Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-23
VOL. 10 NO. 6.

As sure as live the country is no
sate, was the first words spoken by on,
hero after getting out of bed. and then b,
continued. 81 don't like the Law of m,
land at all many poor fellow was huns
innocent that bad less to do with murder
than had last night, what fool | wa:
not TO mention it to every one | met: but
III now go and make clean breast of il. ,
And at once he sailed forth, uncombed
nnwashed, with not more than half his
clothes on, and going to the house of a
city officer, relieved his mind of its harras
sing secret, asserting most solenuIy in the
conclusion ct his recital. that beyond what
ne had Just related, be knew no more of
the bloody tragedy than the child unborn.
CHAPTER V.
In less than an hour after our hero.
VISIT to the city officer, it was circulated
through the streets that brutal and bloody
murder was committed the night befor.
near the daughter house about a mile and 3
&c e q e pspnona moved a5e.ls o.
nonse 70 house, With an air offbnsine<.
IKE mystery, to summon a jury Of inquest.
NO other but shrewd, intelligent and strict
" loyal men would be competent to sit on
this jury either, for it was a shocking muir
der, involved IN much mystery and report
had it, that it was seeessionist who killed
a union man.
Dangerous times, gentlemen. dangerous
times your service are required 70 sunnort
the administration and enforce the Laws. as
loyal citizen you canno: we'll refuse il
is only mile and a hall up the river and
we shall certainly get back before noou.D
BY some such arguments as these. the
coroner, after a while succeeded in getting
together an unexceptional iury. His next
care was to dispatch a grave digger to the
burying ground with orders TO make an
ordinary sized grave, and TO secure the at
tendance OF the undertaken with his hearse
and a coffin. About half past eight O'clock
the coroner and his jury of twelve mon
good and true, and the undertaken with his
hearse and cufhu, together with few of
hcers, fell into marching order and pro-
ceeded to the scene of the murder. Sol
EMMY and determinedly did the procession
move along-every man determined to do
his duty let what would be the consequence
But 1t was noticed that our hero. who fol-
lowed about five rods behind, BETRAYED
some slight symptoms of treoidation.
On arriving at the fatal spot, a hal, was
commanded, and the jury having examined
the victim in silence, for few moments
called upon our hero, who had NOT VET
Joined them, to come forward.
lie advanced slowly and reluctantly. in
deed man going to Immediate execution
might reasonably be required to move with
moro alacrity. But when he Joined the
circle Of jurors and cast look upon the
dead body, he jumped three feet from the
ground exelaimIng with a loud voice that's
all it is, is it; see now how the land
lays."
The next moment he was cutting n bee
line for the city. And now what renamed
for the jury to do! The body before them
was that of calf, which, no doubt might
have been murdered but then it was lust
as likely he died of the consumntIoa or
came to his death from some other natural
cause. There being no doctor present TO
make post noIfem examination, and moth
ing appearing 10 the coroner's form book
that would be applicable in such a case
the jury was then ami there discharged
And so ended this remarkable caseEto the
great relief of our hero, but to the ipeffa-
Die disgust of the coroner, the undertaken
and the gentlemen of the iury.