Smyrna times., 1857-05-27

she Identifies it by a scar over the leffgeye, by
mark on the ancle, by the teeth, by the toes
of peculiar shape, and by various other un-
mlstakable evidences. A horrible cloud of cir
| cumstantial evidence is about to brand Jenkins
as the murderer of Sarah Bloom. The body is
inferred, but Jane, Sarah's own sister, does not
attend the funeral! But, on the afternoon Of
the funeral, four days after the discovery of the
murdered body, to the utter surprise of every
body, Miss Sarah Bloom makes her appearance
at the court house in Newburg, alive!
Now, although here is the most mysterious
case on record in the annals of crime, we will
dare attempt its solution Who, then, was this
stranger woman, unknown to anyone in the
whole neighborhood Of Newburg, wonderfully
resembling Sarah Bloom! And who caused
her death ! And, again, what was the manner
of her death These are questions which yet
remain unanswered, though the whole of that
neighbOrhood and the neghboring city of New
York are asking them. We will attempt a So
luton!
1t is said, as We remarked above, the resem-
blance of the dead body to Miss Bloom is
strang strange. The finger of the
corpse bore marks of having had ring torn
from it after death Miss Bloom wore y ring
Two of the toes were grown together; SO were
The same tees OF Miss Bloom. The corpse had
Il mole on the left ancle so had Miss Boom
In such a case as this--such unprecedented CO.
ucIdeGces--t is no matter of wonder that even
Miss Blooms sister Jane should come to the
conclusion that the dead woman was her sister
When Jenkins was called on (before Miss
Blooms temperance in Newburg) to testify
before the jury, he stated that on Wednesday
tine day preceding the discovery of the mur-
der-he was requested by Miss Bloom 10 take
her to neighborlng village, to the residence of
Mrs. Masten. He agrees to take her leaves
Newburg at O'Clock that night in a carriage
with her; passes tie spot where the murdered
woman was found next mornng-taking that
road because Miss Bloom requests him to take
it--he not knowing the route; and he reaches
the P ace of his destination at the solemn hour
Of midnight. Miss Bloom now tells him that
she does not wish him TO drive up to the house.
and accordingly he stops two hundred yards
from the house and Miss Bloom-although
tender, timid, defenceless young woman-starts
to walk to the house! He starts back 10 New.
burg, and arrives at 5 o'clock in the morning
This is his testimony before Miss Bloom comes
to light and while everyone thinks that she is
murdered.
But when, in pursuance of the testimony,
Mrs. Mastin is sworn, she states that Sarah
Bloom did not call at her house on that night at
ALL Now, it will readily be seen that this
places Jenkins in dangerous asd suspicious
predicament, from which there is but one way
of escape; and that way is nothing less than
to convince the jury that the murdered woman
is not NJ ISIS Bloom. How can he do this, when
her own sister swears it is!
Happily for him, at this critical juncture, the
real Miss Bloom appears and corroborates every
particle of his testimony. He is freed from
suspicion. Now, we can ascertain from Sarah
the cause of the conflicting statements made by
Mr.. Jenkins and Mrs. Mastn. Sarah states
that Ut her request Jenkins left her, although it
was midnight, two hundred rods from the house
to which she was going. She states, also, that
she walked on to the house, but, although the
family were expecting her arrival, they had all
retired and she could not enter the house!
Now mark! She further states that she re-
mained, endeavoring to get in, or to awaken
some one, for three-quarters of an hour and
she then leaves there, (althOugh it is the weird,
solemn hour of midnight when 'ghosts walk
the heath," although she is a tender, delicate,
chickenish, handsome young grl,) and actually
walks on five miles further, unattended by a
single soul, until she arrives at the residence OF
her Aunt Sally Dougherty!!
This is the statement made by Miss Bloom
under oath. 1t is, to our mind, absurd. We
cannot believe it. Our opinion and firm belicfis
this: Sarah Bloom knows something about
this mysterious fair, and has not yet disclosed
it! To our mind the case wears no longer the
air Of mystery; it stands out in its " naked de-
formiiy." The WhOIe affair UeGrs The unmis
taxable air and look Of planned and plotted,
dcliberated and pre-GrrGnged CONSPIRACY to
hang this man jenkins on charge of having
murdered Miss Bloom!
But, some one may say, /" 1t is doctrine o.
; law and scholastic theology that no crime car
be committed without a motive, unless the per.
petraior be insane,--where can there be mo-
tive for this conspiracy?' This is precisely
what we will now proceed to discover: ......
There, then, is a path to solution of the
: mystery: AyouDg woman, bearing a striking
; resemblance TO Sarah Bloom, has died she
has MOI been murdered by any blow or othel
} violent act, although she may have been muir
dered otherwise; asd yet, now that she is dead
the only person who is aware of her death will
S he charged with murder,if he does not shift tn,
$ body from off his hands. This person, residing
! at no great distance from Newburg, perhaps
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