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MlDDLEBtJllGH, SNYDER CO., PA., OCTOBER 3, 1889.
NO 39.
CHsftlES W. HANI.
Cold Blood!
lesllane Cruelly
Murdered!
ody Found Surrounded
Lowing Herd of Cat-Thirty-six
Hours Af
ter The Tragedy !
Vho Did It ?
BAM Or THK FATAL FIELD.
WEST.
LKV3
til (it blood, knife. . till tnliuiwi
M-penclls.
y.
-.unit tive.
r county has asniiu been made
Ine of one of the inoht cruel
B-blood murders in the his-
Irime. The victim is Churl
e, bou of George II. Hane of
iuDum. The editor of the
put the greater part of two
me neighborhood of the
durina which tiiim u-a uwa
r kind friends in getting at
om laets of the horrible af-
are now prepared to give to
era probably the most au
account that will h nub.
nor to thoarrebt, conviction
mgin-up of the scoundrel
Emitted the deed.
y Hane watt a auiet. nna
loved young man, who had
Fuea maturity, and in con
Jon of matrimony with Miss
roHH, a most estimable young
phauiokin Dam, was about
jj ia the mercantile busi
Sh the vomiip lu.iv'a futi.
Pe day of the tragedy assisted
V on vx A a .i
u luveuiory oi tne Btore
)y Gross Xr n0,.i.
I the store at nl Willi O r-'..lrw.lr
I- ... ' v .uv ,
mg Miss QroBB that he was
fioauendaballatthe Fer
e that nii?ht in whih ,!.
M liim to take her. After
lie store he Btarted as if to
i hut on the
(f t " mv uvuticu
pmg ahead of him down
iU whistled as if to M
fe person stoppod aud prov-
1 eier xrait, who asked the
"te young man to accom
down tho road. "No," re
rley, "J forgot something
go hack." He went back
'Her of Main and Helleu
'here Jonas Aurand lives
J;eard to whistle twice as if
J"ualing somebody. About
Mters of an hour after that
futh and wife,, residing
P mile immediately west of
Mr. llano's residence, heard three
shots. They think the first shot fell
and after a brief pauso the other
two followed in quirk succession.
Charley Hane did not come home
that night as was his custom. The
next day, Friday, passed without
any intelligence of the young man
and the family began to bo alarmed.
On Friday evening tho children of
Peter Long in passing through a
field about a mile north of town saw
a man lying in tho grass about 30
yards from a path leading from a
blind lane back of Hellen Street
across the fields and close to a large
chestnut tree. They ran home and
told their parents who puid no
further attention to it until the
next morning, when in passing
through the same field on their way to
cut corn, they were attracted by tho
lowing of cattle near the chestnut
tree and went there and found the
body of a young man cold in death.
They called to Jacob Long who was
in an adjoining field cutting corn, to
come quickly. Unable to recognize
him, they sent the intelligence of
their ghastly discovery to town. It
spread with the wind, and fears
were at once expressed that it was
Charley Hane who had so myster
iously disappeared thirty-six hours
before. The apprehensions wore
soon turned into a certainty, for it
was tho young man lying in a pool
of his own blood. At first it was
suspicioned that ho had committed
suicide, but un investigation soon
exploded that theory and established
murder.
Mr. Hane was at once sent for an J
Coroner's jury impanneUid ' with
Justice Gaugler at tho head. The
body,us stated was lying about thirty
yards from the path leading acrosH
a field on the farm of John Bussler,
Aside of a pool of blood lay tho
young man's knife and tobacco,
eight foot farther east in tho direc
tion of his homo lay his load pencils
and ten foot still farther east lay
tho poor boy on his right side with
his left log drawn up, and both
hands above his head tightly grasp-
ing tho earth and tilled with tufts of
grass. Twenty-five dollars, which
ho was known to have had in his
pocket was gone with his pocket
book, but his gold watch aud chaiu
remained intact. A one-dollar bill
was found in his vest-pocket buried
in the lining.
His father was overcome with
grief and grasped the boy around
the body, aud, lifting him, bogged
for him to speak. It was a scene no
one will ever forget. He was re
moved in his father's wagon to his
homo where was met a mother whose
heart was breaking with anguish, a
sinter (Mrs. J. H. lihoads) and. au
only brother. Tho terrible blow
and sufferings of tho family were
indescribable. Drs. B. F. Wugen-
seller of Solinsgrove, and Bordner of
Shamokin Dam were summoned who
announced that all hope had fled.
