The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-28
KILLED FOR HER SECRET.
Mrs. August RAISE Murdered and Her
Husband Terribly Beaten.

She Knew About Anarchists Plots.
They Intended After Staying the
Man and Woman to Blow Up
Canada's Public Buildings-Barely
Escaped LynchinR.
From the New York Herald.
.Pittshurg, Pa, Sept. 25.-Hearing she
possessed a secret supposed to be known
only to. them, anarchists living in the lit
tie mining town of Calamity, back of
West Elizabeth, on the Monongahela
river, muir dered Mrs August Raisse last
night and beat her husband to insensi-
bility. Two of the supposed murderers
have been arrested and are now confined
in the Allegheny county jail. One gave
himself up to the police to escape the ven
geance of a mob armed with shotguns
The country around Calamity is aroused
and will attempt to drive the other an
archists out of the region. More bloodshed
is feared The sheriff is on the ground
with large force of deputies to preserve
the peace. His men will not count for
much against the hundreds of resolute
English-speaking miners, who have had
Among the miners are many Belgians.
There are two factions among these for
eigners-the one open and avowed an
archists, the other having nothing to do
with anarchy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raisse belonged to the
latter party, while Neal Maison and Au-
gust Breyesse, two of the alleged muir
derers, were leaders among the former
In some way Mrs Rasse became &C
quainted with some of the secrets of the
anarchists and her death was then de-
creed. Maison and Breyesse, it is al
legged, were chosen to kill her. They had
all arrangements made to go to Canada.
where they were to engage in an attempt
to blow up government buildings, and
Maison, when searched by the police, had
ticket to Montreal and $16S on his per-
son.
ATTACKED AT HIS GATE.
Raisse and his wife went to church in
West Elizabeth last night and about /
o'clock this morning arrived at their gate
There they were met by MaisOn. Brey-
esse and Charles Magiven. The first two
are Belgians, while Magiven is an Italian.
The three men pretended to be drunk
and began to argue with RaisSe. The lat
ters wife went into the house, leaving
her husband talking to the men. They
called to Mrs. Raisse to come out. She
told them to 90 home and requested her
husband to leave them He said he
would and as he turned away one Of the
men struck him with brass knuckles,
knocking him down. AS he fell Raisse
called to his wife.
The woman, who had started to go up
stairs, rushed down. She opened the
door to 20 to her husbands assistance A
shot was fired and the woman fell on the
threshold.
Then the three men jumped upon Raisse,
kicking him in a horrible manner Mrs.
Raisse never opened her lips; but, to
make sure she was dead, several more
shots were fired at her, but they did not
hit her
The firing alarmed the neighbors and
soon a party of men was on the ground.
Mrs. Raisse was dead, with bullet in
her breast, and her husband unconscious
He was revived and then told the story Of
the assault Constable Mehaffey headed
a party and they found Maison just as he
was starting over the hills Tor Plttsburg
They placed him under arrest and CON
veveG him to the little lookup in West
Elizabeth.
A guard was kept around the prison all
night to prevent any attempt at lynch
ing. The angry miners gathered In
crowds threatening to take the law in
their own hands. Several times they
said they would batter down the doors of
the lookup. but were driven away.
FEARED TIE MOB.
Maison was brought to the Allegheny
county jail this evening, and at about
the time of his arrival Breyesse gave him
self up to Policeman Dalton, OF the PITTS
burg police force, saying he would rather
be in prison than shot.
Brevesse SAYS that after the murder OF
Mrs 2aisse. who, he declares, was killed
bv a Shot from Maisons revolver, he
struck out FOR the woods He found a
hiding place, and all night long heard
and saw the angry miners hunting ior