, 1859-01-25
DISAPPOINTED LOVE, hraDER And SiI-
eide.
Murder Of a Young Lady by q Rejected
Lover-l1is Subsequent Suicide.


lFzosa the Boston Tray e'er. l9:h.]
In our last evenings lition We stated
briefly the principal tacts Of The murder at
South Franklin, Mas, ot q young lady namtl
Susan Y. Whiting. ',y rejected lover named
Jonathan Wales, while returning from j sur
prise party One Of our repurtorial corps
was Immediately dispatched TO the scenc Of
tue murder, aud the complete particulars Of
the affair, together with the circumstances OF
The suicide os the murder, Which had not becn
discovered, though it WAS suspected at Tie
time our Informant left Franklin yesterday,
are given below, with rs much accuracy as
coula be obtained by conversation with those
most convcrsaut with all the incidents.
Jonathan Wales, the principal III the sud
tragedy, is the o11est son OF Mr.. Otis afale~,
Jr., an Independent and wellto-do farmer,
living at South Frauklin, aud wa,; 25 years
old. He WAS yuung man Of i very mild
disposition, pcacea1le character, and goo'l
general reputation in tue community where
hc resided, being much esteemed by his
friends, and by all who knew hin. Kumor
Awe know not with how ,nuch truth
that he had several difficulties with young
1udies to wlon he had previously paid a!.en-
| tiun, and that hc had not been successful in
| his lore affairs although his p.rsone}e was
rather prcpossesslnE. and he was generally
popular in society.
Mr.. and MIS-. Wales, the parents Of the de-.
! c,asul, he BECAME cua1norcd Of Susan 3.
N'hitinn. a vounp ladv sixteen years at o.,e
who resided with her parents, about a mlIc
| distant from his home, aud about three
fourths Of Il mile from WodswortA's station,
gu the Norfolk County Railroad. \ brother
Sgh;t;ne ca ,,,at tho C.v;l;ex <ro,a ,1rc.,l1-
| co,,n,,.,o1 ,n9 t,,rnrn in contact ,,;,i, oaa},
o.hnr H. nrcssad ~ III lis s,,,t ,,,,on h"r .nJ
oa.s;, - ~ stnt.,na't rta r. H. Wa 1na'
on, ,stha1 oc;1a.c. shc f,vorna h;s nronn'
s,ls nnd oithor roc;nrocatnl hi. ..oa..t;r,s ~
nretani,ea tn do ~ ''''' ~'~~@N01'
Tho 1,,r,.nts NJ ,ha ro,n1 ,,a,, warn 7or,.
n,,ob nnnosoa n ,bo ,,otoh ~ ,,r,,oa ~,
;nao,,.1;ir,t ,,S ans 1,ot,Ina, t,'n, -. ;+n ~
nor1.,nt ,1h,cct;on torl;a,3in1 Lar rao,,;n, ~,
co,n nanr 1har ,er rn1n1,t'.,1u =, -, ~, n'5
~ nln,, a,b.., ~; I'M ina ,hn,,e sag ="
n;oa tho 6,ct 70 h,r ,nnthor n,,t ;, ,,,,.a.
th.t tho,. T,;',Ita, il anc,, otnar aad ,lnn,
~. ~ ,,a';t;a i';"I, n,,1, - 4..~
tnso, ~, iro1p hor y.;oada ara"a r - e;. r,uc
1a,rs n1 ~ I'm, NJ o,,,ae n,,ao,',n'at "' IT,,
9n1 ,i,st lima u,f',o 1,,.r ,rsro sn n,,,.,.',
W.T.. h,a ,n1ic ba- sno.,,1 nr,s,n,. of i1,rn1,I
a,d n,I..r,rar,1s =, hs ,ra..ntaJ h. ,.f,h =. vi,
,,o,,, ~ rl,;n Tl..s- ,,is, a-,h,n.<,,1 ~,
;at,rns >'o0 A4ANA
'""st st'ar,+ x;.- ,,s+ ,r,o,,s .;,. ,4u,-o
eon. EA 49, u eu. .,hi "tIns sucs, n
in h,.r fre1inV: n1 n s..nsc nf ,luir n cnmni,
viii IN. wis.es of hcr parents I1c wrnt:
ber n not< requesting tle return If h;s lev
eiry, and The at ouce Returned Mi his ritts.-
the yonne man WHO was viii, her At t6c tirt
Of The murder. VI ar. told. being the 1n"s
sep:cr.
that evening lie appeared CHANGED and III
us,,.1ljy md. 4 norton If a soliI'nuv. :" Go,
tnuTs and 7 know: convinced liz friend
that his feelings we're deeplv ,mincd. Ie ,,ay
.s"s ~. ,ss'ss s,n; rn.aso ns s"'
trr to ken IL to rcmcu,],rr him hy H. n}s
distributed the other cifls, giving Il locke. t
one lister. chain to ,,nother, and ring to,
Young lady friend. From this time he be,a
10 cpaucc, ac1ius li4tlcssly, aud growing lar
| r,rd II, anoaar,rcc Sooo alter risitin