The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-19

'n0 hehoisn ana mnrdefOus 0oipge OF ISmuy "
Grahsns residing ia tina. par Of tie sss.s:-
In Monroe county, Virginia, on Greenhrier river,
and about fourteen miles below Lewisbarg, lives
man named Joseph Graham. He has three or four
grown up sons living beneath his roof, and until
the eth uiimo) unmarried daughter, Miss Jane
Grshsm, aged about fort, five. This daughter had
| an illeRitimate daughter by . msn who recently
Gtd IN Missouri, leaving the su n OF 50 600 to this
chlid, who - now married to n, Miller, Of Nj
cholas county Quarrels OF the mes. violent charac
Ter are represented to have been CON NON in this
family. recent quarrel had taken place, and one
OF Inc brothers sought TO injure the chara ter Of his
| sister y leaving anonymous and detama;ory letters
| upon the highway, and also by writing to Mr.. Nil
ier, OF Nicholas, giving. the mother OF his wife
character as black ~ he'll and rotton ~ carbon"
ard asserting that her daughter (Milers wise) vas
| NO better. A@a|
Without any knowledge of this, Miss Jane Graham
afew weeks ago went to Nicholas county To visit
her daughter-found tha. she and her husband had
seersttd, were living apart, and learned that the
received. Miss Graham full Of the violence and de-
teimir alton which characterized her. Immediately
returned home. A violent quarrel epsued bet Seen
her and the brother who wrote the letter Into which
with the son the upsbot Of which the fOrciblo
| ejectment Of Miss Graham from the house. S1e
| went to the house Of a br0therin iaw---one Mr..
s s y Ss ssys nsT s saS
| and wife went to visit . neighbor, leaving Miss
| Graham to take care Of the children. After they
were gone abous nine O'Clock, and - the children
| Of Nolan say--one or two OF whom are oomoeteat
wi,nesses)- Miss Graham dressed herself aad went
out. She took bonnet belonging TO her niece and
pair OF stockings belong ing either to her nieca or
| TO her sister. (Iemember this) Nolan ard wife
soon returned, and were surprised to fad Miss G-a
ham gone. At Q little past ten o'clock they were
aroused by the cry OF fire. caused by the bu,nipg of
| the barn Ct Mr.. Joseph Graham. From her well
| that Sic burned the barn, aud hence her absence
was Lot noted as anything remarkable after SUCH
| an act.
The Grahams N ade no effort to learn ANYTHING OF
/ the absent member OF their fAmiiy-never even suy
gestsd pursuit or revenge for the injury done them.
| Their conduct in this respect added strength to
the lumer that was beginning to fiod tongues--a
ham "out Of the way This rumr grew so strong
that on Friday last 4th inst, party Of neigcbors
gathered together for the purpose Of searching for
| the body o. the absent woman. They vent TO the
house or Graham to ak his permission to search for
I the body on the premises; his answer was, Go
look in the ashes of the bsrn-if her bones amt
there, they are in hell" The party went forward
| on their search. A few rods beo the ruins of tho
barn they found indications of s ufHe--then OF q
running fghtthen, again, OF more severe scuffie,
in which person appeared to have been thrown
down. The ground was imprinted thickly with
| f0otma1 Ks Of human being and Of dog From this
place they d, tected such signs indicated the draw
ing 0f q human body along the ground towards
creek. This trail they followed to the creek, whe 70
1t was lost but on the other side they re
it. Here dark stains which appeared to be Of blood,
covered over with fresh ashes, occasionally de-
tected. Till trail was followed with soerable ease
uEtil they reached the bank Of another creek or
brockist beyond Here there were such appear
sncss as induced the searching party to think the
| body, before dragged, had been rested moment,
and then sbouldesed. The print of person k1ees
imprinted in the soft earth, exactly IS they would
/ have been bad person got down upon his knees.
From this point blood was occasionally detected on
TIE leaves two Or three feet from the ground-at
10 rs
| that tho body bad been sh0uldered. Ashes were
still occasionally seen TO be scattered along the
Path. But about half dozen rods frsm the place
where the body was supposed to have been shout
party looking Ia the direction Of the sun, saw
unusual number Of blue or carbon flies flying Ab)us.
He took as an il dcation and by using VII h Sac
ceeded in establishing line Of buzziag flies toward
blown down tree, below on the bank OF the creek
The instinct Of the flies wassuoeior 70 that of man,
and enabled them 10 dexct signs that might have
found footsteps leading into the water and by ling
| into the water aud following down 80 as - get q
view into the thick Of the tree aud surrounding
hedge, they discovered the dead body u Mss Jane
| Gsaham.
| The body was .xtri ,ated from the bushes af.er
much difficulty. II was considerably putresecnt.
| Tho drcss she wore had been taken Of and lay be.
side Der, having the appearances Of having been
| washed and throrn up with the body without being
| wruDg. S0me signs Of blood we're still detected
upon IT, and it wss much torn ss by dog. Her shoes
ss . so he on s. ss.1 4.a s
ins before mentioned were upon her feet There
were signs Of violence about The neck, So though
the body bad been dragged BY rope. A rope about
Of coDcealment. Sonc signs Of her having been
worried by dog we're also upon her person; but soe
blood Is supposed % have come from her nose or
mouth.
The family Of Grahsms showed no sgos of fayo, or
affection for the murdered, and looked xsh an eye
that boded NO good urcn the searchers whom they
deemed modelling with matter that was "none Of
their business"
An inquest was held upon the body last Monday tn
inst. The evidence then given in on the part OF the
searching party was in accortanc with the above
recital. One witness spoke Of being on the ground
early next morning, and saw large negro, who be-
longs to the family, coming from the direction where
the body was found with bucket on his arm-made
him return to search FOX tracks Of the incendia y
scattered fresh ashes along but SAN nothing then Of
the body. After bearing all the evidence, the jury
came TO the conclusion that Miss jane Graham ired
the barn-tbS In Going 30 she reused the 6eroe dog
belonging 10 the famly-that the dog folio red
her. and that some Of the fami pursued In the
same direction--that some Of them came up with
her where the first indications of sgufe occurred
thef she then escaped but vas oveltaken where the
indications Of second scuile were found and there
murdered. The jury, We understand, were uBani.
mouely Of conviction that this was the manner Of
Der death; yet, Twin !. be believed IN the land Of
cbivary. and in the nineteenth ccnturyD they
brought La verdict on paper that she came 10 her
death by some unknown meaas.'' One Of the jury.
men, whom friend Of ours COZ versed With, said
they dared do nothing more--the GrAhams were
tuch desperate set that the whole Leghborhood
feared them. En- e fa@
On the morning after the murder one OF the Grs-
bans and the negro pan before spoken Of, early be
gan to build hay stack near the house, and al the
hustle, Inquiry ard confusion about the PREMISES did
bot moment delay their work ui til u Was done.
The circumstance has given rise 10 suspicion tna.
tn nc IL something connected there win, sni De
termp att has bcen exp essed u have the hay 70
moved. IL anyti Ing more OF is affair t-ans ires
our ieade 9 shall hear the particulars.
A MONSTER ~ HrsAS 5EApE.--A German,
named Jacob Bnengsr Is nov az si,iog hi, trial in
Wyoming county, In this 5 ate, charged with a sc,
rlss Of cftnces that surpass in horror any Of the
tnes which cid wives tell bad children 10 keep