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edIdthe name of the family at thisel-hepoint was Pitcher, a German family, with whom we 'staid over«J 7next morningl*»annight, and crossed the ridge and stopped forrehebreakfast- near the present SugarofGrove, from whence we proceededed to Lancaster, reaching the endthe end |o’clock, ?atof our journey about 10a. ra. The writer was not de-iketained long here, but set out onirehis return home, having his mis-isethees-iil-sion to fulfill—“to lead buck Mr.Ewing'S horse.’’I have onlv to add further mydesire for vour perfect success inthe Exposition enterprise inavmewhich vour citizens are engaged.I hope it will result favorablybeheutichand trust it will.Verv respectfully,A. B. WALKER.HORRIBLE MURDER.levbeterowel-LhomsithlistTiie Weldon Tragedy Repeated.On the day before Christmas inhad been saturated. A rail of the bed had been broken, and an attempt made to throw the bedding over the girl lying t.hero.There was a bed in the front roomthat had been removed from the wall ar.d was tumbled when Mrs. Thomas went into the house. She nit her hands in tin's bed, thinki 10 daughter was there and she foun it had been used although it wasempty. The says she thinks it waswarm, indicating that it had not been empty long. There was a crowbar kept under the hack part of the house and it was found on the front porch, standing against the hpuso. It had not been used for months, but when tonnd yesterday morning it had hair and blood on each end of it. There was an ax found iu the room where their bodies were discovered. It had hair and blood on the handle. A hatched was also found in the same room but it was not stained. Blood splotches were discovered on the window of the front room and bloody linger prints a'so from the marks on the victims. It would appear that the boy wasstruck by the ax and tho giris by the crow bar. The ax and hatehetbelonged to the Gibbons, as well»^as the crowbar, so that there must have been two or more murderers.the little town of Ashland, Ivyjust; icrossthe river from Ironton, a murder was committed whichin brualitv and fiendishness is ain)urnotcounterpart of the Weldon trag edv with which our readers anonly too well acquainted.mearsThe Gibbons were very poor,and were almost entirely suppor ted bv three sons-in- Taw.Another thing that is made pretty certain by the finding of those implements is that is that the murderers were acquainted with the position of things about the Gibbons bouse. Great importance is attached to tho fact that the crowbar isan-In ilie outskirts of Ashland s'ood the hou-e. It was a one s’orv andara half wooden structure, of but small value. In it resided Mrs. Gibbons audheriwo children Fanny aged fourteen years. Mr. Gibbons, whoom | is a probably fifty-five years of age left his wife some five weeks ago,, and at present his whereabout are unknown.hern*r I*y, Ivillrip,lie.On Friday evening Mrs. Gibbuns took tlie youngest child andwent to Ironton to stay all nigh!blvat the residence of a son in law.neeit 1 vHidactmgigliShe left home Robbv and Fanny.\ fourteen-year old girl namedknown to have remained for a long tune.unused under the back porch anU it would not be likely to be discovered by a stranger.OA post mortem examination was made of the two girls, and it was conclusively determined that there had been sexual commerce in the case of both. It w/is also shows!that the skulls of all three victimshad been mashed in so the brains oozed out; in fact tho w hole top of I tho boy’s head had been knocked qff ; It was recalled that the clothing of! the girls had been found on the flour i in the front room show ing that the murder had been committed after the young folks had gone to lied. Hobby s clothing was all found but it is - bought that he was not kihed iu the house for the reason that there j was c n.