One bullet hole was found in the
back of the head ranging upward
and passed nut at the mouth, an
other had entered the left eye close
to the nose and ranged downward
the ball lodging in the mouth, and a
third bull entered a few inches be
low the heart and ruptured the aorta
(the great artery or trunk of the ar
terial system). The two shots in
the head were not necessarily fatal,
but the lust one which ruptured the
great artery caused a hemorrhage
which must have resulted iu death.
These statements were justified by
the findings of County Corouer
Weiser at the autopsy on Sunday
morning. The shot in the buck of
the head was fired out of a weapon
held so close to the head that the
tire singed the hair. The bull which
passed through the abdomen was
found lodged against the skin on the
buck of the body. It was from a 32
calibre short, rim-tire cartridge.
The general belief is that the as
sassin, after performing his work of
murder, drugged the victim from
the first pool of blood to tho place
where tho body was fouud. Horri
ble as is the thought, it is not only
possible but very probable that the
poor young unu revived sufficiently
to drag himself the eighteen feet,
from tho first pool of blood to where
he lay and then died. His vest
pocket, which held his pencils, was
torn, indicating that the pen
cils had caught in the grass and
drawn out. Death resulted from
hemorrhage, and hence was by no
means instantaneous. The coro
ner's verdict will no doubt reveal
the possibility of this theory, but it
has not yet been mado public.
WHO did IT !
"Bead the answer in the stars,"
Every eye has turned detective, and
there is an opinion for every star. A
cruel theory was given weight ut
first which implicated the young
man's affianced, Miss Mary Oross.
It is reported that this young lady
had used some very threatening lan
guage to him a short time ago. We saw
her and spoke to her and concluded
it did not require the trained eye of
a detective to read in the counten
ance of that young lady that inno
cense and purity of heart which
alone would acquit her of any sus
picion of cruelty. It is most unkind
to give countenance to any such sus
picions, and we hope Public Opinion
will call a halt in this desperuto
grasping for clues aud not drag into
outrageous notoriety so precious an
article as a young lady's character
unless they have better grounds for
il . , . m
suspicion man ine present case ai-j
t i..
"Who did it," is as yet a mystery
but it will not remain so long. Abl
detectives have been employed ami
the guilty party, who probably baa
the temerit y to look at the corpse uS
the day of the funeral will be haatoiS
down. No arrests have yet been
made, but it is only a question of a
short time when the sleuth-hounds
of Justice will strike tho right trail,
run down the scoundrel and bring
him up with a quick turn at tho
short end of a hempen ropo.
THK rTNKRAI..
The funeral, which took place on
Monday aftor-noon was tho most
largely at tended affair of the kind
ever held in the east end of the
county. Rev. Dr. Dimm and Rev.
Murray Khpfcr officiated. The ter
rible anguish of the stricken family
were painful to witness, aud the sad
scenes will live long iu the minds of
the people.
Charles W. Hane was aged '21
years, 5 months, and 13 days. He
was a young man of groat promise,
the hope of his parents, the pride
of his friends.
Ilreatlic low, I h.m gentle winds,
liri'ul lie will mill low ;
Tin In'iiiiiiihI Urn ili'uil !
The Ji iv or III.' I II. Ml!
Ami our liini' Iii-iii I n an1 wed
lli'lirefurtli In woe !
"Tlii- ifri'i'iii'iiiili mourns for Hire,
I'll' in dearest mie :
A plul hi I M' I. mi- In lii'iird,
Ami IlimiT iiml Icuili'i Hilrri'd,
Ami uvi'ry fuv'rlli' lilril
HliiifN soil una lOlll'.
"I'alc It thy brow, ami illliiliit'd
Tliv Kiurklllii; ' !
Aliii'tluu'it HWfrli'sl token
1- lmt fore Vr nmt broken t
Tim luHt klml won I Is Hpuken
Why Unl st tbou Ulef
Miss Kudie Orwig has returned
from a two-month's visit at Watson
town. Capt. Ryan Post O. A. R., intends
going to Suubury in a body on
Grand Army Day, Oct. 9th.
