Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-16

/, bers had fallen from above so as to have caus sd inc fracture. Mrs. Newey lay on her fact in inc large bed, and the two children m .
 small he'd near her, all of whom were dead
 and partly consumed by the fre-the wind 4 blowing against the front ofthe house. the in- terior was free from smoke, and every obltct
 could be distinctly seen.
 Col. Flautt testified that on nrst discover
 ing the fire he directed one ot ms sons 10
 spread the alarm, and summon the ne'shOor-
 hood 10 assist in pulling down the mousse AS soon as a sufficient nlimbero of persons arrived, th.v proceeded to pull it down, when no re- mains of the two persons who usually occu- nird inc unper room could be discovered. but | a donhle handful of bones that had fallen down into a corner of the room m which the other members of the family lay. The entire 1 hodies of the two children, and the heads and some of inc limbs of the father and mother
 ysrc hurnt to ashes, The whole body of Newey was by this tune so much dlshsnred that no other marks of violence could be dis covered on it. The bed from the upper room had fallen on the body of Mrs. Newey' and preserved part oft, and small piece o' ner linen on which she lay-troin which the wlt- nesses discovered that three wounds had been inflicted by a knife or sharp instrument. Al ter an inquest had been held, the bodies were buried and two days after that or Mrs. New ev was disinterred for further and more par ticular examination. It was then discovered to have been pierced-in three places by sbarn instrument, once in the stomach, once in ,he right breast and once near the shoulder blade. On accurate examination, it was dis covered that there were three cuts in the lln- en, which corresponded exactly with the wounds in the body.
 The circumstances by which Markley was proved to have been the perpetrator of this awful, revolting and unparalleled atrocity, were distinct and conclusive.
 It was proved that in 1925, Markley, who is an illegitimate nephew of Newey, was con- yicted in Frederick County Court. of having stolen sundry articles from his (Newey's) house and sentenced to five years imprison- ment in Maryland Penitentiary-that after receiving his sentence, and before he was ta- ken from the Court House, he declared he would have revenge out of Newey for having testified against him-after he had reached the fail, he said to one of the witnesses that when he should be released from the Peniten- tiarv, he would take vengeance on the Judg- es of the Court, the States Attorney, and Newey-the witness remarked that five years was long time, that he would grow cool and forget his thrcats.-" Mo-" said MarkIey, " nave u all and burn them afterwards" His term Of confinement in the Penitentiary expired a. bout the last of October. 1880, and the New ev family was murdered on the night of the Q9th and SOth of December following.
 He was first proved to have been at Black g tavern, 8 or g miles from NeNey's residence, on Tuesday week preceding the murder-at hich place he left the only bundle of clothes he then had. From that time his movements were not traced with entire dlstinctness until ] Friday night succeeding the murder. when Il was found he remained all night at a tavern ir Westminster, 15 or 16 miles from Newey's on the road to Baltimore. He had then in possession a large bundle, and with acompan- ion travelling with him, left there the next morning. He arrived alone at KelIy's Tavern, in Baltimore, on the succeeding Sunday night. On the next Sunday following, he was taken into custody by one of the police officers of the city.
 While at Kelly's a paragraph in newspa- per was read in his presence, in which 'John Markley" was charged with the murder. He pretended not to know any body of that name never to have heard of Newey, and to be entirely ignorant of Harbaughs Valley, where it was proved in court, he was born and reared. When first examined hy the committing magistrate (Mr. Blair) in Balti- more, he denied that his name was Markley insisted he had never been in penitentiary, and never arraigned for any criminal offence which he maintained until identified by one of the officers of the penitentiary. When ex- amined before Mir. Blair, and subsequently, before Judge Shrivpr. who finally committed him for trial. to Frederick County jail, he could not or would not say where he was on the night of the murder, but said he had been on 'gspree" hom the Tuesday night pre- ceding the murder, when he staid at Cham. hersburg, until Friday night succeeding when he was proved to have been at Westminster Of the numerous articles of clothing found in the bundle carried by him to Ketly's he would not say where or from whom one o them had been procured, but he said he pur' chased them at shoe shops. These article: of clothing were produced in Court. anc nearly every one of them proved to have been in the possession of Newey's family
 within short time previous to their death One of the witnesses for the state desc l correctly pair of pantaloons which had be !onged to Newey, and mentioned pecnIia'
 mark by which they were distinguished. A sister of Newey's also identified them by. rent, which she had sewed up. Several wit
 nesses identified an old handkerchief' mark
 ed by peculiar patch. Others identified razor strap and shaving box of Newey's;
 wa's.coat owned by his apprentice ana
 handkerchief which had belonged to one
 the murdered children.