Daily Republican., 1888-10-20
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
rAymastsr Mcclure aud stHb:e Boss
FlAuagsn BnOE Dsad IN the Wooaa
while GoIng TO Fay wOrkmen.


eaymastsF Mcclure sud stab:e Boa
Flanagan BhOt Dsad IN the Wooa,
while aoing TO Fay wOrkmsn.
WILKEsBARRH, Pa, Oct I9.--JAmer
.. MoOlure and Hugh Flanagan, the
former paymasteF and the latteF an as
statAnt in the employ Of Colonel OhArlet
dcFadden, railroad contractor, were
this morning murdered at . point aSout
hve milea distant from here on q lonely
mountain road ~ d robbed OF $4,000.
Several arrests have been made, bat
the police have no expectations that the
parties thus far detAiued are I'm plloated
In the cFima. Mo0lnFe drew e12 600 IN
Dash from the Wyoming National Bank
this morning, and, In company with
Flanagan, started In an open buggy for
mcFAsden's headquarters TO nay off the
employes, numbering 400 McEAdden
is Engaged in the constructor OF the
new branch Of the LehiRh Valley Rall-
road, from PlttatOn TO FAirvieW v, aud
the pay station Is situated about mid :
way between these two places.
The last seen Of Mcclure and FlanA
RAu was At Miners Mills, abou. three
miles from WiikesbArre, whsTe Nc
CLUE stopped TO reoetve Q mail from
the post offi3e. Ool. NeFAdden was the
irst TO discover the murders Hshad
Dsen visiting the new road, and was on
bis return 70 Wilkesbarre, at about II
oclooE. he had proceeded about q
mtle and . half when he dite5vefed his
own horse, that he had given in charge
OF 4oOlure, standing in the middle Of
the roadway. Under shs wheels Of the
buggy lay the body OF MoOlnIe. he
thought ut first that thu horse had run
away bub an examination proved Mo
Olure dead. The body Of Flanagan
vas foutd about = quarter Of o mile
down the mountain In the road way.
Both bodies Contained q number of
bullets The horse, . spirited animal,
was shot 20 badly IL was unable to
move. II was bleeding 70 death. The
clothing OF the men had been rIfled Of
all the money and vAluablss they oon-
tAined. The point at which the ciime
was committed is lonely place. The
road is surrounded on both sides by
dense woods, and the nearest hAbikatIou
Is over mile distant McFadden pro-
cured the assistance Of his foreman,
Alexander Nj oaITn, and With the AID
OF Postmaster Q lialey, OF Miuers Mile,
the bodies were removed to that town
MeFadden Fastening 70 WilkssbArre TO
notify the authorities.
ME. A. Mitchell, superintendent Of
the Wyoming Division OF the Leh Rh
Valley railroad, sent out Eelegrams Co
all surrounding stAtiona to detaln suB-
piotous eharaotera. Up to mid nig h; no
snbseAntial results had been achieved.
A number Of cartridges OF A cahbre
were fOuud near the buggy as II after
loading weapon or weapons the par
ties had thrown t1eir remaining supply
OF cartridges away. II cannot bs de
cid ID yet whether rifls or FevolVers veIe
used, As the cartridges found would &C
either
McOlure's revolver Was found loaded
In bis OVsEoOat, indicating that the As
sault was o0mplete suFpIi8e.
Col. MoFAdden expresses the opinion
that he arrived at the point not more
thsn . quarter OF an hour after the
shooting. The fact that the firing not
being noticed by people who were With.
In hearing distance is accounted for by
the fact thAS ths place ia frequently re-
sorted to BY sportsmen and shooting is
OF ordinary Occurrence.
james b. MoOlura was Q single man,
"a years OF age. His homo was at Dog.
nlng own, Chester County, where he
resided with his mother and slater. Hel
nad been eieht years In the service Of |
%goionsi % Mcfaddsn ~ clerk aud pay
Hugh Flanagan YES about 80 va.r,
of sgsi single, aud rad no rslstionsI
EnoWn TO his employer. He had lived
Tor some tune in West Phladelphin,
and usually made his home with tbs
construction employees OF McFadder.
De had been In ths employ OF that gen.
ileman for sixteen years.