New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-25
pARALLsL OF Tsz SAGE MURDER CASE

ne sI'rsorlissyy uia,, tArssssahs sfh ino,
certainty es,sA conviction Of the msn Naseni, f.
linhs tie boy ssss, Who sss discovered awe jas,h
line to ,svs TIE ipsocsrt s not without rs parsie
It'll fresh ,bs mh d. Of some Of The elder p'r7ou o
thu ecnnpnity.' Al sas time rsm'siscenee OF ms
,llppssn %, in eosne~so win this one, nay D.
worth Heating.
Writing from memory on'y, Oft story lous 'ioes'e'
ced 10 rs BY the coz demped map 90 may err shgot,
n d,.es bit IN the main circumstances caa give true
vsnitn Of ale suft .isr.y Ike rc1 ace for won
Of 6ction.
Foiy.thYes yesfs $50 there lived In tie vicinity OF
Nal chts,es, VI, two men BY the nsme OF BSSne,
sr6 another brother IL lsv to the b Snss, By The
psne Of Colvin. Taese three nes Lived With thsir
emiies IL cs cabin. upon new territory, hts!e
OF: Of tie wsy Of nsighoors, where thsy oteb
~o,ked together IL elearin, TIE and, or p'sci
irg ana ter ding their crops. As Il was then
Il uui,er fashion in that Row total sbance State
70 drink whisky TO excess, is folosed q matter Of
course that there was an occasional quarrel, and
sonetiu es drunk en- row such as would psss muster
even q. this day In Esv-York Oar iniorman. stated
also, ths. the women were not exempt entirely from
spiritual il eptnces. Each Of ihe parties, we believe,
had CHILDREN at ST rate Colvn had several aid some
of there in bis drui ken mo tents bet the rsh. -
ealing hm fair er ard thu, produced qusrrels bsweer
him and lis wife. In tnese, the Bosoes alleged.
he .hsmefpny bsed and abused their sister, and Ter
watch they had often been heard to tbrcaten him With
yueeancs-,he witnesses said with death. Ia this
state tf family difficulties ley were living, when Gle
DAY, While all at work & ether, either parting or
hoyrp crop the bro hers AZ brother CLAW got 100
syiolep, ouar,l-so ateIvail said the women, who
alone witnessed it-durrg which Colvin disappeared
OF eosre, ever body b,lieved that tho Do ines
bad nun dered and secietsi tho missing Colvn To oil
auiries the San tale was iold that he had gone Of
no one kpe~ why or where, scd nowhere ceuId no DO
card Of by personal inquiries or through the press
Newspapers were not the irri,Utiou then hat they
sre nov. The Bowres kro w,edSed shs. in tue
quarrel ere Of thea struck C'lvn pretty severe
blow On the head with bis boe but that did no. die
able lin, because be Immediately walked % sod
vtn. directly into the wods, hsess and 'stless aud
bs eoot sid as he Was not again seen or heard OF,
they came to believe the course OF the seven yssr
III at int erver ed between tina. ne ard their ial and
condemn al. for HE nuider, thai he had crspt away
into some no in .fe woods and ileie died Of the
VIC md in bis head, of which they had no means Of
knowirg whether il was severe or not. They only
knew hat blood flowed freely from IT, but .uat he
walled away ss shong as ever. OF course iadi, T.
N. mt could be oprd sssinst Covns supposed murder
e be cause the sror ge. prces Of his DEATH bic CORPSE
wss undiscovered and thus the csse rested for seven
crgy.a-s, even body, lis wife included, looking urOs
bis cbicren as fstherless AID upon her brothers
guilty es has. Of msn,laughtsr.
Abou. that tine the field where they wore Of werk
At the time OF COlvns disappearance came ioto tbs
pcssession Of q man who lad always believed the
Bo~res guilty OF murder ard, they said, determined
b Prove them gull y; ard he commenced thorough
search Of the premises, AID found in sort Of sins-
hoe, partly filed with .)ogs, asd ovetgrown With
buhes ard blitIs, come bnttors, sworn 10 BY the
widow as having belonged to the coat taat Colyin
wo, 9 upon The day he was murdered. jack knife
| which be usually carried In the pocket Of trst coat
was ALEC foui i, and near the same spot we're dscOy
cred several bones which had belonged - +.
human bt.g. U. the Bottoms ard ack -kaus there
was no doubt, not ewes in the mieds Ut the
Boynes, became they anew he did NO. wear bis
coat away. OF the bones being tho'e Of tW
murdered ian there was doubt, because men OF
eoj judgment teitidtd they were too cd, and that "
Coly MS hey would rot oely be sounder but more OF
tbem. Where was the remainder Of the skeleton
Tbir question was efen put and always unarswered
And 20 ne wo BOTnes i.dicted and put upon their
,,,sl murder Then al these contradictory s.s's
uelt. mace in seven years wee introduced aud con.
tras ed with their assevers ions of that moment wnen
when they were enviored with Danger ard anxious to
e,ca;e charge OF which they not guilty 50 far
az Of intentional murder, although fuzzy believing
that Colyin had died from the effects Of that ARRAY.
As usual in al cases admihieg OF doubt, there was
party Ia their favor which not entirely senced BY
verdict Of guilty Of nurc in the first degree against
the elder brother, who struck the blow with tie hoe,
o. was prov ed that he Acknowledged, together with
Itrtet. made aga;tst CJlvins life; aud verdict OF
a, slaughter or accessory 10 murder against the oher
brother III der which ole was sentenced to be hung
snd the other to the ate prison for life. Bat theee
oeubts were al removed when 1t caue out after the
conviction, ard While the one sentenced TO BIO hung
vas sn cf the time fixed for bis execution ihsi he
rad COZ fepsed 10 the NADER Tns confession, duy
prepared by some who had access 10 the prisoner,
y,s published, ard that se.tled the against tho
doub ers. IL the mean time the! other brother who
had gone to his life imprisonment was looked upon a.
hadec ed Villain because he pers..ed in still assert
II their innocence. 1t was an assertion tho. ava led
lust az much, sed no more, than 1t did VIXEN they
we're borne down by tornado Of PREJUDICE, and con-
Weed without evidence OF guilt.
But why did you u axe the cocfesson !! NO asked
the Convicted man.
"Because life IVES Ell dear, and was assured that
!ba: vas The only way to cave it. ga told that II
I would cc.fsss, NY punishment would be CON-
united ard l might join my brother. An,thifs'
thought rather II IN the gsll,~s. knew had been
seled n an ell thsught Lie 10 save my life was
Tot very glea. sin, as Il would give me nors time for
reper.arce. could lot read or write, and scarcely
lIew vhst tie paper contained that w@ :Old to put
nv name TO- coon found what purpose Il vas
wanted for. It was TO. TO ny life, ba! {, prove
IN INV friends ,h.t my col d. mraton had been it