Daily Republican., 1888-06-23
EAR LIZ MEM DRIES.

While no crime committed In Della
ware county has been attend ed by 30
many Sensational incidents rs the muir
der OF John 5hArploss and the arrest
and conviction OF his supposed muir
aerer, there have tesn others qcite as
terrible. but the vindioatlon Of the law
wac speedy and complete. In 1917 Ell
ward HuI ter, . much respected justice
OF the peace In Newtown township, was
tying his horse in front Of his dwelling,
and In sight Of the members of his
family, when q shot was fred from .
small group OF trees on the opposite side
OF the road. Hunter fell, and was found
to have been hit with load Of slugs,
making terrible wound. He died that
might. Search Was Mt once made for
the assassin, and In the woods opposite
Hunters house was found q shotgun, .
fiintlock, and In one place the ground
was torn and trodden. as II with muir
derous Impotence tho wretch had
and frettsd ut delay. The gun
was found TO be the property Of BLACK
smith named John e. Craig, and his
identity with the murderer and his mo.
tive tor the deed was made clear.
A relative owning considerable prop
|erty had diei recently, leaving q will
thnt practically dlsinherited Craig, and
80 uise Hunter drew the will and wit.
messed IL, aud in his rage and disap.
poiutment Craig blamed Hunter for in.
fluencing his relative In leaving his
property as he did, and there IL no
doubt he contemplated another murder
by killing Isaac CochrAne, believing
that II the witnesses were both dead the
~ ill vonld te1Ome invalid,
One Of the terrible Gestures OF the
crime was that Craig had o married
sister living near the Rose Tree Tavern,
mile or 80 north Of Media. She was
Ia full accord with her brother, and the
day before the shooting he had Visited
her house and was suppliad with food
and liquor, ana bome old pewter plates
were beaten into slugs for the gun,
The sister lived until extreme old age,
and was q stiff neoked termagAns to the
last.
Craig fed 10 the northern part Of the
State, and WAS finally caught In q
wood-outters' hut, on the head waters Of
the West Branch. He was tried, con
victed and hanged at Chester, In the
presence OF hall the county, and many
made the year when Craig wal
hanged" starting point In their chro'
nology.
In 1920, = farmer named Thomai
Grimes started from his home In Aston
Township, Delaware county, on horse
back to 20 10 Ohio for the purpose oil
buying land. He had considerable
| IN oDey in Ais taddle. bags, and was 40.
companied By a dog. AT this time the
country west OF Harrisburg was very
spArseIy settled, aud the people were
rough and rude; the roads were also IN,
safe and invested by rObber Lewis and
his band, but Grimes was not only q
very powerful man, but slnRulArly fear
less, and as was the custom 10 those
days carried pistols In his saddle hol
steIs. He passed through Williams.
port in May, and whom Abont twenty
miles weAt OF that place 1t began Il
rain, and he took refuge in log hui
where three men were playing oards
one, evidently hunter dressed in buok
skin and carrying . rifle and tomA'
hawk had been losing and was disposOd
TO be troublesome, and was put ont oil
the shanty by the other two.
The shower was soon over, and Crime
resumed his journey. He came to I
plAoe where the roads forked, Rn(
while pondering on the right one :,
take she burtsr he had seen an houl
before came out Of the woods. Crime
hAiled him, and the rufhAn, mounting
stump that brought him up to tn
height OF the saddle, suddenly drew hi
tomAhaWk and gave poor Grimes terri
BILE blow ON the back Of tho head and
Then another. The unfortunate mai
dropped from his horse, and Hotz, thu
murderer, completed his work. In tn
meantime Grimes dog seizsd Hotz b!
the leg, but on getting q slssh AoIos
the head from the hAtohet, let 20 ant
ran into the woods.
Grimes body was striped and bidder
under log In q depss thioket, and the
assassin mounted The horse and took hi
way ACROSS the mountain. About Ell
weeks after this Abel Grimes found hi
Ibrother's dog sitting on his porch, ap
psrently weak and tired, and with
half healed cash on the head, Kno win
1.-THE dogs attachment to his master, Mr.
lGrimes was NJ once alarmed, and ate
oonsultinR his nelghbors, determ lined
to start off to hunt his brother up. II
Ia few weeks the dog had recovered from
lfAtixus, and seemed to know what wa
lreQuired Of him; and In about meutl
Abel Grimes reached WilliAmsport
her6 0o btCut6u TUG boENlObb vi U maj
lwho knew the mountain roads and tn
Ipeople along the route. The two mel
were found that had seen ThomA
I9rimes juat before his death, but they
could not tell nothing. :hnd Ho,z wa
not then suspected, but the aolion O
the dog was not then signiacant. HI
began 10 run and finally disappeared II
the thick underbrush. aud Ia few
minutes was heard barking.
Guided by the sound, the party soor
Icame to the place and found the dos
Ipawing away the leaves alongside OF !
log. This was rolled away, and Abe
Grimes worst expectations were real
lied, for there lay the skeleton Of hi
brother. He had ridden n chestnu
lsorrel with blaze on the forehead, and
lon inquiry being made, was fonnd IL
the possession Of Q man in Penn Valley
he ct once said that Hotz had sold hin
1.-The animal, and then 1t was recalled
THAT this man had been In Mr., Grimes
loompauy ut the shanty during tn,
Ietorm. The saddle WAS also found, ant
lin q slit In the flap six hundred dollar
lin Bank OF Pennsylvania no:es wer
brought to light. HUtz was known {,
% . desperAts fellow OF no character
land 1t was necessary to take him with
Iout delay, and q party OF molnsAineer