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TIE cAsE 81 5osRPm G. mILLER.

ANorRER Posr MoRrEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY =
stated ia HE Chester county (Pa1 papers that ne
body Of Mr. Joseph c. Miller, who came e his enc
SO mysteliously while on his way home from Balli-
more, lwhere be had given evidence against Nc
Creary for Kidnapping 4 colored GRID has been a
gain examined b. Drs. Dickey, Thompson, and
Hasrhiason, Of 9xford, and On analyxing the
bowels alarge quantity Of arsenic was found there
ms They therefore. came 10 the conclusion thai
be died az poison, and was hung after death. The
West Chester Register says;
"They opened the stomach. lungs, head, &C.
There was but a tabic SFeoRfSl OF mneus ana serum
IN the stomach the inteslines and BLADDER were
empty and ali highly infamed, giving evidence q
excessiye vomiting and purging. Mr.. Miller eat
heartr supper the night he was missing and as
IL lahored under considerable excitement his 1000
could moi have been digested The contents q tne
bowels. when tested BY the examining pays
were found to contain ecnsidefanfe qpahNAss " y
arsenic There was no blood collected about the
head as there would have been had he been hungi
g-kie lrfng the FriadPiPe srGs ret esoSsa nor ms
'rartilaSess cont of place The bocd vessels 81 me
meek did not exhibit signs of having boea compress
ed nor did tie brain bear indications q eeaih fon
81, was me unanimous epinion II the Physicians
taat Miller did not hanghmself unless ne done
it<affer he was dead. The bruises on me Wllsts
Contained blood, giving unmisiaIesele ericenee 81
his having been tightly handeuhed. y theIs NeIe
any who before doubted foul play, all hesitation
must now be at an end. Miller has been maFueied-
By whom Some suppose by The mfnions Of Nc
Crearv others by themerceaaries Of me crew VITO
declared in Philadelphia that they would hang me
first aholinonis they caught IN MARY aha. ne y
whom II MAJ. some measures should be immediate
liz taken to ASCERTAIN the perpetrators ana nfing
them 10 justice. L is said that MesFeary deues
iAa c,..hJSs.,,e o. Pennsylvania, ana .aat will
81 be giysR up by the State pf MaryRnd;g We ~
truSt Governor Bigler viii ciler reWafu lot NJ
arrest; but if he shouldno,, that our citizens VII
take the mater in hand, aud tender snehSa reward
for his capture that will Inspire some ACTIVITY
We publish the above as paiter Of news, oa
have no disposition TO reopen The public mind L
| anv doubts 10 the case. Admitting the fact TIA
arsenic has been found in the stomach Of the &c
ceased. il presents no new issue for inquiry. The
INQUEST here wasseafching and Thorough, and mad!
so, parculary by the official parties thereto tha
I the amplest satisfaction which the nature Of hi
case would allow, might be.aforaed 10 the citizen
| Of PENNSYLVANIA, present on the occasion. The in
/ Eestgation resulted in The complete conviction e1
pressed BY The verdict Of suicide" And the fact
that arsenic is exhibited upon analysis Of Vie con
tents Of the stomach, rather confirms than impair
4 the probabilities in the case.
i To suppose that arsenic had been administered
/
i his pitiless assassins on his homeward way, unit
/ nature was nearly orqnite exhausted; and taath
was then hung mp as matter Of sport, or shee
want3nness demands stretch Of cfedalhy, whic
1 very strong prdiu6ices can alone arrive at. W
mink the testimony subsequently edneed in II
Kidnapping case, respecting Mlllefs agency IA !,
arrest df the girl sufficient solution q aff suiela
The utter ruin Of his reputation was staring hi
in the face He had not properly estimated Il
consequences Of his act and impelied to1he 9
counter, his nervous system turned him aside al
prompted him 10 seek relief in death. Snch i y
conclusion 10 which We are brought in the case
Al the same time, we confess thatit is not fl
from difficulty s-ana- if any hing reinains,to
done, that can possibly contribute to ihe relief
the public mind, we are convinced that there vi
be no sin Of omission with The aattatiiiSof Mar
ad-Balt. San.