-iderab'c mud on I.is feet, iw; indicating that Iu* I run out had IKmma Thomas, ;i daughter of a ; been pur-tied, kilk*d, dragged backneighbor livinM but a few ‘dcoj hmisG and thrown into the j. . .. , . , , | closet. If this is - he must have.avvav, was uivitml to spend the L i *n » . • • 1,11 ! Iti*u killed cur v in the nurnt becauseotniglit with Fannv. At about six iisnt-astroswhen the tire was discovered the o'clock she went to the (iibbou- lmviukI wss frozen hard.I ( difiieultv to to i how longresidence, and nothing more waseen of her alive bv any bwlvtliut I '.l,c haJ bg'.' P.roP-*'. 'h'tocan or w ill give any Between nine and Ion o’clockRobbv Gibbons who had hut outenfoot, was seen to enter the house.sit tIt•ch.uultheAt five o'clock on Saturdaymorning Mrs. llenrv Thomas whoresides fifiv feet from tho Gibbons house got up and started tlt;get breakfast. She went out toi e w , e 1 y r it hit.ith.empty a pan of ashes. She saw! first discovered but it is not thought imonv. jt con d hove burned long becausea reputable citizens passed the place at 3/30 u. ni. and noticed nothing. It is stated that a clock was takenfrom the room in which tho bodies were found had stopped at twenty minutes to five o\ lock which mighthave been thus occasioned hy themfi icThere is tlie »rv evinced th:it there«we o two rbvs started the first earlyCCMV\! in the night when the murder was a light in the ( ribbons hous g buf eononivd, an i the see n i ah uit fivetthough it was rather bright, and joe ock in t he morning It is claimshe concluded that it was from a I n,!.:'!|t Tmt the coal oil! throwui on tlie bodies might haw• .1 1 1 1 I 11 1 U o 11 Ull I » M I, • ,n * It C 1 11 1 _ 1 I I iul vtire m the grate, made bv her . , , ,° . * burned out without setting the house,ind! daughter and Emma Gibbonwent into tho house, amV Ol;an.waslian1continued preparations for breakon tire and the murderers may have HIreturn* lt;1 to coin plote the jobCororn cr hasThe |b,fat; but, being impelled by a■sonr usurnsl5.feeling of alarm, she again wents be^un another inotiestlt; iand it will le continued from day•to dav.»As to subj ecting anv one it is ai out and saw that the cm bum- a lt;1 * Ml *u tv thing todo n w owing to thethe house where her dAnghter was I destruction of the house. Manywere on fire. She hurried over signs that might have been of nseiuto the scene, and the crv of lireare gone and there is but little left1011.firstting, ti « i , i to build a tangio e theory upon.d. It was now six o clock. I . . ,, ,, , 1 . ,. . is known that Robbv could not hiwas ra sA crowd gathered, but there wasItlittle or no water other th inivebeen theobje t of the hell hounds?sedand there is not enemy that can bewhat was in the ditch to put out j thought of who would do sneli a the fire. A scene ef indescribable I '^staidly deed for mere vengeance.excitement ensued. J. W. HouseIt is thought with tolerably fair I! reasoning trnit the prepetrator* of0 to a near neighbor, broke open a | th0 crime are residents of Ashland window and succeeded in gettingion.iged3 gOV\sc.hemtol r uetimee r— lieminto the house far enough to getliohl of the body of one of thegirls, which was pulled out of theburning house.who after being detected hy the boyHobby in (heir intercourse with the •»girls, concluded that their only sife y was in killing him and then, to shield themselves from exposure o' the crime of murder then butcher-SHfFiWiatThe main portion of the dwelling consisted of two rooms, 15xed the girls.13 feet each and back of theseWwSi?was an addition one story high.er s.micehinoutes,All three of the victims slept inthe hack room in the main buildinThe two girls occupied,according to the testimony ofFanny Gibbons was a pretty girl with coal black eyes, b ack hair•z lovely complexion a pe b, butcomely form, and she was unusual v ** •matured for her ageEmma Thomas the daugh er of a man employed in the Norton IronW orks was large gil l for her ageHhiaWIiet:oiu-) be-npli-val-boy slept on a lounge on oneshy and verdant The house burn-Mrs. Gibbons a bed in one corner | ed wag not owned by Mr. Gibbonsof the room,near a window. The [and was wor h only about §300The exci emeu' attendant upon ther fi,« .