The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-11-19
CADIZ, OHIO!

0arah loved me, ana her ana our Two cnliQJen
dearly. Our shop, as you remember, was be-
tween Henborough and SchofF ham, which were
theE quite separate towns, with struggling
houses and long lines Of railing to connect them
Our house was the furthest Of the last row not
detached" Here the sick man raised himself
on his hands and whispered, care you sure
there's nobody at the key-h0le? nobody at any
crack or crany, nor at the skyliglfP''y0..NssH,
,, l assured him there was not; and then the
wretched creature pulled out from a short opos-
sum pocket in his very skin, and under his fan
mel vest, thip piece Of paper, folded, keeping
it carefully beneath the bed clothes 50 as to pre-
vent its being visible from without, J He opened
it. and read these printed words:,sef ,.g.s al bill
| rr5} 81 Two HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. .
e. " The above will be given to any person, kot
actually concerned in the crime, who shall give
such information as shall lead to the discovery
of the murderer or hihrderers of John Spiget,
in the Scoffharn road Henbouough, on the night
of December the thirty first, eighteen hundred
and thirty fHe.s 71.1 ,91on!hisd
+, "Why, you, Charlton, were one Of the jury
men, if remember right, who were upon the
inquest in the matter? 1said. ,slli,sito.I
II was doctor-are you sure there's nobody
under the bed, or in the cupboard, or behind
tie chimney b6ard?-and his murderer Also
Good heayenslp |. exclaimed "Why what
hypocritical rnfian You must have bcenp'T
"Doetor good doctor, hare mercy upon me
1on't tell and don't think 50 hardly Of me me.iun IN.
Itilyou have heard me out; | am netlso bad as
seem. :. G. sf5t oj = JI g mo4l 3a ar-sa3 rjl
"Itwas on ANEW Year eve near twenty
years ags, and very, late at night, close rdpor
twelve, when. bad .Rutup iry last shutter alif
vas going to lock the door of my shop, that 0
stranger called. He had come from the Scof.
ham end Of the. road, end | had mover. seen him
before in my life he could hardly speak at, all
he was so awfully drunk. l Redin face thick il
speech, and trembling all over like a thief he
said he must have more rum. told him tha
we only had some. ginger beer, and such Ilyt
drinks; and besides, thatfit it was tee late q
that time of'night tojsell people anything. He
swore horribly at this, said that !, and my wifi
. (%ho was still behind the counter in the shop
were both liars, that we had sold rum enough to
other folkss he knew very we'll He mahaget
toastagger upto the stone steps ard push in d
the door. y, He should get into the back paror
! and sleep there all night, he said TOOK him
, BY the collar, intending to set him outside thu
door; but he was a tall stout man, and u coult
) not--he struggled with me in adult heavy man.
ner. ! had hard matter to thrust him, from Ithe
parlor. / did 50, and pushed him violentlyaanf
he fell on the floor full length, like a log. III
never groaned after be had touched the floor
but lay silent and motonless. r.; ,,;rd IN tl.
,''Myiwife Cried What have you dones George
! You've killed the, rnang"gdi OF naH1b tJjeb 91
?'l@Nonsense,''oI II said but when we tried III
raise him ana say the glassylook of his eyes,
knew it was trio. 4 number Of horrible
4 thoughts would have crowded into my mind a
once, but that, swifter than they, devices. fo1
I getting the corpse away, and removing suspicion
away from ourselves, had already filed i. The
simple, honest,plsn Of telli1g the truth, and cal
I gin tho policeoat once, never somdch as sug
! gtsted ITSELF : a.'What,t'a il neighbor should stel
? ii, as tits poor murdered man had done anc
find him lying there? II one of thcaehldrcl
r even should be iawakehed and comeI4dowr
ir.t6 TIRE shop! % # the Watctan himself seeih
our door yet open at that time Of night shorl(
d call 7 There was enota moment to lose;g + too
9 the deatl man bythe head, and my wife, ,sallin
d tremble, rianagcdto raise HIS legs and shut
ting the door carefully after Us, We bore ou
dreadful burden about fifty yards along the scof
ham road. We tried 10 set It against the rail
ings which ran along both lsideslo what is nov
: Mccartney street, but, the inanimate thing slip
y ped down again in b mere heap 1t is surprisin
i how nxious we, were to prop tup, and although
: every instant was precious to us, we spent fy
9 minutes in doing so--it seemed inhuman,, how
\ ever, to leave it on the pavement. In a sort, .
It desperate terror at last twined the arms abou
$ the bars, and we fed back in silence. Nethin
= was stirring. We heard the treadofoths watch
?, man outside our closed door, and hts Pas
\ twelve oclockg die away in the distance, ,bu
2 we had put out the lights and felt certain tha
9 he had observed. nothing unusual-nothing
ours-oh-horrors dropped in the road while NV
= had gone about our terrible task. One, of oil
Q children Clara beganto cry out, Where hay
3 you been, mother? She heard us, then, ieas
: the house. + ,sgsna3f
=. only helped your father put up ths shut
ters child was Cquieted by the ready lie. ejrroo;
y -"We went tclbed Immediately, bptdnotuf
sleep; eur eyes, s,were on the stretch forsfe rhe
q taent when theory should arise, and we Shout
: know the body was found. One O'clock, .tw
three, four; time crept on with painful sloWnes
i and the-hours and quarters seemedii itoa proion
! their iron voices horribly. And now the adaw
g was breaking, and there was light enough for.
g chance traveller to see the corpse. We sa,
II ii all night longsa we were to see it for years
d and as see it now. Five, six; it was time 7fc
h Us to get upaand open the, shop lose suspicio
h should arise that way, and we did ,s So Ther
y wasta turn in the, oSeofham road beyond gu
it hease, and twas further than that ]; ana, vet
9, dared not look in that direction as I undid th
= shutters G y,2"s ITgp i,, sos [ a3'p.a ol y
. Watch. Watch helpl help .aThenlthe
!, have fonndhim at last, and the'stfeet f1lls&it
4 hufENng crowd ard L run with them, anon
n the first but my wife. she is faint with tertoi
'r and dares not move telling the children, VIII
I have heard the cries, that 1T Is nctHin1.0 y I'm
d .Itleans against tfesrailing where We set II
u but its right Sye, by Heaven. It ljoints