The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-05-16
AWFUL MURDERS IN NEW JERSEY.

Co. new Jersey, with every circumstance Of delber-
ate barbarity.
| MIR. John b. Parke, aged man, who for years
has had the mania of converting all his property into
specie, and the folly of Boosting of the amount thus
accumulated Lived on his property--a bacheor-hav-
ngin his house his brother-in- law John Cartner who
worked the farm-his wife and four chldren-togeth-
er with servant woman.
Yesterday morning the neghbors were thrown into
CONSERVATION by hearing that all these persons. ex
cept the maid servant, who not at home the pre-
cedng night, were murdered
On reaching the spot the most dreadful spectacle
was presented Cartner, who appears to have been
decoyed out ofthe house, cound partially thrown
into line-kiln his head literally beaten to fragments
with rail, which was picked up close by with all
the horrid marks of the which had been made of
On entering the house, Mfr Parle was found in his
bed dead, with his throat cut from to ear. His
sister, Mrs Cartner, and the infant at her side! in Xix.
manner murdered, and little son of or years old
stabbed IN several p'aces-and only not dead
There were two other children, but they slept in
distant part of the Observation-Disclosures probably to the
murderers, and more fortunately they were not ava
kened by the deeds of hell perpetra,ing below, and
therefore gave indication Of their presence and On
ly knew they were orphans when going in the morn
ing to receive their mothers accustomed kiss -,
The house rihed compleely-but what amount
of plumber was obtained, could yet conjec-
tme.
The spread rapidly the county is raised and
handbs already circulating in all directions, offer
ing, in the of the surviving relatives, $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of the murderers.
Plumber undoubtedly the motive, and universal
opinion ascribed the horrd deeds to strangers, who
must have come from distance.
AS there must have been three concern ed the
hope reasonable that clue will be found, and
due punishment be awarded to this unparalleled mas
More of the -Ne,c Jersey .Murder-Supposcd .a,-
rest Of the .Murderers.lt has been heretofore stated
that, although Mr. Parke had large of money
(severo thousand dollars) in the house, of which
part in specie, dollar of it was taken; and
that the plumber obtained was the money Of Mr. Cast
ner' probably some 2 or $500
This is now accounted for in the following man.
After numbering the persons down stairs, and RI
fling the rooms there, the rufans proceeded to the
sleeping room the maid servant. On opening the
door they found the bed clothes thrown off, and some
articles of female dress dropped the floor, tho
the bedroom had been hastily left They concluded
at that the woman had ascertained what
going on and had fed through another door to give
the alarm, and they Immediately betook themselves
to fight. AS matter Of fact, the maid had left the
room in hurry, without making it up, early on Sun.
day, to pay visit in the neg hborhood and had not
yet returned.
Sunday night very rainy, and the roads there
FORE on Monday night-that Of the murder-were
very wet.
This seems, provdentially almost, to have furnish.
ed clue to the murder-for strictly examining
the premises around Mr. Parke's house, it found
that a wagon had been driven from there through
by-road The track was followed Ian accurate
being taken, along the route, Of the tire, and of
its indentatons until it led the house Of one Charles
Coleman, on whose premises a wagon found
corresponding entirely in width of tire and other
marks
Coleman (yvho has been in the New Jersey State
Prison FOR countefeiting) was Immediately arrested,
as was another man, who Monday much
with him, named Jacob Auble, a sort of race-horse
oafer and gambler.
The authorities were also on the track Of the third
man, Gan Englishman with green speciacles,) who
had been seen in the neighborhood for days,
and had also been in company with tho other
two.
The first named parties are natives of New jersey
and residents Of the neighbohood where the awful
crime was committed. The third man is an English
man. We do not hear that any farther Development
had been made.-.M Y. american.
P. s. These individuals have been examined and
discharged for want of sufficient proof to convict
them.
DEFINITION OF DRUNKENNEss AS the praise
worthy efforts of Temperance societies have well nigh
banished drunk from the land, preserve the
following definition from old magazine, for the ben
eft Of postery:
DRUNK, a (from drink. Over the bay half seas
over, over, hot, high corned, cut, cooked, hacock
ed, shaved, disguised, jammed, sleepy, damaged
tired snuiTy, whipped just so, breezy, smoky, top
heavy fuddled, groggy smashed tpsy swipy, s'ewed
crank sailed down, how fare you, the lee, lurch'