Evening journal., 1895-10-11

~ - H'1PefnNt fntiiifes hFHteo Win
Dynamite and Eevoivers. and the ON
clais Have Not Even Tried to Appre
hend Him-Tooil to the Woods.
PORT JERvis, n. y, Oct 1l.-Chris.
llan Haussman, who more than a week
rgo shot and killed Justice Of the Peace Se-
hastian Nowbnrger and seriously wound
I'd Henry Quick at Tafton, Pm, IS still al
large, and the people Of the surrounding
rountry are crying out against the appar
ent oowardice Of the peace officers of pike
county.
Not one of them has thus far taken
step toward apprchending the fugitive,
and the murmurs of the people have be-
gun to take the form Of talk of Judge
Lynch and short shrift for Haussmann.
All that they need Is lendor.
llaussmann's home is q small two story,
rain smcarcd building in tho ccntor Of one
of the gauntost clearings in tho Pike
county mountains, by courtesy called
farm. Immediately after tho shooting
Wednesday afternoon of last week, Hauss-
mann fled there.
Some Of the bravcr spirits in the neigh
horhood armed themselves with rifles and
followed him. but no had gone into tho
woods, and none Of them would pursue
lNIlNtit IntN NNNttuliu NNNilnClNf1 NlNh
idling about the clearing until sundown,
and then started homeward in the dark
ness They wcro prepared to take no fur
thor chances with so desperate "A man.
All of them knew that he had % rovol-
yer and was we'll supplied with ammuni-
tion, but whom they learned tho next day
that no had also provided himself with dy-
namite, thcy decided 20 leave things en-
tlrely 10 the officers of Che law. And these
are no more ready TO move than Hauss-
mann's neighbors. The whole country
roundabout ia in abieot terror OF this
armed demon. All Of this, too, within 100
| miles Of New York
The scene of this strange tragedy is IN
the bleakest part of northeastern Penn
sylyania, region made famous by Hor-
ace Greeley for its "rnttlesnakes, hoop
poles, Democrats and bad whisky"
Carried Dynamite Into Court.
Fire destroyed some timber on the
land OF Horny Won Frank, whose farm
adioins that of Hnussmann. Won Frank
charged the butcher farmer with starting
| the blaze and demanded damages. At
most he had suffered a loss Of not more
than 50 or 81, but he was bound to have
this even though there was grave doubt
/ whether Haussmann was to blame.
Il AAANnHiAtMn 'AA'AAA lA'In0NN'hH A'l
/ the fearful settlement that he was to
make have never been told The hearing
of the case was TO come up before Squire
/ Newburger last Wednesday afternoon.
| The day before, Haussmann hitched up
his only horse and drove to Hnwloy. He
had some bills to settle, and this he did
/ with scrupulous exactness. His money
nan out before all wore paid, so be left his
wagon with one Of the tradesmen, romark-
ing:
"Get your money out Of that guess
it's enough"
He had already bought several pounds
Of dynamite. explaining that he wanted
60 use It to blow up stumps on his farm.
He had also purchased a self cooking re-
volver and n box Of cartridges.
Squire Newburger held court in tho
front room of his little two story house on
Tafton turnpike Tho front door opens
straight into the room, which isnot larger
than the ordinary bedroom of "a city house
l The iloor is covered with an old fashioned
rag carpet. laid in strips and the furni-
ture Is scnnt and severely plain. Into this
/ little room linussmann sttode silently on
the fatal afternoon.
/ Haussmann sat down I'm silcnce and
/ drawing up a spare chair beside him placed
on it two cigar boxes which he had brought
i'm under his arm. An hour lator it was
[ found that each of them contained several
pounds of dynamite and was provided
with detonating fuse.
To all intcnts and purposes the gather-
ing had no moro the aspect OF court
than it did that of prayer meeting. Tho
venerable squire rose and said calmly:
Don't you think, Haussmann, you can
settle this matter with Won franky'
81 think 80, be replied also rising.
When the Judge Was Killed.
The next instant his revolver was out
/ and he had begun firing The first shot
| struck Henry Quick ono Of the witnesses
square IN tho nose, and he tumhlcd out OF
the room bleeding and with the bullet in
tho back of his throat The shot had been
fired at such close range that his face was
filed with specks of gunpowder.
After that Haussmann, thoroughly
maddunod and desperate, fired rapidly
Only one Of the bullets took effect how
ever-the one that killed the squire. Won
| Frank, the cause of the trouble, escaped
without scratch, and was found half an
hour afterward hidden in a corniiold half
a mile away.
Only one Of those present had the pres
ence OF mind 20 seize Hnussmann, but tho
latter beat him of with his empty revolv-
er and striding from the house, crossed
the turnpike reloading his weapon as he
went From the other side he fired two
parting shots without effect and then dis
appeared across the fields.
At homo he shaved himself, his wife
says, kissed her and the little ones goodby
and went into the woods, which extend
from there many miles In all directions
Mrs. Haussmann has since admitted that
no returned that evening, but says that
she has not seen him since.
A great majority of tho Tafton people
believe however that, although Hauss
mann does not show himself, he is stiA
near his home. and that his wife is sup
plying him with food. All the men 60
armed at all times. and Won Frank, the
most frightened Of all, dares not leave his
house.