The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-01
SPlLLER'S TERRIBLE CRIMES.
ARRESTED And COAKITTED TO JAIL.
,,,.rs Were Fears Of Lynehins the Brute
The Assault was Committed on the
Girl on Returning from
Dance-His Past Record.

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Ne quiet Of he Sabbath morning was
,,,5,ly hroken by report which spread
49,, v,,ldre. nat a double crime of as
.,. and mul Ter bad been committed IN
.,. c,ylv hours of the day, in the sub
,,rbs of ,ae Y. Just one mile and half
f,or N. cou house.
As thc Che speake and Ohio train ap-
.-o,rbes Sta ,nton 1t passes through
..,,.~b know as pincktown 1t was here
md ,n,media ely on the line Of the ROAD
.b,, the crime was committed. TWO ram
.r.. named Rowe live in the settlement
~. Rowe Ives near the national Gem
...-,. and his brother John lives some
stance down the road.
II has been the custom for some time
81, have all-night dances at John Rowes'
and saturday night such a card party
80 had ana the ffteen-year-oid daugh-
.,- of Joe Rowe attended IT. Between Il
nd clock. Lottie Rowe. IN company
.rirs q boy iamed Bradford, was return
t-g 10 her home and when they were
sing the bridge over The Chesapeake
no rai.road track, negro man
.p Knocked Bradford down, and
.,s the girl away. Bradfort fell down
tbe hank ~ the railroad cut, and iaid
tbars inse1sible until he was aroused
~, tho noise of the eastbound passenger
train. The negro who made the attack
IN Bradford and took the girl away FOR
The purpose Of accomplishing his design
led lawrence Spiller, and is employ
a blacksmith in the shops or the
,3dley WagOn Works
SUBDEBEn THE CHILD.
He took the chill, dragged her into
field near by, assaulted her, and then
murdered her The field i'm which the
assault was made gave evidences OF
fierce struggle. The poor victim was
dragged through wire fences and over
stone wall until the track of the rail-
road was reached. when her lteleSS form
was placed on the track for the evident
purr. sc II having the train run over
her when Il should come iu at 4:33, Sched-
ule time. But such a shadow OF escape
was for this beastly wretch oVerruied.
The train was more than an hour lale'
and IL was clear daylight when the
whistle Of the coming train was heard,
and two colored men who had found the
body pulled II aside, so as 10 allow the
train 10 mass as IL came laundering down
the grade.
When found the body presented horri-
ble sight. The head had been fearfully
mashed with a stone. The brains were
ozing out the clothes were torn. and
the arms, limbs and breast bore terrible
marks of the fury Of the brutal assail-
ant.
From the spot where the assault was
made up 10 where the body was round,
every step furnished evidences Of cruelty
and bear testimony as direct as circum-
stances can point TO the guilt of the
party accused. la
ARREST on sPILLER.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Dawson sum-
moned Night Policemen Simpson and
Hamilton. and the three went in bug
gfes directly 10 Spiller's house. and by
a clever ruse lodged him safely behind
the bars OF the county Jail before the
news Of the crime was generally known.
The officers told Spiller he was wanted
Ito identify a prisoner. He fell into me
trap, got into the buggy with Sheriff
Dawson and was driven rapidly 10 the
Jail. When in front Of the Jail Officers
Simpson and Hamilton, who had pre-
ceeded Dawson. drew their revolvers on
- ller and placed him under arrest and
lc iged him safely in Jail. Spiller protest
lis innocence. but said it was all
\ 1T and added:
L have a good gun in my pocket;
OUT 3S calibre. Remington make, and
| lly loaded.
awson had ridden with him in the
sgy mile and half with this load
pistol In his pocket. while Dawson
4 only a rock. which he had picked
at spiller's house.
THE VICTIM.
= ne - is Of slight build and weighed
pounds and was quite good
~ he people are very poor, and
has done nothing 10 elevate
John Rowe. the uncle OF the
playing cards and drinking
h Spiller until u o'clock at
etched home. Spiiler met the
minutes after he left Rowe's
a giant lie stands o-er six
rhes. weighs 240 pounds. and
s been known TO lift a dead
/, 100 pounds. Mr.. Brady
here from West Virginia,
before and since then been
the blacksmiths shop. At
le has the reputation Of be-
Sable quiet man, but gets
Saturday night. When in
d he assaulted man with
for this served a five-years'
RNoundsville penitentiary.
IN, w CIRCUMSTANCES.
Ia, b.io, pg TO Spiller and a mur-
ae,ous cinh ~ OF a buggy spoke and
s,nnea win :, a inches of iron, which
..as roade ~, cvLler was found at the
f,rs, wire fence WEough which he drag
"a his victirn n bad rained during the
.to~nt and soillers y hoes ft exactly the
H.scls made in thv soft earth. At the
- ~ the woman with whom Spiller
- ,,,oa,, cinAeS were found and
he Woman was caulht in the act OF
burning them. she h@S oeen "'tsS'eu
aiso
enr,o. .o,,roriedpes ne. was drinking
and playing cards with RWe' put ,s ialeu
70 give satisfactory accc t'it oi H,i'.sii -
Iafter leayh.g Rowes. The Ihhofeh lh ,ne
spilier house said: Uncle ttoid hsr tine
ksoman) TO buri- the clothesl'
All day yesterday there vas great ex-
k,uement In town, and somA persons ap-
rehended trouble.
4 telegram was received rom clifton
ofge. which said:
III you need help 70 swing\the Niger.
a furnish two hundred men tn the 1890
raiA,"
rsLyanApBEp TO THE oovEtsoR.
fudge chalkley. conmonweAth's At
10y White. Mayor Fuliz MH Sheriff