New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-29
PHILADELPHIA.
ArehnsyiVanian Murdered by Maryland Kid
happers-Important Disclosures.
C0IrespoadeLce Of Ths n Y Trlnnna


PHiLADELrHIi, Wednesday, Jan. %, 1881.
he readers of TIE Tribune have bee
informed that, on the SOh December last, a colOrs
GIL named Rachel Parker and living in the fimll
OF Joseph {. Miller. IN West Noting ham, Ches;e
Coz Pa, was forci5iy seized. without. warrant o
o'hef ieg4l process, BY notorious kidnapper name
Thomas h'CreaTy, from Elkton. Nd who, by IN,
arc oil an acccup'lce as base Us himself sue-ee lie
10 caHiu her of 10 BsltmoTe on tue ore.ease IN 4
she vas tbe slave OF one ScloOlfed, of ina. city.
WAS a"egtu That she has run away four years ag)
on mere Aas AZ least score Of msSi respectable
ci.lzeLs OF Yves. Nottingham VINO had knlsn nel
as ifee ION her infancy ami asa rssldsn. fer 81
yeas IN the family OF Miller
MI. a!Her your readers VIII rc-ollec.. taking
several VI ms lie ghoors with HIN. 70 ned.fely f3i-
leNtu the sidnappeTs 10 Baltimore shere he ias;I-
'u'e1 re- A proceedings against McCTeary the pra-
clpal onener, and hal HIN bound over for eX4nina.
ton Aher THIS Miller vent With h.s frien IS - tue
raDoao 70 take passage for home. Affer taxing
DIS seA' N the cars. went out on the platform 10
sni0Ae gar an1 a he had not reca.ered the car
Nheh Ihe ualn started, his friends we're some W 4
ANXIOUS on his account. On reaching Il igre de.
Grace aho hnJlng, upon thorough search, "a /. ne
Was ho1 on oyaro, they returned oy another tram TO
Bsltimofeto look for MN
Inc he1l morning the BODY of Miller WAS f0and At
pace caued Stemmers Run, nine miles from 3Al-
umoIe tine railroad, hanging by the NECK 70
smailute an told, on good au.hOnty that the
at a GROCERY, and that before they mad hulsnei
their examination OF the DoCy ami rendered A YER
oict OF Dean oy Suicide, some Of them wsr presiy
Well cOried" Immediately afterxard the body,
Clad as when found, was placed N a rude OK. the
cover oil "tlcn was not vi enough by some three
ouly twO feet. The friends of the decease "A "a
the oOSy dlslnte ned, and II Was slDssl Ient ex
aGiined D. another Jufy Of lnquss, ~ B4iumpre.
which also returned verdict OF " Dean oy Sii-
clce' The body was then removed 10 Nes Nor.
UHenHm y ne uf ne ffpo sod
hcJrearJ III MS dccOmpncCs set NJ tie pie . that
the girl was lave anu tina. Nlller fIom ear that
he WOULD be Onvlcted Of perjury Ia swearing 10 the
cOLliarg, Rad sken mis- own life. Not one OF Nd.
lers family orffieLds believed for mOmen. taAt ne
had Committed suicide Knowing that nc had only
sworn 10 what was well known to De true by the
whole Deig hoorioOd they saw no motive on MS part
for committing violence upon himself, and know
lLg further, thatthreats had bsen male against hm
BY hcCTeATy Ol his tools, they Old not hesitate -
assert their belle that he murdered. AgleOgth
witness namei MERIT came forward and swore
that Miller hao confessed to MIN tha. the gTl
slave, and agreed for reward to and getting pos
st ssion OF her pon TINS the wnOe kidnapping
troe set up ht~l Of triumph, McCreiry was dis
charged. and the Tlends OF poor Miller were sadly DIS
heatlened.
The story thu far or the substance OF it, has al-
ready appeared The Tribune, but this rec lpltIa-
ton is LeceSsdT' to a clear uaderSL tnGlag OF the
case In connection with what shall now relate.
