Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-09-23
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CnlIuEeH PioJoe
,he door the old German hound lay
watchful at the gate, and the 'ruant
sweetheart, now a comely matron, sang
at her whesl the sweet songs OF her
Faderland. All was peace in this se'
ouestered home, when at the close OF a
bright day in August, 1888, a Knock
was heard al the door, which was an
swered by the woman, who, upon open
ing it, met face to face her old su'tor.-
The recognition was instant and mutu'
al-not word was said between them
but while the heart of one of them $ sank
within her from very fear, that OF the
aber was reused to pbrenzy which made
itself manifest in wild CLEAN OF long
pent up vengeance.
The husband was absent, having gone
unon a distant hunting excursion in
nuursuit of deer, and all that night, with
doors and windows barred, a sleepless
fearful, trembling watcher, awaited ms
return. He came not, and his step
never again crossed that Threshold
PrrciseIy one year to a day from the
time Of the occurrence above narrated
Mr., Thorn, an old resident Of Lapeet
county, was walking one balmy Sunday
morning upon the borders OF one %. .!
,bose beautiful little lakes which lie
embosomed among the iowery openings
Of that country, found upon the beech
lust within the waters edge, a human
skull At loss to account for its ap
nearauce there, he followed up the steel
bold bank which overhangs the lake
and upon its verge found the body tf
which the skull had belonged A jur!
was at once summoned TO the spot, ant
The remains we're at once identified ..
the half frantic widow, whose wound
wore opened afresh by the discover.
which shut out forever the last ray q
hope which had fingered in her breas
: for long sad year.
. The cause and manner OF the deail
, oe the murdered man were made oovl
, Gus BY an examination of the skeleton
: "a ride ball piercing through the vel
i tsbral column from behind had passe
: tout through the bone. The murders !, e:
man had never known what took hi
e life. He lay as he fell, upon his tac'
:,l, II, ,,,j;echaroed wager rusting b
y his side, and upon his bleaching skelt
: .. ton The hunting pouch, eeil kn!ls, e
5 him from his old country home. Al
n tumn had deepened into winter-winte
:, had frightened into spring, and sprin
y had blossomed into summer, yet thet
i he lay, within three miles of his hon'
q unnoticed aud undiscovered.
d Upon the discovering of the bod.
d Daum was arrested, and his trial, whic
h was very long and arduoas in cons'
!, : quence of taking all the testimony thr.
h Interpreters, was had before Hon. {
: W. Whipple, at the Circuit Court +, f
g the county Of Lapeer, in March ls4'
g The principal counsel engaged in II
d cause were Hon Peter Morey, then A
h ! torney General. Hon. A. H Hanscon
i Hon. T. J. Drake, Hon. E. H. Thoml
IS son, and Geo. w. Wisner.
d During the twelve days occupied /
} J the trial, the prisoner Daum RENAME
. impassive aud unmoved throng ghout, e.
>, :. cept when upon permission being gran
. ed by the Court, the bones of the mu
. dered man, which had been wired t
u u gether and placed under covered tabl
Il we're suddenly drawn out at the ue'
= feet Of tie prisoner,-when dead
, = Jpaleness overspread his face, and
:, strong and involuntary shudder passt
!. y, through his frame.
~ ~ The evidence, as may be seen from Il
=, above sketch, was circumstantlal, the
being no direct testimony whereby
connect the prisoner with the death
! ! UIrich, and the jury found themselv'
"a "a unwilling to convict; and giving Il
. unhappy prisoner the benefit of IL
" slight doub, by which the occurren'
. was surrounded, brought in, after
y y lengthy consultation, a verdict of n
y guilty. The prisoner left the cou
y house amid deep and thrilling silenc
=, y and was never more seen IN Lape
IL y. county.-Detroit Enquirer.