The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-05-14
The Manchester Tragedy.

Clark Conveyed to Manchester-A Fifih
Person Implicated in the Parker
Murder.
We made visit 10 Lowell, Nashua,
&c, yesterday, for The purpose of ascer-
tanning from correct sources, some par>
ticulars in reference 10 the Parker muir
der, (Which took place in Manchester,
N. H., on the night of the Goth of March.
lS45.) aud the arrest of four persons
charged with committing said offence.
j. II. Brown Of Manchester is the
fifth person implicated in the murder of
Parker, aud is retained in custody in the
above named place, as the principal wit
ness in the case. Brown is the man,
aud TIE only man, who has made any
disclosures of importance. Upon his
statements, and the many facts which
have grown out of them, all the late ar
rests have been made. Brown was a
confdant of WIN. e. Clark, the person
arrested at Nashua. Browns confession
we cannot give, without, not only viola
ting Our pledge, but defeating the ents
of Justice.
This much we will venture to say, that
Brown is known in Manchester as rath-
err desperate character. ready for any
work. In consequence of this fact his
word was evidently rather questioned
therefore to support his assertions the
same trick was played upon Clark that
" One-Eyed Thompson and Bristol
Bill" played off on Diury. A room was
procured; with table, pen, ink and pa
per, where certain legal gentleman OF
Manchester secreted himself In an adj
Looming room were Brown aud Clark, en-.
gagged in conversation, every word Of
which was taken down by the Yankee
Lawyer in the next apartment, and will
appear in evidence. One expression oniJ
= which Clark made, is all ofthat CONVEX
sation which we are at liberty 10 give
aud that appears below.
Brown was not aware that he was
, prisoner until Sunday, when he attemp
ted 10 leave the place for the purpose q
visiting Clark, at Nashua, and was stop
, ped. Clark's place of residence is Mau
] chester. N. H., where his wife and sew
T. eral of his children reside. lie is tn
father Of five children. One of his son
has been carrying OH sort of book bus
mess in Nashua, under the firm of Clar
o g. Richardson. Since the fathers ar
n rest, the store has been closed, and tn
II goods are in charge Of keeper.
Y There is a mystery connected wit
: this store which, when unraveled, wi
tend somewhat 10 staTtle the community
| That, however, must come out IN ev
h dence. Clark is a man between As an
80 years OF age, and is an old establishe
q pedlar of oil-cloth carpeting and pain
~ ed window-shades. He has been some
\. what connected in trade with Sturt'
,r want, the window-shade painter, in Mil
,e st. this city. He has a son with nj
20 Siurteyant, who is at the present tin
ID learning the painting business.
Clark says he can prove an alb b.
in yond a doubt. He says he left MAJ
r. chester in November OF 1874, aud pr
70 ceeded 10 Piits6eld, Mass, with lot
carpeiing, and thence went 10 Alban
N. Y, and several other places in III
region, and then proceeded BY circu
ID Gus route to Eden. w., where he arrlv,
III about the middle of March, 1915. al
4 where he remained until after the Par
r. or murder. He requests Of the &c
n ernment time to enable him to procu
re The records Of freight masters, hol
keepers, stage agents, SC, through ii