Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-11-28
TAX COLLECTOR
SLAIN AND BURIED
Murdarers Confess and Lead
Waj to His BodJ'
VICTIM MISSING TWO WEEKS
Was Found Buried in Lonely Wcod'
After Slayers Accompanied Author
tiles to the Spot.

tiles to the Spot.
S. Lewis Pinkerton, the missing Del
aware county tax collector. and tarn'
superintendent, was found murderer
and buried in strip of lonely WOOD
land half way between WaWa anu
Darlington near Media, Pa. H.s
head had been beaten until his lea
lures were almost unrecognizable and
his arms and body were cut~and
bruised. -
The body which had been buried
by the murderers, lay in shailo"
grave, where it had rested since the
night of Noymber T. when Plnkertoh
had been slain. On top OF it was
bloody blackjack which had been usea
TO beat Pinkerton to death in staple
on the Brick House Farms OF u
Soaring Wilson, at Glen Mills. twe.Ve
miles away. Pinkerton was sHperln-
tandent of four farms belonging 10
Wilson.
District Attorney Hannum, OF D la
ware county, and O'Toole, &c tive
were led to the place where The body
had been hid by the ccntcssed muf-
derers. They are Roland 5. Penn ng-
ton, a twen.y.year-old farm hand on
the Wilson place and George H. March
thirty-two years cid, employed by VIII
son as a dairy-nan. Bo.h are no"
tba Ma1ia i9il
The arrest of Pennington and March
occurred after the former had cen
fessed and implicated March. At first
the latter denied the crime, but Wnen
he was confronted by the mu;1iatea
body at the grave, broke down and
admitted the murder.
After the District Attorney and
O'Toole had wormed the narrative Of
the murder out of Pennington. ne
agreed to lead the men to the body.
Both PENNINGTON and March had bean
"sweated" in the stable where the
murder had taken place, and from
there the four, in motor car, started
on their CHASTITY search.
Pennington did the directing, and
the party started to follow the route
traversed by Pennington and March
with the body on the night Of the
murder.
Pennington's eyes were almost
bursting from his head and he scanned
the roadway ahead. revealed in the
glare of the motors search lights.
About a mile and half from WaWa
ne turned to O'Toole.
"We're getting near it now he
muttered. "Stop here"
The motor halted, and the four men
got out, Pennington led the way
with a lantern held high over his
head. District Attorney Hannum,
O'Toole and March followed, the fist
two carrying lanterns ani spades
They crossed the old Darlington es'
tate. covering about half a mile OF
field. meadow and woodland, scramb'
ling over fences and stumbling
through the darkness, coming to Il
wood.covercd hill on the farm of Mrs.
Mary Crosby.
Entering one strip of lonely woods,
Penn 'ngton s'orped, swung his In ern
around and finally kicked at sjme
loose earth.
dig here" he, said to O'To"le.
The district attorney st1od guard
over the two prisoners, but the was
no need. Pennington and M'rch stool
limp and trembling. Incapable of NOV
Ing, while the da'ective dug into tn
moist earth. He had Denetrat d about
two feet when he beran ID, go moro
carefully. He was dig i1g aroTnd a
long. still object. Then. Ae c'll'd td
Hannum. Together they lifted n"
thing out of The hole. P:nkerton )
body lay before them.
District Attorney Fa@nun Sill be
lleves that March has not old all tn"
truth. The man sill maintains that
robbery was not the motive for II :
crime. PENNINGTON declares it wHs Il
motive and that the money found Cn
Pinkerton, with his siGnet ring, were
taken by them and dirjsicn madn.
Pinkerton had between $50 and 5000
with him when he disappeared.