The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-10

LOVE-, MADNESS AND MURDER-lHE TRAGEDY
NEAR PLEAsANTvlLLE.-We have before us la the
Eastern State Journal published Viii Plains, New
York full account of the recent rghNu tragedy Fear
Pleasantville In which young girl named Mary Good
hart was cruelty murdered The victim IL little over
10 years of and the murderer Of As named
Amos Northrop The journal states that he Is Journey
shoemaker of somewhat diss pnted habits
ing the last two years he had boarded 18th ays athr
George Goodhart-who 10 q widower-Msry kespine
house fer him. During this tine Northrop made love
to Mary, and they were engaged to b. married. but
Northrop coming home drunk day. and abusing
Mary she declared she would not marry him, insisting
to the last that she wond not marry n who drank
liquor, neither would she marry man who would abuas
her before she had him. and BESIDES she told him that
no too old for Of her and she could not and
would not, marry him. hrop Of course chayrp
ed and on one occssion remarked to her sister, Mrs
Boyce and in Marys presencei suppose Mary thifks
she Is through with 1t now, but by she'll find that she
Is not Thus evidently threatening her with sort
OF punshnent On Sunday morning. Northrop went
TO MIR. Boyce's about 10 o'clock where tho murder
committed Mrs Boyce Ia MGry's sister, and Mary had
gone there spend the day Northrop asked Mary
take walk with him, which she declined. He then
told her he had something to to her, to which she
piled that what to say her. he could say there
she would not 90 cut with him. He then approached
her. standing the foot OF the bed In the room,
and four or i've feet from the back window. He
arms and stabbed her with In tho breast.
She screamed and sprang from him saying he Is Kill
ling me,n aud lesped out OF the window. Mrs. Boyce
who thought Northrop was making for her, followed
Mary OF the window Mary took two three steps,
andfel, and In few minutes EXPIRED without moving
from the spot.
1t added that since her refusal marry Northrop,
perhaps before, Mary had become attached to young
man in that vicinity, more nearly Of her own age
which fact doubtless strengthened her resolution not to
marry NorJhrop. At least, IL Is natural to suppose
that mere child as she was when she to marry
a far advanced beyond her In years, and who
had Disguised her by his drunkenness and frightened
her by his abuse Der affections would readily ind mere
copgenal object upon which To ssten In the person or
u youth her age. Nortbrop escaped but was
| subsequently taken. The first person who saw nun
when appeared from the woods was Marys father
why, Noribrop, what have you done" exclaimed
oodhart; to which he replied gu need not be afraid
Il will not hurt you-I am near dead Others coming
along coon MIR Brundsge, constable Of North Castle,
among them, Northrop was soon taken charge OF
IL appears from Nortbrops own account Of himself,
that he did not leave the woods near the house. into
which he to escape but hid himself among the
rocks, where no kept concealed until Wednesday. Hc
had made several attempts 10 destroy himself but with
He had attempted TO cut his throat, and
cash upon his leftarm above the elbow from
which he had bed prousely much so that when he
made his appearance he presented horrd spectacle,
I'm clothes and person being black With dried aud
clothed blood From the loss of blood ms tainted and
fell after cutting his throat when he he Loaf his
knife. He also says that hs twice attempted TO hang
himself but the cord broke sua fooled him; and, when
arrested his neck creased or indentod "a from the
effects OF n cord OF small rope.
whole days this unhappy wretch lay concealed
nas sas within few Yards Of where he lay Weak and
faint from the loss OF blood furnishing from munger ana
thirst for he neither ate nor drsnA during tne ume2
aud with the awful crime Of murder preyIng upon his
conscience did this lay concealed 1or three long,
three terrible days What frshtiul visions must have
wruug his soul Well could he seo, o. fancy he saw,
when night lowered his lurking place. the pale but
bloody form Of tho murdered Mery-iha. Mary, whom
no had sought to wed that Mary, whom he had de-
signed call his wife The cry TOO, he Ia numbering
me l"-how IL must have rung la ms
When he went 10 the house. Northrop Gays that he
did not d-aign to kill Mira Boyce, Mays sister But
after stsbbmg Mary, thought n4shed upon him that
aVula k her TOO. iic nyed his eye upon her but
turning, ne ler lte children heart shruuk
from The fatal purpose Murderer he wss-tbs
murderer VI her he would have called his ~ewih hsr
warm blood upon his guilty hands the fatal kne up.
lifted in his krap trembling blood OF tue second
victim th. wretch, tn. monster, tho hend, stood re-
appalled, coniounded-in the sight OF tho ltue
helpless innocent babes and bis hand fell his heete
yieded and he spared the sister Of the murdered Mary
-ths mother Of che helpless babes,