«««, i horiWe affair remains a» fever flea1 !side oi the room. Near the loot v • i i i i . \„ , , , „ j i i ~ and iOe'eetive N -rns declared dui’ jnot the bed was found the body of) wjjj be exceedingly careful not i( 15vard I drawn up toward the body and there can be no m-s’ake as n theguilt of die person apprehended.From the way in which the peop’eEmma Thomas. The legs weremake an ai re-- not 1 he is positive the J'tthe arms were extended as though the girl was in asuppliacting po-, . tition at the time of being mur-I dered. There was nothing but theicav-: theif o r knremaindei of a chemise on the per-cool son of Emma Thomas, and she wasburned from beau to loot especially about the middle portion of the body. Fannie Gibbons was found on the edge of tho lied next the win-.vingta k it wi 1 he a miracle if lynch law doesn't prevail in ease the eommh-deed in ques'ion ho fasened upon any body in this vicinity.sinn oi die blood\liemlpontheGiven I p By The Doctors.o.iWhere doctors have failed to cure dow She \vas literally roasted to , an(j have given their patients up toa crisp and was almost, if not en-; (j;ej Electric Bitters have often lieen d bv i tlreLv? beyond recognition. In her ! used, and a cure effected, greatly to * 1 ease the head was near’y burned off, j th0 astonishm nt of all. Disease's of lavj . j I as was also one arm. Liko Lmina j gt-omach Liver, Kidneys and Ur-li( Thomas, she was partially burned | jnarv Organs are positively curedinch.hi■Organs are positively about the mi.ldle of the body across ’ j,v Electric Bitters. They invariablyi cure constipation. Headache and allthe abdomen. Robbie was found I, ieft j stuffWl iu a sort of closet under a Eillious Attacks Try them and be | stairway in the same room with the I conv,need that thev are the licst j girls, llis remains were hut-little;stole burned. jsaawKah.11 H£ si i isoA1 ford heAt first murder was not suspected ; hu- ! as the bodies were not examined ivrjj j closely, as it being dark attention . , i was not at fir-»t attracted to the w i wounds. When daylight came, howmedicine ever used. .Sold, at fifty cents a bottle byF Harixoton.iraica Haile.The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Soies Tetter, Chapped Hands,lt;° . i P \ . , Hirers' Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Chil-f ever, It was seen that each one had * Wal|lji; Corn8 an(1 all kiuda of skinjlays been brained, and all had beenEruptionsquiteThis Salve is guaranteed toDiior-struck ou tho left side of thc head, give perlect satisfaction in every case,Price 25 cents■,. ; it was then noticed that there were or money refunded.. .G j many things to be seen that would Pet ^ox-m j lead to tho suspicion of tho worst ! sort. The presence of coal oil was miles detected and it was determined thatFor^alc bvF. HARRINGTON,April 1, 1880, ly, Logan.late the f uid bad been poured on the j Notice of Settlement.i , I . r. rtAAi n 1 t It /\ r. i m n . 1 1 L n i /cnear ^ vlel'ms esPec*^ y gir's and thatI desire to have all my accounts settled up iJ 11) such a way as to lead to the sup- by the tirst of the year. I respectfullyivft ot i 4u«* „ i ai:.l 14 that customers call and balance accr| position that a helish outrage had ; that with the new year we can turn arequest tounts so xnew andnnerfi thisedle,been ierpetrated 011 the young gir s Haan. . r i 1 ah 1*1 1 and lnvitiiig a continuance, 1 ambelore death. Alhtouiih the houseOpposite City Building.ResW. H. TURNER.£JiI.iwas burned down, yet, when it came to investigation, it wag shown jthat the^ sheet on^ Robby's lounge j Notice Of Settlement.was bloody. The bed upon W*hich I roust have a settlement of my accounts. I-mine I rAlini i Iiqq cannot trust everybody and trust them for I \T11IC* ^ ^ one OI the.gir s was tounu uas been ever and continue to do business* I pay cash ifoot\iAmill,pushed out from the wall and was for what I buy. I want cash for what I sell.1 ~ r i •! .i i* i ft •* : Call and settle, or divide your patronaae.on fire from coal-oil, with which lit -, john stedem.j
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Logan Hocking Sentinel
Logan, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 29, 1881
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