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A BLACK BRUTEthey had “a h—1 of a time over at] the use of onId upon1 ! Vacelet’s.” Thff prevailing theory -ich of it ^ame*l Washington captured on Wiley is that he murdered Vaceletrst Na-1 steady] le was] deas ofj w sand;Schartz’s Farm and Taken to Louisville Where He Is Wanted.AS EXCITING CHASE.for his money. Provost, who occupied a low single bed or couch j beside the one in which the boys : slept, had first murdered the boys, i whose ages were fourteen and sixteen, j inflicting three or four deep gashes on each head, aod that Vacelet heardtelieved We take the following account of the noise, and on arising to invest!genius the capture of George Washington, gate met his death in thedoor after a (twitch- the negro fiend, who outraged the ! hard struggle. The assassin then eat Dr.: person of the little girl in Louisville Uilentg rema “nld^nted!3 prove .Saturday, from the Courier-Journal: ghe also received cuts about the head throngh ^ls mornin®: . „ and one running across the throatn The ,-. noon yesterday, Captain Ben a]IIlost from ear to ear. Threats of , Cox went to.Jeffersonville and in-ilynching were freely made in his1 world formed the officers that on W ednes-; hearing to-day, but he retains his is there day a strange negro, answering the comport re with astonishing coolness, ndingly ; description of W ashington, had slept ■ rphe coroner’s inquest has adjourned e moral in a straw-stack on his farm, and;to 2 o’clock to-morrow morning.eat and that he had started in the direction of j _________to find Utica. Upon this information the] vp'w A THAW TPAnfbY j. i officers started out in pursuit, Capt. j ” ALMA A l e.! Cox becoming one of the posse,When the officers reached Mrs. ] Thomas Hanlon, County Auditor, Fatal' i Julia Bruner’s farm, they were in-j ly Shot by William Huncilman. formed that a suspicious-looking)iskoi) j darky, who walked lame and had wounds upon his head, appeared on the place in the morning, but soon i went away. About noon he return-LN’ESS. and asked for something to eat.Special to tlie Louisville Commercial.New Albany, October 25. Thomas Hanlon, County Auditor, was fatally shot in the abdomen to-ber 24.Mrs. Bruner’s two daughters prepared him a dinner. After finishing his meal, he began to talk with the girls in a very questionable manner, anCath- and w as in the act of making an as-ras taken sault on them with fiendish dt-signs, lis after- when their screams brought the He had family to the place, and he ran :e health away.j Iiorne, Armed with this new evidence, lave last the officers immediately began a vig-presided orous search for Washington, Diilion Bishops, and McCann taking the north side nf of opin- the Utica pike, and Deputy Sheriff ducation Carr and Mr. Charley Cox going on On Tues-. the south side of the pike, the Vice : About half-past 2 o’clock Carr andix Park,! Cox espied the negro on the pike be-3rd Lieu- tween the farms of Messrs. Prather he met and Alloway. The fugitive saw of Dub-, them coming and immediately started, attacked low, who coi in his arms ; without an is an Irishm country whc situation as 1 of the Louis' Chicago rail himself up a ty years con way, holdin elected Am beating one in the Den: never know any kind, ai would be in is too honor of any man brave a mac no fear. Nlt; was overbe Neither is h and before 1 never know der the infli time Tom I. liquors was company w have a soei; The anxiou front of his ing of his elt;night at 10 o’clock, by William Hun cilman, a well-known stock trader.About ten days ago Hanlon, while drunk, denounced Huncilman as an Elephant, calling him a s—n of a b—h and other vile names, without provocation. Friends interceded, taking Hanlon away. To night both men met at Hoffeld’s drug-store, corner of Market and Upper Fourth j loved by th streets, and had a quarrel. They got' out on the corner and three shots were fired. Huncilman was heard to say, “Don’t follow me, Tommy,” and Hanlon was heard to mutter,“I’ll get you yet.” Three shots were fired, a crowd gathered, and found Hanlon lying on the pavement in a pool of blood, with a pistol-shot wound above the naval, head and face badly bruised. The wounded man was carried to Dr. Davis’ office and his wound pronounced fatal Huncilman was arrested and com-the Dio-,ed on a run, closely pursued by Carr me of the j and Cox, who fired five shots at him. ir o’clock | When followed about a quarter of ai . ,ffiThnrs’-1 ^s called, | pike, running through the farm of; Another Account.t serious, j Wiley Schwartz and to the river. J Sp0,.!ai the courier-Joumai, immedi-[where he was overtaken by a colored I atrix-v Oct W The eitv* a con-; man who works on the farm of Mr. j J^own fnffi ’ a h gi^tete of k Cam-! Schwartz and held until the officers, (.