New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-09

where to be found and, on inquiry, it was elected
that he had left his lodgings early on the same morn
ing, with bundle and stick, intending to go to
Swansea and there put In effect project for emf
grating he had lately been known to entertain l.
At Swansea, therefore, constable found him. He
| did not seem to be hiding himself and when he was
told upon what plea he was wanted, his countenance
became ashy pale, his lips trembed, his strong frame
shook as in ague, and his sobs, when tears did flow
were frghtful to behold. The burden of his moan
was to exclaim, with wringng hands, T" My poor
darling! My heart-my heart! In the water-in
the water! Murdered-dead! Oh, white God My
| darling Margaret!a @..
So at intervals, as they FASTENED to Meath in car
he mourned, and wept, and murmured. His anguish
seemed to be unseatng his reason. 49,
|, But he also, on examination proved, on credible
testimony, an dti6 even more convincing than that
OF Lewellyn and the cleverest detectiye--unfortu
nately, no skilled hand in this department was en-
ployed-coud not have made anything of either. On
both Sides every hour Of the night seemed to be COM
pletely accounted for and fully justified the mags-
trate in giving the accused the benefit of the doubt
. that arose.
Surprising that the poor girl had been won by the
articles of the seducer, (Which, however, was not
proved in any particularly it might have been said
that remorse and shame had induced her to commit
suicide; but there were the marks of struggling feet
and the ivd finger preSsures on the throat to deny
that. The bundle Of Davids working clothes found
in the marsh required to be explained.
i Black David, with an impressive but simple soem
nifty, denied the horrid deed. He loved her too well
1t was only in his dreary despair and amidst the
wreck of all his hopes which he said were breaking
his heart, that he had parted from her resolved never
to see her more, and to put the Atlantic between
them and now gulf still greater than the whole
bulk of the world stood between-the CHASTITY grave
Of murder. N-
But he, too seemed astounded-at first it was taken
as the shock of conscious gut-when his old clothes
and the boots, identified with the footmarks on the
bank, We're shown before him in court If
There was still, dead pause The man seemed to
be overwhelmed by this damning testimony or else
to be searching his memory for some cline or other
that he had lost Finally, he denied that they were
II his! - 'FEa' -l'. nf.
A smile of derision and contempt succeeded this !;
but it wore away as he made his statement.
He wore his working clothes and strong boots on
them (hs best being in his bundle> and glance suf.
feed to show that such was the case that they were
OF the same make style and material only newer,
though soiled with his late employment He made
this purchase, his cid one being taken in part eX.
change at olohiers in the town, which was zorro.
bofated by the clother himself; who added, that he
had sold the old garments, then in court, TO young
dark-aced tramper some two or three weeks aeo but
that he did NOT know the man, and doubted whether
he could identity him again even if he saw him It
was not Llewesyn, he could swear, and David he
knew in person too well to make any mistake upon
the matter and thus both men were released under
nominal recognizances to appear when required.
The body OF poor Margaret was borne TO the grave
! at Cadoxton church. followed by hundreds of the
town.folks and countrypeople- with m air o
awful sorrow and brooding absence constituting him
self in as chief mourner Llewelyn Richards
y however, was not among them. .,s
When the sessions came there was no trial Their
a was no prosecutor-no prisoner and the matte
V dropped. Instead of David being the enigant, i
4 was now Leweyn, who ere this departed for Liver
d pool, and sailed thence TO America-and it wa
e believed that oil trace of him was lost For engt
OF time David also disappeared though he was hear
IS DIN eaeTmaItlen and thus this appalling crime VIC