The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1877, Page 5

} “FLORIDA FOR HAYES. Decision of the Commission in Favor of the Stearns Electors, “ACTION OF THE CANVASSING BOARD NAL Congress No Power ToGo Back 4 of the Returns. NO INVESTIGATION OF FRAUD. 4 } The Report To Be Presented to Congress To-Day, REPUBLICANS EXULTANT Democrats Disappointed but Phil- osuphical. GOVERNOR TILDEN AS A FATALIST. 7 FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuinatoy, Feb. 9, 1876, $ The Electoral Commission had along and anxious day of discussion, and camo toa votea little before six, Thi'ee propositions wero introduced, but only “two were voted on. The resolution that the in- eligibility of Humphroys, one of the electors, was Ot proved did not come to a vote, as it was not nec- essary, It would have boon unanimously adopted if it had been voted on, The resolution that the Tilden electors were entitled to cast tho vote of the State was Tejected by 7 to 8, a partisan division, Then came tho Tesolution that the Hayos electors were entitled to cast the vote of the State, and this was adopted by 8 to 7, Mr. Justice Bradley voting in each case with the republicans, After a recess the roport was drawn up, which will be sept into Congress to-morrow, -and this ‘was signed by the eight “members who supported it, the sevon otbers not signing it, of course, The ground taken in this report is substantially that maintained by the republicans throughout the discus- sion. It 18 that the Governor's certificate and the cor- tiflcate of the Returning Board are final and conclu- ev Bivo; that they cannot be looked benind, and that the Hayes electors having these they cast the vote of Florida, ‘It was urged on the other side that this was te give , to the Returning Board, consisting of but three men, all of thom subvordinate officers, men of no high or lasting functions, and of evanescent octal charater, a Power dangerously great; that it places them abovo the Supreme Court of the State, tho highest and most permanent judicial officers within it; that it gave them greater power and made them superior So tho Logislature, who are the peoplo of the Btato, and that ft set a precedent favorable to corrup- tion and dangerous to the country. All this did not avail, The republicans adhered to their simple propo- sition that the acts of a roturning board are not sub- ject to revision by any authority, whether of tho State or the Congress; that when the three officers of that Board in Florida declared the Hayes electors shosen that was final, and it was even asserted that the Board itself could not lawfully reverse or recon- skier its own decision. The commission of course examined with great care the three certificates and the accompanying documents, It was shown in those of the Tilden cloctors that the Supreme Court ot the State bad decided against tho . right of the Hayes electors and in favor of the Tilden elect- ors, The recanvass of the vote by the order of the Legislaturo was also shown and the result certified in Aetail, proving that the Tilden electors had a majority pf votes, as well as the action of the Governor, cer- tifying the action of the Legisiature, All this was gone over caretully, yet the republicans were immovable. They still adhered to thoir proposition that all this was vain and of no account, and indeod took the ground of Judgo Matthews that, no mattor what tights or wrongs were shown by investigating, no matter how cloarly i was proved that tho Tilden electors had a majority, and were therefore de juro the electors, tho simple declaration of the three men who cunstituted tho Returning Board, though contrary to acknowledged truth, was Snal. It was shown furthermore that the Returning Board had openly conicssed fraud in tho change it made trom Stoarns to Drew in its recanvass ; that this correction, plainly made because the Returning Board saw that a traud directly and clearly provablo in the State courts {was sure to be exposed and remediod, cast just sus- Picion upon the declaration in favor of the Hayes efectors and mede {t propor that proof should be a mitted of fraud In that count. But tho republicans still adhored to their position that the action of the Returning Board could not be impeached, could not be Jooked into, and was final and conclusive of the wholo matter. The discu: The democrats carefully explored and Jald before their fel. jow members the wholo facts ijn regard to Florida, and Yhese were