The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-02-22
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

The following details Of a tragical and
mysterious affair, we take from several
numbers of the Baltimore Sun during
the week past, as copied by it from other
papers, or appearing in it originally. 1t
is truly mysterious and melancholy
history.
Tile Discovery Of tie Drod Bottles foa
whHown Nun md Woman.
The Boston Traveller of Saturday
evening gives the ANNEXED particulars
Of a tragicol romance briefly referred TO
in a trlrsraphic dispatch in yesterday
Sun:
Two young men, Henry and Albert
Hayden, wrr" on IA hunting excursion
yesterday, in a piece of woods known as
''Thc Common,' in Brantree, ON the
the edge of Quincy. One of them Stoop-
ed down to look under bush, where a
rabbit had taken refuge. Instead of a
rabbit, however, he saw the face of a
dead man. He called to his companion,
and the discovery was soon made, that
there were two dead bodies, lying side
by side. From appearances the bodies
had lain there or a number of weeks, as
the ice and snow covered them thicklv,
and the bodies themselves were frozen
stiff. The discoveries at first supposed
that the persons might have come to
their death by being frozen, and with
out further investigation started for
Coroner Bass, of Quincy.
The coroner, upon reaching the spot,
soon ascertained that their deaths was
the result of wounds by pistol. The
bodies We're, one of them, that of rather
tall person, the other being much
shorter. Th" short person laid to the
right Of the taller one. BY the side OF
the latter, and close to, if not graSprd in
his right hand was discharged pistol,
of a single barrel, such as might be called
on" Of the old-lashioncd "horse-pistoIs."
There was ii $50 upon the ground pow
der flask, a quantity Of percussion caps,
and some shot in a paper. A hat be-
longing to the taller of the two, and a
cap Of the shorter one, laid upon the
ground by the side of the bodies.
From appearances, it seemed probable
that the shorter one died of wound
from a pistol ball, which entered the
head llst over the left car.-Thcre was
distortion of the body apparent, which
indicated that the person had died in
agony.
The death wound of the shorter per-
son appeared to have been inflicted BY
the hands of tn" other, who had after
wards re- loaded his pistol and discharged
ii into his own mouth. He apparently
fell back, and, from the position of the
body, died without a struggle.
The place where the bodies were
found was near the main road, and d-
rectIy 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 10 thaw
them sufficiently to investigate the cause
'of death, were placed in running brook,
where they remained all night and until
nine O'Clock this morning.
This morning the bodies were taken
to the Town Hall, followed by crowd
OF the people Of Quincy, anxious to get
sight Of them, and learn the cause of
the sad event. A jury having been en-
pannelled, they proceeded to get off the
clothing of the deceased, which was done
with great labor, by cutting and saving,
so stlfliy were they froken. The finger
ends and nose of the taller person were
partially gone; but the body of the other
was comparatively little affected by de-
cay. A little money and few other
articles were found upon them; but moth
ing which revealed their names or the
history of their mysterious death. Ii
was discovered that the shorter and
younger person was a female, although
dressed in mans clothes.