New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-26
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
WOMAN MURDERED AND HER BODY
BuRNED.
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Ga The evening OF The Sd in T. Mrs. wArd the Vie
Of Return J, N. Ward, ia sylvsnia dssPp ss,ed .
husband visited Mr.. Mems grocery, in Tie village end
informed him that be and bic wife were going away.
and 6esired Mr. Alien 70 tell thoss who ahos wish TO
zee him that he had left The pace. On the cnuf.sV
following W ard again ynred n. grocery and h.d a.
other ccnvSfse'i n wi u Mr.. Allen. He ibis t.ms nd
that his wife had left hun sgsin lSae bad oos, n
consequence ss Is believed 0t i'll tfes tncnt, kt hin
for q BRET Peri, Allen ssket him. " w ben old she
le-yei' Nad replied, "Oa Tuesdsy night lest
She took The csn here, sayiog thsi shs sas goog u
California" Ward made tbs statement to runbr
OF the citizens and il vac Q, much at vsri.pce viii
HE previous stat. nen AZ Allen that 1T sod
plsy were i'm pledistey excited.
These suspicious rere fuFtheroi by ether ciTcuu.
s,aucts and il was determined that the Affair saoad
be thoroughly sittsd Wad vas srrested and exam.
tined before Mr Justice Clark. twas proved .. The
examination that Wards let stqteeent .. Aliens va
untrue but the evidence not su<cien, 20 warrant
the Justice in commxtipg bin. SOaie Of the citizens,
however, were BY no messs sai, fed Of Watds ioue.
c.nce, AID they eadeavor,d t, still more thoroughly
tolve the singular affair. They thoroughly searched
Wards premises. and found most incuotable eSidfEcs
that the won an had bsen fcuIly murdered, aad thS
her b. dy had been burnt N her own house, Ia Pile
OF ashes near tie house human bones we're oasd, a
upt or Jaw, Almost epte, AID ploc,s of skull Txo
fI gerIinss we're s-o found which we've recognized
those worn oy Mrs. Ward.
The cipzeps who made the search found abundant
Wao had been al baIneo. The lool OF her trunk,
pisces Of dr,sses, books and eyes, and other Arisee
were fund. The citizens searched further. Toe bed
clothes in the house bad the appearance OF having been
recopty wasbed 90 opening the bolster aud bed, the
feathers found covered 9th blood. Blood wo
also found on mat in the upper part of the house.
minute search revealed traces OF blood in other parz
OF the house.
Whether de woman had been stabbed or sho', they
'couo not tell hut tia, che had beea fJuly murdered
and her body buried they Satisfied and at onos
proceeded to cause the record sTest Of Ward. lie
was arrested, and again Examined b.fore Mr. JnssiCs
Clerk, ard wss com Ditted to the jail in this city
await trial before the next term of he Court OF Con-
mon Ploae for murder in the f'st degree.
Dprng Wards trial the Jusices eaioe was Gro det
to slffocation, and the excitement Is tremendous
thJ suebout the township.
Ward Is Z tailor by trade. lie has been nATr'ed
three times lie mar led the deceased in Adrian me
time Lac, summer and carried her 10 Sylvsaia- We
ere told they ID live togciacr pleasantly. Osce,
before stated the woman Temporarily le!s hin. 10
copse iuence, II wss supposed Of had trestnssnt.
Ward is about 20 years old. Of nediaa hight, h'ct'
ct aid horid faced and his head IA somswha, bald
We raw him in jsl yesterday. He was lying -
rough bench, apparently in deep sleep.