Bedford County PA Archives News.....W. A. Weis Murdered 1871
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The Cambria Freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938: November 04, 1871 1871
The lifeless body of a German "tramp," with the head terribly beaten and lacerated,
was found on the pike between Bedford and Bloody Run, on Thursday morning of last
week, and there is no doubt that he was murdered and then robbed, as his pockets
were cut out and the contents of the bundle he carried, scattered in all directions.
The deed was committed with a piece of fence rail. Papers found on the body
indicated the name of the murdered man to be W. A. Weis. Several parties have been
arrested on suspicion, but only one, a negro, is now in custody awaiting
examination. This is the second murder that has occurred in Bedford county within a
few days.

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