We will have a few extra copies of
this week's Post for sale at 5 cents a
piece. First come, first served.
We were compelled to cut down some
of the communications from our lo
cal correspondents and leave others
entirely out for want of space this
week.
All our merchants who cling to
the Jewish fuith will have their
houses of business closed on Satur
day of this week owing to it being a
Hebrew holiday.
The Harrisburg Teleiratn will ap
pear on Saturday evening with a
graphic account of the Hane mur
der. Extra copies can bo secured
of their agent here ut 5 cents a copy.
A merry-go-round, built by Henry
Herman, will be erected near the
builder's residence on Saturday
evening and the world is cordially
invited to come and take a ride.
Thrilling Adventure With a
Monster She-Bear.
A CLOHX CALL FOR CIIKISTIAX 111 KINKY,
THI OLD DIAR-IIl' NTEH. 1IK TUMI'S
BRUM FCLL Or LEAD AM) TIIEN
CLIMBS A TREK TO HAVK
MIS LIIK.
On Sunday afternoon last, while
the old hunter, Christian Booney,
was rummaging through the Seven
Mountains back of his homo a few
miles north-easi of Troxelville, with
his trusty double-barrelled gun on
his shoulder, he saw the brush movo
and out walked two young bears.
His long experience as a woodsman
convinced him that bears of that ago
must havo a chaperon near by in the
shape of a mother. He had not long
to wait, for the next moment the
huge bulk of the cubs' mother part
ed the brush and she stepped out
a magnificent specimen of the
American blark boar. He raised his
rifle and fired a ball square in her
breast. The two cubs turned and
surrounded the mother who set up
a terrific growl. This gave the old
hunter time to reload his rirlo-bur-rel
the other being loaded with
bird shot. Tho bear started down
the mountain, and Booney in trying
to head her off, ran square against
her. Booney fired his second shot
into bruin's rump, ami then ran for
a big rock in sight. He reached it
just in time, and, turning around, he
sent the load of bird-shot into the
gear's breast. His gun was empty
and tho now terribly enraged animal
began to climb the rock. Fortunate
"ly1 for Booney, a hemlock tree top
lay against a neighboring tree and
he flew up its branches, gun in hand,
with the agility of a squirrel. The
bear was perceptibly growing weak
er and contented herself with tear
ing at tho stem of the tree, and snap
ping his jaws like a steel trap.
Booney hastily reloaded his gun,
and awaiting his opportunity, tired
a ball into her heud immediately
buck of tho ears which laid her out
ready to skin. To say that Mr.
Booney was scared is putting it
mild and he declares it to have been
the closest cull he ever had and don't
want any more of them.
Ili'lluil courts ami ifncs icvnv
May live to court aim) licr iliiy ;
Hut he Unit cils ami i'ohiHkIi NmiiI.
.May K''t to court against lilt will.
We are greatly indebted to Scott
Hitter, post-master and prince of
good fellows of Shamokin Dam, for
the invaluable assistance he render
ed us this week.
The First National Bank of Mid
dleburgh will be established to a
dead certainty. The fifty thousand
dollars of stock has been subscribed,
and ten thousand more offered,
vhich of course could not be accept
ed. The attempt to cut u new road in
to the hunting grounds back of
Troxelville has been abundoned and
an attempt was to have been made
to open the old one on Tuesday of
thin week. We hope the boys suc
ceeded. Old Abe Lazy, the Prince of Va
grants, was iu town this week, and
is still as independent as a hog on
ice. He travels with two canes by
the aid which he make a mile in
about six hours. He is kept by
families residing in and around Rich
field, but about onco a year takes a
"spurt" through the county aud al
ways makes it a point to visit his
friend and sympathizer, the editor
of the Pout. Ho called on us on
Monday, and asked us for a photo
graph of himself, probably the only
one in existence, which is in our
possession. It was taken about
four your years ugo, when we paid
him fifty cents for a sitting. We
refused to give it to him. Then he
took a good look at our power press
and asked T
"H-H-H-How how d-d-do-do you
r-r-run-run that thing 1
"By mule power, we replied. "Do
you wunt a job, Abe V
"T-T-T-Tom y-y-y-you-you are the
d-d-d-d-ah-ah-de-devil's pup I"
THOSE BRIDGES.
