The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-03

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dust OF his journey, be had lain them asid
within Toe bar, and had neglected TO resum
them
4 Scarcely conscious of what he was doing. tn
deieceeiess drover slipped from the iool Of tn,
bed and hid hIms-lf in the darkness behind
lot OF women's dresses suspended from the WALL
Of the house, and watched the motions Of mar
/ who was now slowly and cautiously entering tht
/ room. Ne even tancied he could detect the
/ rehection of The dim light upon an unpraispd
kntte, as The man approached the bed, with
1 staggering and uncertain steps. But great was
hrs relief, when, instead of an attempt al mur-
der, the Intruder carelessly shufIied off his
clothes, aud throwing himself into the bed he
had Just vacated, was soon buried in deep slum-
Der. fhe man was evidently drunk, as his
loud, sonorous breathing plainly indicated.
NOT knowing what to make of this strange
affair, the droyer determined to dress himself,
call up the landlord, and have this singular in
trusion explained, He had reached his clothes,
and slipped on his trovsers, and was moving
toward the door, when steps were heard eau
tlously crosslng the outer room. Once more
h. sought the shelter OF the dresses, which COM
plrirIy screened his person, aud awaited the
entrance Of the persons, whoever they might
be. Presently the dopr OF the room was ST.
ently opened, and two men made their appear
ance. It was not dark but that the drover
could readily distinguish them to be the lnkee-
per and the man that he had seen at the supper
table
''SteP lightly,I tell you," whispered the
landlord, ''or you'll wake him up, and then
we'll have pretty mess on our hands -
"Wake- :" replied the other, with an
oath A man that snores like that, reckon,
amt easily awakened. Yer scared, old man -
''Scared !" repeated the first speaker ''No
man ever before tod John Garner he was sea-
yed Here-give me the knife I'll show
You who is scared You secure the money
It's pnder the piliow-I saw him put 1t there
and I'll do the rest :"
The old man was in advance. aud as he
stood between the window and the droyer, the
IdLtSE NO1s4 Seg HIS i9F III EgbI oyer ts}s ~ r.
tiaiiu seemed 10 be searching beneath
the pillow.
HHefe, Bill-take il. Here's tie wallet,
and here's the belt My God, how heavy it
Is l''and he passed the money to his companion
before the other had yet reached the bedside.
The ol, man then put his hand to his bosom,
and the trembling drover saw him draw forth
The long blade the other had gwen him. For
an instant the murderous weapon was poised
over his head, and then descended with his
sing sound upon the person OF the poor wretch
il. the bed Another and another stroke fol-
lowed in rapid succession. half stiaed groan
few gasping sobs escaped the dying man, a
conyusive tremor Of the bedcothes, and all
was quiet.
The murderer paused in his bloody work for
an instant, as if TO satisfy himself that life was
extinct, and then, with iendIsh delberaton,
drew down the coverlet, and to make all sure,
passed the knife from ear to ear across the
throat Of his victim. Then 'Viping the instFu-
ment upon the sheets, the villain moved quick
II from the room.
As soon as the sound OF the footsteps had
died in the distance, the horror-stricken drover
escaped through the window, and run with all
speed to the nrlghboring village, where, arrou-
sing the people Of the hotel, he told his fearful
story. 4 small crowd was soon collected about
bi,. and when enough Of the i5cts had been
gathered, they accompanied him to the scene
of the iou murder.
All about the house was still, bEt on aP-
proach,ng the stable light was discovered
within and moving noiselessly 10 the door, and
peering through the cracks, the two murderers
were found in the act ol digging grave be-
meath the flooring. A rush was made uPon
them, and they were arrested.
! At the sight oftte drover, who was the first
10 confront the guilty wretches, the landlord
uttered a shrek terror, and fell to the ground
while his accompllce, pale as corpse, gazed
upon him with alright, no; doubling it was the
Ghost OF the murdered man who stood befort
him.
+! The party now proceeded to the house, drag
oing the two murderers along with them. Fh'
family was by this time alarmed, and the wifi
and daughter OF the landlord, together with th
servants OF the house, ignorant oft the terrlbl
crime that mad just been enacted so near them
inquired into the cause of the disturbance.
Lights were procured, and, still keeping tn
prisoners with them, the people entered th
room where lay the body OF the man so strange
w murdered instead OF the horse-dealer Th
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