The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-21
Terrible Murder at Antick, and arrest of
the Supposed Murderers.

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Terrible Murder Mt Natick, and arrest of
the Supposed NIurderers.
From the Boston Courier, Sept. 20
most atrocious murder committed at South
Natick on Friday night The party killed was y
shoemaker, named Israel Taylor His wife, too, was
assaulted in a brutal manner and although she was
alive last evening" there is hope that she will re-
cover. Tho particulars of the case are these: On
Saturday morning two Of Mr.. Taylor's children
came down stairs in their night clothes, and disco
vered their father lying dead upon the shop oor-a
sort OF ante room-and upon entering the bed cham
Der OF their mother and not finding her there, they
went into the parlor, where they discovered her in
sitting posture, blood streaming from Eve terrible
wounds, but still alive The arighted children ran to
the house of Mr. Isaac Hall, short distance, and in
formed him that their parents had been murdered.
MI Hall, with his brother, repaired at to the
scene Of murder, and they found Mr., Taylor.lying
upon the shop floor, one foot upon his bench and
quite dead. Upon the back Of his head was q very
deep wound, as if made by axe, and there were
ehn smaller wounds. Mr. Hall and his brother
room, where they found Mrs. Taylor leaning against
rocking chair with her blood stained infant asleep
near her, Her skull was cut open, and there were
four smaller cuts upon the head. She was speech
less and quite exhausted. They placed her upon q
sofa, and called ply stefan forthwith.
The news of the tragedy was soon circulated, and
the inhabitants of the town went in search Of the
murdereIs. During the forenoon q young Irishman,
ham. He had been in the employ of Mr.. Taylor,
boarded in the family, and took tea usual on Fri
day evening. He was taken at once to the presence
OF Mrs Taylor, but she gazed upon him without
and But for remark witch he made when taken into
custody-that " he wished Mr.. Taylor no i'll ''-he
would have probably avoided suspicion. He did not
seem moved by the appalling scene Of blood.
Scouts were sent in another direction, in search
Of aScotchman, shoemaker, named Duncan Mathew
son, who worked in shop near the house Of Mr..
Taylor but who, though at homo on Friday evening,
was not to be found on Saturday morning. He was
arrested in this city on board of n schooner bound
for Pctou, in which vessel he had engaged passages
for two persons. He was conveyed to Natick forth
with. He stated TO his employer that he went to
Boston during the night and that it was his nten-
tionto have returned in to have gone to work
on Saturday. The statement Of his having engaged
passage for Pictou, coupled with the circumstance
that Mr.. Taylor owed Mathewson money for services
rendered about year ago, concerning which some
dispute had taken place. tended to fix suspicion up
on him. He was also heard to say that g he must
expect to suffer, if he does not pay his debts'
Late in the afternoon, Mrs Taylor revived
little, and Casey and Mathewson were taken before
her She at once exclaimed. pointing to Casey.
Gle is the murderer-he killed my husband
She then sank back, and up to our last accounts
had not associated Mathewson with the crime
Casey was much moved by the declaration of the
dying woman.
The theory is that the murderer or murderers 6rst
struck down Mr.. Taylor in his shop-that Mrs.
Taylor, who was in bed, hearing the shrieks Of her
husband, attempted to come to his aid, and that
she was assaulted in her bedchamber-that sup
posing her to be dead the murderers left her. An
was found in the bedroom. The bed-post was
shattered in q manner to indicate that the fiends
were nervous in their bloody deeds.
c0roner's jury was summoned. One witness
testified that during Friday evening, while standing
at the gate in front of his house, he heard the
voices Of Taylor and Casey, as if in angry dispute
de did not stay out long enough to hear the contro
versy through, but what he heard he described as
cloud talk" as if the parties were "angry with
each other" The investigation Of the coroner is to
be resumed this morning
Casey accounted for bis being in birmingham by
saying that be left Mr.. Taylor's house about nine
o'clock the night before, with view Of going to
Natick Centre; that he went astray, and had been
wandering all night, unable to find the right road
He gave no reason for leaving home.
Mrs. Taylor is about thirty years old. She is the
daughter Of MI. Charles Davis, Of Sherburne There
ia no hope Of her recovery. She is the mother of
Eve children.
After careful examination into the facts and
circumstances connected with this appalling homi-
eide, the jury OF inquest returned the following
dics:-
0That on the 18th inst, between the hours OF
six and nine in the afternoon, the said Taylor,
when ut work IN his shop, was struck FIVE or six
blows with an axe on the head, causing deep and
deadly wounds, Of which be the said Isaac Taylor
instantly died Ard the Jurors further cay, that the
several blows were struck by the hands Of Thomas
Casey, a mGn in the employ OF the said Isaac
Taylor, as we firmly believe"
Thomas Casey. after being arrested, underwent n
partial examination, but in consequence of the
noise and confusion incident to the excitement that
the ahair created, the case was postponed until
Monday morning.
The prisoner was then ironed, and about six
O'Clock in the afternoon was conveyed to Concord