-ltwnent about 10 0t., ,*k to-night bv it physi- arrived. report that Thomas Hanlon,r O’Keil-n. Mon-of the• , i:P°n the arrival of Carr, Washing- j Audit, r of Floyd county, and a well-irruT?^i ton showed tight, throwing his j kiunvn man all over Southern Inhands behind his back as if to draw u | wafi fatally by Wm.weapon. Carr rushed upon him ami | iium-ilman, a livery stable keeper. . . gave him a severe kicking, when the: -j’tie report Was distressingly true,nms’erec fellow gave up, remarking, “I know it appears that a bad feeling ha Cardinal what you Want. \ ou may send me rayers for f0 the penitentiary ten years. That’s moment |an pn get, and I’ll see you again.”Washington was then taken in charge by his captors, placed in a buggy and brought to Jeffersonville, to the Marshal’s office. A crowd of two hundred persons in less than ten minutes surrounded the Marshal's office, andthe remarks of the assemblage were M _____....... .... ......6rrigan ar-1 very threatening. “Tear down the | Huncilman struck the wounded manead. As j jail,” “Bring him out and hang several times in the face and headivate Se-Dr. Mc-the Dio-ith Mon-1 “Good-ed at ten At fourexisted between the two men for several weeks past, and that only a week ago a difficulty was prevented by the interference of friends. This evening the two men met at the drug-store of Alf. Hoffleld, and, after a few words, Huncilman drew a pistol from his pocket and fired three shots at Hanlon. The latter fell, and it is alleged that while he was fallingInfillA schoo engaged a 1 and vvitne newspaper and chiidre have found without e: both sexes access to uc compared are: i. Bette pronunciat read more .2. They define wor 8. They edge of gc. time it r newspaper quaint, d v tant plact ment and .4. They | for, havinjevery var paper, frlt; vertisemei ical oratii more read ing of the ize its con5, Thos for years t are always ing societ tensive variety o their yie\ clearness sth spread | him,” “We’ll shoot him full ofarch-bells clock the irnful apite neigh-in Marl-ly closed, icct was Dr. Mc-f the dio-:he Cardi-County.office ad-e severaletc., could be heard from the crowd.The officers while on their way back to Jeffersonville were met by Officers Kice and Hardin, who recognized the prisoner as George Washington. Upon examining his person four slight pistol-shot wounds in addition to a shot in the shoulder were found. The worst of these was was in the thigh, rendering him a little lame. One took a smali bit out of one ear, another grazed his forehead, and the fourth was a small cut in the rear of the head. These he said he received while pursued near Louisville Saturday. When he\ Adams, John B.F. M. Du-Schlamm,emphis. ir, Sellers-nettsville. od, Newlonclude to ember.23.—At a ve Demo-tate, held Chairman 3d unani-lay in No-i day for and that ■nor’s pro e the j co-saw and recognized the Louisville officers he asserted his innocence of the crime charged against him, but was stiil boastful that he would get only ten years in the penitentiary.Washington was kept in the Marshal’s office about half an hour, and then conveyed to Louisville in a spring-wagon, with two men in front of him, two behind and one on each side.Dick Carr, the chief captor of this black fiend, resides in Charlestown township, and is a man of tierve, who never flinches in the performance of his official duty. His assistant, Mr. Charles Cox, is a son of Capt Ben Cox the well known river pilot, and ren dered valuable aid in the capture of Washington. Deputy Sheriffs Dillon and McCann and Constable Thick-ston made a thorough search of the country along the Utica pike while Carr and Cox were engaged in the capture.ith his revolver, cutting frightful gashes.Hanlon was picked up and carried to the office of Dr. Davis. Only one