The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-09-13
identification Of william kiser's
Murderers.


The mystery that has surrounded the
brutal torture and butchery Of William
Kiser. of Shippensville, the bachelor her.
nit, whose death was caused by three
midnight assassins in an attempt to force
him to open his safe, after they had
robbed him of belt containing an
amount estimated at from S, ,OOGto SIC, 900,
seems to be in fair way of being cleared
up,
! In this case two small coins utterly un-
familiar to the people ofthis part of the
State, will probably furnish the long
looked for clue, and will take as active a
part in disclosing the identity of the muir
deiers as did the wad from the l6.gauge
shotgun in fixing the killing of George
Carter, of Rynd farm upon Walter Wheat
on aud his accomplice, Mckay, of this city.
And yet there were dozen or more guns
of this calibre in this neighborhood, while
in this clue it is believed that there are
no other Mexican scent silver pieces in
Pennsylvania, outside of private collec-
ions, kept in cabinets, except those which
were in the possession of William Kiser,
tortured, murdered aud robbed by three
men in a manner atrocious enough 10
cause shame to bloom in the face of the
most blood-thirsty savage.
Urged on by the reward OF 81 900 offered
by the relatives of William Kiser there
had been posse of detectives at work
even before the murdered man was laid
to rest IN the cemetery at Shippenville,
where he met his death in such a terrible
manner. These detectives have covered
the ground thoroughly, and their re-
searches have made them visit nearly ev-
cry farm and town between Buffalo and
Pitisburg, and from Shippenville to New
Castle. During the past week the coins
came to light. They were found in the
possession of two little children in Gran.
berry township, and now the detectives
are interested in discovering their travels
before they reached these innocent little
children. as this money, it now seems al
most certainty, was in the possession of
William Kiser before he was killed. They
are of silver, denomination five cents, and
were coined in Mex leo. So far as the de-
tectives have been able to discover there
have never been coins of this nature in
circulation ia this or adjoining counties,
and possibly no other man but William
Kiser in Pennsylvania ever owned such
a coin as these.
Owing to the secrecy that naturally fol-
lows the movements and operations of
the men employed in collecting evidence
and facts that promise to lead to the de-
lection of the men responsible for such
an atrocious murder as that of William
Kiser, and their absolute refusal to ans
wer any question whatever that might
give an idea as to whom they suspect of
the crime, nothing further can be pub
lished at this time, but from the amount
of time, and the large number of men
they have engaged in following up this
clew of the strange coins, and which is
now a topic of general conversation in
Cranberry township, where the coins
first came to light, and from Shippenville
from whence they are believed 10 have
been stolen, there is 10 doubt but that
the detectives attach much importance to
their discovery, and that it is not unrea-
sonable to expect that important devel-
opments at least, if not several arrests,
will follow within day or two.-OH city
Derrick.
OF course the absense of evidence that
Kiser ever possessed a coin such as the
Derrick describes would naturally raise
considerable doubt in peoples minds as
to the value OF the theory here presented,
but clew is clew and should be fol-
lowed 10 its legitimate end. Very often
the smallest or most Insignificant thing,
apparently, proves the nost valuable IN
the long run. And it may develope that
Kiser had at some time possessed such
coins.
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