Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-02-25
a Murder Case in Detroit-The " Murdered
HAN in Court.

Outrages aud violence are the order Of the
day everywhere just now, and Detroit, as
matter of course. must have its share. The
good people of that city were greatly excited
last week in consequence of a murder most
foul, which was alleged to have been commit
ted near place called Brownsown, and which
the papers dignifed by the title, in flaming
letters - The Brownstown Murder Case
The facts in this singular case, as near as xe
can gather them, are these =
Some days since, pedlar named Samuel
Kitcr, aged 10, entered the house of a man
named Bickly, whose family consists Of three
ladies and little son. The pedlar was mis-
sed by hs'fricnds He was traced to Bickly's
house-he bad never been seen to leave that
house afterward The three ladies in Bick
Iy's family, Mrs. Mary Bickly Miss Norah
Bickly, and Mrs Mary Shchan, were arres-
ted on the charge of murder and lodged in
Jail at Detroit. Old Bickly and his son were
not taken because they were too unweil TO be
removed The examination of the parties
commenced on Friday.
The - murdered mans brother testified
that he had visited the prisoners house and
made search saw fresh blood on the floor
aud wall; found bones and piece OF cloth in
barrel of ashes he thought the cloth belong
| ed to his brothers. vest saw blood on the barn
and on the snow
| Il neighbor, named Mrs. Hannah Clark
| had talked with the accused relative to the
| blood told them murders were always found
out Gu one particular night the witness i..el-
/ led the burning of woollen very strongly, and
also the burning of fresh meat she thought
| the lcghbors were cooking meat for the bee
the old lady told her, since the blood hac
been found, that had stopped there
over night, and came over to her house to ge
a shilling to give her in change.
A man named Peabody saw blood aDt
"smelt something burning
Capt Alrord saw blood dug into it with
knife and found human hairs some of then
six or seven inches long, Of a dark BROW
color; found another spot, about 40 or 81
rods off. in the road dug into that and foun'
some more hairs. dozen or fifteen i'll ali
went back to the house. saw the blood before
described, and some uore on a -four barrel
saw a piece of bed ticking. aoout as large a
the top of the table (about "a by So inches,
with several spots of blood upon it two or thre
inches in diameter. 1t was taken out of til
bed.
The Free Press says tha: the counsel wer
about summing up the case OH Saturday, whe
Il little Duschman CHE pedlar) who had stoo
with his hands in his pockets, quiet specta
tor of the scene, stepped forth aud prcteste
against any such liberties being taken wit
+ his affairs. declaring that he had neither bee
slaughtered burned up. and as to bein
dissolved into the small show of sheep bone
, and horse hair which the table before him a
, forlcd, he felt indignant at the idea
"Of course we shall not attempt to des
cribe the delight of the spectators, the COZ
stermation of the learned counsel or the
mazemcnt of the judge, at the summary wiz
dug up of the beautiful case which had bee
, made out; but we will confidently assert tn;
the scene was rich"