The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-04-26
Panama Murdcrs---rhr.ilinr Iuo,aen,

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Letters aaj papers from Panama gave acscun,s
oia fearful musd,r that was cu,n,nit,rd on the
Chagres river Ia the early part Of March. by q
boats crew OF Cartilagenan- who were taking "
load Of passengers up the river. Soon alter ID.
deed one oi the nurderers was arrested, and
by his partial confessions sufiicien, information
was elected lead To the ares, Of two rnors
They We're prr,ued 10y party under command
of the American cousul ard taken at Chayre.
In the Panama Star of Marel, IL is the f.nowir,
thrilling sccount ci the return Of the party, with
the murderersr iron. Chagres to Panama
Vlte. the par'y rndor the ccnmnnd ~ die A.
merirhn "nnsAi "h" went 10 Chagte- ia search &c
thc muidrrers. fc,ufhng U ;, the Ch.,yres ii.
vcr with three ui tLe u,urdrrers 10 custody 1t wa.
proposed that when ilcl arrived az the sc,u, II
ihc mur'ier, ilie Oor should land and the riis.,,
"rs ti"liise've. hc taken on shore aud .i,nan a.,
dead b"dos 81 ti,,t Nlrtms and gu, Sti.r.e, IN 70
gard u the manner If committing the ,!rra,ifu,
decd Accordingly, Tl'vn the party had reached
the spot, which ,s t small beach Iunniu, ont b,u,
point Of !hGd in the urn OF the river The beat
was landed nnd Tie Whole party gct,iug I NJ,
prisoners being heavily chained. were lifted out
and carried ~, an t.e beach. n few feet from ,h.
water. ileie ijy the dead h.lics of Two men
They had been found lyiug IN lie b, acl the dsv
after The mutder, by some passenger. passing: ty.
who buried tl.enI IA the loose sand, Which Sc
VUeutly had been scratched away bv the ia,,
zI'ds, 50 as To oSi o.c ucarly the wl.Oe of each
body.
TIE fe,A had an tc ,at,a from il.e aims anal
aa'Ls and legs and t,c', and the eyes phl,kci
out There lay three human skrrtuiis Which n
week before Ncf. IA tnct with he and mutton.
and thoush--lTr'rntmy the most ihrilng nr.
pearrcc-thc teeth giiunIug uut CHASTITY num
their flrsh'e-s iccS the arm, tw i,lrd and ;a,l,n
OF at the wrists and ,ib"ws the feet gone ar Is.
Ing l"oSe 1T little distance, H.. eve socket, We
cnut fife and llsht, tAe knees bent rs il iupi,r
. lng iui mcrCy, aud here ut lhriI feet. in chains
stood their hAuman MG.l,rgsl II Was si,Lr.
ming and drradipl SIGHT
. c'trle WAS !nrncd by the patty around tie
/ dead bodies, aud lhu three nhunan monster, s,ts
/ placed at their feet, They were then ini.rrog.t-
respecting The murders ant confessed that ti,,y
had committed them, The substance If their
confession amounted TO ihc same Us that prc,i.
oGs!y made at Cm.r"s They stated that they
were coming up tie riVcr---ln the boat were xix
Passengers, AL nIru--the night WAS very dark
and IT was Iate, They had pre,nediiated the
nuusr, aal cuU'lc'ted ths work OF slaughter
while the men we're asleep in the bottom of tho
boat At tn. first blow Of tie oar i, broke II,
! two; they succeeded in woundng two men. whose
bodies, half dead, they threw overheard: two o,b.
. cfs, awaking at the noise ut the conflict. sprar,
Nciboald and Waded ashore, where they vera
followed and Killed. These were the tw, Lidlp,
before IS The 'rEiaiT'ing two men were killed m
/ TIE boat-~0ne w'ih 4 truktn piece # the oar and
the other with "A machctc ur long knii.
lts tod f,.,, I 4, = 4
( The Junt was then taken down To lie Trinidad
river, where the tool.cheSt that fatal heavy chest
--"Nosc weight lct to the suspicion that it c.n-
/ tuned money, aud sharpened the hell;sh nppe-
ttcs ui the ieuds iU lhe commission of the Inur-
1 dufs, was caiI!ed to the shore and broken oprp
Judge OF then ast"ulsnent and disapponi ninent al
! finding carpenters and turner's tools and roldf
I Was it lor this they had imbrurd their hands in
human blood Was it for this that six n,occut
and unolcni'ng ncn yyorr thus torn from lie.
iuhunany butchered ii cold blood TT the hour Of
/ midnight, whilst dreaming Of their f,r oif homes
AZ. - Gear ones "f their hearts, To whom bu,
, few days or few weeks before ,hay had bid H.
dieul ALI what coald be the feelings of lhe.e
monsters in human shape, at this moment Of ter
rlJe disappointment
They abandoned the p'acc-'hc boat lie ,lest,
the hudir-, everything and sunght ta escnpe Sy
fight. But 'lo eye ol Cad had seen ia, ir work
al assnrrc-- lls ayeugiug hand was over Them
even Ia lhr dark hour of lhe night, aud Nv where
they might; there could he no escape for ,i.,m
/ One vent 10 G5tuue, another made III. wav to
/ ChaErcs, and another soon after followed The
! tUl'th. too sc0n reached the same place. But
here they could not he tugether--.o they scatrr-
! ed, ul.r hore and auu;her there Alasl how vain
/ 20 attempt 10 cheat th" clam Of Justce-.to de.
cciye til" eve OF the All seeing One! They were
ionnd. one 10y ono, IN -rparate and distant places.
and, Thank heaven thcv nre here To answer IA.
/ IgdSt-e". q: lie low .,ua is Just DEGREES