Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-01-26
miscellaneous.
Murder Discovered BY ClairvOyante.
Por1-lR RrDeE, Cayuga Co, N. Y J
Decemher 10. 1870. 4

DEAR SIR,--l wish 10 lay before your rea-
| dcrs brici account of experiments in Mcs-
merisln, recently made in this vicinity, which
| have done not q little TO establish IN tire
minds of many heretofore skeptical, the
claims OF Magnetic Clairvoyance.
They may have learned from the news
papers ere this meets their notice, the par
,iculars, 50 far us discovered, of one OF the
most dinbolical murders on record, which
bus Just been bi onght 10 light IN the nd,
joining town Of Venice. The principal
b,cts, however, in order to be better under
stood, will here repeat.
Nathan Adler, the murdered mnn, was
German pedler, and being somewhat ac-
qlanted with the family OF Bayhohs, called
upon them OH the evening Of the 9th OF No
venbcr for entertainment during tue night.
Mrs. Baybam, ut the time, lay dangerously
il=-a crib of corn having fallen upon her
that very afternoon, seriously injuring the
spine and other parts; and precludiug ol-
most, IN the opinion OF all, the possibility OF
her recovery. But Notwithstanding all this,
it has bcou proved 10 the satisfaction of the
entire community, that three SONS of the al
| most diving wonaIi--tIe oldest scarcely out
OF his teeiIs--decoyed the contiding man TO
the barn, and there, in cold blood, murdered
| him! No suspicious were felt OF the mllr-
| Ucf uUtll Ills DIOlfleT anu fOuSn uIIlNtu hl
the house on tie 24tll ult., in search of him
when, being unable TO trace him further,
they imprudently accused the Bayhams oil
killing him, and lett for Syracuse to obtain
COUNSEL No move was made in the neigh
borhood until the return OF the relations,
with II scarch-wdrrant, on the 10Th. Two
nights were thus lett Tor them to be employ
ed in secrctug the body aud the goods
Seurch was made during that day, and in
| the night, or early next morning, the three
sons were arrested for murder In the
meantime the search went OH, the whole vi
cinity being much excited. On Wednesday,
the &Sll, Il piece OF candle and pair OF
mittens were found in the woods, half
mile northeast OF the house, buried iollr feet
deep,--nearly over which, slightly covered,
was the carcase of horse. At another
place, southeast OF this, skunk was found
near the surface, but appearances plainly
proved that the earth had Just been filled in
to some depth below.
At about this time some gentlemen went
TO visit CldiryOyuut, sixteen miles distant.
Her husband nesIuerised her, aud without
any previous knowledge OH the subject, she
was asked ii there was any excitement any
where in regard TO n murder. She replied
with Shrek; aud then went on 10 give the
circumstances OF the murder. She said that
the body was then buried tor the third time,
mentioning the carcUse of the horse ut the
first place, and declared that it was then
buried under log-beap, or between TWO
logs, together with the trunk but she could
give no definite directions Tor finding IL
though promising that il would be tound.-
Her description Of the last place of burial, u,
will presently be seen, was also correct.
| I,,t h.
young lnan, was being tried ut Nortliyille
where tile prisoners were, some three mile
from the scene OF the murder, by MIR. N
Kellogg. The first trial was made, think
on Friday, the 30tl ult. The subject agree
ing substantially with the first tried Clair
voyalt so far as he went. lie traced tn
murdercrs 10 the top of u knoll after tin
body was dug up second me,-wllen, Il
ho said, all was dark. Nothing thrthc
could then be elected.
Tie next trial was on Saturday evening
the LIST inst, MIR. Kellogg operator, us before
Present, George llaight, ID. Adams, and Mi
Pomeroy. Inc ClaIrvOyant described TN
murder, and two burials substantially as be
, tore, and again stopped oil the top of tn
, knoll. Here the Mesneriser excited the or
gans of locality, eventualty, firnness, &c
desiring lin 10 look sllarply,--when he ex
claimed, "tIey've put hlin into wagon
lie then said, they were going towards til,
barn." aud finally, shy tue barn, (which i
nearly half mile, perhaps more, from TN
place, where it is supposed TO have bcel
buried the second time. The barn stand
some ten rods north OF the house, the latte
beng Oh the North side OF the road RUNNING
east and west. The body it is said, wa
Q then taken out of the wagon, and carried OF
southwest direction TO the road, and agai
put into the wagon, which had been driver
through the door-yard into the road, empty
10 questions, "wherc are they now S-
"where are they now ?"-the Clairyoyan
answered, "they'rc going west'-" they'r
going west;" and finally, "tley've turne
nortl." "Where? at tile red scloo-bouse ?
(the first corner about one hundred rod
from Bayham's.) "No." "At Talcott'
CorneIs'" (lnore than a mile from the re-
sclfool-house. "No." "Where then ?"-
"Bettceen The ttOo." Here tho operator sun
posed mistake was made, as he recolecte,
no road there, but the subject continued =
"Iheyve turned into the woods" which re
minded those present of a wood-road there
"Ihe road was then described as accurate
ly," in the words OF Mr.. Haight, "to tll
spot where the body was found, as any OH
: can now describe it, who has been 10 iii
place" The distance, too" continued tIi
same gentleman, in answer to my inquiries
were II clained to-day, would differ bu
slightly fot all, from thai giyen--tlyee q,.Q,
ters o. a mile iion tue public high road.'
The next morning, Sunday, Messr
haigllt aud Pomeroy set ont in search OF ii,
place described by The Clairyoyant, and ,ver
directly 10 The place. Mr.. Pomeroy even sieppe
3 ouer he body Of the jaiien tree, in The tor 4
,ohieh he body lay buried, but perceiying N
indications OF it went on. Through the Tor,
noon, nearly all continued as before in ii,
eastern woods. But about noon, at the s,Ip
gestion of the constable, aud tho people iron
Worthwhile, two or three hundred men col
iecied III a line, determined to scrutinize tll
@ entire woods, IN which the body was said L
he. Ahnnf 4 nIclock rni,,o ..L....I.- 80 :