The sun., 1890-11-02
A MIDNIGHT ASSASSINATION.
SHOCKING 1RAGEDr Ar THE SCENE
OF BURGofNE's SURRENDER


An Aged Couple Awakened from sioep by
Two Men. the Front Door and the Win.
aows OF Their Bedroom snas he'd In. and
the Mnsband KNied-lis Prodded both
or the Assnss,ns with m Ola Bsyoret.
and Their Wounds Led TO Their Arrest
SARATOGA. Nov. IA foul murder was COM
mitted near schuylerville this morning. The
scene of the tragedy was Mt q point known a.
Tho Hemlocks" near the Chnmplain Canal.
about mile below Schuyerville. Here, in a
nent cottage surrounded by n few acres OF land.
under the shadow OF Willows Mountain and on
ground made historically famous as being the
scene of Burgoyne's surrender. lived Thomas
Churchill aged 80 years. and his wife, who s
about thirty years younger They were inof-
fens,ve and lived n quiet and retired
life visit to the scene OF the
tragedy soon after its occurrence showed
how brutal md unprovoked had been
the assault and how terrible had been the
struggle by the aged couple against their as
sailants The largo half lights Of all tho front
windows OF the lower floor Of the house were
broken and tho front door was battered and
forced from its fas;ennRs. Inside the house
the stove and other furniture were scattered
about the bedding from side room was torn
and blood stained. the floor and walls and fur
niture were spattered with blood. and there
were two bullet holes In the side wall In a
corner OF the kitchen. his head resting on .
basket OF half-sheled corn. lay the white
haired old man. dead. wfile his wifo speech
less with terror WAS moaning and wrinGng
hor hands beside him. When the woman could
be sufficiently Gained to talk coherently. she
told this story:
My husband and myself were In bed Just
after the clock struck / heard q wagon ap-
preaching from the south. 1t stopped in front
OF the gate Pretty soon man came to the
front door and knocked. He said he wanted
some matches. l told him we were in bod and
could not open the house for any ono at that
time OF night. except in case OF sickness Tue
man then began kicking the door. Then my
husband got up in his night clothes and we
both went to the door. The man left the door
and went TO the wintow OF the bedroom, which
big s. one, which he also threw into tho room.
He then went back to tho wagon and had
some conl ersation with another m an VINO was
and fesan tattcrine. the door. using vile
language, and dema ding admission. One OF
tho Old sa S h Thsn shs1 S.y KIN doos as
80 hard that one OF the fasteninGs, was broken.
an the door was parity oren; When my hus;;
up in the leli, and which he had fastened to
Sf in ops fs'9 Ss as
one Il not both Of them. Then both the mon
rsache j it one Of them tired shot AZ the house.
They Saa then d5oo sEs aSd the
st 81 nsisSboT: Mr. e." justin Iis%mspa; 1'f IL
had S s%. saa nd that S.s
again Ts.y came 70 the Sedro w window;
showed them back. Then the men went to the
front door ugain and fory cd it so lar open that
ono OF them wos crnwding his body into The
my hand and with it struck him with all my
~ .Ght. ~ The blow knocked him back out Of tho
Mr. nlalon'i's ior i hep; When nearly ,Sere
the one a ea my or when
on thS hooT dead; The men lad gone and The
The villains WHO con,mitte this horrible
crime were Gus " traced and 10, ,oon nnner Ar
Webster %as AZ % aal toll has his ser
vices were needed t" d. ess the wound OF a
ThG hs been shot Hs found u 10 bis
spow n tho m"Sds- % The "' Doctor r. found md Ss
Henahan had, n ncsh wound in the breast, AZ
Ter tno WOUNDS W. re- Ore6SoI the mon. WITHOUT
maxi, G any explanation. went away. But this |
led to their arrest when tho
Eews OF the murder becl me known. duRhes
was found at home in bed. whore he was left
under guard bc'ng too much hurt to be moved:
Icnshan VAS also found in he'd Mt the Hotel
and was placed under arrest. Tho
e'cnluG before these two men had hired q
Vile. and had driven to Covevile about two |
miles below the scene OF the murder He'e
they spent some time Mt Costello's canal sa-
loon drinking and carousng. and 1t was on |
their return from there that the murder WAS
committed.
Henahan is about 35 years old He is a
hostler by occupation. and was smr rloyed al the |
Hotel SCHUYLER. He has tho reputation OF he .ng !,
: ueaceable man; when sober. Hughes is about
but for tho rnst five years has lived in Mon
tana; SINCE his return 2 short time ago; he
has been known as a Wild West cowboy"
The evidence against these mon s very |
damaging. The cushions OF the wagon. in |,
which they had driven. were saturated with |
blood, Henahans shirt had q ho!a in 1t and |
was blood stained. while the two shirts worn |
Ly Hughes were saturated with blood from the |
waist down, and his white shirt showed two |
punctures as though made by a sharp instru- |
menl. 10 revolver was found on either Of the
mon. After preliminary examination by the
Coroner's jury Hughes and HenRhan were held |
ior the murder and pleaded not guilty. Tho
Inquest Was adjourned until next Wednesday.