The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-02-01

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it was evident that Mr.. W., who was now absent
from the city, had made mistake us it regarded
this person)the secretary pushed un into Indiana,
where he understood Mr. b. had taken up his sum-
mer residence. On arriving at his destination, he
found Mr.. B. greatly unnamed by the alarming
sickness in his family but lily prepared to resist the
/ pointed questioning of his vsiter. But owing To
this circumstance, Gas he atterward said) and the
completes surprise by which he taken by the
announcement of certain facts relating to the
der, which he supposed still a secret all but
the perpetrators, young C. and himself. Mr.. b.
soon admitted shat he knew all about it, "and pro
ceeded to detail a; length all that young c. had dis
closed to him, persoulY in Vermont, and afterward
by letter as before narrated After gufug through
this detaI, Mr. b. informed the Secretary that young
G. whom Mr. w had somehow mistaken for his
nephew, had not to the west, but resided in
store in village in the northern part of Vermont.
And il may be- well here add, TINT Mr.. b.
who person to deceive or over~colsr, or
c asly be duped himself, expressed his thorough
conviction Of the entire truth of all thar young C.
had revealed to him. He knezC even, THAI the spot
where the victim carried could be found, and
the bones were still there, rs G had told him in
one of his letters, (Which, with the signatures cut
cat, had been left in New Oreans) that he had
been to the place dug DOWN and found the remains
all there-an item in the confession which we o.
mrted to state while on this part of the subject.
The Secretary, having no power to take Mr.. B.
out of the a witness, now left him and re-
turned rapidly Vermont: when a warrant for the
arrest Of accessory was put into the hands
of sheriff, who with assistan ian acquaintance
of c., for the vrIInge where the hitter was
residing. They reached the place late in the night
and put up at the village inn, and having ascertain
[a4t n,t a. Il,
ployed, the assistant repaired the hu ldiug and
SOON succeeded in awakening the object of their
search, who came to the G0or; when, after the
binary situations recognition, bis first question
was, ''BAats tie neacs-has anything broke out IN
Berfsa! Having evaded this question: or answer
ed IT IN manner that seemed to allny the fears Of
T.. the assistant asked him 90 the tavern
10 do sumo business, when they two proceeded to
the room purposeiy taken by the sheriff As&oon
as they were in the together, The assistant
announced the true business ON which he and the
sheriff had come when C. became greatly aaitatcd,
stirred wildly. threw up his hands with a spasrnotic
treraof, and rsiscating BACKWARD suns nearly fIin-
ting into chair in the corner of the room
Il was long time before they could get him in
situation speak But at length succeeding
IN Gaining him down, IN some measure, they pres
Led him, for his safety so make a clean breast
'coud tell all the facts, but could not give Up the
names of the perpetrators, and he then went on
and re- asCd, with Gue variation, the same
story which he related TO Mr.. 3. and said he could
go To the spot where The murdered man was buried
giving description OF the locaIites which well IL
greed with the that had been furnished by Mr.
B. for the Secretary, before starting for home
The sheriff and his assistant then renewediv pres
sed him to give up the names of the perpetrators,
and, AFTER a while, he mentioned the names of two
ndtvidial- who vera not the persons described to
! Mr. b and whose characters such To rem
der it highly improbable that they cuald have had
any connection with the transaction.
Alter this the three started for Montpelier
C. being in custody of the officer During all the
first part OF the journey, Il indeed nh they reached
their last haitng place. inn about eight miles
from NJ C. persisted in his story, adding from time
time, they 90, numerous little particulars
all of which appeared consistent with w hat he had
before related. But az this inn The sheriff took
+, him aside and told him they wished to know
what they to depend on, regard his stu,
ry-t that he and his assistant assisted tina. he
(C.lhad lied to them, as far related the names
he had gwen, and they wished know whether
his whole story was not likewise false'
5 Ia this. {. at the time made reply. But IA
/ they about resume their journey, he called
a the assistant out of the ruom, told him the lrhoIs
story of has making, and all Ilse.
He then questioned as his motives in tai
g ling such tale. And he finally said, that that
time and place he had given his story, he did,
indeed enter ths swamp, with
til ing on their shoulder which he took upon a mo
ment consideration, be log of light wood to ba
split up INTO torches for fishing; and that, though
startled 6sHt he perceived that there was
nothing wrong about the matter But on riding
along home, he began to suppose a case, like the
which, for the first instant he thought this to ba
RI And, in u few dnys after, wishing co know wheth.
err his friend tha young mechanic befrsa mention
, ed) could keep secret, ne limited bis knowledge
q of such deed the above named circumstances
had suggested. And when his friend had told MIRA
" and she questioned him about it he thought hs