Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-14

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoKD.UNIoSl
Horrible Story Of Murder and Revenge.
LITTLE Rock lark j December 13sh.-The
following hiss lust come to light: at the
beginning Of the re5aliion Abraham Hall
lived IN ono of the thinly.settled border
counties. de was 20 years old and wealthy.
! owning Large tract Of land, great herds of
cattle ard large but not coatly residence.
de had family one boy, aged 10, and four
| girls, sged TO 10 years. The old man
| claimed to be neutral, and while his neigh.
oors were huckiing on their arrnor, Hall re
manned st home. The South called ior every
| man capable Of bearing arms to enlist and
| Hall was called On 10 volunteer, but declined.
Oae night party Of twelvs persons rode uD
| to the house and repeated TIE demand for
| Hall TO volunteer. Tbs old man said he
| preferred death. He was token from the
house to little ravius 200 yards away, a
| rope put around his neck and thrown over
| tree, and Hall wss once more asked to re-
| consider. He declined, whereupon he was
| drawn up and let down senssless. Reviving
he again refused, and was again dawn up.
rus horrible scene continued until the vic.
tim cea ed to brestte. The party then rode
away. The son Ct Hall had followed the
party, and hiding belinda clump Of bushes was
silent, Mortified spectator. He recognized
every action in thu cruel affair. When the
men gal'psd away ne ran from lis
| hidin8-place, cut down the body, and,
fiiugipg himself upon IL, registered On
oath to clay every man who had taken part
in his fathers death. The war ended, and
| young Hall managed his fathers estate,
aided BY his sisters, ard prospereJ. Almost
| their nearest ne;ghbor was Frank Parker,
who led the band who hung Hall in 1865
| Twenty miles east lived Jcha and Thomas
Mantosh, two members OF the party. The
remainder were scattered throughout tho
State. In October, 1873, young Hall bade
MS sisters good-5y forever, saying the time
| for Tevsngs had come, AID without further
| explanation mounted horse and RODE Witty
away. An hour lster hs drew up in font Of
| Frank Parkec's dwelling. Parker IVES ia tie
yard. F." came to ask yeu why you killed
! my father" Hall seid to him. Parker gave
| a reason, adding that his conscience had
| troubled him ever since. Hall asked him If
| he was armed, AMI VIXEN he drew a pistol
| Hall cid likewise aud fzed Parker dr11pad
! in the agories CT death. The rext day Hall
visited ths Msntooths. John Mantooth he
shct dead on the epsn prairie, after explain
| ing his visit Thomas Mantooth met sim
| Her fate on public highway. Before Chriat-
| mas another Ct the twelve had been slain.
| Hall killing his man in q saloon brawl in San
! Antonio. By this time the remaining mem
bers of the band became alarmed, and Hall
suddenly paused in his career of blnodshsd.
| For mora than year nothing was heard Of
him, and the Surviving objects Of his hatred
began to think he had persisted, wlea he
suddenly rsappeared. This time his
victim was named Kindred RISE. who
died only after q desperate stlug-
gle. They met one afzernoon in the
winter OF 1880 in q little village on tie Mex
lean border. a street fight ensued and Roze
was killed, falling from bis horse and diving
on the spot, while Hall. though wounded in
taree places, put spurs to his horss and dashed
away. Frisnds OF Rose pursued rim into
| Texas. and the pursuit was continued three
days, friends Of his former victims ioing ia
the chase. Hall az last was run to
cover in sight of his home and near
the spot where, sixteen years before,
his father had met with his death.
Here Hall turned on the pursuing
party. and fought until he was riddled wish
bullets. His eldest sister was o Mortified
spectator OF the tragic end of her brother.
a year after she met enc of the party in Q
neighboring town. She was in company Tith
a female friend, and, despite The entreaties
OF her companion, called the man to her,
slipping her hand into the pocket of her dress
as che did so. Captain Davis" said she.
when the man came up, "You helped TO kili
|
st him. Davis WAS seriously wounded. and
in the confusion tie girl escaped. This oct
alarmed oil who had taken part IN tie death
OF young Hall, sud they resolved upon the
determination of the entire family Of Hall.
of whom only three were living, the eldest
girl and her two sisters. One night, after
Davis life had bsen attempted, the Hall
| household was surrounded by masked men,
| the barred doors broksn down and the three
girls mercjlessly murdered. Tie sssassjrs
then fired the house and disappeared The
| tragedy caused o sensation, but the explana.
ton was made by interested parties that In
dians or Greasers" had murdered the girls.
Numbered the house and then sat it on FIRE
This was generally accepted, and only LATELY
have the facts leaked out.
Coming Murder Trial In Nebraska.
| OMAHA, December 13sh.-Matt. Simmer
man, who was taken from the State Penitcn-
! tiary on Sunday last to bs tried for the muir
der of Sheriff Wood and two deputies az
Minden. kearney county, is temporarily in
| Jail ct Kearney, in Buffalo county, for safe
keeping, and will bs taken to Minden to.rno,-
row, which plsce is eighteen miles from the
| line of railroad. Every means will be taken
to protect him from mob violence. Ii is
feared that an effort will be made TO lyrch
him. Simmerman says he does not hope 10
| prove his innocence of tie murder, although
Belmont, his partner, now dead, did the
shooting. 1t will be remembered that Sim.
norman threw up his hands when commanded
| TO do SO, and Belmont commenced shooting
and after killing the three men he fad. &C.
companied by Simmerman. Simrnerman
thinks he will plead guilty, and throw hin.
| self upon the mercy of the Court, as he has
no money to enable him to make proper
defense.
The Sturla Murder Case.
CHICAGO, December 13.h.-Iu the Stu.Ia
trial to-day Trude finished his address for the
! defense, and Mills made tie closing sneecb
for the prosecution. During Tru6e's speech.
there WAS an evident sympathy in the Court.
room, and at its conclusion the applause was
loud and hearty, one of the jurors even i1in-
ing in II. Realizing bis improper conduct he
| covered his face with his hands, and appeared
ready to faint. At the conclusion of tie
States Attorneys finished address the Court
adjourned till tomorrow, when tile charge 10
the jury will be delivered.
More Body sBateIiIng.
RICHMOND, December 13.h.-THo medical
students and two negroes have been arrested
for opening grave il Oakwood Cemetery
last night. -Four bodies were found at the
Virginia Medical College. The students ar
rested are prominently connected.
Too Many Legs.
WESTERLY (R. ~, Decemb:r 13,h.-Cyrus
| Barber, young man whose mind gave way
under religious excitement. yesterday chopped
off his leg six ilches above the ankle. He
recently tried to commit suicide.
| Two srcE Killed and Three Wounded.
Usage MISSION tKa.), December I3tb.-
| The boiler in ,iohnson's ssw-mill blew up TO-
day, and the proprietor, w. l.. johnson, and
Andy lockwood were killed. Three others
were seriously wounded.
Man and Two Children Burned to heath.
ATLANTA (Ga). December 18Th. LIS.
night the house cf Singleton Jamo, on a
| plantation uear Stockbridge, was burned, and
Thomas K night AID two children were
burned to death. Knight was drunk il tbs
house.
! Heaviest Gale for Years.
ST. JOHNS IN. FL. December 13.h.-Tbe
heaviest gale for many years swept over the
| island last night, followed this morniog by
an unprecedented high tide, causing mucn
damage to the railways along the shore Of
! Conception Bay.
| Collision of Trains.
| BALTIMORE. December Is IA freight
and ballast train on the main stem Of the
| baltimore ard Ohio Railroad rama /, A.,