Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-07-19

infants in slumber. They reached the spot
PRAYER, solemn prayer, was offered up 10
heaven for the murdcrer's soul in which every
nearer Joined, with unaccustomed fervor. The
sheriff's attendant stood in waiting with the iata
cord, while the agonlzed mother, vainly en-
deavoring TO emulate the firmness of her heroic
boy, approached, with trembling steps, 10 bid 4
last farewel-when bark a shout was heard
all ewes are turned to catch IL neutrality-suspicious.
shout, and the words stop stop! the execution!
were distinctly audible In less than an instant
after, the death-pae form of jimmy Buckhorn
tumbed from his horse, with Just sufficient
strength remaining To reach towards the sheriff,
an order from the Judge, to stay the execution.
Reader, our tale Is nearly AT end. jimmy
Buckhorn had been faithful to his word. He
had sought some clue 10 the real murdc~er. with
an earnestness which nothing but firm convIc-
ton of our hero's innocence, superadded TO lis
love for Judy, could have enklndcd For some
time he was unsuccessful At length the
thought struck him, that the track on the other
side of the stream where Mr.. Wentworth re-
sided might have been caused by a traveller
passing along, on the morning after the fatal
deed, and the deputy sheriff, IN that case, might
be the real cuprit He Immediately set out TO
visit every cabin above Mr.. w entworth ;, to
see if his story that he had been further up
time: but the result satisfied him that the tale
was false He then procured the assistance Of
a surgeon, imposing on him the strictcst secrecy,
until the time for disclosure, and proceeded to
disnter the body of Silversight This was more
successful than he had even dared to hope; the
ball had lodged IN the cavity OF the head, and
being produced, BuckhOrn pronounced at once,
from IT'S great size, that it could have been dis
charged only from Rumey smooth-bore. He
set out directly for Edgarton, choosing to 90 by
the way of the New settlements, for two-fod
reason. He heard that Rumley was in that
neghborhood, and TO get possession of him,
of his gun at any, rate he deemed very essential.
Besides that route would take him by the house
OF the Judge and from him 1t would be necessary
to procure an order to delay the proceedings
We have seen the result. Bot the chain OF
evidence not yet complete.
4 wild and dissipated young man, by the name
of Michael Davis, who had just returned up the
river from New Orleans entered the office OF
the clerk of the county, on his way back to the
tavern, from the place where the execution was
TO have taken place, in order to while away an
hour till the time for dinner should arrive The
powder flask, which had been brought IN evI-
dence against our hero, was lying on the table,
the craven side downward There is a restless
kind of persons in the world who can never be
easy, let them be sitting where they will, with
out lingering and examining whatever is in their
rcach-and such Michael Davis;
ne accordingly took up The flask N careless
manner, and turning il over in his hand his eye
fell upon the letters
Why, halloo, what the devil are you doing
with my powder flask: asked he
| wish the unucky article had been your
or any body's except the unfortunate Dr.. Riv-
ington, returned the clerk, who was friend of
our hero, and deeply deplored the circumstances
that had lately transpired.
Unfortunate devils reiterated Michael;
tell YOU it Is MY flask. or article as YOU prefer
calling 1t; rather it mine and Gale Rum
ley 5 together We bought IT when him and
me went to Orlcans-lets see, that's three
years, come Spring. ought to know the ours
ed thing, for broke bran new knife IN scratch
ing them letters ont
The clerk started from his seattle snatchcd
the flask out of the hands of Dayis-he gazed
at IT a moment lntently, then, the truth suddenly
flashing on his mind, he rushed into the street,
forgetting his hat, forgetting every thing but the
letters on the flask The magistrate, who grev-
cd as much as any one, at the supposed dere-
llctIon of their friend the ply stefan, was amazed
to sec the clerk enter his apartment IN such
plight.
There cried he, as he threw down the flask
OH the table, {. X. VI. ID. spells something be-
sides RlvIngton. Send your servant out OF the
room. As soon as he was gone, and the door
carefully closed the clerk continued, in a low
confidential tone, that flask is Caleb RumIcy =
and Caleb Rumley is the murderer, no wonder
he has kept himself away all this time. 1t be
lon9ed to hun, and that mp of Satan, Mich Da-
Wis, together; and Mich Davis told me so, with
his own mouth not three minutes ago-and
Charles RNington 5 an honest man-huzzai
huzza.i huzza,,i concluded he, as he danced
and skipped about the apartment, with all the
dclirIous JOY true friendship inspired The ma
glstrate man OF middle age, and very
large and corpulcnt, but mountain OF flesh
could not have kept HIM down. when such thrill
ing news tIuglcd IN his ears, and he too began
to dance ig, that shook the tenement 10 lis
1t became the duty Of the worthy magistrate,
to commit, IN the course OF that very day, our
respected friend Caleb Rumley. Esq, deputy
sheriff of the county Of --. - the same
capacious tenement which Dr. Rivinston had
lately inhabited he, with the consent of the
Judge, being more safely disposed OF ia the pr-
son o-hs own house. y bill was immediately
found by the grand JURY, and the trial OF tic real
murderer came on shortly after. For long
time he obstnatey denied any knowledge OF
the death OF SIlversight, but as proofs after
proofs were disclosed agaus, him, he first be-
camc doggcdly silent then greatly IntimIda,cd,
and at last made full disclosure of bis crime
tic was found guilty and executed on the same
gallows that had been erected fer our caumn-
a,ed hero.
The sickness Of Caharinc Wentworth was
long and severe; but our friend Charles was her
and the reader will not wonder that
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