The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-25
THE MURDER OF EDWARD sLEV1N.
The Mystery Solved at Last.

The Mystery Solved at Last.
From che Louisville Courier we learn the
particulars of the murder of Mr.. Edward Sic
vim, brother of j. & j. Sleyin, Of Louisville,
who, it will be remembered, mysteriously dis
appeared from that city several months since
The following we clip from the Courier;
THE sudden and unaccountable disappear
ance of Mr.. Edward Slevin of this city, lit
tie more than two years ago, is still fresh in the
memory of our citizens. He disappeared on
Sunday night, the 22d of January, 1854, and
for many months vigilant search was made
for his remains, when, finally, all doubts as to
his fate was removed by finding the body in the
river 1t was so much decomposed that it
was almost impossible to be identified. A gold
watch was found on the body which was fully
recognized as his, and from that fact it was
thought he came to his death by accidental
drowning.
From the following statement, which we OBJ
tain from the most unquestionable and highest
authority in the city, it appears that Sevin was
wayIaid, murdered, robbed, and then thrown
into the river The perpetrators Of this crime
were George Bennett, recently hung and,
who is now confined in the county jail on a
charge of felony. A few nights before the ex-
| piration of the sentence of Bennett it was ru-
mored that he designed taking his own life,
and to prevent him from making the attempt,
Mr.. Thomas, the jailor, determined to place
another person in the cell with him that night.
/ For this purpose he selected an old man from
Shelby county, who had been committed on a
charge of passing counterfeit money, we be-
| lieye.
The next morning, after leaving the cell in
company with Mr.. Thomas, the jailor, who had
entered to remove him, he asked if any person
| OF the name of Selvin had been drowned at the
wharf within year or two. This at once eX-
cited the curiosity of the jailor, who demanded
to know why he asked the question? The old
man then entered into the details of CONVEX
sation that passed between HIM and Bennett
during the night, Of which the following IS the
substance
He told him that late one Saturday night, at
the time ofhigh water in the winter, two years
ago, man came down into Joe Taylor's GEL
| lar, on the wharf, near Fourth street, and call
ed for cup of coffee, which he received and soon
| after started cut Bennett and his accOmplice,
who were together in the cellar, followed him,
knocked him down. and then robbed him OF
one hundred and sixty dollars, which were
found on his person. His watch was taken
out but Bennett again replaced it in the pock-
ct Of their victim, who was then dragged to
the river and thrown in, where he remained
for several months undiscovered, though ev-
cry possible search had been made for the
body.
The details Of the murder were not dwelt
upon by Bennett, who evidently endeavored to
impress upon the mind Of his companion the
folly of taking any article that could be identi-
fed, as a watch for instance. He then alluded
I to the subsequent discovery Of the DO iy with
the watch on it, which at once lulled all sus,
p:cions OF foul play. The robbery and alleged
murder of Mullan was also alluded to- and he
banned himself for suffering the watch to be
taken from the man, adding that it was against
his wishes and if it had been left, he, the ac
Icused, would now be at large and not a con
demned criminal.
4 All the circumstances of this narrative, to
tsether with the fact that the prisoner, who
heard it is an entire stranger in the city, and
had no previous knowledge of the death o
Mr.. Sevin, tend to confirm the truth of the
S atement, and solves the mystery that so long
hung over his disappearance,