Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-07
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lenco in so mysterious a manner, created the
most profound excitement throughout the
peaceful village. He was beloved and popu-
lar, and was not known to have an enemy
Hc had been found by the bank, his body half
IN the water; but as his clothing and hair
were thoroughly wctted, it was believed he
had been thrown in and ioatcd ashore. The
place where he was found was about half way
between the village and the residence of Ida
Boyd, by the road that led along the winding
and shady banks.
llc must have been going to see her, or
else coa,ing from there" said a woman who,
was present as they were holding the inquest.
" lie was engaged to her, and went to see
her every night"
The opinion prevailed. The question now
came M who could have done this and what
could have been the motive.
There was no suspicion of son or motive,
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 coroncrs jury, not on
niocient nur oai;prcsent, decide? The flnc-
raj took place on the third day, and was at
tended by vast concoursc Of people for
murder invests death with fearful mystery,
which orouses the deepest sympathics of the
human heart, as well as awukens the livelest
| curiosity of our nature
But there were agencies of Providence at
work for the discovery of the murderer. The
WV '','u D''i o"'er 70 qN'uolne a"1
dromm Fo' "Im,,;[ nature o' lne wounu; hao
piece of paper saturated with the river water.
nd ,C INV , ''1' u was newspaper @a9dhg. which
h"n n III ~ ",.,t" , mo 'ne Mo"nu pehiho inc
"''''tI T - I'c coroner from 'hS
sto,J 'rosn -. ;""G t,o css'SS'n huSs nave
bown oiSo o"tor"1 @ .I''"n ,"' Vu m'oulus 10
throw mo E,|It vo v"t "ouuI, - "o "a "SSci,'o,'
and hoJ l;,tIn "p2I '"o ""'.'o' VI ."o o'l''lo,
his I 1'St;c ~ % ;nn "STS TSo "s,m ] o',u coroner an"
'' lg''io wy. AIo surgeon VINO was
in ' linn I"o tno, "T,r hn "aT m"I n'o noun
fo,,,,.n ,.,'i "o'",' any,
i ','I ;.'',is 81 o.o9', "n" o.io'
nort of m,s,,o m ",,nJ''u IIa, ", '''YS ~ was
Stp, '"'l'p'i '"'''' ''' '''o"'"o
"Tbc Cvcrino st,.r No ~ 1,nou, ox
ol.innnJ r ''," ..j n At H"S." JN-
Who toios that ,,onor IN th;s ,;,,,n, "'TT ,rL;.
7 mrst onin,I, ascrrt.in sa;I i,oe,,., u,,
cnronrr tbnt flo r;ono of non"r ," "';,.a. ',o ho
probably clue to tbc mnrdnrrr md I ala
NOT wish to mako ony nniso nhomt i Io.t thn
murderer ni.,bt br rrroyontod ~ tl,n ;r,ro.t
and take the alarm T tL;nl. T have shown
NV nsmoI sooon;tr N,,,, ,,;tl, ti'a a;I &c
Providence I nav GnI out who mn,rdoroJ
Williams AnnIcton Poor I'll, Royd ThcI
saw il has broken bcr bcart nc tbcy woro
soon to be married The Eycnino Stor -
Stav thcrc ht nf nonnr ), w '' addo1 ."' "',nM
look further =, f'p>' ~ "' '''"
AS he smoke he locked thc woddino in
drawer and mtt;rr thc kcy IN b;S no,.,ct
walked ONT IIn tool, thc d;rcct;on of thn
post Office, which bc cntcrcd w;tL = lo;tcr;n,r
Step. MS if he had no nnrnnsc Tho nostmaS7
ter was seated in his nrcnt arm.cbai, Tbr:,a
bent mn Rheumatic mon v,;th ;ron
olcs, ) actually rcading a cony Of the Even,
Star.
DIR. Thomas was friend and bis'nhvsicion
After question or two os 70 tbSc nrosnnt
state of his rheumatism. the medical man
said 90 New York noncr oh 2p
nYoc tbo St,r. Noah'. 800. rLo...
he is a lew. but bc is oront w;t ana cor,; ,mG
tai writer"
$50 I've hoard DO Won tol,o - 2u
"No lie is ON the othcr ,;ic of NIX -,
tiles. Il comes here 70 Mrs RcJ;H1ottnm t
whose husband Won know wos ,rrcot ,toI;ti'
cion Yon scr Lcr n,r,o' ON l. .
uyos coo u /, .,,ol ;....:..
paper, suppose many copies of it arc taken
in the village"
No This is the only one taken here at
this Office. 1t is usually taken out by her
| son Charles; but he has not been here for