Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-03-25

he citizens IN the vicinity OF these deprc- !
dations talk of deserving the country, in conse- /
qnence of the frequent Indian incursions, which
render the possession of life as well as proper
| ty, very uncertain"
! The Indianola Bulletin says that Major Bah
! bit is remodcling, improving and onarging the
Government warehouse in lndianola.
The San Antonio Leiger says that the city
continues to furnish positive and alarming evil
| dencc of the daily commission Of outruces mp
on the personal and property rights OF the citi-
zens
o. Tnr LATE TRAGEDY ~ PnILApEL-
PHA.-Thc cxaminal n of Arthur Spring,
harged with the murder of Mrs. Shaw and
Mrs. Lynch, took place on Tuesday. The
prnci pal witness WIS the Younger Sprlny, and,
inhuman as 1t was. the guilty father actually
eldcavored to fix the crime upon his son lad
of about seventeen years. During the painful
scene the son tainted, and the Court interered
to stop the outrageous attempt OF the father
The following Is the substance of the testmo-
ny Of the boy, which gives fuller and more cons
elusive evidence of the guilt of Spring than the
statement before published -
"rhe fnther an son had bcea living, for a.
bout four weeks, at the house of Patrick Ma
guire, in Market street. On Tuesday night
| last the father took the son to CAROLS house
the former carrying with him a piece of lead
| pipe from Magures-thc son accompanying
| him, as he says, III order to prevent him from
committing violence, having some suspicion
that he intended to rob if he got chance.
On arriving at CARROTS the boy was introdu-
ced to the females and Mrs. Shaw took him on
her lap, telling him that she had nursed HIM
when lutte boy, md kissed him several times.
While there the ii Iht occurred and john W.
Carroll gave the elder Spring blow IN the eve
which is still discoored. The son SAYS his
father attempted to strike Carroll with the lead
pipe, but that it fell from his hand and the son
picked 1t up and Secreted 1t about his person. -
They then left the mSc and returned home
the father telling HIM there wee too many there
to get til, IN ncy.
The next day his father went again 20 the
house to get his own hat. which he lett behind
him. ana afterwards he told his son that Car.
roll and his wife were both going to party the
next night and there would be nobody in the
house bat Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Lynch His
father had learned the previous night that Mr..
: Lynch had been discharged from the navy ward
; and received his pay. On Thursday evening
Young Spring saw his father in t cir room l..
bout eight o'clock, when he went to tell him he
was going out on an errand for Mrs. Mcguire.
Ills father then had his coat off, anc he thought
} he was going to bed. The son went on the
GRAND, and afterwards met certain comrades in
! Morgan's court, Thirteenth street, one Of whom
! was a boy Younger than himself named Qninr.
After returning home at about a quarter of
9 | ! o'clock, he opened the back door, on hear
\ my rapplng, and saw his father with his shoes
= in his hand He came in, AMI gave his son
= number of twenty and ten dollar gold pieces,
. telling him to put them away. He then told
: his son that he had murdered those :wo women
and had taken the money from Mrs Lynch's
= trunk,
r In answer to his sons inquiries, the father
d told him hat he was let in by Mrs. Shaw wha
t opened the back door for him that man and
girl were in the houS1. but he kept quiet un,
Il Ill they had gone. lie then talkel and drank
y with Mrs. Shaw, and at last got her to 20 ~
II stairs, and see If her sister asleep. : he
e came down again and told him that she was
! and soon after he commenced his murderou,
l. assault upon her. BEFORE she was entirely dead
c Mrs. Lynch was arouscl by the struggles o
IT her sister, aud came down stairs in her nIrh
e clothes. He attacked her and had n mos, ylo
W lent struggle before he succeeded in quietin,
II her.
1t She crcpt behind or beneath the scttce il
u the back room, and seemed to be dead, he wen
"a up stairs IN stocking feet, but hearing noise
u he came down again and found that she hn
L. revived. lie again attacked her with tho dirl
at and finished her by, as lie said, twisting he
= neck. lie then went up 'taIrS,and broke the dir
lie ~ forcing opea the lock OF the trunk. lie the
10 set fire to the house, stating tht he burned III
IL ends Of his fingers IN klndlIn9 1t. When hi
son suggested that the knife would lead to hi
at detection, he said he In d thrown away the dir
rs in Gtr Tho Itr, hal
re- to his son. not whom was given by youth
ne the time lie was living in Washington, and wa
ne taken from him by his father about two week
IS. since. lie had borrowed II before, but return
ne cd It. Tho boy identified the sheath Of I'll
;" dirk, and also the piece of lead pipe.
he After 90 ng TO their room, the son brougl
III water, and the father washed out the stains
n blood from his shirt. The son returned ii
aP gold 10 his father; but the next morning. i
ne was sent with a ten dollar gold piece to purcha,
shirts for his flther and himself. lie bougI
TO two of lorge size for his father, one for hmscl
IN and pair of stockings and ont of the chang
ne five dollars was paid to Mrs. Mcguire for the
We bolrd, which was the only money paid upO
aS that account.
QFTmE MERCHANT Asa THE STArEsMA
9r' Hunts Merchants Magazine for March hi
N of two Massachusetts men who have Focenl
its been removed fran among us by the hand
lily death. Although no names are glven, no IN,
~ can fail to recognize the pictures, SO admir-
Ln bly, drawn that II seems as if the characters
ot- the two men stood out before Us portrayed
OF lines Of living light;
NE There were two men of one city tie OF
re- was a merchant; the other was "A sta esma
re- One made himself KIN Iwn through the VOL
e. his name was in the mouth of kings mankl
lo' did him honor. The other was known in t
so secluded home of want; and the orphans bile,
ing followed wherever he trod and
!" thoughts were for his fellow men while
III night closed IN, without something done
'"' hun to cheer the struggling, or solace the Sc
rowing,
Nr These two men wero known for more tn
TO- forty years The one rs a man OF study, who
nights were filled with cares If State, a
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