Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06


the borough Of JohnstowD last night. A
Hungarian was discovered by two men
In the act OF blowing up the safe III the
First National Bank building with dyna-
mite. A cry was raised and In o
few minutes q crowd had oollected and
the cry OF "lynch him" was raised and
In no time the man was strung
up to tree in what was once
about the centre OF YOUNGSTOWN.
Not content with this the vigilance
committee riddled the body with bullets.
He remained hanging to the tre0 for
several hours when some one cut him
down and buried him with the other dead.
BuRYINa TIE VICTIMS.
The funeral of the following will take
place this afternoon from the English
Catholic church In Cambria borough:
TeresiR Leleam, 81 years old Maria
Laleam, aged 10; William Lnah, aged
60; George Gritcher, aged " Mrs.
Maria Dorovistle, Mother Ann Topker,
Also most OF the following Thomas
Pagan, William Rensn, Thomas Souther,
Mrs. Renan, John Schmidt, Mrs. William
Rensn, Jr., A. Keis, baker, Kate Frank,
John McOana Gertie Riley, Mrs. Kerby,
Mrs. Slick, John Cleviact, Julius d.
Bishop. Three girls, two boys and one
man all OF whom were unknown.
There bodies are all more or less de-
composed, and have SCARS on their heads
and bodies. They were all carefully
wrapped in white shrouds, and have neat
plain oo:iips. A young man from Ale
gheny City, together with number OF
citizens OF Cambria borough, have charge
of the bodies at the English Catholic
Church, and are preparing them for
burial. Unfortunately they are keeping
no description whatever Of the unknown
dead, as they are to he inferred only tenn
porary.
A HORRIBLE FISn.
Sergeant Doyle, Corporal Jones and
Privates Marts and Fording were walk
ing along the debris near the river about
thing that locked like the body Of a
human being. Sergeant Doyle went over
to pick up the body and he was Mortified
TO find that ii was badly burned, and
| when he went to pick it up the head
fell off. He investigated further and
four more bodies--two children and
q man and woman--were found.
Parties who were nearby identified the
bodies as Patrick hogan and family.
Hogan's legs were burned of, but the
rest OF the bodies were not badly injured.
They were taken out and carried to the
morgue across the river.
ALIVE IN THE WRECK.
While the searohers were at work in
T-H. kA.tn
came upon house and heard noise
under ii and chopped through the root
and discovered man In the top story OF
the house. They pulled him out but he
was too weak to give his name and no one
has identified him as yet
TIE AwFrL FonoE OF TIE FLOOD.
The force OF the food can be esti.
mated from the fact that it carried three
cars one and one-half miles and the
tender Of an engine weighing u tons was
carried II miles down the river.
IN MALE ATTIRE.
Quite novel scene was seen yesterday.
Some women who esoa.ied from the town
proper had to wear mems clothes, as their
own had been torn OF nv the flood.
MtLBMAN NEARLY LYscagp.
A supply store has been opened in the
town. A milkman who was oyeroherg.
ing for milk this morning narrowly
escaped lynchinp The infnriated mar
aopropliatea al ats n.ilG s4a aistributsd
4 smong the poor AL then dra lin
out u .he town, The body oI tAu Lei.
garian who was lynch. ! in an orchard
last night WAS remoS !. by his friends
during the night. This inhuman monste,
had cut of the four fingers Of the right
hand OF the women he was robbinR. ID
Was noticed before he escaped and
dropped the fingers into his pocket
where they were found when he was cap.
tured- The set maddtned the men and
they took him to an orchard on the hill.
side and hung him.