The republic., 1851-04-17


we remainder TO have ever heard Of:
FROM Tie Baltimore Amsvican of yesterday.
THs LATE MuapEn OF Ma. RuMPr's CmiLD--
AaRgsr or the MuRDER1B.-The mystery SUR
the murder Of the little son OF MIR. Runpf
was yesterday cleared up BY the arrest Of the muir
derer, and the case assumed phase which, by it
enormity, exceeds any thing. which
the widest imagination could picture, 1t being
beyond the possibility Of doubt that the
atTocious murder of this innocent child was perpe
trated by another Guilds negro boy Of between
and 1;s : q ss ctssy osng
and determination. \
suspicion was flrst directed against the boy by
The accidental discovery of some facts, and on his
being arrested he at once confessed in the fuiest
manner his perpetration of tho horrible deed. 1t
appearsthat yesterday morning sornc OF the gentle
men residing on Laudenslager's Hill, who have in
Ierested themselves in endeavoring to detect the
author of the crime, ascertained that colored
woman named Sicily. (who was employed at the
house Of Mr. John MuckIeroy, whosc residence
fronts Baltimore street, and overlooks the saugh
ter house in which the body Of the child was found
On Thursday afternoon last had seen negro boy,
named George Long. pulling or dragging small
boy through the yard Of the slaughter. house.
On inquiry being made Of this woman she at
once stated that she seen, whilst engaged in the
upper part Of Mr.. Muckleroy's house on Thursday
afternoon last, the negro boy George pulling
child into the slaughter house. The circumstances
did not produce any impression on her mind at the
time. and after the discovery Of the murder she
suspicion against an innocent person.
Immediately on obtaining this information the
gentlemen secured the aid Of police officer, and
proceeded to the residence OF Mr.. VIM. Bankard,
with whom the suspected boy, George Long, lived,
and had him arrested. Az soon AZ he was arrested
be confessed that he committed the murder, and
related all the particulars connected with it in
heard him Of the truth OF his statements.
He was removed to tho Eastern District Police
Station, and on arriving there we found him in one
Of tho lookup rooms. converting freely and aPpa-
the murder with which he was charged His state
ment 10 which he has adhered throughout, is that
he had been playing with the little boy Rumpfin
the old slaughter That they afterwards went
out into the alley and he lent Johnny his to
play with. After awhile he asked him for the top
cord, but Johnny told him that he had thrown it
down. He looked for the cord, but, not finding il,
again demanded 1t Of tho child, and, on his again
aying that he had thrown It away, picked up
stone and threw il 1t him. The stone struck him
on the back part of the head, cutting it and caus
ing the blood to flow.
The child then, the negro stated, began TO cry.
house. He followed and caught him, and pulled
him into the saughter-house; the little fellow at
first wanting TO 60 home, but afterwards consent
ing to stay and play with him. After they got in
to the slaughter house the negro boy persists in
stating, Notwithstanding he admits the child's
gether for = short time He then again demanded
his top-cord, and on the child persisting that he
had not got it recommended beating him with the
stone, which be had brought into the slaughter
house with him. & ~ 49, bf7
The first, he states, struck him on the right
side of the head and knocked him down; the child
rose up, and he again struck him on the head,
when he staggered and fell in the corner of the
slaughter house, falling his back, with his head
ON the hickory broom. which was afterwards found
saturated with blood. Whilst lying thus he con-
hoot fhau uto he heI
his hand the child putting his hands over his face to
protect himself, and thus receiving some Of the
blows on his hands and arms .-
y After beating him thus, he states that he left
him lying in the corner and crying, and went out
Of the slaughter house. after boiling the door which
led into the close pen, and then went home. The
stone which he used in beating the child he says he
threw away ne persisted in stating that ne did not
house at all. But as the brick, from the blood and
hair adhering TO t., had evidently been used, it is
probable that he prevarcates in reference to this
part Of his story. After going home no washed his
on which there was some blood. The apron was
found at Mr.. Bankard's house, and the front
showed that rough attempt had been made to
wash it, whilst the sleeves one or two small spots
This was the substance Of the statement which
the boy made, and to which he adhered; repeating
il over and over 70 different persona. He alleges
that he did not think that be had done 80 until the
next morning when he heard that he had not been
homo during the night. He states that he did not
return 10 the slaughter house after he left him, but
night. 4 negro woman employed IN Mr.. Bank
ard's family, in confirmation of this portion Of the
boys story, states that Thursday night he went
out into tho yard for some wood, and ON returning
one was dying" She supposed the boy was fright
enad, and laughed at him, telling him that what
iae heard was only the dogs in the stable. s. ~
The boy who has thus by his confession taken
upon himself the guilt of this most cruel murder,
Of his class to be possesscd of than ordinary
Intelligence. This Is free boy, but has been all
bis life in Mr.. Bankard's house, whose premises
house in which the body was found. In relating
the circumstances connected with the murder Of
tho child, he spoke in free and careless manner,
= smile occasionally appearing on hi! face. and
mating the enormity Of the crime which he had
committed
when the body was found he was among the
first of those who reached the stable and witnessed
its removal He was known to be of an angry and
revengefnl disposition, but nothing had ever oc
curred that would have led to suspicion Of his ca
pacity 10 commit such . crime. His confession en-
drely removes the mystery which surrounded the
case, and fully exonerates all the parties against
whom suspicions were entertained l s
From his statement 1t 10 probable that his little
victim did not die till time in the morning Of
the day on which he was found. He must have
crawled out from the corner in which the negro left
him. and placed himself in the position under the
window in. which he was found. The long night
of agony through which he must thus have passed
il perhaps tho NEST heartrending feature of the
whole csscy which. in all its aspects, may be re-
garded AZ one scarcely paralleled in the whos his
tory Of crime.
fhe boy underwent an examination before JUS
tice Warrington, and was fully committed for trial
MIR. May was present on the part Of the State, and
in compliance with his wishes the examination was
entirely private, even the reporters Of the press be-
ing excluded.
Mr.. A. Shipley, the party who was retained in
custody on the charge Of the murder, was dis
charged; and, being poor man, the crowd at the
police station testified their sympathy for him by
making collection of $50, which was presented
to him on his liberation. The discovery of the MUIR
dcrer Of the boy created great degree Of excite
ment, and during the afternoon the police station
was surrounded by crowds of anxious and curious
spectators. AA
EXECUTIONS In HAYTI.-Late advices from Hayti
state that Juan Baptiste Frances, the Minister of
Justice under tho Emperor Soulouquc, has been,
with seven other persons Of high standing-all of