Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
THIRD (WHICH" CASE.
DEFENDANT is FOUND
GUILTY BY YORK JURY
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which somebody had cast upon him.
The sister with whom he had quarreled,
Blymyer assured Milton Hess, had hired
some powerful and malevolent magician
to put this spell upon him.
With part of his fee in hand Blymyer,
with his childlike craftiness. began
making the rounds of more experienced
witch doctors to learn the identity of
the sorcerer. One Of them revealed it
to him by passing dollar bill across his
hand. When it was removed he saw
in his palm picture Of Rehmeyer. to
whom he had been taken to be pow
vowed when he was a child.
Pair Are Frightened.
Blymyer passed on the information to
Hess. In order to break the spell 1t was
necessary to get lock of the SorcererS
hair and bury 1t eight feet underground
behind the Hess barn. The witch doc
tor enlisted the services Of the 14-year-
| old waif. John Curry. They visited
Rehmeyer and were scared.
So they told Milton Hess that 1t
would be necessary to get third party
| to help them hold Rehmeyer while
they cut off the hair. The older
| brother. Clayton Hess. who owns an
automobile and had acted as a chauffer
visit to Rehmeyer, refused to go. Mrs.
Hess. the mother, felt that the oppor-
tunity to put an end to their troubles
could not be ignored and 1t was on
her suggestion. according to the con-
| fession. that Wilbert took part In the
| fatal expedition. Wilbert set out In
fear and trembling, too nervous to ap-
preciate what was happening.
Recluse Lets Them In.
They knocked at Rehmeyer's door.
The recluse appeared at chamber
window in his night clothes. He recog-
nized Blymyer and let them in. He
was a powerful man, with little reason
| to fear the three anemic youths In a
| fair fight.
Suddenly Blymyer Is said to have
| jumped on his back and tripped him.
He fell. struggled, and threw on his
assailant.
Hit him, hit him." Blymyer is said
to have yelled.
II hit him once" Hess said. He in
sisted that Blynyer also had struck the
old man with the leg OF chair.
Rehmeyer fell and lay still. Then,
says Wilbert, he began to wake up. He
wanted to run home. Blymyer insisted
that they search the house Cor the
! book. The Long Lost Friend" power
| full text book of black magic which the
"sorcerer was reputed to have in his
! possession"
Fail to Find Book.
They searched one room, Hess said,
and did not find the book. Blymyer
! found some money, about So in a
bureau drawer, and handed 1t to Will
! bert The boy took 1t, he said, with
! out realizing what he was doing.
They went down stairs. Rehmeyer
! lay stark on the kitchen floor. Blymyer
! and Curry are said to have poured OIL
| on the body and set it on fire. Then
, the three fed through the depths OF
=! the dark valley about 10 miles to Hess
! home. They aroused Clayton Hess ana
/ he drove Blymyer and Curry to York.
Wilbert went to bed. He could not
/ sleep. He went to his sister-in-law,
! Claytons wife, and told her what had
| happened. Then he told his mother.
! They did not tell the sick father. VIII
! bert went to work the next day and
| within a few hours he was arrested
and charged with the murder OF
: His attorney, Harvey A. Gross. in
sisted on going over every line OF the
signed confession obtained the morning
| after the murder by District Attorney
/ Herman and the boy denied this in
several particulars.
[ The mother and Clayton Hess testi-
| fed to the series of misfortunes which
had afflicted the family after the quar-
rel over the right-of-way and the cir
cumstances which led to Wilbert tax
ing part in the strange expedition.