considered from evory legal and constitu. , onal point of view. It is not known that the repub- Hiecans set up any denial of these facts, which indecd se established on competent evidence, and show that the State was undoubtedly carried tor the Tilden elec. dors, and that the Returning Board by omissions and anges of votes, all contrary to tho law which created |d defines its duty, gave the vote to the Hayes electors, ‘o all this the reply was that the action of the three ‘officers who constituted the Returning Board, and who ving given tho vote of the State to Hayes, at once disappeared from tho public viow—that thoir act was final, incontrovertible; irroversiblo by any authority whatever, whether Stateor national, and could not evon bo Inquifed into, 1tis a little curious that tho Position thus taken was furnished to the republican members of the. commission by Judge Matthews, who fe a near relntWb of Governor Hayes, He held in his Qrgumont that— "That vody of electors which, with an apparont right api a paper and in possession of the function, fronchiso or office, actually exercises it is, for tho purposes of this tribunal, tho lawful body whose votcs Must bo counted, It is not necessarily tho body Which, upon subsequent proceedings, may be ascer- fained to have had do juro title, but it Is that body which by the color of office, having the formal exter. Bal proofs of authority, was in point of fact inducted {nto possession of the power to cast that vote, and who id it. In other words, who, under the law of Florida, eon the 6th day of December, 1876, do facto elec- pa for that State, As ig gaid that Messrs, Morton and Garfield carried mn was earnest but not bittor, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUA on mostiot the discussion on the republican side, the Other republican mambers saying comparativoly little. Nearly all the democrats took an active part in tho discussion. During the afternoon General Garflold came into the Senate several times and held consul- tations with Senator Sherman, o'clock to-morrow. The two houscs meet at ten, and the joint meeting will reassemble probably shortly alter twelve, to proceed with the count, The first motion will be to agree to the re- port of the commission, and on this the two houses wil separate, The democrats will movo to nop-concur, and in tho Houso it is probable that a Protest will be offered against the commission's de- cision, Only two hours are allowed for debate on this motion, however, and as the concurrence of both houses is necessary to upset the commission’s de- cision, and as this cannot be got, of course it will stand, © It is expected that the Louisiana certificates and the accompanying papers will be in the hands of the com- mission by to-morrow evening. There isa good deal of excitement on both sides to-night, but particu- larly among the democrats, who are deeply disap- pointed at tho result, and this excitement may make itself felt in the two houses, The democratic protest bas been prepared at a late hour this evening, Itisa merely formal document, reciting the principal ele- ments of the Florida caso as thoy were contained in the certificates and other papers before tho commis- siov, Its main intention is to show the country on ‘wnat evidence the democratic claim rested, and against what facts the decision was made. THK EPYROT ON LOUISIANA, It is the opinion of the ablest democratic counsel and of several members of tho commission that the Florida decision docs not at all affect tho Louisiana case. In that case the question will be whether the Returning Board had any authority under tho Stato law to count the clectoral voto, Proot will also bo oflercd that tho vote of the State was sold, and that by a board which had no authority to count or declare it, and which, even if ithad, was constituted in violation of the law, which expressly commands that its members shall be five in number and selected from all parties, while it had but four, all ropublicans, ‘THE INELIGIBLE BLECTORS, It is not understood that tho case of ineligible clec. tors was argued generally in the commission; but the republican position on that point will bo that, thoagh the constitution forbids a federal officor to be chosen elector, it réquires either a federal or State law to carry out this provision, and that, while the State may, if it chooses, punish the federal officer who allows bimse!f to be chosen clector, the vote cast by him cannot be affected as he is 