The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-05-12
The Aysssrisas Murdered WsaaA SbsAd 1ess
NevAur~ Iev YoYh


Nevssrs. Hsw York.
We have published accounts Of The ind
ing, on Thursday of las, week, OF the body
Of beautiful young woman, and who he'd
been nsrdered by a blow upon the head. 10
4 plowed field near Newburg, New York.
The bod, was supposed to have been iden.
,i6ee q. that Of Mss Sarah Bloom, and
the man named Jenkins. with whom Miss
Bloc was lac seen, was arrested, and al
READ, strong shain 81 cireum .tahual evi.
done !, tixns, II vas thought, .hs murder
upon him, ~as made out Jenhin- INSISTED
that thu corpse wss MOI that OF Aiss Bloom,
and sure enough, atsaF louF tss !. when the
mys,eriou. corpse hsd been ha,sd. Miss
Bloom made her appearance, ali and well!
TIE resemblance between Mise B aud the
corpse, was however, very re .1srkaols.-
We md 4 thus traced IN the New York
Herald
The question: nov became, " no wee thi.
young female bearing such q striking re.
semeIsncc 10 Sarah Bloom tia, her own
| SISTER, snd nu.nber Of Others, ina mate,
| aeeuairted with her, had sworn positively
tast II was ner. This resemblance ives In.
deed extraordinary The body hAd . sesr
Oh the let, eyebrow precisely where Sarah
has one the body had cut ON the main
finger OF the In hand precisely where
) aaA hss enc OF the same character I; the
body has email black mole about half way
botSeen the ankle aud the knee, on tue
shin bone, exactly where Sarah has one !;
bot .transest Of al, the body a. two toes
o. ne lei, lot grown together, precisely
Ike Ssras's, except that Sa,ah's are not
grown together ~ Ear down on the join, !:
tn toes oil both feet oi the body, like Sarsh's
we're pressed together IRON wearing tight
snces, and Sarah wears coral ring On last
the finger from which on the cvrpse . ring
md been stripped. Tnese facts, connected
Tin Saraa's absence, the curiuus s,ory of
Jens,ns ~ TO where ne had let, her, the 10
cident o. her gong 10 direction where she
| dad att hear VI the discovery VI the bo.,y
aud was not herself heard IRON for four
days, eomb ned to make probably. one o,
the s,rangest esses OF ci,eum sta at lal evil
lenee against Jenkins that could well be
conceived.
We clip the following from the Herald;
On Saturday morning, while n. town
was alive with the cxei,cmrn, oi the news
that Jane Bloom had idenuhed tie body a
that OF her sister. several less nasty and
more thoughtful c'txess were attract d b.
ID. appearance OF an aged creole lady q
the Court House. and begging 10 see the
boey, and asserting that II ~ss that OF hsl
granddaughter. An effss, was made 10 pre-.
cure tor her the desired privilege, bu, %
confident were the officials ia charge thai
the body had been FULLY and unmi naseabiy
Identified. that The rc9ues, was dsniec. -
The iaeonsolsele woman vac reluctant 70
leave, and fingered near the Court House
ali day, and on Sunday she followed the
funeral procession 10 the grave, where che
exhibited the utmost grief. She vas heasc
10 say that thsre was no m,sts ge a. 10 the
identify, Tor she had a strong prescntlmen,
that the corpse was that OF her granddauRh.
ter, who had teeh MISSING since Monday
last, and who. she feared mad been murder
ed by young msn with whum she has
been intimate, She said her srsatdaurh.
ter was we'll dressed. aud had a breastpir
similar 10 the one iound near her body -
She also sad that the under clothes loo / 81
much Like her erandjsugh,-t's
Yet In spite % al this, ia the excitement
OF Jane Blnsm's Identification, iL. poor we
mans siof, ~as allowed 10 60 UNDECIDED
Hut ~ soon a Sarah Bloom made her an
peafanee, the story hecan to gan circula
ti1n. ard soon search was n, ado tur her.
| But she hsd DEPARTED. no ONE knew where.
and thus the matter stands. Permission
~as given tue doctors yesterday To dlsinter
The ood,, aud take cut the upper Jaw. in OF.
der u Possible to identity the tcmale by her
,ee,h,and the operation YES To be performed
IN the afternoon.
The excitement In the village 10 on the
increase. and i, was expected tina, the Tcws
Council. at their neeting last night woalt
oiier reward tor the discovery Of ths
murderer. The Coroner will keep the in.
gae-t open reasonable length 81 time, 70
give lar oppoftunIt; Tor any naw desel
opmehts, Altogether the case prrsents on,
Of the mosg remarkable instances of mists
ken identity. and . alr,king commentary 81
shs danger " Judging hastily Ola c.rcumstsn
ilal evidence.