The affair creted most intense excuemea. IN
West Monaghan the population Of wlcn Is con-
posed for the most part Of quiet farmers, WOO are
unaccust0ned 10 the business OF terretlng OUT
crime But theJ had long known Joseph &. Miller
as man s. InHgrlty, and they Gid not believe tnsI
he was guilt ether OF Kidnapping or suicide. Mer-
MT, the creature no swOIe 10 hls completely In the
act OF carrying off the girl, they kGe" to De
worthless lI suG scamp, ripe for any deed of VII
lsny, II Ouly tempted
Alter Miles baua they insisted that t re body
should be again taken up and examined OV cDmDe.
tent persons 1t was done accordingly, as learn
nlrV hefp mi IA mo m
mace The e&InlnatIol were Dr. J. W liItchlson
ana Dr Dcky. On examining the neck there was
found no coDusOD, exhaustion Of blood, or injury
OF the blood ssseis. as there mus. have been II MS
death he'd zen produced by sHanguittl0n The
tongue was d It's batural position, aud not At all
wounded, ~hch is another proof that he did no.
hang himself Tne stomach aud DO wells were found
10 De almost entirely Empty aGd III hIgniy con-
gested, nhahmatory co0dluOn. TRe yiliouS coat
was neany usuoyId, The vessels OF the mem
braLes of theoraih were somewhat cOngested. aud
small quantity of serum ass tounl in tue yensri'
cles
The physicians felt confident that poison had been
pretty freely sed and that the hanging dd not taxa
place TIL are death The muscles under the MARKS
on the back the Wrists were very much confused,
and there " S considerable exuagasatlon OF blood.
IL Is probable that these marks were produced oy
handouts
The eody after this alton, was again buried
but suchhs. 49, anxiety and excitement prevailing
IN the nlEho0rhood, that IL vas once more exhunei
for the 1uTposc of ssceraining, if possible what
kim OF bison na0 been used Inc ID ,ctOrs Hutch
ison and ckey dbay Zed the contents ofthe stomach
and bovis. applying the usual atsenica test Ia a
variety ioms, ana Ia every Instance revealed the
PIT scIC Of the poison.
Their cannot, therefore. be the slightest DOUBT
that thNnfoftunate man was killed o. tho admins
srdu OB,i Arsenic, alC MS body after "aTd nung TO
the iIeNShtTe 1t "as found. Inc suppOslLlOn that
he too. the poison voluntarily for the purpose of
seitdeauctlon and hung himself besides, Is too
p!epostrous To be entertained for d monens. No:
the poen must have been tTeacnerousiT or forci0y
aln hand Ia fha M "a AT
guilty trues. to sc5een themselves from the conse'
Gueuce Of their cnme unique .tIonaoly placed the
body mae pOsiiIoI III when II was found
Oihe circumstances corT00Orate this vieS OF Inc
case Muller came out 10 Stemmer's Run IN the
rsrs b,uust have arrived there At comptratvey
eary bur liz tie q enrg and II De committee SUI
cIde II ia natural % conclude that ne did 50 inmeu
atelv atvr ward. Nov there vas hetVy ram ou'-
,g III, ,,sht by. the clothing upon nls body vas
emo DIP uox shall this De accOuhtedtof exceN
upon H., supposii0n that me Dody was paceu ''eIe
nv his unrdsIe nter the raia vas over, "heh 'no
no,Scn rad oone is WORK, aGd they had hal tins 10
~, M, nv sone other conveyance than toe ram
road ram Baltimore til also stated on lelao,e
authorlty that mltteIs were found upon Nluers
hands How co,id he tie the knot win such an w
cnmhra NEE ad II he took the miItens OH Tor lhtt
,rs a. n tooe suppos ed tnat at the very mo neh'
AMEN he ras launch himself isto eternity. ne
xssld carefuD replace them Inc Snppoa'oh Is
absurd. ,,. ,.o ia ,,.o,,ooo3 VIZ that
,ha .s,Ir,sd aeket which Miller purchased III BaltI-
nor, xas ,.usd IN his POCKET atteT DEAN whereas
he had es 10 t,mmer's Run IN the cars, "ou.a
80 aasn is.yered ~ the conductor before reach
lag that plsc'- .,,hs, ,h.ssf.c,s will he brought
.. - ,bs notice OF tue Executives OF Pennsyi-
go and ryland 1t remains 10 De seen whether
10 ~, sh have been so Jealous for the rsid en-
ts.ana,t The Fugitive Law, and so re tdy 10 htng
:, for tue crime of refusing 10 OBEY II, vii
~ snnaJzeal and efficiency IN IheT Efforts % sln-
s :, majesty OF the law In this instance OF un-
onsst,axste murder oy kidnappefs yours,
que'N kETILo.
PHILADELPHIA.