pistol-shot wound was found, that in the abdomen, and it will prove fatal. Hanlon is thought to be dying at this hour, II o’clock.It is impossible to learn the true and full particulars of the falal affray to-night. Large crowds of men are gathered near the scene of the bloody affair, and considerable excitement prevails. The origin of the difficulty is politics.Evening News, 2Stli,51 r. Thomas Hanlon was resting easily last night, and the indications are more favorable all the time. Dr. David McClure, of this city, a personal friend of the injured man, visited him yesterday, and it was his opinion that he will recover, provided no unfavorable change occurs within a day or two. Dr. Davis, of New Albany, is of the same opinion.In the Catholic churches of Jeffersonville, New Albany and Louisville the unfortunate accident was mentioned, and prayers .were offered for his recovery.The Courier-Journal of this morning had the following particulars:■flLouisville Clt; The so c in the Cui descriptio: the Comm rived yestbition wa; the memlj cians who curiosity, liest piece seen, and little boot-and tumb king his fierce enoi control of a lamb, the Com i we saw ye loose on it over by a fish scales is shaped on the cro feet two a long arms and feet h surely a ci ment of n: who exar first publi at the Me afternoon a large criA VINCENNES HORROR.A French Family of Four Chopped Into Eternity.“The excitement in New Albany j over the shooting of Auditor Hanlon is still very great, and is discussed freely on the street. The injured man’s condition yesterday was very favorable for recovery, but the chances are, of course, desperate. Several physicians declare that he will recover, having passed over all unfavorable symptoms so far. He rested all day yesterday, conversed with several friends, and was free from suffering, except from pains in his side and face, caused by the brutal pounding he received. An ordinary man would have died in tenSpecial to the Journal,Vincennes, Ind., October 24.—As the stores, shops and offices of our usually staid and quiet old city were this morning assuming their usual business fronts for the day the rumorthat a whole family had been mur-, , , „ , . ,'dered during the night was whisper- j minutes after the shooting, but ms led from ear‘to ear, and in less than! iron nerve and great tenacity saved 3f Council | an hour large crowds were anxiously j him.ter way to i hurrying in wagons, carriages, on) There are no further particulars in hers*-If in | horseback and afoot to a tenement ] rec,ar(j to the affair. No matter what enovr car. house on j the provocation was on the part ofher trick, ;two miles south of the city and with- ” ,her there | in a few rods of the Evansville and i the injured man, the brutal attack Terre Haute railroad. The oeeu-! and assault did not justify it in the pant, a Frenchman named John D. j le,3t in New Albany the denunciaA of iy j I h t *a anii rc» fa m i \ v . chi n i ___eturn trip, and vigor-The Cl and pract the best the art of ing: “L( with grac you may answerev “Let r proceed o which is s “Speak i away ly to his n spoken i tures of s: He d-* der, He your priv lie woul through -iders si; crimes, His cc purity, no word understQi refined uVacelet, and his entire family, con isisting of a wife and two sons, were] ' . .. I found quite cold in death and horri-ihard times ;bl mutil;ln d.tion of Huncilman is very general, en the enemies of Mr. Hanlon agreeing that Huncilman acted cow-lusiness in’ Pierre ; Provost, a_ hired man, ar(]jyeven taking his own statemently applieder, allegingloy fever, if crops by and minor 0,000,000,viSktt ’sin*0 S February,*1 Si '» *•lr®-. J*klt;* Mr:HEdinb Mary Fo rer, an e Fdinburj of losiDg year agi months.who had come to them an’utter ment, which was made when he was stranger, representing that he was , thought to be at the point of death, just from France, was arrested on|and wnich must be made doubly; trea,t^, 13 g-jspjejon. He came to a neighbor’s cnwardly by the facts. Hanlon is a j house about 4 o’clock this morning i „ • • u- u , I swawowiwith nothing on but a shirt, and in- small man, weighing probably less this mor formed them in broken Ehg»is.b that phan ^30 pounds, a cripple, having I speechle:
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