Solinsgrove wants a 20 foot iron
bridge across Penns Creek connect
ing Bough aud Chestnut street on
the Isle of Que, and threaten to have
the Commissioners indicted if they
hesitate longer about building it.
The bridge expenses resulting from
the flood, and a petition signed by
some four hundred citizens of Sol
insgrove and Penns township to
have it vacated, caused them to hesi
tate about building it so soon, but
they have now concluded to erect nn
iron bridge on the old abutments and
take their chances. They may
change their minds, but it is not
probable, ami Scliusgrove's mod
est (t) demand will bo only partly
complied with. A great deal of
other complaint is heard about the
delay in putting up the iron bridges
iu the county aud we "bounced"
them about it. For an explanation
they handed us the following letter
which explains itself and we took
tho liberty to copy it and present to
our readers :
Cl.KVKMKII, O , ScicIkT S! 1S.4V.
Tn'A linn. Unnrit nf I'ammiipitrrt .Vnv.trr ('.
lKOHi.KMHH:Yourt!'lcKriiiii, "Is lirlilw Nlilp
mh J Futile txiimilnic Imimtl.'iit. Don't ilclay."
lui lieen rcci'lvoil liy iii.
Ki'plylliK to mime, would Hay Unit wearciloliiK
all MMsllio to k''t ir lirliUe off. We liave
lieell ili'laviil In Ki'ttlnu material very much.
At t ho time your onlcr wiih placi'il with us, the
mills liiul AHlrlke, hiuI nrtcr the adjustment of
the Htrlke there Heemeil to have liecn a Ikmiii In
orilers, lYIIilcrllix It almost. Iiii)ohkIIi to K't
unyUilhff like delivery. We have nearly all the
material for your lirliljfe In our works; are ex
Mvtlinf aoinc - channels, tomorrow, having al
ready received the Mil of lading and Invoice.
Should wt-Kcttlic channels ull rluht w ill ship
jour hrtdtru within a week. This delay haa
been no fault of ours, hut through u eouihlnullnn
of cl renins! unit- over which w e hud no control.
You may rest lutstired we w ill do nil we can to
Ifi't you this lirl.lK'e promptly.
Yours truly,
1'IIK VAItlKTY WON WOHKSCo.
Rev. Orwig attended Lutheran
Synod at Lovsvillo this week.
Klockner Finkitibiiuler's sale of
Illinois horses hi Middloliurli on
Tuesday was not so well attended
as on former occasions, owing prob
ably to the inclement weather. The
aninutls were all drivers ami most of
them brought a fair uice.
Dr. J. Y. Shindel, administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Sullio G. Shin-
del, dee'd, will expose to public salt
the personal effects of mid doe'd, on
the premises on Saturday, Oct.
Among the articles mentioned are
3 shares of stock in the First Nation
al Bank, of Solinsgrove. fd.
Queen Victoria has a lemarkably
tine head of hair, for n lady of her
ago ; but her son, the Prince of
Wales, is quite bald. Had he used
Ayer's Hair Vigor earlier in life, his
head might, to-day, have boon as
well covered as that of her royal
mother. It 's not too late yet.
Go to G.C.Gutelius, Middleburgh,
Pa., if you wish to see groat bar
gains in Clothing for men and boys.
He has just opened a largo new
stock of choice goods, substantial,
and latest patterns. Prices reduced
to low water-mark believing iu tho
old motto: quick sides aud small
profits. Ho will not allow himself
to be undersold.
Last Saturday evening another
surprise party wus given to Mr.
Joseph Bowersox and wife by their
children. Tho children, who came
home on a visit recently, had made
arrangements some time previous
for the occasion, as it was among
themselves. They hud taken great
pains to prepare everything to greet
and make old age happy. In fact, it
put us in mind of a silver wedding.
Casting our eyes over tho table filled
with delicious fruits, &c, caused us
to think, "Oh, how well prepared."
After every one was served with suf
ficiency, and a few exchanges with
the aged couple, some of the chil
dren addressed their parents iu very
neat little speeches, and greeted
them with a brighter future and a
happy old age. After which the
parents were presented with sonio
very costly presents. The gathering
was a most enjoyable one. Mr.
