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Show IX FEAB OF MURDER A Series of Mysterious Crimea In the irlnity Of JohjUfama, I'a. Johnstown, Pa.. Feb. 4. Notblsf since the awful flood has caused so much alarm as a series of mysterious murders committed within a radius of twelve miles. Apparently nil have been done by one hand, but so far tho detectives are unable to discover the perpetrator. December 4th tho body ot a well-dressed man was found inthe woods near dallitzin with a bullet-hole in his head. No clue was obtained as to his identity, and he was buried. A week later the body of another man was found, about twelve miles away with a hole through his head. It was Idea! titicd as licm-.r,. MTvam M tilled as Ocorge Myers, a prosperous citizen of Frugalfty, who hud been murdered for his money. Less than a week ago the decomposed body of another man was fonnd in the woods near Bethel. .Nothing was discovered to essablish his identity. The horrible butch. I cry of old man Kring and his wife, and the cremation of their bodies a few nights a"o is attributed to the same mysterious murderer who evidently is hiding in the mountains' ready to pounce upon any victim whom he supposes has money. |