New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-08
THE NEWBURGH MYSTERY
THE BODY NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
NO CLUE TO THE MURDERER.
LATEST FACTS AND RUMORS.

tinues unsbated. Since Miss Sarah c. Bloom came
forward to refute the supposion that she was the IN
fortunate VICTIM and relieve Mr. jenkins Of the weight
Of suspicion which bore terribly upon him. there have
been open manifestations of the general state Of
feeling. But the seeming guilt il only lu which the
slightest ruInor may instantly change into feverish
agitation. Little else appears TO be talked of in New
burgh just now but the late fearful and unexplained
murder Citizens discuss the subject the Of
the streets in the village bar-rooms and at their places
Of business. The barber, while removing your beard,
will serve up repas Of vague and startling rumors,
enough to convert bis cleaning razor into imaginary
knife about to be drawn across your unprotected tho
The first question asked in the morning, and re-
pea,ed hundred times during the day by everybody,
il, " Il there anything new about the murder -
Countrymen into the village from the distance of
dozens of miles almost expressly to inquire the par
cuars Of this tragic affair The Coroner Sheriff and
other officers are with persons asking for fur
Their information, and desiring to give their Opin-
ions On the subject Great excitement was produced
among the relatives Of one two yeung ladies who
bore a general resemblance to the corpse, and who
CHANGED to be away from home on visit when the
body was fast found. Their prompt return when they
learned the facts OF the case necessary to calm
the fears Of their friends.
EFFFCTS or TNF EXCITEMENT
1t il safe to say that no which has occurred in
Newburgl within great number Of years has pro-
duoed 20 universal and intense an excitement as this
discovery Of the corpse Of an unknown young lady
An illustration Of the very inoxication of feeling
shown in the supposed Identification of the murdered
person as that of Sarah c. Bloom Several witnesses
swore they positive that the body found was that
Of Miss Bloom. Mr.. James NJ Mitchell, who had
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tain unquestoDable marks and sister, Jane Bloom,
affected to be satisfied that the corpse was Sarahs
and no other. Now, a close, deliberate eIamina-
ton of the persons Of Miss Bloom and deceased It ap
peared that the supposed corresponding marks and
points of resemblance more imaginary than real
Thus the over the left eye OF each were very
slight and by well defined, while the corpse
exhibited scar the cheek bone below the lef eye
nearly one inch in length and partly circular. And so
in the case of the marks or scars the left middle
finger careful scrutiny showed them to be unlike
as possible. But in addition to this it seems that the
teeth of Miss Bloom were perfect and well shaped
while one Of the teeth of deceased was very clearly
seen to have filing Of gold the outside. That the
sister of Mrs Bloom should have failed to notice this
discrepancy in conspicuous part of the face and
in q part which had evidently undergone no change
since death goes to show the extent to which nervous
public excitement may cloud the perception and con-
found the judgment.
IN THF MATTER OF MT. JENKINS AND MISS BLOOM.
The circumsta nces connected with the implication of
Mr. VIM jenkins in this affair somewhat singular,
and perhaps worthy of mention. Mr. jenkins is q
tailor by occupation, and also a married man. Hewas
employed a. II cutter in the establishment of Mr. r. ID.
Kemp On Wednesday afternoon of last week Miss
Bloom with whom he was well acquainted, called at
hi. pace of business and requested him TO convey her
out to the Basin, about twelve miles back OF New
burch where she had friends residing. lie replied
that "a his employer would be absent in the evening
he could not leave until o'clock after ne had cloS'd
the shop. Accordingly he procured single horse ana
pleasure carriage and met her at the corner OF cer-
tain street by appointment, and from there drove out
10 the Basin. The distance from Newburgh to the END
of this Journey was about twelve miles and he was alb
sent more than six hours which would be an average
speed of four miles per hour and under cover OF night
with plenty of time before him, and young lady IN
company, is perhaps fast as might be expected Or
course it ia natural to suppose that young lady VINO
would prefer to ride home under such circumstances
to returning with the person who brought her 10 New
burgh must be Indifferent about her reputation Nov,
down to the time that Miss Bloom turned up, the en-
tire community positively believed that Mr. jenkins
was the guilty party, and il she had actually been
murdered by another person, the circum'tantai eYi
dense, in the excited state Of the public mind, would
doubtless have proved sufficient to convict him. AS
il it, he has suffered in reputation from the part nc
has acted with such girl as Sarah Bloom and more
over has lost his situation and finds it desirable to
leave the place.
RvMORS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
The theories opinions end rumorS to which this az
fair has given rise are less in number than the sands OF
the easore hut are generally inconsistent with each
other and with themselves One IS that the persons
concerned in the murder landed from boat at point
nearly opposite the place where the body was found
and either carried il dead or accompanied IT alive a
distance Of mile or mile and half, being thus
far from the river This opinion seemingly derives
some support from the fact that ladys six bonnet
was found floating in the water Just above Ne~bursh
on Monday Il is also asoeTtained that no conveyance
was let at the livery stables in NewbGrgh, or b. any
other person in that vicinity, the day or evening
preceding the discovery of the body and hence the
parties concerned must have come to the spot in
carriage from another place than NeTburgh as the
distance from the lsttor village is too great to have
been walked-or that. according to this rumor they
landed near by from boat.
Another, and perhaps q more favorite theory il
| the following: That the unfortunate female
brought TO the place where found in trunk, having
been murdered elsewhere. This i, at leas. plausible
from the fact that trunk found about two miles
beyond where the body lay. day or two after the
discovery of the latter II Old hair trunk of SUI
fcicnt size to contain the young woman's body aud
when frat was lying just behind the road fence
as if il had been taken from wagon andthroSn there
It's only contents few Old garments, including
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