The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-04-23
Spring, the Murderer.


Our eastern exchanges have been filled for
noash with accounts Of the trial. and the
sayings and doings Of Arthur Spring, the msr
dersr OF the two females In Phlsd,lpb.. a
"'nih aso The principal witness against the
murderer was his own seu. lad of lo; and
although the evidence was eireunstantiaj. and
IN the highest degree clear and consistent. I.
degree OF depravity truly astonishing, 1, exbib
tied IN tho fact that the father persists to ,b,
last 10 protesting his entire innocencv and char
g'ng the crime upon his son. This 10 tL. more
sToe'ons AZ the boy has borne an irrsprozcb,.
6ls character, while the father had been ,.n.
fenced to the state prissa At Sing Sing for
eight years, from which he had been released
by pardon obtained through the int.rce,,ion
Of the BOY.
Spring has had two trial,, and h., each tim.
been found guilty and will no doub, in due
time swing
Ire following abstract Of the svii.nc. Of
young Spring. which we fad in the L,lg.r
g'es tive particulars OF the murder, tr which
'he Iather was tired;
On Tuesday nigh, last, Spring tosk hi, son to
Cairoii : house. the former carving with hin, +,
piece Of lead pipe frem M,gure.-,hs con .e
companying him. az he SAYS in order t. prey.pt
hun from committing violence, having some susc
cion that lac intended to rob, il he got \ shancs
On arriving At Carr.ls the boy va, introduced +,
the femalrs and Mrs. Shaw took him ON her Inn
telling him that she had nur,ed him when a lit,i.
boy, and klssing him several times Wb,lo
tsere, night occurred between Sprinv and Juhn
W. Carrot, winch induced tas former 10 leave
'hs house but on going out he found hs had
changed hats lie went again ON "wednesday
night but found that there were too msuy
thsIe Tor him to attempt torsb lie remarked
TO MIS- Shaw that hs would coma tb. next
night and see them. but she said ,hat he need
n"', H' C"ffoiI and his wife were going to the
haIl' hnd there would BE- no one home but
heh.li and Mrs Lynch. (It was in this way
.ha' ne learned the female. would 10 alone
lie then detailed the particular. Of hi. fathers
sbscnee from HI. room, on the nipbt of m.
murder, his return home about II sclock giving
HIM the pieces Of gold, and telling him tim, h.,
had murdered the two won,rH
lie then proceeded TO trstify that hi, father
told him that he VA. let in hv Mr. Shaw VIII,
opened he back doar for hini that a man and
g'r' we're IN the hotiSe, hut he kept quiet until
they had gone. He then talked aud drank with
hr Shaw aud al last 20, her to 20 up stairs and
see u her sister was asleep. She came Gown
hgaIn anu told him that she wac and soon after
lee commenced he mur1srou. assault upon her.
BeI"re abe was entirely dead Mrs. L.,n,h va.
aroused by the Struggle. Of her sister, and came
down STARE IN her night clothes He attacked
her, aud had most violent struggle before l..
sScreed'd N queting h.r. shv rrep, behind OF
b. ueath Inc seie- IN the back ro, un and seeming
I" b. lead lie went Up stairs in hi. stocking feet,
but hearing n"iso he came down again and
fcuad that she had revived. lie again attacked
her with the dirk, and finished her by. =. h.
said twisting her neck He then went u, stair.
an' broke the dnk in forcing open the lock of ,bs
trunk. lie then set IRE to the house stating that
h- burned the ends vi his fingers 10 kndhry il.
when his son 'ucges'ei tha, he knife would ivad
I" hls detection, he said he had thrown away III.
DIRK IN George street The dirk formerly belong
ed to his son, to whom it VIZ. given hy a youth
at tie time lie wac living in Washington. and va.
taken from him BY his father about two week.
since. He hsd borrowed it tyfors. TO, r,,urp-j
IT. The boy identified the sheath Of the dirk
and also the piece Of lead pipe
Lyneh the husband, widowed bv this fpul
murder, was present at the hearing. AND was
deeply aslta'sd while listening to the detail. of
the crime, ms supplied by ths younger Spring
Lynch, during Tuesday. ssw hi. orphan children
ior the hrst time since his return to tho ci,y.
and deeply affecting ws the interview.