Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-12
Lynching the 6houls.
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT OF A FIEND WHO
WAS RoBBING THE DEAD.
INV telegraph to the Herald


WAS RoBBING THE DEAD.
[By telegraph to the Herald.l
P1TTsBURa, PA, June 2, 1854 num-
Der of Hungarians collected about num-
Der of bodies at Cambria which had been
washed up and began rihing the trunks
After they had secured all the contents
they turned their attention to the dead.
The CHASTITY spectacle presented by the
distorted features of those who had lost
their lives during the food had no influence
upon the ghouls, who acted more like wild
beasts than human beings. They took
every article from the clothing on the dead
bodies, not leaving anything of value or
anything that would serve to identify the
remains.
After the miscreants had removed all
their plumber to dry ground dispute arose
over division of the spoils. A pitched
battle followed and for time the situation
was alarming. Knives and clubs were used
freely. AS result several of the combat
ants were seriously wounded and Jeff on
the ground, their fellow-countrymen not
the field of strife.
1 have just receive the following -
JoHNsToWN, Pa, June 2-11 A. NJ
They have just hung man over near the
railroad to the telegraph pole for cutting
the finger off of dead woman in order to
get ring.
VENGEANCE, SWIFT AND SURE.
The way of the transgressor in the desc
lated valley of the Conemaugh is hard in
deed. Each hour reveals some new and
horrible story of suffering and outrage, and
every succeeding hour brings news OF swift
and merited punishment melted cut to the
fiends who have dared to desecrate the
| stiff ard mangled corpses in the city of the
dead, and torture the already half crazed
victims of the cruelest of modern catastro-
Plies.
AS the roads to the lands round about
are opened tales of almost indescribable
horror come to light, and deeds of the nilest
nature, perpetroted in the darkness of the
night, are brought to light.
FOLLOWED By AvENGING FARMERS.
Just as the shadows began to fall upon
the earth last evening party of thirteen
Hungarians were noticed stealthily picking
their way along the banks of the Cone
maugh toward Sang Hollow. Suspicious
| of their purpose, several farmers armed
themselves and started in pursuit. Soon
their most horrible fears were realized
The Hungarians were out for plumber.
Lying upon tho shore they came upon
the dead and mangled body of a woman
upon whose person there were number of
trinkets of jewelry and two diamond rings.
| In their eagerness to secure the plumber the
| Hungarians got into squabble, during
i which one of the number severed the finger
upon which were the rings and started on
| a run with bis fearful prize. The revolving
nature of the deed so wrought upon the
pursuing farmers, who by this time were
close at hand, that they gave immediate
chase. Some of the HuDgarians showed
fight, but beiug outnum bszed we're COM
PEELED to fee for their lives. Nine of the
brutes escaped, but four were literally
driven into the surging river and to their
death. The inhumau monster whose
atrocous act has been described was among
the number of the involuntary Suicides
Another incident of even greater moment
has just been brought to notice.
ANXIOUS TO BE MURDERER.
AT half past eight this morning an old
railroader who had walked from Sang Hol-
lew stepped up to g number of men who
were congregated on the platform stations
at Curanville and said: 'Gsntlemep, had
| shotgun with me half an hour ago
WOulU now D6 d y6b Will lSdl
of ever having to suffer for my crime.
"Two miles below here 1 watched three
men going along the banks stealing the
jewels from the bodies Of the dead aoiUes ana
daughters of men scho haze been robbed Of
all they held dear on earth"
He had no sooner finished the last sen.
tence than five bury men, with looks of ter
rible determination written on their faces,
were on their way to the scene of plumber,
one with a coil of rope over his shoulder
and another with revolver in his hand
II twenty minutes, SO it is stated, they had
overtaken two of the wretches, who were
then in the act of cutting pieces from the
ears and fingers from the hands of the
bodies of two dead women.
BRUTEs AT BAY.
With revolver levelled at the scoundres
the leader of the posse shouted, Throw
up your hands or I'll blow your heads OFF,
With blanched faces and trembling forms
they obeyed the order and begged for
mercy. They were searched, and as their
pockets we're emptied of their CHASTITY Fl DIS
the Indignation of the crowd intensified,
and when bloody finger of an infant, en-
circled with two tiny gold rings, was found
among the plumber in the leaders pocket,
a Cry went up
Lynch them Lynch them !' Without
a moments delay ropes were thrown
around their necks and they were dangling
to the limbs of q tree, in the branches OF
which an hour before was entaDgled the
bodies of dead father and son.
After the expiration of half hour the
ropes were cut, and the bodies lowered and
carried to a pile Of rocks in the forest on
the hill above. 1t is limited that an Ale
gheny county official was one of the most
prominent actors in this justiGable homi
eide.
/ AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT.
Another case of attempted lynching waf
witnessed this evening near Kernvile.-