Appalling Tragedy Martin REED Killed by a Mob in the Presence of the Officers of the Law Last Saturday evening Officer Hugh COYLE, about four o'clock, left his home at the head of Arabella Street and went to Noblestown. In an hour he was brought back on a train and was carried up the same street on a stretcher--dead. He had been shot through the heart by Martin REED. As he strided cheerily down the street he was warned by Mr. MCCAUSLAND and others to be careful; and again as he got into the buggy which carried him down behind a galloping horse, he was told by the people to beware of the desperado in the ice house at Noblestown who two hours before had shot and almost killed Detective ORR. But very few people believed that that was Martin REED they had corralled there until the body of COYLE was brought back. It was hard to believe that REED, after escaping from jail and cheating the gallows, had staid (sic) here to court death in another form and to kill and wound others. There were many that doubted whether REED had poisoned Alexander CHAPPEL,! and they and others who believed in his guilt were willing to see him get away and out of the country forever. This story of the killing of Martin REED and of the death of Hugh COYLE has been told with many variations, and in placing it before our readers we have thought it best to give the narration of Detectives ORR and MCBRIDE as they gave them to the Reporter. Severe have been the criticisms on ... remainder of this column missing. The remainder of the article takes up in the next column. ... seemed to be trying to get out of the window in the gable, as he was leaning half way out and I saw him clearly again; he drew back and pulled the door shut. In a few minutes I went to Dr. TAYLOR and had him bandage my arm, and sent a telephone message to Sheriff CHERRY, and sent to Oakdale for Springfield rifles belonging to Co. C. Five or six were sent back. I was gone perhaps twenty minutes, and on my return there were probably a thousand people around there, and many still laughed at the idea of REED being in the building. During the afternoon a good many shots were fired into the building, but did no harm, as they could not penetrate two thicknesses of plank. About five p.m. COYLE came from McDonald. He said he was going in. I remonstrated with him and told him if he went in REED would kill him sure. He insisted, though, saying he would bring him out, as he wanted the reward. WICKERS had shut the door, and COYLE went down and opened it. Just as he opened the second door, bang! went a revolver. I was fair in front of the two doors and saw REED shoot. He had come down off the ice chest, and was only about eight or ten feet from the door when he shot. The floor in there was perhaps a foot above that in the small room at the door. COYLE turned round and came out laughing. He stepped to the corner, and then for the first time reached for his revolver. Just then he swayed over in front of the door, whirled round, staggered and fell among some weeds about fifteen feet from the building. He was quickly removed to ... Dr. TAYLOR pronounced ... remainder of column Narrative again begins at top of next column. ... ADAMS, Billy POST, Jim ORR, Jim LAPSLEY and William HURST got there just after the place was fired. We left at 10:30 Saturday night and reached Washington about 3 Sunday morning." Mr. ORR said further that the pursuit of the man had been conducted by Will MCBRIDE and to his energy and perseverance is due the final cornering of the man and capture of the body. HOW REED WAS RUN DOWN--M'BRIDE TELLS HOW REED SPENT HIS VACATION Detective W. B. MCBRIDE, who, with characteristic tendency, has hung on to this affair until the escaped man is again in a permanent limbo, gave the following information about the movements of REED from the time of his escape, May 19th, until his capture: "The first three days he spent near the County Home. Sunday morning, May 22d, he was seen not far from McConnell's Mills and the same day near Miller's Run Church, going towards Candor. Monday morning about two o'clock ISEMAN Brothers saw and talked with him in a derrick near Midway. He went on to his home and concealed himself in Billy WILSON's coal bank, where he made his headquarters until June 2d. Here, according to REED's own statement, made to Mrs. WHITE, Beaver County, Constable WILLIAMSON came within twenty feet of him, striking matches and searching for him. Scared away from there, he went to MCCORMICK's where he remained till Saturday night. Her ORR, BARBOUR, WILLIAMSON and I had him surrounded in a barn, but were led off long enough to allow him to escape. Early Sunday morning he enquired at Thos. MCCOY's for George WHITE's, on Raccoon Creek, Beaver county; he took WHITE's pony and rode it to a point near Astor White leaving it in the road by Billy MCCAULEY's, where George WHITE found it, all in good shape and took it without any questions. REED reached Arter (sic) WHITE's on Sunday, June 5th, and remained there till July 23d, helping some with the harvest. On that Saturday WILLIAMSON and I saw him and I shot at him three times in the timber, but he was too far away. From this place he returned to MCCORMICK's to his old home, where he remained till Wednesday when he went to WEICKER's at Noblestown." Coroner MCDOWELL assisted by 'Squire J. M. ROBB, of Oakdale began ... again column is ripped away as is the remainder of the article. *From an unknown newspaper, date also unknown which was in with the Aug. 1892 Outlook The funeral of Martin reed took place from his home at Midway. Funeral services were held at Raccoon Presbyterian church, some two miles distant from where he resided. About two hundred persons were present, among whom was REED's aged mother. The ministers who conducted the services were the Rev. Mr. GRAHAM, of the Midway United Presbyterian church; the Rev. Mr. BARCUS, Methodist, of Midway; Rev. Mr. KERR of Raccoon Presbyterian church, and Rev. W. D. IRONS, the United Presbyterian minister at McDonald. Mr. IRONS was a friend of Martin REED and he had made the arrangements to preach the funeral sermon over the body had he been hanged. He consequently made the principal address Monday. After reading the Scriptures and prayer Mr. IRONS denounced the manner in which REED had been treated by the mob. He said that while in jail the condemned man read his Bible regularly and had marked dozens of passages. Some of these the minister read. Brief address was also made by Rev. Mr. KERR of Candor. After the services the body was interred in the little cemetery in the rear of the church. August 20, 1892 Outlook The inquest on the body of Martin REED was concluded in Pittsburg Friday. The verdict was in substance that the remains were those of Martin REED, that REED killed Constable COYLE and then killed himself. The crowd was censured by the jury for its action in firing the icehouse, but no one was named in the censure. And so with a fillip of a coroner's gavel, this tragedy passes into history. ... remainder missing