, 1859-06-15
ATROCIOUS MURDER
FiESDlSH OUTRAGE Upon 1 Y0tKC WHITE
CIRL BY 1 NEGRO.
Els fteV1ous Career in this Citv and
other parts Of the States.


oAeI parts OF tRe States.
Fuu Particulars. etc.
We gather the following particulars Of II,
murder of young girl at POINTING, Liyincsto,
county from Mr. c. r. bradley, the dctectir
ofl1cer; who has had the matter in hand froon
tue time the negro was suspected, until the fipa
'riun nl'hant arrest Of the supposed perpetrator 0
the deed. Part of our information is gathere.
from other sources, and the whole reveals a.,
CRIME oi fearful atrocity, which the chain of cri
dence, as related TO us. directs Mt the one suspec
ed as the perpctrator Of the attrocious deed
On Sunday, the 24th Of 0cto ber last. youp,
IRISH =trl' named Mary Murphy, aged Il years
whose father resides some live miles sonth .,
Pontiac, in Livingston county, on the st. Louis
Alton Chicago Railroad left her fathers house
topfoceed to take place az domestic in n
1amu5 IN Pontiac Her father did not hear from
her, but supposing the girl WAS still at her nlacc
in Ponoac, lie took no notice of her silence
About tive weeks after, going to Pontiac on bus.
1ness, he thought he would call on his daughter
Accordingly he called at the place where he snn.
Ioseo heF 70 be serving, aud was surprised to
learn that She not only was not there then. but
mad not been there ut all. lie Instituted search
oli through the villagc Of Pontiac, but without
gaining Information Of the missing girl-no one
lad seen her. The father was in great trm,h,c
about her, searching all the tune, but without
nsall, until the llth day of November succeed.
lug. when some track layers found the bot;r in
'ae grass, about 20 feet from Tie railroad, Tic
corpse was in very good state Of preservation.
considering the time it had lain exposed there
ihc BODY WAS recognized rs that Of Mary 3fur.
pf4y' When found. The bonnet laid short die.
1ance from the body, and had been torn afr and
Inc strings were severed. The clothes wcrc
very nuch d'sordcrcd, and thrown ovcr the de-
ceascd's luce. Some ofthem were torn. unc er-
err thing ind dicated that there had been tesnc.
rate struggle between the poor girl and her at
foclous assailant, and that she lost her life in
the vain endcaTor to preserve her chastity.
Inc bone Of the nose ives broken iu, and the
Skull on tue left side Lad been broken, Tie
coroncrs inquest was held, but no new facts
elected, and the body was buried, i
Tho trngcdy remained without INV r1,. mutt;
some time i'll January, when the matter came
INTO the hands Of Mr. Bradley, aud he com.
lhcnced Oil the case. lie asccrtaiucd that t
nelghoor "a Ar. Burch) of Mr. Aurphy's, the
iasner OF the girl, lad met Mary on that Sun
day, near duss, at about ct miles from popt;ac
On the railroad track, aud going towards pom.
t'ac, from which direction he was cominp. und
Aoou' quarter ota mile further, he met strange
negro This nejghbor Was the last person WHO
nao seen the girl alive. The Detective next as
certa'ncd that the negro had left BLOOMINGTON
'he night previous, after having committed !,
desperate attack ON some poor coorrl pcople
*hom hc attempted TO rob Of SO. In this he
allcd, and fed to avoid the consequences of his
:riMp.
4 description Of the negro and his clothing
we're gwen By the neighbor aud duly noted by
nc detective. Another neighbor also saw the
legro on the same day, aud his dcscrpt:on
greed fulfy with that of Mr.. Burcl1, The off.
cr beng OH track, dilligent search was made.
mo alter five months the fellow Vas tracked tn
decatur, thence to Chicago, to kenosba. IN Dc,.
san' and finally to Whitewater, Walworth
ounty, Wis, where lie WAS arrested on r..
a's't'on drawn On the Governor Of Wisconsin.
> the Executive Of Illinois.
At all these different places he assumed diff.
sfcnt names and told different stories ne tn
mere he came from. He was taken about the
tse Of dune to Pontiac, by Sheriff Russell. {
nore ne underwent preliminary examination
Sat turday, the 1lth inst, 1T the Court House.
hen the neighbor Of Mr. Murphy {Nr. BurcLi
.1'y identified the prisoner as the rerson. I
hom he saw and met on Sunday, the a4tt of
e'ooer. lie was also identified by u farmer, G
s'ng few miles south Of Pontiac, who saw :
III Tue same day on the railroad track, He
as 1"rthcr recognized by citizen Of Pontiac. .
10 81" him pass through the village on tie =
'ening Of tue same day. The negro WIS fully p
'mm1tscd to take his trial for thc murder ut
&c next term Of the Livingston County Court, u
Inc name Of the negro is Wrlie J. Mo iris. II
e formerly drove carriage for citizen Of ;,
us place. Here lie seduced young girl, who :
'ca1ne fnc'eAte; for this lie Was arrested. but /
It out of jail By marrying the girl. lie how "
er soon deserted her, aud fed to some town
:, aere ne assaulted negro, and was lodged in
II tor 5 months, but taking change ofvcnue,
got clear, owing to the non-appearancc of
illnesses. Soon after his liberation from Jail F.
attempted rape upon his employers wife s,
springfield. From thence lie fed to Bloom d
g1on, "licncc he fled for the attempt at rob-
~ on the oolorcd people, as narrated. We
I'm that the hend has wife living in Car1in-
lie, III. lie is, as might be Judged from his + +
story, desperate fellow, and a ricions look N
3 man. f.,
LIE sriflok OF TEE USxSowx MAS.-The =
roner has almost come to the conclusion that
unfortunate man who recently committed -
lc'de Mt the City Hotel, was P.F. O'Brien 7
that be formerly belonged to Eric, y. T.. l
ere was dispatch found among his papers.
ich read as follows:
The dispatch read, "April 11th. TopJ ]
aricn, Erie, from Buffalo. Walker has dime +
thing yet The signsture was not to be /
md. q
There were also several scraps, which. when 4
together, turned out to be poison label ~
! letter which has not been put together =
The check was for $40 drawn on L. F. A!ex- no
Ter Co., parable to VIM. H. Williams md
ned James II. Shel-. The rest Of the sigma. 'n' 1
c could not be found. The letter mud deeds y
'e not been deciphercd yet. II
mother gentleman supposes that deceased =.
one Robo1t Watson, formerly wood con- ''
rtof nm tha St 1ou;s &jt,n + ri:. M II