New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-29
4 YOUNG WIFE MURDERED.

From The Hartford Times, June a.
The quiet agricultural community IN Wellington, and
the towns adjoining have been thrown into painful
excitement by the discovery, on Saturday, OF foul
murder. The facts are as follows: young man by
the name of John Warren employed at farming
by a Mr. Hancock of Wilington. Warren had wife,
a young woman of IL, and they boarded with the
Hancooks. Warren is not yet quite Il, and his wife
was not l6 when he married her. She came from
Bechertown, Mass. OF late some l.feeling has
arisen between them, on account OF Warens unds-
guised partality for Hancocks daughter Giving in the
house where he boardedl, and he had been heard 10
say that if he were not married he would marry Miss
Hancock.
Mrs. Warren was last seen alive by Mrs. Hancock,
who -ays she her leave the house and go toward
her Mrs. WaTens) husband, who blowing in
field near by. This was on Thursday the I'd day Of
june Her unaecountable absence produced some in
quiry about the neghborhood and on the following
Monday and the days Immediately succeeding there
was general search for the body-nearly 800 people
engaged IN n.
On that Monday-the fourth day after her disap-
pearance-yonng Warren went at dusk, to Stafford,
aud there hired horse and buggy to go to certain
place which he mentioned. He returned the horse
and buggy at IL O'Clock that night But il was subse-
quenty ascertained that he had been seen with the
buggy in the neghborhood Of Mr.. Haucocks house, IN
Wilmington. Search continued TO be made for the mis-
sing woman but without avail, for than a week
afterwards 1t is believed that Warren took the corpse
away from the place near Hancock where II had at
first been secreted, and placed il in the distant spot
where il was finally discovered.
Last Saturday noon June % the body Of Mrs. W ar
ren was discovered in thick piece of brush close by
the Wilmantc River and only six rods from the high.
way, about half way between Wellington and Stafford.
The spot where the body lay is the strip of
land belonging the Of Ellington, but running
east to the Willmanc, and dividing Stafford on the
north from Wilmington the south. Ii Il just east OF
the chain Of hills about Square Pond. When found,
the body was much decomposed and Aesh remained
on the face but the remains were fully identified
those of Mrs. Warren, being recognized and proved
by the clothing. No doubt existed that murder had
been committed, though the spectator, Of whom
hundreds soon collected, could Dot tell, from the de
composed Of the body, whether or not any marks
Of violence existed. Coroners Jury was summoned,
and the inquest held yesterday Sunday afternoon
the body meantime, having been left lying where
was fret discovered, and by Sunday evening il had
been visited by thousands Of people,
The verdict of the jury was that the deceived came
10 her death from violence Inflicted by the hands of
her husband.
On the week following the murder young Warren
had LEFT Wellington by the Palmer Railroad and
next heard Of in BecheTOwn where he was arrested,
not for the murder, but for previous theft aud sent
to jail for 10 days. SO he is for trial the
charge of murder. He i. native OF Mansfield.