Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-09-23
Horrible Murder at Natick.

| A most horrible murder was penetrated
| in the town of Nalick, Mass, sometime dur
ing the night of Friday last. Mr.. Ouyra
TAYLOR. shoemaker, was found on Saturday
morning, lying dead OIL the floor of his shop,
with several gashes in his head, and his
wife was found in another part of the house,
welterine in her blood, and evidently in
diving condition. The following are the
distressing particulars in detail:
Mr.. TayIors shop was in an l. al The rear
of the house, aud within short distance of
several other houses. About o'clock OIL
Saturday morning, two OF Mr.. Iaylor's
children greatly alarmed a neighbor named
Isaac Hall, by rushing into his house in their
night clothes, and stating that their parents
were both killed Mr.. Hall and his brother
promptly repaired TO Mr.. Taylor's and en-
| terIng by the back way, found MIR. Taylor
! lying dead on the floor of his shop, with no
less IMAM hve horrid gashes in his head, ap-
parently inflicted with an axe found OH the
premises besmeared with blood, with hair
sticking to II. Leaving the INITIATED body
| of Mr.. Taylor in the same position in which
| they found it, the Messrs. Hall commenced
searching the house, and in a bedroom ad-
joining the shop, discovered the post of
| beds cad nearly split down as if with n
| blow from an axe. From this room thew
passed into the front room, where lhey found
Mrs. Taylor, sitting on the floor, nearly sense
less, with her head resting on The seat of
a rocking chair, and a CHASTITY wound in the
front part of The head, penetrating and di>
vding a portion of tie brain. An infant
was sleeping beside her on the floor, covered
with her blood. Numerous pools and spots
Of blood were about the room, in the entry,
and other parts Of the house, all tending to
indicate that severe struggle had occurred.
| BY this time, other nelghbors began to en-
ter the house, and Mrs Taylor occasionally
turned her eyes towards them, but was I'M
able 10 articulate, having lost much blood.
and 10 all appearance she was neal her end.
! She was placed upon n bed ana physician
called, who gave it as his opinion that she
was past recovery. Restoratives were adj
| mlnistered with the hope OF obtaining her
declaration TO the murderer; but up 10
yesterday afternoon she remained in much
the same condition having been unable 10
utter Il syllable.
A boy named Perry is the only one Of The
! neIghbors who appears 10 have observed
any unusual disturbance about the house on
Friday evening. The children, the eldest
helng years old, were not aroused o. dis
tuIbed during the night their first know-
edge of The affair being when they entered
the rooms in the morning FROM the fact
that al lrlshman, 90 years old, named Thorn
as Casey, had been at work for Mr.. Taylor
the past six weeks, and that he was then
missing, in connection with some other cir
! cum stances, suspicion rested on him as being
the murderer, and citizens started in every
direction in pursuit. Casey was fnslly dis
covered on the road TO birmingham, and
| yitbp fnyn I,tn d,
and conveyed back TO the scene Of the muI-
der No traces of blood were discovered
upon his clothing. He gave as an excuse
for helng found where he was, that he had
missed his way. He also denied having
harmed either MIR. or Mrs. Taylor, and de-
cared that he wished them no harm.
Coroner Alexander Coolidge summoned a
jury Of inquest on the body of Mr.. Taylor,
but their investigation OF the case was not
concluded Saturday evening, and they adj
iourned till day. Mary OF the above facts
were testified 10 by Mr., Isaac Hall as APP
pears by the 1rauellr which paper gives
the testimony of the boy, George E. Perry,
as follows =
Heard voices from this house Friday
night: the man (deceased) would speak and
the lrishman Casey would answer him
the talk was loud; | was AZ our gate, which
was about fifteen rods distant. This was
about six o'clock; they appeared 10 be angry
with each other; Judge that they were an
CRY because they talked so loud heard il
but few minutes, but when | left The gate
they uere sui talking; last saw Casey Fri
day morning.
A broler of Mrs, Taylor states that he saw
Casey at the house on Friday, ard the eldest
child says that Friday evening, after the
lamps were lighted, his whole family, Casey
included, ate supper together, and that after
supper his father and Casey went into the
shop, and shortly after The children went up
stairs to bed Boston Journal
We learn from the Traveller, that Mrs
Taylor was still alive Monday morning, and
some slight hopes are entertained that She
/ may recover. The rumor that she had
identified Casey as The murderer amounts to
, this though unable 10 speak she appeared
TO have her senses, and when asked by the
doctor 10 press his hand if Casey was the
man who attacked her. She immedalel,
. pressed it. The Jury returned the follow
ing verdict
THAT on the 17lh inst, between The
hours Of and 9 in the afternoon, the sal,
Taylor, when at work in his shop, was struck
five or six blows with an axe on the head
causing deep and deadly wounds, Of which
he the said Ouvra Taylor, instantly died
And the jurors further say, that The severa
blows were struck by the hands Of THOM
AS CASEY, a man in the employ Of SAID
Ouvra Taylor, as we firmly believe
Mrs. Taylor has since died.
An immense pendulum, hung within Bun