Bowersox took the measure of his
new suit on Sunday, but his friend,
Trix, did not know him.
Court Proceedings.
Court convened Monday, Sept. 23,
18W), at 11 o'clock, A. M.
J. G. Middloswarth, Henry Goni
berling, Howard Sohumhuoh, and J.
S. Stetlor were appointed tipstaves.
COMMON I'l.KAS.
George Jacobs, F.sq., of Juniata
county, was admitted to practice
law in t lie several courts of Snyder
county.
Philip Dreese, Adam J. Fisher and
D. Oldt were appointed to value ami
appraise a site for school house in
Washington twp.
Howard Mcl'lurc, Esq., of Nor
thumberland county, was admitted
to practice law in the several courts
of Snyder county.
Malimla Yeugor by her next friend
Ac., vs. Henry P. Yeugor, divorce
granted.
George Shotzbergor vs. P. H. and
John Shotzbergor, replevin ordiot
for plaintiff. Reasons for a now
trial wore filed.
Reuben Dreese, Sheriff, acknowl
edged deed polls to John Long,
Sarah Gemberling, M. H. Taggart,
Louisa 1). Jeffrieiit, Wilson Herrold.
orphans' ooner.
Isaiah Walter was appointed guar
dian of a minor child of Daniel
Kuhns, dee'd.
J. H. Bachtnan, F.sq., W. Romig.
end Nuthaniel Walter were appoint
ed appraisers to appraise the estate
of Enoch Bingaman, dee'd.
Thomas P. Dorr was appointed
guardian of Samuel S., William L.
and Charles Leit ..el, minor children
of Mary Leit .el, dee'd.
Returns to order of sale were con
firmed in tho estate Elizabeth Ship
ton, dee'd, Daniel Matirer, dee'd,
Jeremiah Cooper, doe'd, Jacob A.
Brubakor, dee'd, John Spahr, doe'd.
Return to inquests were confirm
ed and rules wore granted on heirs
to come into court the 1st day of
next term and m et pt tin- leal estate
of John (1. Wills, dee'd. George
Martin, dee'd.
Auditor's reports were confirmed
nisi in the estate of Israel Woodling
dee'd, Isaac Swungcr dee'd, Eliza
beth Shettcii.v doe'd.
Tho follow in;,' order of sales were
grunted : In the estates of John G.
Gill, dee'd, Peter cchinim. dee'd.
Washington Wilt, dee'd. Geo. Hel
wig, dee'd, Nathan Jarrct, Reuben
Koch, dee'd.
The widow's appraisements and
accounts were all confirmed except
those hereafter mentioned.
t.'l'AUTKR SESSION'S,
Commonwealth vs. Sarah Trutt.
tho defendant was found guilty of
ussault and battery and sentenced
to pay a line of iiJ.Vlil) and cost of
prosecution.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Bilger.
indicted for fornication and bas
tardy. Tho jury found defeiidont
not guilty, but ho to pay costs of
prosecution.
Inspectors were uppointod to in
spect the severul new bridges built
this summer in the county.
Wednesday, Sept. 2.1, 18S',), court
adjourned till Nov. 8, at 11 o'clock,
A. M.
Mrs. Austin Winey, of Elkhart,
Ind., is visiting W. B Winey and
family.
S. F. Deibert has moved his pho
togruph gallery to town, und posted
a fine display of photographs in our
post office. Ho says ho expects to
bo ready for patrons the latter part
of next week.
MARRIED
On tho 2tith, ult., by Rev. J. F.
Wainpolo, Mr. H. D. Kinder, of Sa
lem, to Miss Mary J. Boyer, of
Washington t wp.
In Solinsgrove, on September 2H,
by Rev. G. M. Klepfer, Mr. Ira E.
Ulsh, of Adumsborg, and Miss Hat
tie Kreeger, of Swineford.
Li Middlecivl; tup.. . ,i ;1im 12th,
ult., Blanche Si.-...i'i, i : i I'm 1 1 c child
of John Nelson M,.i..i l! '.;inia Ber
ger, aged 2 months, and 17 days.
Amos E. Mitchell, after a short
illness died Sept. 22, IHM'.I, aged "
years, 10 months, and H days.
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