4 moro agent punishable in nis own person, but without void- ing the act ho performed for bis principal, the people of the State, The demoorats, however, have this evening discovered anothor, a third, elector in Louisi- ana supposed to be ineligible, one Josef, a colored map, who is reported to have been disfranchisod in Alabama as a State Prison convict for bur- glary. They have telegraphed South to-night for the evidence, if it exists, if this charge against Josef is’ true and meantime aro looking up the au- thoritics to see, first, if the statutes ot Alabama dis. franchise @ convict; and, seqpnd, if tho statutes of Loutstana would so apply to Josel’s case as to disfran- chise bim in Low)siana for a disfranchising crime com- matted m another State, It is also reported that Bur- chard, another of the Louisiana republican electors, is not a citizen for tho reason that he was born in Haytt and has never been naturalizod. CONCLUSIONS FROM THE DECISION, ‘The ground taken by the majority of the commis. sion in the Florida caso, would, if :t were applied to all the States, substantially be equivalent to letting the Vice President count the votes, This was remarked here this evening with somo irritation by several democrats; but a democratic Senator replied vory forcibly :— ¥ z “We aro bound to abide by the decision of the com- mission unless both houses overturn it, The two houses could not agree about this question of counting the vote, and, being only two, there was a tie, We agreed tu refer it to a commission composed of an odd namber, so that there should not bea tie. Tho com- mission has aright to decide, and evon if it should decide outright that the Senate’s position is tho true one, unless the two houses agree to upset this decision, it would be final,” The common senso of this was felt at once, Thoro ‘ga geveral feeling on both sides that the'strugglo is Dy no means over, and that Louisiana presents ele- ments which Florida bad not, It will be seen bya report elsewhere that the’ comments of democratic members of Congress on the Florida decision are gen- erally good natared. THY SEKMING PARTISANSHIP, That which most grieves and disappoints judicious and loading men of both parties is tho apparently par. tisan division in the commission and especially among the judges, but confidence is expressed that when other points come up in other cases there will po no such separation. 2 “I would rather lose the election,” said a democrat to-day, ‘by a unanimous vote of the Supreme judges than seo such a seemingly partisan spirit rule among them,”” ‘ imntertiimavinneatnlat FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasuinotor, Feb. 9, 1877, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS ON THE DECISION, The following aro some of the opinions of members of both sides on tho decision :— On tho republican side, Washington Townsend, of Peonsylvania—The voto is as it should bo. It is a vin- ication of the wisdom of tho creation of tho com- mission. Mr. Piaisted, of Maine—How could any one expect a different result? Mr. Havboll, of Michtgan—It shows conclusively that wo are entitled to build’ our hopes on justice and right, even with the approval of the democracy. Mr. Foster, of Onio—The Lord is a just jadge and Hayes is the choice of a small majority of the people, Republican Congressmen generally were jubilant over the report that the vote was to be counted for Hayes. M DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS, On the domocratic sido there were all shades of opin- tons, Mr. Bucknor, of Missouri, sald ho didn’t oxpect any- thing better, Mr. Kehr, from the same Stato, sald:—"1 am bound to accept tho decision and as such am prepared to say ft te right,” Mr. Thomas, of Maryiand, eatd:—"It groans that Hayes will be counted in.”” Mr, Whitehouse said:—"Tildon, ‘thou art so near and i—Justice Bradicy is a great Mathematician and if the problem is stated correctly for Tilden the majority will be on our side,” Jones,of New Hampshire, satd:..**We ha abide by the decision of the commission, waste words about opinions,” Hewitt said The report ss filled with bitterness for ‘me, but 1 can find a dranght of sweetness fn it, Hurd, of Ohio, sald:—'Expecting nothing, [ am not greed to disappointed, What ase to | Oregon will surely save us.”’ Hopkins, of Pennsylvanta, said:—*It means Hayes and Wheeier,”” Saylor, of Ohio, sald:—“At this rate, my fellow clti- zon Hayes will be counted in.” Blackburn said;—‘“Never had apy faith in the bill, but still have hope.’