The Grenada sentinel., 1882-08-19
Ar a pigeon shooting match in Shen.

] AT pigeon shooting match in Shen
andoah, Pa, on the 18th, Robert Parke
Twas accidentally killed by Hiram Neiswin
ter.
| EVANSVILLE, Ind, was intensely ex
cited on the morning of the 18th by the dis
covery that Alexander Weber, German
on-keeper, his wife and his little son
seven years old, had been butchered in bed
The heads of all three were crushed with ,
hatchet, and their throats were cut an,
mangled in a most brutal manner. An in
FAINT Of six months was found unharmed II
its crib, smiling and growing, unconsciou,
Of bereavement. The house In which tht
| tragedy was enacted was formerly owned
| by a German named Krugg, who was killed
there about six years ago by negroes. Hill
widow married George Lenhart, Ger,
man laborer, who has done little or nj
work since his marriage. He has fre,
quently asked his wife to let him hav,
the house and run saloon, but as Weber,
the man who was murdered, had least
on the house, she could not do It.
Lenhart is an ignorant fellow, and be-
lieved himself aggrieved by Wieber's
possession of the house. Frequently he
quarreled with him, and threatened to kill
him several times. There were tracks lead :
ing away from the house, made by man
with but one shoe, and sock on the other
foot Lenhart has sore upon the instep OF
the left foot, and has walked without a
shoe for some days in consequence. His
tracks correspond with those found. He
denies the commission of the crime.
Charles W. Carter and Philip Voll were ar.
rested about ten miles from the city. Car
ter was searched, and had in a pocket a
razor covered with blood and handker-
chief spotted. Voll is but boy, who
had been looking for work and was going
back to Mount Carmel. If the purpose of
the murder was robbery it failed signally,
for they got not cent or valuable. though
several hundred dollars were concealed be-
hind drawer in the bureau.
NELLIE and Mamie Meekhan, 7 and
syears old respectively, were asphyxiated
at Pullman, ILL.,, on the 18th. The children
were left alone all night, Mr.. Meekham hav-
ing missed the last train from Chicago, and
not knowing how to shut off the gas they
blew it out.
In the preliminary examination at
Taylorville, ILL.,, Aug. II. of the four men
charged with assaulting Miss Bond at Grove
City, Justice Kicks fixed the ball OF John C.
Montgomery, Jr., and Lee Pettis at $4,000,
that Of Clement at SO, 600, while William j.
was discharged. During the
afternoon the prisoners, in custody of Of
ficers, went about town securing bondsmen.
An excited mob followed the party back to
the Jail, for the purpose OF capturing the
accused II they were set at liberty. Late at
night, after feeble resistance by the Sher-
If, the crowd entered the Jail, finally Sc
cured the prisoners, and took them out of
town for the purpose of lynching them.
was pulled up four feet from
The ground and held there about one min
ute, when he was let down again, limp and
exhausted. When he recovered suffi-
GENTLY to speak he asserted his inno-
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aged girl, was then brought on the ground
md another attempt made to make Mont
yomery confess, but he still maintained his
innocence as firmly as before. In the mean
ime Pettis had been treated in much the
'ame way as Montgomery, but they could |
lot obtain anything from him but protesta-
ions OF innocence. Up to this time the |
;rowd had failed to find Clement, but finally
lie was discovered and subjected to the !
ame treatment, but without obtaining
confession of guilt from him. Shortly after
his fire broke out in the town, and the
mob was practically broken up. Mr.. Bond
nd the Prosecuting Attorney appealed to
hose who had not gone to the fire to let the
nen have fair chance for their lives. This
ad modifying effect and Mr.. Bond and
he attorney took the prisoners back to Jail,
Vhere they were placed in their cells.