made ON all sides to an
ticipate the course of justice and In
woke the potent presence OF Judge
Lynch. Groups Of men met at va
rious parts of the town and discussed
the probabilities of the murderer
/. succeeding in some one OF his at
tempts to escape and thus cheat the
gallows of its due. About haif-past
ten o'clock a party of masked men
rode into town and the sound of hoof
strokes aroused the Deputies, who
were ON guard at the Jail. Sheriff
Rankin, anticipating some movement
of this kind, was at the jail and was
on the lookout for the nocturnal vis-
itors The latter, however, wasted
no time in preliminaries, but at once
demanded the keys of the prison
Before the Sheriff and his men could
offer any material resistance they
were overpowered and the masked
deputies of Judge Lynch forced their
way into the Jail. Quickly proceed
ing to Parrott's cell they pinioned
him and dragged him forth. The
murderer, realizing that his hour had
come, determined to die game and
maintained stolid demeanor to the
last He was taken to the railroad
depot and rope was flung over an
arm of an adjoining telegraph pole.
He was forced to climb up a ladder,
and his last words were: Il will
jump off, boys, and break my neck.
No questions were put to him, as he
had already confessed his crime. The
moose was adjusted around his neck,
and, at a signal, the ladder was pulled
away at five minutes to IL. Leaving
the body swaying in the air the en-
tire party rode away, and the Elk
Mountain mUIGer was avenged.
RoLLA, Mo, March 23.-One of the
boldest attempts at bank robbery in
the history of Missouri occurred in
this city at 3 o'clock this morning,
which resulted in the death OF the
burglar, Pat Ebert He arrived in
Rolla about a month ago from Kan
sas, ostensibly looking for location
to open saloon, taking up his lodg-
ing in a boarding house near the Ma
tional Bank of Rolla. His suspicious
conduct attracted the attention of the
officers of the bank, who called to
their aid Hank Devins, the City Mar
shal. Upon investigation it was dis
covered that the burglar had gained
access to vacant building adjoining
the bank, and for three nights had
been unmolested in his desperate
effort to tunnel to the vault. On the
fourth night, just as he had made an
entrance to the vault, Marshal Devins
and his posse at a signal given by the
cashier, who was secreted in the bank,
surrounded the building and attempt
ed his capture alive; but Ebert, who
preferred death to arrest, with dag
ger in his hand, made a desperate
effort to escape, and was shot down
in his tracks. He lived one hour
after being shot, but would reveal
nothing. The Coroner's jury rem
dered a verdict of justifiable homi-
eide.
PITTsBURG, Pa, March 25. Two
workmen on the Baltimore and Ohio
road yesterday gave wonderful evi-
dence of their fidelity, deliberately
choosing death to themselves in order
to protect the lives of hundred
others who were in the care of the
company. About half-past 2 o'clock
IN the afternoon John Sullivan and
his brother, Michael, were at work on
the track, near Demmler station.
John Sullivan was the section boss of
the subdivision between McKeesport
and Port Perry, and he had made
tour along the track to see if every
thing was in proper condition. He
found a rail that was not quite
straight, SO he and his brother took
heavy trackman's S crowbar and lifted
the rail up to straighten it. While
they We're busily at work the after
noon accommodation train bound
east with heavy load of passengers
came along. There was curve lust
below the place where the men were
working, and they did not see the
train until it was almost upon them.
They took in the situation at glance.
The rail which they had been fixing
was lifted up and the huge crowbar
was wedged tightly in such a posi-
ton that the train would certainly be
thrown from the track unless the bar
was removed On one side of the
track was hill and on the other a
steep bank running down to the river,
SO If the train was thrown from the
track while under full headway of
steam there would undoubtedly be an
appalling loss of life. The men
seized the bar and began frantically
to pull and twist it about. The en-
gineer of the train saw them. but |
could not stop. He says their efforts
to free the crowbar and lower the
rail were frantic and like the work
ings of madmen, and they seemed to
forget their own danger The bar
was loosened and the rail lowered
just as the train reached it, but the
men who had done So nobly paid
dearly for their daring The engine