? Cutler, of Ne —'Have wo any reasons Anderson, of Ilinois, said:—*‘‘Is is all over.’” Mr. Rice, of Ohio, said:—“When did the chances of Tilden appear better than in Florida?” Mr. Whitthorne said:—*I havo been discouraged ince I beard the first decision of the comtnis- sion,” Mr. Knott sald:—“I bave stopped thinking about the subject ever since the bill passed.” Mr. House, of Tennesseo, said:—"‘My eyes rest upon Louisiana as the hope of the country.’” Mr. Caultield said:—“If we do not got Louisiana and Oregon score 185 for Hayes.” Mr. Douglass, of Virginia, sald:—E wish I had voted against the bill.” Mr, Lord, of New York, atid;—I think wo havo a strong chance 1n Louistana.”” Mr, Cox remarked :—‘O Lord, honoy! let mo alone! ’? Mr, Meado sald:—‘'] am neither surprised nor de- Jected,” Mr. Levy, of Louisiana, sald:—“What bave wo to hope for now ?”” Mr. MoMahon, of Ohio, said:—‘*The judicial charac- ter of tho commission 1s in our favor when Louisiana is reached,’” Senator Jones, of Florida, said:—"Tho result is not what I expected, and I don’t know what to say about i” . Mr, Harrison, of Illinois; said:—‘‘Hopo is the main- spring of life; why should we mourn.” “Mr. Sparks, of Ilinois, sald:—“It looks as though the report that tho commission is governed by parti- san sentiment is truc.’? Mr. Mills, of Toxas, said:—“This changing the lead- ers of the choir in the midalo of a 1uno nevor suits me, I voted against the bill.’”» Mr. Durham, of Kentucky, said:—*'My voto against the bill ts the best vindication of my action.”” COLUMBUS REJOICING. CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS TO GOVERNOR HAYES ON THE DECISION OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. J CoLumnus, Uhio, Feb, 9 1877. Republicans are fjubilant, to-night over the action ot the Joint Commission on the voto of Florida, thoy regarding tho decision as practicatly settling the ques: on of who ts to bo President. Telograins of congra tulation have been pouring in upon Governor Hayes, to-night, irom Congressmen and leading men in Wash. pve at expressing contidence in the result of the contesi MR, TILDEN’S VIEWS. HE WILL NOT DESPOND, BUT BELIEVES THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE IN HIS FAVOR, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE nERALD.] © Wasmnetox, Feb. 9, 1877, Governor Tilden said yesterday evening to a personal friend whom he bad requested to go to Wastington:— “Say to our frionds that they have no reason to be do- pressed if the commission decides againt tho democracy in the Florida caso, 1 expect the decision wil! be ad- verse, but do not encourage despondency. The loss of Florida will not surprise me, but there are other points a. 1 am confident the demooracy will suc- ceed, Mr. Tilden is represented as talking as unconcernodly about the final result as though it were the caso of “John Doe against Richard Roo,” Yet he sald, “1 om @ fatalist 1p #0 fur as | beliove, the representative fy the democrats, the final decision will be tn our vor, PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSION. Wasuinaton, D, C., Feb, 9, 1877, The Electoral Commission was in secret session from ton A. M. until galf-past eight o'clock this evening continuously with the exception of two short recesses, Almost the entire time until nearly the close of the sossion was occupicd with debate, in which every ono of the fifteen members of the commission by turns Participated. Two or three of the Justices and several of the Senatorial members read: elab- orately prepared opinions upon tho main points at issue, and the discussion 1 understood to have been, from its commencement to its closo, of extraordinary power and ability, Tho qucs- tion of the eligibility of F. C. Humphreys was not made tho subject of much discussion, nor was any vote taken concerning it. At one stage of the proceed- ings, however, Senator Thurman offered a rosolution declaring that thero was no sullicient evidence offered to show that Humphreys was nota Shipping Commis- sioner on the 7th day of November. This resolution was criticised by several republican members on the ground that it might carry an implication that 1f Humphreys had been such commissioner on tho 7th of Novenber his vote would have been in- valid, and tho resolution was not urged, there seoming to be practically a unanimity of opinion that Hum- phreys’ resignation was legally effectual, boing ten- dered an pted