The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-29
THURSDAY, June 90
From the FrsdericktOaon (.Md) Citizen, Mau 90

FROM the frsder'ckto'0n (.Nd) Citizen, May 90.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF MARLEY The
trial of John Markley, charged with the muir.
der Of John Newey and family, commenced in
Frederick county court on Wednesday morn
ing, and was brought to close last evening at
o'clock. The Jury returned in about twenty
minutes with verdict of Guilty of Murder.
Col. Flautt and his son testified that they re-
side near the habtaion of the late John New
! ey, OF Harbaugh's Valley-that some time, be-.
tore day light on Thursday, the 30th day of De-
cember last, they discovered that the dwelling
j OF Newey was in hames-that on repairing
( thlther, they found tho house partly consumed,
the roof having been burnt off, but the rafters
had not yet fallen. On going round to the
front of the house, it was discovered that sew
eral OF The logs Of which it was built had fallen
! nwards-the wooden pins by which they had
at each end been attached to the windows and
door tacings, having been burnt off-by getting
| upon an old chest at the outside OF the house
they were enabled to look through this amer.
tuTe, and examine infinitely the whole appear
( ancN of the interior of the room in which New
ey and his family usually slept. most blood
stirring and horrible scene was there presented
to view-the floor, the beds, and other furni-
! ture of the room were on fire-near the middle
of the floor lay the body of Mr. Newey, at full
J length upon his back his feet towards the bed
his head towards the front of the house-thc
| fire had partly consumed the body-the hair and
exterior covering of the head having been burntsi
a fracture of the skull near the crown was dis
tlnctly visible, which, from its Appearance tho
witnesses thought Ind been made by severe
blow with an axe-at that time no timbers had
fallen from above so as to have caused the frac-
ture. Mrs Newey lay on her face in the large
bed, and the two children in small bed near
| her, aii OF whom were dead and partly cOnsum-
! ed by the firc-the wind blowing against the
| front of the house, the interior was free from
smoke, and every object could be distinctly see n.
Col. Flautt testified that on first discovering
the fire he directed one of his sons to spread
| the alarm, and summon the neighbolhood to as
slst in pulling down the house AS soon as a
sufficient number of persons arrived, they pro.
ceeded to pull it down, when no remains of the
two persons who usually occupied the upper
room could be discovered, but a double hand.
| ful OF bones, that had fallen down into a corner
! OF room in which the other members of ths
family lay. The entire bodies of the two chill
dren, and the heads and some of the limbs of
the father and mother, were burnt to ashes
The whole body Of Newey was BY this time so
much dlshgured, that no other marks of VIC.
| leDce could be discovered on it. The bed from
tne upper room, had fallen upon the body of
MRS, Newey, and preserved part of it, and a
/
which the witnesses discovered that three
wounds had been inflicted by knife or sbarn
instrument. After an inquest had been held,
the bodies were inferred and two DAVIS after,
| that OF Mrs. Newey was dsinterred for further
and more particular examinaton-lt was then
discovered to have been pierced in three places
by sharp instrument-once in the stomach
once near the right breast, and once near the
shoulder BLADE. On accurate examination il
was discovered that there were three cuts in
| the linen, which cerresponded with the three
wounds in the body.
Inc circumstances by which Markley was
proved to have been the perpetrator of this aw.
full, revolving, and unparalleled atrocitv. we're
distinct and conclusive.
1t was proved, ;Eat in 1926, Markley, who is
an lllegltimats nephew of Newey. was convict
ed IN Frederick county court, Of having stolen
sundry articles from his (Newev'0 boTse and
sentenced to FIVE years imprisonyner4- in tba
Maryland PenitentarY-that after receivino
his sentence, and before he was taken from the
| Court House, he declared ne would have re.
venge out of Newey, for having testified against
MN. Alter ne reached the Jail, he said 10 one
OF the witnesses, that when he should be releas
ed from the Penitentinry, he would take ven-
geance on tho Judges of Court, the State. A.
torney, and Newey. The witness remarked
that hive years was long time, that he wonld
grow cool, and forget his threats. "No." said
Markley, " will have vengeance, if have to
murder them all and burn them up afterwards
His term of confinement in the penitentiarv ex.
PRED about the last of October, l63O-and The
Newoy family was murdered on the niaht 81
the 29th and Both of December, following
He was first proved to have been nj blacks
tavern, or miles from Neweys residenc. IN
Tuesday week preceding the murder--at which
place he left the only bundle Of clothes be then
had From that time his movements wore mi
traced with entire distinctnoss, until Fr;Jav
night succeeding the murder, when il was found
he remained all night at tavern in Wes,nin.
ster, Is or l6 miles from Newey's, on the road
to Baltimore. He had then in possession a
large bundle, and with companion who was
travelling with him, left there next morning
lie arrived alone at Kelly's tavern in Balii-
more on the succeeding Sunday night. On the
next Sunday following, he was taken into Gus.
tody by one of the police officers of the citv.
While at Kslly's paragraph in newsps per
was read in hispresence, in which John Mark.
ley" was charged with the murder. He pre-.
tended not to know any body of that namc
never to have heard Of Newey, and to be entire.
'ly ignorant of Harbaugh's Valley, whore it was