, 1881-10-23
CRIMINAL NEWS.


ACCOUNT OF AN AWFUL CRIME
.Disputch to Cincinnati Enquirer.
P11rsnulst, Pa., Oct. 2l.-Last night gang Of
flye masked men went to the. house Of John Gul-
loway an old and wealthy fariner, who lives In
a lonely and sccIuded spot some miles distant
frou, Mount Pleasant, III Westnore!at'd County,
and inflicted injuries upun Galloway, and his
huusckecper, Miss Macy Newell, which will
yerv Hkely cause tho death OF both. IT
seems that they hnd retired. when Miss
Newell wus awakened by loud knock
ing. She went to the door aud asked
VINO were tnere bur received no response. She
then awakened Mr. Galloway, who opened the
door, aud the five scounires rushed III and
seized them. Although Mr. Galloway is II man
OF about 70 years, he is very powerfully built
and desperate struggle ensued. the burglars
strkfu. him with slung-5hots' and oludseons,
while be defended himself With u penkuifc. He
cut one Of the fellows in the face. but w,s 1nat~
" beaten into iusensibity, aud fell to tho floor,
when tho villains: Jumped upon his breast,
crushing in his ribs and horribly mhngling him.
Mis-. Newell, VINO bad been scized lit tic outset
aud tied with cowhde thongs and thrown in
corner, entrcatcd them not to kill Galloway.
The scoundrcs drew reyolvers, and, placing
them ut their heads, said they would blow out
their brains II they did NOT reveal tho hidins-
place Of the money. The old lnan. who WAS
covered with cuts and bruises, revealed the
hiding place OF hie treasure, and the fe-
lows rul,sucked the, house. They went in
the rarrct and took $lso that h:t1 been put
there in q pone over a year h@o. One tln box
they took tad $GJJ III !t-tea 81 gold pieces 11nd
TUG rest nrus u,lti tens. One package had <'O in
xui S15J IN silver. atld $,90J III greenbacks. and
slJu bia III the pile. The who.e amount they
stuc was between ,1U aid s. S0J. Fave huu-
drcti dollars Of this belonged to Mss Newell the
way II was nenriy ail silver aud gold.
Aficr they had ga1heted all this money together
thoy sat dawn IL, the rootn aud divided It equal
is. each uoe p,cketin@ his share. While they
we're Securing the booty Galloway recovered
his senses, huvng ben left Mlt':ie with his hands
uuu feet tied, ru.led toward The dur. intetfd.u1
10 pjde III an outhuusp He wMs discovered,
however, before hc rcucued the door, aud two
tients sat down On him snd beat hin, until he
:lguin bccAlne unconscious his skull beng
One tail fellow Of the ,party then picked up
Miss Newell. who Is ilnely-deveiupcd yuunE
woman, with ebony- hued na4r and large, black
..yt.,. aad threw ncr On the bed. uud tied her
arms and limbs to the bed. He then outraged
her nnd followed oy the other four devils.
tney made their null- dead victsm swallow near
IL nalf ii pint OF whisky They then tied both
of their victims to 'cnairs, altn0rEn Galloway
was iu dying. condition. The scoundrels
then cnnyas-ed the ideu OF burning down tho
building, and thus DESTROYING al the evidence
Of their guilt; Mss :, Ns~eii 1 cried out; ,,;
Outraged and probably fatally injured US: and
now, Tor Gods sake spnre r. US ,t to1tXhs irn,n
beklis burned p. AuGj lE4e H!luout oCtlIH3
fire 10 the house. One OF thHm hud pony, i,
which nc bud hitched to the gate The trucks
we're pi,.inIy visible, and yesterday an impress
siuu OF the footprints was taken. They have
their suspicious, and probably arrests will be
made pretty soo1i-
Miss Newell swore ont a warrant before ". n.
S1uutfer, Esq, OF Mount Pleasant. WIN visited
the h,use for that purpose. Should any one be
nrrcsted in that vicinity now the likelihood Is
rI1p1 they would be lynched.
Wr Galloway is looked upon as one OF the
best citizens In the. country. and Is probably
wurth <SauN or $9J,0JJ He has beet, in the
hubit OF keeping Iurse sums Of nancy in his
house, and sune time ago had $}5,000 in his bed
runln Tho doctors hure given up all hope of
saving G,lloway's life, and Miss Newell IS In a
nrecafIuus condition. Five hundred dollars re-
ward for the unrest Of the scOundrels hns been
otfercd and the generAl impression seerna to be
IA fhn1 the seouadrels beiuns; the notorious ung
which murdered Mcclure, at Mckeesport, some
tine ago. t-~t
n woman swore child On Mr. Galloway. lie
had never bud intercourse with her but one
time. Mr. Galloway wus compelled to ubit1e by
the result. however ,wronx but be never owned
the child. She called It utter him. and be grew
IN under that name On Saturday MIR GulIo-
way received letter from him Saying that he
wanted to cumc and live with him. and lake care
OF him IN his old dnys: that he was not cum--
Dclled to do this; that he had situation at $50
= rnt,nih Us I'LL operator. Nr. GnfIuway's friends
would not allow him to show the letter, but it