betore the clection, About six o'clock P. M., the debate being ended, Senator Kdmunds submitted a resolution deci: ty substance, that the four republican electoral votes of Florida should be counted, and ombodying also various reasons for such declaration, THE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTION. Representative Hunton offered the following asa substitute: electors named in certificate No. 2—to Call, J. &. Yonge, Robert Ballock and cute, are the voter United States. This substitute was rejected hy the following vote:— Yeas—Messrs, Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne a relies + aay, Be foi oral i Nays—Mensrs, Bendley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Gar- field, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Siure— THE REPUBLICAN RESOLUTION, Mr. Edmunds then withdrew nis resolution, and Mr. Garfeld offored the following, which was adopted by the foregoing vote reversea:— Resolved, That the tour persons—to wit. Frederick C, Humphreys, Charles W. Pearce, William H, Holden and ‘Thomas W, Lo wore duly uppointea electors fur Presi- dout and Vieo jont for the state of Florida, and that the votencast by foroxald four perscns are the votes provided for by the constitution of the United States. ‘The vote in detail on the adoption of this resolufion ‘was as follows:, ieee Frelinghuysen, Garfield, jr Bayard, Clifford, Field, i jayard, Clifford, Field, Hun atheraeest be On motion of Mr. Garfleld, Messrs. Edmunds, Brad- ley and Miller were appointed a committee to draft a report of the decision ot the commission, with a brief statement of tho reasons therefor, to be signed by the members agreeing therein, and ‘to bo transmitted to the joint session of the two houses as required by the electoral act, THE REPORT TO CONGRESS, ‘The argumentative resolction previously offered and withdrawn by Mr. Edmunds was adopted by the com- mittee of three with a few verbal changes os their re- port, and about eight o'clock P. M. 1t was sizned by the eight members of the commission who had voted for the adoption of Mr. Gartleld’s resolution. Tho format decision or report to Congress is very brief, bat its complete phraseology is withheld trom Publicity to-night irom considerations of etiquette, as it is to be transmitted to-morrow morning to the President of the Senato under seal, to be by him immediately aia before the joint session of tho two houses, Its points, howovor, can be accurately stated a8 foliow! First=Tho commission exercising the pow t houses under the taw, and huving examined at che cortife cntes and papers referred to them, find tl they have no authority to hear evidence « + in other words, to hear evidence, of the Governor of determination of the Canvassing Board of ‘Secomd—Tho eo any net of the Ls or the State had appointed as elect electors gave their vote. Third—In regard to hreys there was the 7th of November. The Secretary of the commission will to-morrow morning deliver to the Premdent pro tem, of the Senate tho formal decision above described, together with all the certificates and accompanying papers on the Florida case, which were roterred to the commission, and tho Secretary will also deliver to the Speaker o! the House a formal notitication signed by the Prest- dent of the commission that their decision has been communicated to the President pro tem, of the Senste, Thereupon, in compliance with the Electoral ac the two houses will again meet, and the decision will be read and entered on the journal of exch House, and the vote ot Florida will immeditely be counted for Hayes and Wheeler, ‘‘wnless, upon objection being made fn writing by at least five Senators and five mem- bers of the House of Representatives, the two houses Shall separately concur in ordering otherwise.” It being Known that the two houses wiil not concur It is not thought likely that any objection will be made to the immediate counting of the Florida republican votes, as this would be .n unnecessary waste of time, ‘HE WEST VIKGINIA ELECTOR, THE FACTS OF HIS NATURALIZATION ESTAR~ LISHED, (bY TELEGRAPH 1o THE HERATD.] Bautinory, Feb, 9, 1877. United States District Attorney Archibald Stirling, Jr, Upon advices received from Washington, mado der as ovide 5 ermining whom after the day the said sald ineligibility of F. 0. Ham- sufligiont proof that ho held office on | Hil, of Georgia, said:—"If the ruling is as reported, | 7 examination in the City Court to-day of the record of Baturalization