Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-24

OF deAd hofBeb, was lhotcte0 Tor KHlUg, Uy Ipsuhs
Of sufsdc.,ion, eefdng, the property Of Mr.
Thomas Stock. a respectable farmer living at
East hanningfel6. a small village few miles
from CHELMSFORD the prisoner commit
,nent II has been satisfactorily sscer,sinrd that
he las been supplying himself with csrcases
BY carrying on the strocious system f'r con,
siderable time. He wns in the hsbe Of buying
dead horses for the London markets, and in no
less than t~enty.tour instancca has he been
known 10 be the hrst to call upon owners and
evcn,aaliy to bny dead cattle, which up to their
death had been in hne aud healthy condition.
Many Of them we're of valuable description;
and the mode he adopted to destroy them was
| to choke Up their notrlls with hay.bonds. and
firmly tie up their jaws with ropes. TIE poor
things would fall TO the ground from exhaus.
ton, and On their expiting he would remove the
hsy and rope, and then call upon the owner to
buy them $1,000 '-''t'' ''
Several witnesses proved the following facts:
On the hikht ofthe 4th instant, about twelve
o'clock, as iaborer named Macon wis return.
| ing 10 his irns.er's farm. he heard groanioG
noise. and shortly Afterwards by the tight OF the
moon, saw horse lying on the ground ih shed.
ana man. whom he believed 10 be the Prison-
er. kneelne BY the side Of Il. Mason went up
and asked &hat he wanted there; he made no
answer, but ran off, He followed to the gatN
and the lsSorsr Being unable TO seize him,
struck him over the head with stick. A light
was then procured. and il was found that The
horse was dead, bu, quite warm. There wero
fout wisps or hay and . halter lying near
the head, and Mason believing that the beast
had been s,rangled, It having been seen TO be
quite ser about4 O'clock in the afternoon Of
the same day, called up his master Mr. Stock.
The latter was ofopinon that the horse had been
destroyed. and hearing from his servant that
the prisoner, WHO bought dead horecs in the
neighborhood of East Hanninheld, was the per.
BON seen BY the side Of the animal, he suspect
ed the troth Of the matter and caused insttdc.
ton to be given to The police 10 apprehed HIM
One Of the constAbnasy force stationed at Wood.
ham Ferris. wen, to the abode Of the prisoner;
at The village OF Runwell. al 4 O'Clock on the
following morning He was focnd in bed. The
officer first took him 10 the farm, and Mason
; then identified him As being the man ho saw
kneeling neat the horse. On being searched
a piece of cord stained with blood and knsHs
were found in his pockets. One Of his syes
was 6!ackened, as il from the blow OF ,hs stick.
A witness, employed at neighboring Arm de-
posed to the halter found by the side Of the dead
beas, being the prisoners. About vhree weeks
ago his master sold the prisoner dead hofses
, and the halter ia question was the very same
: the prisoner used TO remove it. The evidence
of the veterinary surgeon who examined the
body OF the eelding in the course oithe 5h inst,
state. with the exception of the right lobe Of tbs
lungs, which was CONCERTED with blood from the
J. rupture of some vessel which might be caused
I. BY suffocation. A decided opinion was given
u es to the desth of,he horse being caused by suf
J. location. The police produced the wsps and
= the halter, and it was explained to the Bench
II and Jury how they could be used in destroying
'r cau'o The Jury found the prisoner guilty;
a nd the Court sentenced him to be transported
e for Is years.
IS DESPERATE jrALorsY.-A young man by the
ms name OF Felix Alard. worker in porce'an'
e. was seated recently with his wife at a table in
"a. the Cafe de IA Pair. The table was b-t~eeH
I'd them, and upon i, the two cups Of cofee tha'
Of bad Been served. With furIous look ard ir {
= low voice. Allard reprcacheG his wife icr ceF
ad tain ind;scretons of conduct The scene dr., v
ly The attention OF the frequeners OF the place, aud
lst finding himself observed, Alard grew more
Il; calm, and presently changed his humor sppa
,g renily, ana talked even affec,ionaiely. After q
I'D few miputes. he requested of her kiss of re-
ng conciiston. The request was extraordinary
il. for such public place, and the wife at first e.
vaded compliance. He persisted however, and
rs che at length yielded. They both rose partly
~ and leaned across the table, and Allatd. sodss
's y seizing HE wifes head in both his hardi, b'
her nosei Her sudden shrek made all Ter
a. sons in the establishment rush to her side, bu
,e at fret the two faces covered with blood were
a. The only explanation. Allard sat for moment
I'd or two, convulsively holding something between
a bis teeth, and when the crime was understood
l. and some one presen, suggested the possibility
ur of replacing sundered flesh, it wsa found 'ha'
I the fsroc ious brute had swallowed It ZIG
i. made no attemp, to escape, and was handed O.
~ yer to the police, and now awsits his triaL
! Or RosERrs recommends the iad'es "no se"
~ eraliy take far too little exercise, 10 retain 'hs