Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-08-11

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aud thinks he need not bs 90 punctuaf
his engagements, - hs was not sure 4
me, aud Was then trying to win my con
sent" g 4... a.a
How sensitive, how jealous, how exac
ing is true love. H@ #s
Ida re.sntsred Tie house, and BY and b
retired, but not until oil hope Of seein
William that night had expired.
In the morning she dreamed dream
She believed tbss she WAS walking arm, i
arm with William by he side Of the rivel
xhen mermaid arose between then
out OF the vasse aad said, IN . bars
voies: 4 - 'sssi sasssy-< = 's''st7ss'
"Come-I have waited for you. Yo
must go with me. My homo in the dept
Of the river is ready" .s-.
She thought that she mermaid so facin
ated William that he left her side, 40
went, Is BY resistless spell, to the syreu
who was about to enswine her arms sbou
him, when some one cried, as If from th
air:
"Fire and slay her, or she will destro
him."
She heard at the moment report, q
if from behind her, and she saw Williar
with q wound in his forehead, fall into n
arms Of the syren. who plunged with b'
into the river, and disappeared. r
was = mocking laugh behind her, q sue
thought the voice sounded like ns''eS
Redington. She turned to see i@'e' .ea
we're true, when the loud 90 " '
mother awoke her. 4
Awake child. Up. ida. There
fearful news!' lar.
"what is it, motssr p she 0r'ee
ing from her VIZ. ofea"'
"Willia. .A.:.,a
+. .p,niam is dead I" sh.s. sot'eNeu,
-4tching the words from the .'''u ups u
her mother. ~ saw him 50 !" "o'
sos Oh. do not be silen., i
"News has just come "s""' 'o'"'
"In the river, " bullet wound in
his forehead"
aHov vonderf. and true r. cried two
or three neigh who we're at her bed,
room door, VT ''0 '"'' "'" ''''
she s1 kno" ! in dream, Oh, tell me,
:. wi,,;' ,". ad,"
" Answered the minister, who liv.
fand having heard the news, had
"a to the house of mourning, as be-
This office. "He was found dead an
y ago by the share, half in the water.
E had been shot in the forehead. His
,dy is takeh to his mothers, where AN
quest will be held"
"Oh, William William who could
we done this7 Deadl William dead!'
e shrieked, and fell insensible into the
ms Of her mother.
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The death of William Appleton, BY
olence, in so mysterious a manner, ere.
led the most profound excitement thro'
le peaceful village. He was beloved
nd popular, and was not known to have
a enemy. He had been found by the
Ank, his body half in the water but as
is clothing and hair were thoroughly
cited, it was believed he had been
,rown in and Aoated ashore. The place
here be was found WAS about half way
stween the village and residence OF Ida
'oyd, by the road that led along the wind
,g aud shady banks.
lie must have been going to see her,
+ else coming from there said woman
rho was presen: as they we're holding the
,quest. "He WAS engaged to her and
rent to see her every night"
This opinion prevailed. The question
ame up, who could have done this ? and
that could have been the motive
There was no suspicion Of person or
motive, and the jury gave in their YER
let
"Shot dead, with . pistol or gun, BY
ONE person or persons unknown, aud then
brown into the river"
What more could coroner's jury, not
'mniscent or omnipotent, decide? The
uneral took place on the third day, and
vas attended by vast concourse Of peo-
lie; for . murder invests death with a
sarlul mystery, which srouses the deep,
st sympa,hies Of the human heart, as we'll
IS awAkens the liveliest curiosity Of our
nature.
Eut there were agencies Of Providence
It worl for the discovery Of the murder
pr. The surgeon Who had been called to
examine and proaounce upon the nature
Of the wound, had drawn from The ori6ce
made BY tho bullet, . piece Of paper "a
Eurated with the river water. He saw tha,
i was . newspaper wadding, which had
been driven in the wound behind the ball
He stated to the coroner, from this cir
that the assassin must have
stood close to bis victim, for the waddine
Also 10 have entered the wound. This
threw no light upon the suthor
,f the crime, and had little weight with
he coroner and bis rustic Jury. The sur
zeon who was shrewd man Of the world
Ind who let nothing escape him, took the
sadding home, ard having removed sh.
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