New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-02
the father of the deceased, wss hessng ecsa eeoa'
one mile ds,sp, from his home near rwsddc ~ -
About half.psst eleyep clock in the racssne = -


one mile ds,sp, from his home near Twsddc. fsve.n
About half-past eleven o'clock in the faessore -
puidsr. Mn Kimbe sent her litle son, with p =
thor = dinner 20 the field. In short iiiHc Nsn -
sent another little son 10 the father 10 ges sop"
Susan the deceased accompanied the little boy 49,
as to the place where BENJAMIN Rey burn hah unnasAs
ed he mules snd seating his dinner inns hWs ~
WAS before the lUry, and made TIE toreRohht -
meut. lie also stated that when ne arrived WA .
Reyburn he parted with his CiSter which was inc
lasi he saw OF her. Mrs. kimble stated 20 the tSy
that Susan had got up ron the table, having jug -
she'd her dinner before she started ost. John -
thevs and Twaddels Were working in the ad1cin~
inc iedthev stated the, Jaw the SRI leave her r.
Tiers bouse-;hal they saw no negroes or other per-
s~rs .Lout The field m which he Wa working Ma
on The orposte side of the hll from where Reyhssn
was, and was ssrarated by the road-ihs hili hidhs
Asf ."I Sa.s,ed he ,rorr,where tie s,ruggis
tool ,acand followed the trs'l from thai spot 70 10
creek. distsrce OF 70 feet-cs,eendiny rounai
GROUND stones sticks and leaves Were W~nu
bloody. Appearances indicated thai sfe ecay ~.
been dragged with th, bead on the rorn' 0gt SS Se
lave alreadv stated lie not Sxtne1 whes lor,~
INTO he dam. Prints II fnser-n.fs Were iN'"a
sch SIDE OF her neck where DE bsf hen f-,so ss~y
Prints OF nails on her sins there vss ghas..y MSs.e
her forehead, and the lsft temple was reduced 70
ely The 'rail led directly 10 where the body ~
found in the stream, the bead being partially aeoss
water. II
The trail where the body was dragged and the sPse
WIZ, il apparent struggle took place, was ~
woods and the ground was covered with leaves And
Rey burn the boy accused of the murder was blowing
within less than loO feet Of where thsg were was
inferred therefore, by the Jury that Rey burn either
WAS the guilty parry could not have escaped seeing
nd bearing the transaction. He denied seeing any
one commit the murder. The Jury, after u patient
hearing rendered verdict that the deceased came 70
her death BY violence inflicted by the hands Of Benj-
mir Rev burn.
We have already stated that warrant was issued
by Isaac Spear of Oxford for the arrest Of Reyburn,
and that lie had been lodged in the jail Of Chester
County 10 await his trial
The deceased, Susan Emma kimble, WA but eight
years old in MAY last bat large for her age, being
four feet and half high.
Benjamin Rey burn is boy sixteen years old, and
WAS working with his uncle, Benjamin Reyburn, Vt
the time Of the diabolical outrage with which he Is
charged He is a son of Thomas Reyburn, bu, is not
IA boy of much education, and his character has been
none of the best.
Larew kimble, the father of Susan Emma, the VIC
tim of this outrage, is "A reputable citifen-not
of property. The of this lamenable transaction
is is in Lower Oxford township, Chester County. near
Pennock's dam, which supplies the Pine Grove Iron
Works with water. The dam has long been known
as "Twaddles, and is in the LOOP" formed BY
bend OF the Octoraro Creek.