The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-17

MURDER CASE IN DETROIT.-THe Murdered
Man Astonisaes Ecerybody by his APPEARANCE in
COnrt-Outrages and violence are the order of the
day everywhere just now, and Detroit as mat
ter of course must have its share. The good peo
pie of that city were greatly excited last week, 10
consequence of murder most foul, which was al {.
legged 10 have been committed near q place called
Brownstown, and which the papers dignified by
the title, in flaming letteIs, 1.-THE Brownstown
Murder Case"
The facts in this singular case, as near as we can
gather them, are these: Somebody's since, pedler
named Samuel kiter aged nineteen, entered the
house of q man named Bickly, whose family con.
sists of three ladies and little son. The peddler
was missed by his friends. He WAS traced to
Bickly's house. He had never been seen to leave
that house afterwards.
The three ladies in Bick!ys family-Mrs Mary
Biekly, Miss Nora Bickly and Mrs. Mary Sheehsn-
were arrested on the charge of murder and
lodged in jail at Detroit. Old Bickly and his son
wsre not taken, because they were TOO unweIl to
be removed The examination of the parties com
meneed on Friday.
The murdered mans brother testified that he
had visited the prisoners house and made search
Saw fresh blood on the floor and wall found bones
and piece of cloth in barrel If ashes; he thought
the cloth belonged to his brothers. vest saw blood
on the barn and on the snow.
A neighbor named Mrs. Hannah Clark, had
talked with the accused relative 10 the blood told
them murders were always found out on one par
iicuar night the witness smeled the burning of
woollen very strongly, and also the burning of
fresh meat she thought the neighbors were cook
irg mea. for the bee. The old lady told her, since
the blood had been found, that q man had stopped
there over night aid came over to her house to get
4 shilling to give him in change
A man named Peabody saw blood and ''smelt
something burning"
Capt .in Alvord saw blood; dug into 1t with a
knife, aud found human hairs some of them SIX or
seven inches long, of dark brown color; found
another spot about forty fifty rods Oft. in the
road dug into that and found some more hairs;
dozen or fifteen In all Went back to the house,
saw the blood before described, and some more on
a -four barrel; saw piece of bed-ticking about as
large as the top Of the table, about "a by SO inch
es with several spots blood upon 1t two three
Inches In diameter it was taken out of the bed
The Free Press says that the counsel were about
summing up the case on Saturday, when q little
Dutchman (the peddler) who had stood with lis
hands in his pockets quiet spectator Of the scene
stepped forth and protested against any such lber
ties being taken with his affairs, declaring that he
had neither been slaughtered nor burnt up. and rs
to being dissolved into the small show OF sheep
bones aud horse hair which the table before him
afforded, ne islt indignant st the idea. The Free
Press says:
OF course we shall not attempt to describe the
delight of the spectators, the CONSERVATION of the
learned counsel or the anna cement of the Judge at
the summary winding up OF the beautiful case which
had been made out; but we will confidently assert
that the scene was rich.