of Albert Poyser, the West Virginia Tilden and Hendricks elector, 1t was suspected that the record was ted 5 nuine, but Mr. Stirliog says that the record ts all right, he recognizing the handwriting of Mr. Lowe, Clerk of the Court, now di As betoro stated, Peyser 1s a native of Prussia, and was naturalized in this city September 13, 1867, 5. Segremmis, dry goods deaicr, and M. Jacobs being his THE CASE DISMISSED BY THE SENATE COM- MITTEE. Wasuxetox, Fob, 9, 1877, Albert Poysor, a West Virginia Presidential elector, RY 10, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT... - who waé said to vo incligiblo 10 that office, as ne was not a citizen of this country, appeared before the Son- ate Committee on Privileges and Elections this morn- ing and teatiiod that he has been a citizen of this coun- try for several years, He proauced his naturalization papers, a copy of which was placed in evidence, and ‘the case was then dismissed, THE IMPROVED RETURNING BOARD. Spainarieny, UL, Feb, 9, 1877. In the House to-day Mr, Morrisov, of Morgan county, submitted a resolution denunciatory of the alleged ac- tion of Congress in treating Messra, Wolls aud Andor- gon im a barbarous manner, and calling on the Iliinois Representatives to protest in the name of the State, A motion to table the resolution was lost, and it was Feterrod to the Committee on Federal Relations, THE MOLLY MAGUIRE TRIAL. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS—A THRILLING STORY OF THE MURDER OF ALEXANDER REA, BY ONE OF THE MURDERERS—GKEAT BXCITEMENT IN THE COURT HOUSE, (BY TELxGnAPH TO THE HERALD. } Buoomsuuna, Pa., Feb, 9, 1877. ‘The excitement in the court incident to the Molly Magujres tritts of Hoster, McHugh and Tully was inten- sifed this forenoon by the appearance of Mra, Rea, the widow of the murdered man, upon tho witness stand, Mer testimony simply recited the fact of her bus- band Jeaving home on the morning of the 17th of October, 1868, which was the last timo she ever saw bim alivo; also the bringing home of his body on the day following. Dr. Botterly, who made tho post-mortem examina. tiou, described the appearance of Alexander Rea’s head after it was riddled by tho bullets of his assassins any one of which bullets wag sufficient to Kill, THK STORY OF “KELLY THE DUM,” The climax of tho thrilling trial was reached, how- ever, when Manus Cull, or “Kelly the Bum,” was placed on the witness stand for the prosecution, Ho ig the man who fired tho first shot at Alexander Rea, and who i.as now turned Stuto’s evidence against his companions in crime. His story of the devilish deed held tho crowded court spellbound, and the large audience was as still as doath white he told of how that desperate band of ten men plotted and prepared for the murdor of the mine superintendent, Ho said that Pat Hester was the first who suggested the crime, at the saloon of a man named Donohue, where a dozen “Molly Maguires’? were prosont, including the wituess and McHugh ana Tully, who are ontriat, Hester, he suid, stated that the murder would bo a good thing, as Rea would havo at least $19,000 In his possession, This was on the night of the loth. On the morning of the 17th of Octo- ber, 1808, nino of the Moliies set out avdawn on their deadly mission, Hester aud three others turned back alter uoing a little way, and five, including Kelly, weut on to do the deed, They hid themselves in the woods on the roadside, between Centralia and Mount Carmel, whore thoy waited several hours, and drank freely from a whiskey bottle they bad with them. It was customary for Itea to bave bis Jittle boy with him in big buggy, and the murderers held a council as to whut they should do with the lad when they would kil his father, in caso be was along. Ono of the number, who know Mr. Rea better than the rest, went out on the roadsiue to give the signal as goon as the doomea man was to appear, Two buggies pa y,, and the murderers levelled their revolvers at tho occu- pants, only to lay them down in disappointment when they saw their expected victim was not there Av last he came in sight, Tho picket gave tho sizual, and when Rea drove by tho astassing roshed from their ambush, und the witnuss says that ho called on him to sarrender, Hea then handed him his watch and $60 in money, whereupon Kelly asked Tully what they would do with tho man, Tully replied, “Kill him, of course; I won’t be dogged through tho country for my ive by any one.”’ Then they tired simultaneously at the Supermtendent, who atteinpted to ben gd through the woods, but was already wounded and fell blecding on tho grass. Thu assassins rushed upon him, and Tully, placing his pistol to the prostrate ear, discharged a bullet into bis brain, alter they ran off and divided the money. AN EXCITED AUDIENCE. The pont up agony of the auaionce during this ro- citul ot Kelly’s feartal story broke forth in expres- sions of horror when he reached this point. BAD RECORD, In cross-examination Hon, J. W. Ryon, for the defence, drew irom tho witness a confossion of a long catalogue of crimes, inclAding hizhway robbery, mur- der and indecent assault, in which he had previ ly been impheated. Cult says bis right namo js Manus Cull; that he was ember of the Molly Maguire So- cicty along with er and the others, and that it was ove and (ho same as the Ancient Order of Hibernjans, DRTKCTIVE M’PARLAX. Hon. F. W. Hughes proposes to provo to-morrow by tho testimony of etective McParian, Muff, Lawler and others who are hore, the criminal character of the society, Tho town is in a feverish state of excitement this evening and hundreds are coming in trom tho surrounding settlements to hear McParlan tell the story of bis experience among the Mollies. This, the last and greatest of tho trials, has pro- duced a more. profound sensation than any of its pre- decessors. The Mollies have been driven to the wall and are making a desperato struggle for life LOVE, MURDER AND SUICIDE. m™ which A MANIAC’S BREVENGE—HE SHOOTS THE FATHER UF THE GIRL HE LOVES—-AN AWFUL TRAGEDY, Atuens, Pa., Feb. 9, 1877. Alettor from Meaavillo, Crawiord county, toa cit. izeu ot this place, gives the details of a fearful tragedy that occurred at Sorrel Hill, in that county, on Tues- duy. The circumstancos aro as follows:— A widow lady named Turner owns a large tarm in Sorrel Hill, bat her only son boeing mentally deranged and incapable of managing ber affairs, she rented tho place to @ farmer named Milton Anderson, who occupied =the = farmbouse with his = family, Among the mombers of his family was a daughter eixteen yenrs of age, and for hor, within the past three months, Harrison Turn- or, the demented son of the owner of tho Jarm, ox- pressed a violent passion, He becamo so obtrusive and persistent in thrusting his preseuco upon the girl that sho grew alarmed and raroly ventured out, Finally it became necessary for Mr. Anderson to use force in ejecting the funatic from his houso and premises. This was two weeks ogo, and since then young Turner was only once or twice soen Jurking about the flelds, He had always been looked upon as entirely harmless, avd that such a thing as revenge found an abiding placo in lis mind was jar from the thoughts of any one. i) On Tuesday jast Mr. Anderson and a bired*man started for a piece of woods, ubout a mile away from the héuse, When near the edge of the woods they were met by Harrison Turner. He wa musket, and when Anderson and bi to within a fow feet of him he cove bis gon Cy oried out:— “Hal The men stopped, supposing the conduct of the Junutic to be prompted only by une of his well known whims, He held jun on Anderson, however, and aid :-— ‘Milt., you are cut out for a devil, and I’m going to send you tu hell, where you belong !"” He fired immediatet: The charge, which was subsequently found to bave been buckshot, passed iF through the body of derson, killing him instantly, Turnor coolly the reloading of his gun. The bired fled in la from tbe spot and hurried with the torribie news to Anderson’s house. The alarm was also given toa neighboring farmer, and they armed themselves and hastened back to tho scene of tho murder, with the intention of securing the murderer, Upon reaching the spot the men found Turner lying dead on the round near the body of his victim. He had shot fimselt, blowing away bis face and hall of his head, and prosented a horrible sight, Anderson was shot through the lung, the charge coming out beneath tho shoulder biade opposite, Tho nows of the affair spread rapidly through the neighborhood and created intense excitement. The insane murderer and suicide Was twenty-two years old, bis victim about forty, WINTER SPORTS OF THE RED BRAVES—MURDER AND HORSE STEALING IN WYOMING AND DAKOTA, Ciuvensn, Wy. T., Fob. 9, 1877. A party of Indians, supposed to bo Cheyennes, mado an attack on Chase's ranche, on Horse Creek, thirty miles north of this place, yesterday ovening. 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