The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-03-27

arms OF her mother
The dea'h Of William Appleton by vio-
lence, II - mysterious a manner, created
the most profound excitement throughou.
: tie peaceful village. He was beloved and
popular, ani was not known to have a sin
, gle enemy lie had been found by the
| bank, his body half in the water but, az
! his clothing and hair were thoroughly Wet
ted, it was believed le mad been thrown
: in and f0ated ashore. The place where he
| was found was about half way between the
: village and the residence of Ida Boyd, by
she road that LED along the winding and
; shady banks
H must have been going TO see her, or
else coming from there" said woman who
. was present as they were holding the in
quest, He was engaged to her, aud went
TO see tier every night"
This opinion prevailed. The question
now came up, who could have done this
; and what could have been the motive
There was 10 suspicion Of person or mo-
tive, and the jury gave in their verdict
Shot dead, with pistol or gun, by some
person or persons unknown, and then thrown
into the river"
What more could a coroner's jury. not
Omniscient nor omnipresent, decided, The
funeral took place on the third day. and
was attended by vast concourse of peo-
pie, fer a murder invests death with fear
: ful mistery, which arouses the deepest SYM
pathies Of the human heart, as well as ava
, kens the liveliest curiosity of our nature.
) But there were agencies Of Providence
at work for the discovery of the murderer
The surgeon who had been called TO exam.
Inc and pronounce upon the nature of the
Of the wound, had drawn from the orifce
made By the bullet piece of paper satura-
ted with the river water He saw that it
was newspaper wadding, which had been
, driven into the wound behind the ball
: lie stated to the coroner, from this circum-
stance, that the assassin must have stood
: close to his victim for the wadding to have
also entered the wound. The assertion
threw no light upon the author of the crime,
aud had little weight upon the coroner and
his rustic jury, The surgeon, who was a
shrewd man of the world, and let nothing
; escape him, took the wadding home. and
having removed the stains of blood, and
dried it, closely examined it, and discover
ed it was part Of a newspaper called the
ECeniHg Sta,.
THE EUening Star" he at length
: exclaimed, or rather muttered. Il Won
: der who takes that paper in this village
: This must quietly ascertain | said be
fore the coroner that the piece Of paper
might be probably a clue to the murderer,
: and did not wish to make any noise about
it, lest tie murderer might be present at
. the inquest aud take the alarm think |
= have shown my usual sagacity Now. with
: the aid Of Providence, | may find out who
! murdered William Appleton. Poor Ida
Boyd They say it has broken her heart.
as they were soon to be married. The
, Ecening Star! Stay there, bit of paper, -
he added, until | look further" :"
As be spoke, he locked the wadding in
/ drawer, and, putting the key in bis pock-
! et walked out He took the direction OF
a the postoflicc, which be entered with loi.
tcriug step, as if he had no purpose. The
e postmaster was seated in his great arm
' chair (beinc n bent-up rheumatic man, with
iron sFcctacles), actually reading a copy o.
. the Ersnjag S,ay.
Q Dr. Thomas was 4 friend and bis pilysic
J ian. After a question or two as TO the
;. present state Of his rheumatism, the med
E cal man said, &" \ New York paper, eh 2
d " Yes, the STIR : Noah's paper. They
+ say be is 4 jew; bat he is a great wit. ans
: capital writer
:, q" So I've heard DO you take it ?'
$ "No He is on the other side of nay
politics. Ii comes here to Mrs RedlDgton
t whose husband, you know. was crea: pol
itician. You see her name on it"
J a privilege" replied the smiling doc
2 tor, which you postmas.ers take not on
Il with papers but with letters, eh p
!. "Ab. doctor that is serious Joke =
J. responded the man Of privileges, as he fol
: ded up the paper, for at that momen
1t Charles Eedington entered, and asked 70
:, his papers and letters
u so you keep up the old Star subscip
IS ton, sir. ike Your father ?" said the doc
tor.
l. The young man answered, with cur
d on the lip, " suppose one can subscribe t
4, what paper he pleases ~ and thus saying
1t be pocketed bis newspaper, and went on
ie Of the office
y DR.. Thomas wended his way to his Owl
house, slowly and thoughtfully. Charlie
If Reding,on was above suspicion-wealth
n, son cf member of Congress, born j
lie the village and Of a good name and fame
IN Yet he was the one who took the Sta
a. which formed the wad Of the bullet,
BIT Il i possible another may have foun
d or torn the paper. Perhaps he does nc
rs file them, and throws them away If $
b any one might pick them up | must /
cautious. viii call on his mother, an
Is ask FIR the loan Of a volume Of the fol-
Encyclopedia which belonged to her hu
r. baud. This will enable me to look abou
aud perhaps learn something"
Thus he mused as he walked on. Th;
h. day be called on the widow, and was show
er into the library for the book by Charl'
} himself, who looking pale and i'll at ca,
so much so that the Doctor said, " Nj
nd Redinctop. Won do not look we'll: you mu