Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-05-29


within the sphere Of fatal magnetism.
:" Between the hours of half past four aud
five. John Jaeger came from the back door Of
Mr. DoIdero's house, went dozen of steps
! into the back ward turned about, and yshook
his right hand at thelhouse with q peculiar
and characteristic gesture of angry passioH.-
4 After a moment or two he deliberately took
two sacks from a repository under the shed,
aud entered the house with them. He short
ly came out again, hyinag upon bis shoulder
| the body of Mr. Boldero in one of the sacks,
and this he carried through the yard, through
the woods between the house and the pond, and
placed it in Mr. Bolderos skiff which was
made fast to tree. Then he returned, and
! in like manner disposed of the body OF Mrs
! Beldero Then be cast off the boat, t-ok one
! of the oars, and, standing up, scued out into
| the pond to a point about a third OF the way
across, wher he sank the bodies, and then re
turned As he stood up in the boat to return,
| he made use of the same gesture OF anger or
! excited passion. He made the boat fast at
| the tree returned TO the house, entered it,
| shortly crme out with the silver 10 his hand
! proceeded to a corner of the wood yard dug q
| deep hole close to aud under one Of the posts.
/ aud there concealed the silver, smoothing the
ground over, and leaving it covered with rub
! b,h, as it was before. And then he passed
round the house, aud went away down the
! road
Mr.. Bodcro had two prominent front
! teeth, fellows, and with a gold filing on the
! inside of each, corresponding with that 10 the
! other He had ouce fractured his collar bone,
aud, having been unSkIlfuIly set, the portions
had grown together SO TO leave large pro
| lection at the point of juncture. And he nad
lost all bat half OF the lowest joint Of his right
middle finger"
4" Hastily breaking the string from parcel,
King took from It human skull, a radius
aud ulna with the bones of the hand attached
and collar bone, and held them up. Then
handing them from the witness box to the
foreman of the jury, he continued
a. These are the bones Of Mr. Bedero. !
recovered them myself from Quincbaug Pond,
still in the strong lnn sacks, which were OF
English make snch as he always used. The
rest o his remains, aud those of his wife are
decently buried
This strange and sudden display of tie
mortal remains of bis relative aud victim had
an effect upon the coarse, materaZed mind Of
the murderer which, perhaps no c.rcum,tan-
ed He stared upon the worn and heshleSs
tones Tor moment, still with the same nor
ribe, white, terror stricken face All at once
be caught for breath, and groare aloud and
then, dropping his head upon the rail before
him, be cried out, lord have mercy upon me
And so he remained, bent down, trembling
aud silent, until the adjournm=ut of the
court"
When the iuryman had each Inspected the
relics of mortality which King had given them
he handed them up to the Judge, aud contin
ued
1t was the gesture which | had twice
seen Jegger make use of on the morning of the
murder which caused me to recognize him as
the criminal When saw him at New Lou
don be flew into passion, and at our parting
made use of the same This. in connection
with the general s.rangeneSS of bis manner,
caused me to have him watched, aud taking
him with the silver completed my conTic-
ti1n"
/" shall now describe the means by which
became an eye witness of the facts | have
mentioned : At the time of the murder | had
been frequent visitor at the house OF Mr..
Boldero, where my present wife was living
A day or two before that time | had received
orders to Join the steamer with which | had
lately returned and haG left Miss Selden who
was also on the point Of leaving home for a
visit of some leugth to some friends to the
eastward Being uncertain whether she was
yet gone, and being too much employed in
contemplating some computations o ID draw
iugs connected with the U S. CoaSl Survey
to go the house again, was that morning
watching il, to see her again, knowing her de
parture would be at very early hour.
One of the main points in the trianguIa
ton of the coast of Ceunecticut was upon the
summit of the steep and bold mOuataTn
called Toket, and sometimes Bluff Head, which
rises Immediately from the western edge O.
Quinebagg Pond | had been encamped there
for some time, and-as | had often done be-
fore-I was looking across the pond with a
telescope at Mr. Belderu's house. 1t was by
meaus of this instrument that | observed al
the movements of jaeger. At the inc
took him to be Mr. Boldero himself, for his
figure is much the same, although be wore
red shirt, which hadnever seen Mr.. Bodero
do. For this reason my SnsP ciJn3 We're not
then excited aud though thought bis pro
ceedings q little uncommon, my mind was
much preoccupied with my work, the cruise
upon which Was ordered, aud the LADY whom
was wishing to see--aUd | knew him TO be.
singular man. therefore supposed that
be was merely adjusting the frace IN the
corner and as | knew that Mr.. Bodero
was in the habit of carrying corn in his skif
to the mill at the outlet of the pond, at first
supposed that to be his errand, aud afteward
took it for granted that he had chosen to dis,
pose of some waste material Ur other by sink
ing it in the pond"
'Such was the testimony of King and
here the prosecution rested. Mr.. Yapman
nrocc- N Y a nninnd him with M nG.nt anh uftar