Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-11-26

"A settler ON the great western road was
missing from his farm. His convict Oyerseer !
gave out that he had gone of privately to
England, and left the property in his care
This was Thought extraordinary, as the settler !
was not in difficulties, and was steady, pru.
dent individual; the affair, however, was al
most forgotten, when one Saturday night an.
other settler rae returning with his horse and
cart fr0SSS>ucarket. On arriving at part Of
the fence On me rOa6 side, near the farm ut
his absent npishbOrs-hs thought he saw. aim
sitting on the fence; immediately the farmer
pulled an his mare and ,4Sehr-IN"ssuS Tue
fence: his nrghbOT, as he plainly ;SEEp p eaFF"'
quilted the fence, and crossed the hrlo19c,
wards pond ia the direction oil his nome.
which it was supposed he had deseTted.-
The farmer thought it strange, ren1ounted
his cart and proceeded home. The next
morning he went t" his neigh6or's cwttage,
expecting to see him, hot saw "Wiy the over
seer, who laughed at the story, and said that
| his master, was then near England. The
circumstances were so strange that the farmer
went 10 the nearest justice Of peace, Il think
| it was to the Ppnrlh bench,) reiated the a.
hove. and stated, that he Thought foul play
had taken place. A native black, wh" was
(and I belive still is,) attached t" the station,
accompanied the farmer to the rails where
the latter thought he saw, the evening before,
his deceased friend. The black was pointed
out the spot, without showing him the dlrec-
ton " hich the lest person took after qnittng
the fence. On close inspection, part Of the
upper rail was observed to BE- discOUred; il
was scraped with knife by the black, smell
led and tasted. Immediately after he eros
sed the fence, and took straight direction
for the pond near the cottage; on the surface
was a scum, which the black took 0s' ia a
leaf. and. after tasting and smelling. he dttlar-
ed it to he :. white mans fat" Several times
somew hat after the mannerofa blood hOond,
he .coursed round the lake; at last, darted
into neighhoring thicket, and stopped over
place containing some loose and drcayed
bruswAod. On removing this lac thrust down
the ramrod Of his piece into che earth. smeIt
it, and then desired thesPectat"rs to dig there.
Instantly spades were brought from the cot
tage and the body Of The absent settler was
found, with his skull fractured, and presented
evey indication Of having t,een some time i'm
,Rersed in water. The Oversser, who was IN
pOssessisp Of the property of the dpceaseE
and whp had invented the story of his depar-
ture to England, was committed to Jail. and
tried for murder. The foregoing circnn'stan.
tial evidence formed the main accnsaiions.-
He was found guilty, sentenced to death, and
proceeded to the scaifold. protesting his inno-
cence. Here, huwever, his hs rdihOOd fors0ok
him he acknowledged the murder Of his late
master that he came Othind him when he
was crossing the identical raid on which the
farmer Thought he saw the deceased. and.
with one blow ON the head, fplard hi0 dead
dragged the body to the pond, and threw 1t in,
but, after some days, took II out again, and
carried it where il was found. The sagacity
of the oative black was remarkable hut the
unacc ountabe manner 10 which the murderer
was discovered. is one of the inserutable dis
pensations Of Providence.-Martia's Hist.
British Colonies. @ ,...g a.-. t. 1....,-.
Murder VIII Owt.-We learn, says PlAtts-
burgh paper, that letter has been received
by gentleman at Champlain. from a member
Of the Vermont Legislature, stating that
there is convict 10 the State Prism at Wind
sor. VT, who has confessed the crime If muir
der. Our readers will doubtless recUllect the
atrocisus murder committed at Champlain
two years since upon Miss Stevenson, under
circumstances the most shocking and mplan-
choly. The villain is said to be 10 the prison
at Windsor for y felony; and from the tor
lures 6f u guilty conscience has disclosed the
fact of being the perpetratOr Of that foul MUIR
der We understand that measures have
been taken TO get possession Of all the par.
ticu!ars. and we hope 10 lay them soon before
our readers. III -- H.. u' .sr.
E:rtensive Robbery, and arrest of the Robber.
The store "f II. b. Chaffee g. Co., dry
goods merchants at Hartford. Conn. was
lately entered in the night time With false
keys and robbed of goods, consisting chiefly
Of superfine broadcloths. to the amount of
about 5000. Notice Of the robbery was sent |
To the Police Office in this city, and on Fri
day night last Messrs. Sparks and Holman !
succeeded in arresting a man calling himself
VIM. jones, with whom they fuuad some
part Of the property, which he was in the act |
IF selling IN Chatham Street. They npxt as
certained that he lodged 10 a sailors boarding
house 10 Water Street, where they i,nmedi- |
ately proceeded and searched bis trunks, in
which they found almost every description
Dffalse keys. files. pick lock. and house hr-al.
ng impaemcnts, and since that these two 10 |
iefaiigahle 0fic+rs have 0astainrd clue, which
10 all probability will enable them tO recover
The remainder Of the property. jones was !
Ut course cOmmitted.-N. Y. JoAr. Of Com.
The annexed article from Van Buren, Ohio |
paper, is curious specimen at Interpretation |
-" The editor Of the Muskingum Messenger
lesignates the democratic members elect, Of
The Legislature. by q dagger, 10 for the pur-
pose Of insinuating that they are assassins--l
and the wings With "a sfar. (thus for the
purpose Of compIimenling them as lights Of