Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-03-11


pond. vugne euspcicns a. come other kind Of
roRuery began 10 be entertained by the crowd.
The child vas sgsin examined the pond sgain
scrsped, and the 'intrrvsle.' over which the
dark sediment and filth Of the pond now lay a
foot deep. was carefully inspected in oil direc.
tions, and still the dreadful mystery was not un.
rsvelled.
The evidence of the child, the pole, the mo.
ney. the blood, the woman's strong appearance
OF guilt, oil proved that q heartless and horrid
human butchery bad been perpe,rated. and the
fruitlees search after the body seemed but TO add
new terror to tho excitement Who was the
unfortunat stranger! Evidently some travel.
Ter from distance, for nobody in The neighbor
hood was missed. Why could not the body be
foond' Ten thousand conjectures few around.
each Of which added to the perplsxing mystery.
A strange uncertainty forced itself upon the
minds Of the people. BY ell appearances. it sp
peared certain that the murdered man h,d ne.
yer BEEN thrown into the pond at sl!; yet that
the blooay deed had been perpetrated was, from
the evidence. conclusively established.
Thus the affair continued, enveloped in dark.
ness. and oil hope was abandoned Of discovering
the body. The woman could not be convicted
upon the evidence of the child, and that evi
dence itself could not be subs,an,isted without
finding the body So while every person was
satisfied Of her guilt, it was c!eor nothing but
her own confession would ever bring the mur.
deress within The power OF the law. She, vita
uofinching obstinacy. continued to deny al
knowledge Of the murder, and at length she
was actually released from confinement, pos.
sibil'y appearing Of ever being able 10 secure
her conviction.
A few months passed OF. and the 'interv,le.'
upon which the pond had been emptied. and
which before had almost been worthless, now
grew to be Aouriehing peace Of land. and peo.
pie would remark that the draining Of the big
pond he'd st leas, proved . good thing to The
Yankee tavern keeper, who owned the land be.
low.
Now Tor the development Of this mysteriou.
tragedy. A quarrel occurred between the he.
roiue Of this story and the innkeeper of the in.
tervale. In her evaporation, she came for.
ward aad threw blaze of light upon this blood.
chilling mystery, which at once opened oil eyes
with establishment. A scheme was laid open
the cunningly devised wheels Of which could
never have been Sc: in motion but BY genuine
bred and born and thoroughly educated, son of
Yankee land. The tavern keeper wanted his
!snd improved; he wanted the pond turned on
10 il. and soon hit upon plan to have the b
Gone free Of expense. He laid awake three
nights. mstured his plan. contracted with the
poor woman tnr fly dollars. TO put il in oprra.
ton, and she with the assistance of a consum.
ma,ely srttul child. carried il out. She killed
q pig. smeared . knife and pole. taught her
child the story to tell, and scted out the game
worthy fihe best living representative fI.sdy
Macbeth. The tavern keeper had furnished
the thirty dollars Of the murdered msn's money
but when his object wss Qsinod, he refused to
pay the fly. not cssiag pin whether the wo.
mao would expose mis- plan OF not, This led to
. grand development, and ,hQs our thrilling mar
rs'ive OF New Hampshire Mystery, gentle
reader. turns out 10 be no more nor lees than q
snper excellent and surprisingly executed Yan.
kee trick.