The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-24

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We find IN .hr Boston journal n" follow
in particulars Of the horriI murder conn, /
ted On "Wednesday ,inht. IN Shrri,rrnr. a
u,,.. town. Al ..,,,a r,l,. and half from the
VILLAGE Of Snu.n Fr..ni,,.rlan. Ma:
".ibouf o'r,o 4 on Wrdr->.!,., evening.
one ! I'm Chairman called At in. ,IoY,,. O, an
O. man named rcYl.n Cozzon>.:o SI,rrl1~r,.
and ,,,,,,J M or,.. ,,,,cxco,,.:u.f NJ, Cuzy,u,
her husband ana their hir.,i man ~ ,r;,b-
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,'n,'L ~ h,~,. nr.,,,r.nrv ;, ,,r'r.,.!iu,r to
rna',; .t,n Nr rnyx,.ns had ,.~,rc.do!
.,r -,aI. rr,,o Il. hnu.r when rL,nmau.
rbo ~ armed himself with m AK. struck
fine old mao 2 heavy blow on III. head. ceay-
n, ii. .krl,. and. Of coar,.. kilIno him i'll
.,,n,ly The murderer next returned % the
,,o,,.. ,,l .+ru.I, NJ. Coyzrn,a hoo Y blow
-, ~. J., u ;n,i;ct;n, dreadful wound.wIi,h
,.;u ,ro,,,lv nrov,. fatal and which knock
~ son.,i.I. to tho door Chairman ,b "
rn.h.a "a ~. room oc,nmird hv the Ir:shmau.
.,ho .,,..,r,, from, his he'd and sur;,,e the rails
adv !hoy,. his head iu,t,ntIv ~.ilrd the YEA
WOW and both h. ard Chairman trll npon the
ronr IN s.v,r. .,ruo,Ir. The Irislinan sue
,,l,.I IN wr.ncb;un the. AK from CHAPMAN.
who instantly seized IN carthrrn vessel. with
which he inflicted several blows on III" IRISH
man. lead and face. brni>ing his face very
6 vcr.ly. The IriShman finding that his life
was in danger. and not knowing what had
IccjI.n Mr. and Ms Cozzen>. horrcd for
b;y III. AND alter consir !,ral,it. rafI,.v the
two s,n,ratrl. and Chapman fed The Irish
man soon left hi, room. and found Mrs Cor
IONS sen,cI.ss ON the floor. He then went in
s,,r,.b Of Mr. Co3zcn>. and as he was passing
throurh the ward. stumbled and fell over the
,roStratc and dead body. In this state OF
,l,irrs and hcirr greatly exhausted from the
,,.,, -, biooJ ana the hard ,lruorln with Ehar-
nm l.. started tor the house of ,c nearest
NO; ,b},r. Mrs Paul. about quarter Of a
milo distant Tor assistance. | pom reaching
Mrs Pauls house he had barely strength to
inform her Of the facts. when he Swoonrd.-
Mrs Paul. although an elderly lady. immrdl
a,cIv proceeded to the scene of the MURDER
and as soon as possible called other all.
Mrs Cozzens was forrd to he living. and
restorativcS being applied, she recovered her
senses. and related many of tie foregoing
facts. declarin. that ,Inhu Chapman was the
assassin. Her wounds. however. are of So
serious nature that i, is not expected that
she can recover
John Chapman. the murderer, is nearly p
wears Of are five feet six inches il HIGHT, dar,
complcxi"'. black curly hair. full i,i"c, and
rather dark or hazel eyes: "r som" Zine
months previous to Jun" last he was one of
the attendants in the retrcshmrnt saloon at
South FramE@ham depot. and will hr easily
recognized by many who had occasion t"
stop there. He Is still at Iargc. Int Will
doubtless soon he captured. The only rca-
son which can y" Assigned for this prpmcdi-
tated murder, is that CHAPMAN probably be-
licvcd Mr. CoZ:rns hal A larer sum of mon
ev. TO cain which he ulannc: and committed
this murder The ati,ir ha, caused the most
intense pNtlttNltut III Ol'I JuGllc anu llt Az
ioiuipc towns.
LARGE numbers of citizens turned out on
Thursday u.oruinn in nr,-uit Of Chairman.
Int M INTELLIGENCE couIJ he Gained Of him.
o,bor than the fact that IT ohont ? o'clock in
,l,,, u,orn;no no vas COO, to mass b,,nsn
.nro l;.,,ncc from tho rr.;Irnrn ofNIr Gov
,, Uo for,.orl,. i've; :, tLo c,,;I, ~,
NJ Cozz.r and Gov .h,, ro,Sor conlJ no nm
49,: .eI..I1,. ;Jor,;G, -, h., w.. t,a,,o,.
HI Thc Ir;sbm,n who h,j the strnr,,lo w:,h
u" ,I'a, -. lIa,r. aI;.,. L. ;,;.+,l
nm an Ck.nn,an o,,,l.o1 -. ,,oo onI '' rrou.
tInoI IT. ,,sn s.,ta, tIot In na,,,I ;I,n,;f,.
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OF MIR C0zzcn>, IN Sh"rburne. was tom" by