Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-02-13
Tragicni and WysicriOu- Ahair'
Dis Oycry OG the dead bOH-
les of an sunl1nOwm Man
and Woman,

Two young men, Henry and Albert
Hayden. were on Il hunting excursion
yesterday, in a piece Of woods known
as The Common" in Braintree, on the
edge OF Quincy. One of them stopped
down To look into bush, where arabbIt
had taken refuge. Instead of a rabbit,
however, he saw the face Of dead
man. He called to his compan.on' and
the discovery was soon made, that there
were two dead bodies, lying side by
side. From appearances the bodies had
laid there for n number of weeks as The
ice and snow covered them thickly. and
the bodies themselves were frozen stlif
The discovcrers at first supposed that
the persons might have come to their
death by being frozen. and without fur
thcr Investigation started for Coroner
Bass, of Quincy.
The Coroner upon reaching the spot,
soon ascertained tina. their deaths was
the result oi wounds by pistol. The
bodies were, one of them, that OF rath-
er tall person, the other being much
shorter. The short person laid to the
right of the taller one. BY the side of
the latter and close TO, il not graspcd in
his right hand was discharged pistol.
ola single barrel, as might be called one
Of the od-iashioned : horse-pistols.-
There was also upon the ground pow
der-nask, a quantity of percussion caps,
and some shot in a paper. A hat be-
'onging to the taller Of the two, and
cap Of the shorter one, laid upon the
ground by the side of the bodies.
From appearances it seemed prob
able that the shorter one died ofa wound
fr III pistol ball, which entered the
head lust over the left ear. There was
a distortion of the body apparent, which
indicated that the person had died in
agony.
The death wound oil the shorter per-
-.n appeared to have been inflicted by
the hands of the other, who had after
wards reloaded his pistol and discharg-
ed it into his own mouth. He apparent
" tell back, and, from the position of the
body, died without struggle.
The plarc where the bodies were
found was near the main road and dl-
rectly over an old track, not now used
As there are reasons to suppose that the
bodies have been there since the second
week in November last it is wonderful
that they were not discovered before.
The bodies were taken by Coroner
Bass to Quincy and in order to thaw
them sufficiently to investigate the cause
of their death, were placed in running
brook, where they remained all night
u nd until nine o'clock this morning.
This morning The bodies were taken
to tie Town Hail. followed by a crowd
OF tn people oil Quincy, anxious to get
Il sight of them, and TO learn the cause
OF the sad event. a jury having !een
empanncl'ed, they proceeded TO get oil
the clothing Of the deceased, which was
done with great labor, by cutting and
saving, so stiIlly were they frozen. The
finger ends and nose Of the taller person
were partially gone ; but the body Of
the other was comparatively little at
fectcd by decay. A little money and a
few other articles were found upon them;
hut nothing which revealed their names
or the history of their mysterious death.
1t was discoverc that the shorter and
younger person was Il female, although
dressed in mans clothing.
The following is all that is known Of
these deceased persons, and it may lead
to their identification by their friends -
About the first of November last, there
in the town Of Quincy two
persons, both dressed rs men. the oldest
of whom called himself John Green, and
the Younger George Sands, (the as
sumed name of the celebrated French
Novel writer. Madame Dudcvant.) y
Green stated that he was n shoemaker
by trade that he was from Ohio, with
his haIf-brolhcr, and that he wished TO
obtain work for himself at boot-making
His brother assumed to be an artist
Green was about five feet eight inches
high, with dark haze! eyes and black
hair. he was dressed in Il brown dress
coat. black hat and black satin vest,
with black pants. lie had an affection
ofthc throat. which troubled him when
reading. Sands was not over five feet
high, with n dark and rather sunkcn
eye, and brown hair slender and deli
cate hands and waist, so much so as TO
attract attention was dressed IN a
Tweed lrock. dark PLAID pants, and
striped velvet vest had an awkward
gait for man a voice soft and iemi-
nine and habit of dropping the eyes
when looked at.
Green obtained work al boot making
ut the store of Mr.. J. ID. Witcher where
he remained eight days. Both persons
obtained board together AT the house of
Mrs Pruda WooG, having II room to
Sands was in the haiti of