New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-08

| in length. 1t held three-quarters of pound o.
dynamite, of which thlrtY-ive per cent was nltro'
| gycerine. Mr. Beach recognized the cartridge as
| being similar to those which used by the
workmen IN the iron mine. Griffin, who
has been subssting on the terror of bis
reputation and his success as a cattle
thief for the past two years, has been employed
since Sunday last on Harrison Peck's farm In
| company with Mulkns to blast fifteen rochs
which made particular field difficult to cultivate
and in that way il is supposed he obtained the cart
ridge. He has Lived ON the West Mountain since
his childhood He is twenty-elght years old and
has " ife and five children MulkluS IS forty
years Old and is generally regarded as half witted
lie was farm labOrer before he became rutlan,
Is married and has three children. Seneca Miller
has been regarded for long time as hard drlnker
and desperate character He has been married
twice and was divorced from both wives. lie Is
thlrty-four years old.
GO1mer, the wounded man, has llvel in Paving
for two years He is about twenty-eight years old
and was formerly employed IN the butcher Iron
Mines part way down the slope OF the West Noun
tam. When the boss" required his meu to live
about the mine, GOumer refused, and continued to
live with the Beach family. Since he lett the
mines he has been working as q labOrer on the farm
in the vicinity. Foreman Murphy under whom
be was employed when he first came to Paving,
described him as an industrious and quiet man who
would not he inclined to get into any dispute unes
sufficient reason was giyen him Beach is also
laborer ana with Seneca Miller has been working
for man named Crolly, who keeps iquor-store
Gu the mountain
MRS. BEACH UNJUsLY SUSPECTED,
Mr.. DYkuman denied last night that he had
received any knowledge who stole his cattle from
Mrs. Beach. any heifer, which | valued at 500"
he said, was killed last Sunday night on Vinegar
Hill. | missed her on Wednesday and went TO look
for her Jonas Place, who lived at George Null
kins's house on the Old Penny Road, told me that
Sunday night three men camo there with bags OF
beef on their shoulders and Monday morning he
bali of the liver of q young beel hanging at the
door. Mulklns threatened to kill Place If he told
me abOut It. On Tuesday Caleb Dttle told NE that
he had seen fresh beef in sOme bran in MulkinEs
house and that his family had eaten portion OF 1t.
On Friday morning found the trunk of the heller
In a well With tho shoulders and launches gone.
The same night 1 made a COmOaInt and had a war
rant issued, which thought would be served"
DR.. PeaTOe IN describing GOumer's wounds said:
The mans injuries are of serious nature and
don't believe he " II live the night through. 1t is
probable that the pieces Of TIN bave cut his intes
tines, and If SO then bis recovery Is impossible The
Coroner said that he would send the warrant down
may be hundreds of miles from here. AT present
they are within reach and yOung man told me that
he could find them all within two hours IL was the
CorOner'S duty to begin proceedings against the
men Immediately, and lie has made great mistake
In not so doing. The men are part OF u we'll
known organized gang. whose leader -, to the best
OF my belief, Hiram BrlttOn, but who has thus far
escaped detection"
Justice Green also criticised the COroner's delay
as singular and rs direct violation OF his duties.
lie added that while lie had the authority 10 act
in the Coromers place it was only when thai Official
could not he fOuLd
The Coroner will come to PawlIng again tO-mOr-
row. and il - possible that several cOnStables VIII
make an attempt to capture the men.