The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-02
DEvILIsH DEEDS.

How Gang of Thieves Secured s376 and
a Horse and Buggy from an Ohio Farm
er-Citizens of Wheeling, w. Va, Ex-
cited by Many Crimes, Threaten to Ex-
eeute Summary Vengeance-A Party of
Texas Cowboys Capture Train of Cars
and Have Their Fill of Cum"
DAYTON, o., Dec. 25.-Six masked men
entered the residence of an aged farmer,
Henry Jackson, near BowerSyille, Tuesday
night. Jackson, his wife and three
daughters, and Miss Matte Sirgny
were in the room at the time. The
robbers were armed with heavy clubs,
which they had cut in neighboring grove,
and upon entering commanded every one in
the house to ~Temain quiet. Jackson was
struck several times over the head with
club, and when bis daughter Louise pIucki-
ly sprang to his assistance she was met by
one Of the men, who placed cooked re-
volyer TO her head and threatened to blow
the whole family to chairs with sheets
which they had torn into strips. They
attempted to compel Jackson to tell
where his money was concealed, and
threatened him with death if he refused.
One Of the men remarked that he knew
that the money was in the house, as he
had been under the bed the night be-
fore and heard Jackson talking about
it. Mrs. Jackson's clothing was then
saturated with coal-oil, and, after being
submitted to various fortunes, the robbers
threatened to set fire to her clothing if she
did not disclose where the money was. She
finally told them that it was in a trunk.
After trying in vain for some time to open
it they released one of the young ladies,
wh0 under compulsion, tried to open the
lock. The men, however, had spoiled the
lock, and she was unable to open
it. Becoming impatient at the delay the
leader of the gang ordered the men to burst
the trunk. This being done they rifled it
of its contents and secured 5000 in gold and
$175 in currency. After the robbers had
obtained the money they compelled
Jackson to tell where they could find his
best horse and buggy, and, leaving one
man to guard the family, the others went
for the team. Soon they returned, gave the
signal, and the guard left The family re-
manned tied to the chairs until nearly morn
in, when Mrs. Jackson united with
her teeth the knots which bound
her hands. She released the others and
the alarm was Immediately given.
1t is supposed that the robbers came toward
this city. The horse and buggy were found
near Xenia. The hand-car at Harbines
Station was stolen by them, and with it
they continued their fight toward Dayton.
A posse of men is securing the country
looking for the robbers.
WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 25.-The three
shocking crimes of the past week have
strongly stirred up the people of this vicin-
ity, and the community is ripe for
desperate deeds. Peter Heiner, who be-
came the father of his tweIve-year-
old daughters child-a capital crime
under the State LAWS at large, with
no apparent chance of his capture. The
Workenour house, in the heart of the city,
was plundered by masked men, the inmates
horribly beaten, and $4,000 stolen, and no
arrests. A defenseleSs farmer, Elijah Mar
ling, was assaulted by the same gang, and
subjected to fortunes that shamed the inquiSi-
ton and left him on the verge of the grave.
Guenther Schnell, in cold blood, brutal
ly murdered his uncle and reputed
father, A jury found him guilty of volun-
tary manslaughter, and he gets off with
four years sentence Men gather on the
streets and talk of the Cincinnati riot The
state of feeling is such that if any of the
criminals should be caught the law would
be spared any further farcical exhibition.
Marlng, the victim of Mono
nights outrage, is in critical condi-
ton. His body about the waist, Ioins
and thighs is one livid surface. The poker
used in the torture was of inch-square iron
and heated to white heat. At every touch
it burned deeply, and in five places the
authorizations look as though the tiends had
tried to impale their victim on the heated
bar. The recovery of the old man is
not probable. Three details of police and
cOnstables are securing the country in every
direction. Suspicion was directed to man
named MCGOWAN, whose record is unSaVOry,
and to one Murray, who is alleged to have
told of the affair before it was discovered.
Both were arrested on suspicion and placed
in security, but the place Of confinement is
not known. Sheriff Brown and a posse
have gone out on new trail and impor-
tant developments are expected hourly.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 25.-As the
eastrbound passenger ON the Southern Pa
ciic was nearing the bridge crossing the
PecoS River Tuesday evening num-
Der of torpedOes were exploded on
the track, causing the engineer to
stop the train. Six cowboys boarded
the train with drawn reyolveTs and COM
PEELED the conductor to stop at Langtry, the
next small station, at which point twenty
more cowboys boarded and took possession
of the train. They were all more or less
under the influence Of liquor and amused
themselves by shooting out all the win
d0ws, extinguishing the lamps, and terror
izing the passengers generally AS the
train passed small stations the cowboys
would shove their heads out of the broken
windows and shoot and YELL A pass
ing freight train was saluted in similar
manner. Several hundred shots were fired
and the roofs of the cars were riddIed The
cowboys robbed the train-boy of his stock
of peanuts and candies, but so far as known
nobody was shot. Judge Falon, United
States District Attorney Evans and Sheriff
White were among the passengers, but
thought it best not to make their presence
known. The gang left the train at Uyolde,
after riding over sixty miles.