Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-06-06

From lIarper's Magazine.
THE B0LDER0 MURDER.

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We had dined, and were sitting comfort.
ably about under the hall ruined shaniy on
the top Of the mountain.
Come. Bradley. said Colonel Troop. the
story. loving. tell us some moral. entertain.
ing. and instructive story before We return
TO Sichem's Heal
'Lwill,' said the young lawyer. abscntly,
and stared away to scaward as II expecting
to find bis story In the summer haze that
,eilcd a!l the further half Of the Sound.
and obscurcd even the nearer angular out.
lines Of falkcr's Island.
There's q siusularly commanding view.
at last h, added. from this spot In clear
weather.
Go on with your story said Throop.
That's what was considering. said
Bradley In fact. my observation in part
led me TO it, And he proceeded;
You oil remember tho horr'd murder '
here IN North Guilford some years ago
MOI Il Was Of two singular old people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boldero I remember the
name. because I faneied he might be the
senior partner Of the frm OF Boldero, Mer-
rywea,her. Bo.snque,. aud Lacy, whom
Charles Lamb thanks In The SoTeranua.
ted Man. They lived alone with niece.
on q small. solitary farm in the woods, jus.
over her, on tho east eide OF Qulnebaug
Pond keeping house IN q strange nelan-
choly way. being known to have and use
considerable quantity Of heavy old fashioned
English silver plate. but dressing and eat.
Ing otherwise on scale par.imonious al.
mos, To misery. Their silver, their reserved
and almo., sour demeanor. and even the
slightly greater expense OF the dress OF their
handsome niece. as we'll s the lady.lite
manners Of that young person. made the
ncighbors all believe that they had bcen peo.
pie Of Importance at home. and. in spite Of
oil their irugali,y here, were immen.sly rich
still, having boards in the cellar or under
the bcar,h.s,one, perhaps.
There Vas also an ind,stinet rumor Of . son
or nephew Of the old man, whom nobody
had seen, and. indeed, nobody knew where
The rumor came from, who was said to be q
desperate brutal sort Of = fellow
Hes the murderer, said ThroOp.
Very true, said the lawyer: but the
poin, is. how no Was found ou!.'
Go on. said Throop.
We'll. all that was known at the time OF
the murder was that the poor old couple
had disappeared. The house was found un-
inhabited. one pleasant summer morning,
by ncishbor. who came on some small
country srrand Of borrowing or barter.
NJ, finding the old lady at any Of her usual
a,oca,ions under the back .,oop.' or in the
kitchen he knoek ed. then walked in. searched
all the rooms. entering their bedroom. on
the ground floor. last. Here be found the
bed clothes turned down. and the only, but
sufficient signs Of the crime-namsly. the
bedclothes and bed oil saturated with Flood.
Tho niece. Miss Selden. was known to have
departed on witt. Searching Nil over the
house and premises. be found elsewhere not
90 much as . drop OF blood nor any traces
of the dead, and nothing whatever to notice,
except that oil the silver vas gone.
THIS was oil. also, that the authorities
could ascertain and. notwithstanding the
rigid ard perscverins search kept up by the
people Of the neishborhood for soine days.
these facts remained the cum total Of inior.
nation in the matter.
II was about two years alter this. while
I wa. prac,ieing In New Haven, that the
States Attorney Tor New Haven County. q
leading lawyer there. cent for me to assist
him in trying the case OF the State rs. YEN
sen selecting me simply because no knaw
| needed even the small fees that would be
forthcoming, and because he know my "a.
,her and myself. Ills brief business note
said nothing Of the details and ! was sur.
pri.ed and interested upon entering his Office.
to hear tha, ho supposed that the murderer
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Boldero was this iensen,
as he called himself. aud that he had been
seized on the premises in North Guilford. in
the &c, Of digging up the lost silver ; has.
ing been captured by North Guiliord con.
stable. and-to my great surprise-by .
certain Charley King. Now King WI.
classmate Of mine at college had become
lieutenant in tie navy and had. rs knew,
jus, returned from long voyage in q United
States steamer to the Pacific, having been
ordered to her from the Coast Survey on nc.
coun, Of bis skill in Lydrosrapby aud draw.
ing.
Yen.en had been bound over before .
country justice. one Of Mr.. Boldero's near.
est ne,ghbors. ON tho strength Of the pre-.
sumption from the occupation IN which he
was seized. lenquired Of the attorney how
the two men came to end him there.
You knew that King was engaged to
Mss Seldcn. didn't you?
No. indeed never heard OF i:.'
lie was. however, the lawyer said. and
had been. u. it would appear. lingering
abou, the house, probably in hopes Of seeing
Ter /; for old Boldero was 80 queer that he
might have been displca'ed u hc had come
IN. The old gentleman, however. excused
himself from giving details. being full OF
business; and remarkips that he should lei.
me manage the case. and that King would
undoubtedly communicate with me upon IT,,