The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-02-05
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NUMBER 35.


stalk, which had evidently not been there long
) The wife looked on anxiously while the mer
were at work. They commenced to dig, and
had got down three or four feet, when ID was
found by searching with a stick, that the earth
was dug under like al oVen,and that some sol,
id substance like a human body lay there. One
Of the men took his coat off, and plunged his
hand down, laid hold of a human hand. Here
he is, he cried, and tried to pull the body ia
the surface, but he only succeeded in raising
the hand to show out of ne mud. La s few
minutes afterwards the body, undergraduate
by reason 0 fthe slash which co vered il, was
dragged from its grave. Richards wife saw il
and swooned. 1t was u terrible gastly sight,
telling OF an awful death, aud dark revolving
deed. The spectators elckened as they gazed
upon the corpse, dressed as if in mockery in the
garments worn when full of life and in the
midst of the busy crowd.
No one ventured to say that it was the body
of Henry Gregory, but no one doubted that ii
was.
Richards wife, looking pale and worn afte'
a s~leepless night, went to see her husband al
the city prison on the day after his cUnmittal.
She had now a gloomy belief that her husband
had perpeuated the murder, but she refused to
believe that he had done it in cold blood for the
sake of getting possession of the bond and mort
gage. There must, she thought, ha we been 3
quarrel between them. She had a presentiment
that something was wrong, when Richard
came to Tivoli with a gold watch in his pock-
ct. He never had a watch before that, and she
knew he hadn't the money to buy one them
But he quilted her suspicious somewhat by say
ing that he won it at a rattle.
She vent to the prison, to shed the tears Of
a still loving wife upon his breast, and implor-
ed him to tell her all .rs-.
Mary said he, I'm not guilty of the muir,
der, but know who is ..-.. ID.
Her heart lightened at these words, and in
a transport of joy she convulSively pressed him
to her heart, aud exclaimed, with eyes upturnN
ed to heaven :. Thank God! FL.
She was caimer and more confident after the
burst Of tears which followed his declaration,
and she listened to him as to the words of the
Gospel, full OF faith and hope.
Il never injured a hair of Mr.. Gregory's head
he continued. 1T was this way; "A gentleman
I'd never seen before called upon Inc, about a
week after you went away. He asked me if
he could have the, use of a room to see another
gentleman in, who couldn't see him at his own
house. l said, Yes and he agreed to come
on the morning. after. So at ten O'Clock, or
thereabouts, who should come in but Mr. Greg
DRY. Says he Good morning Richard. Has
a gentleman been here to see me?
Not yet says SO ne said he'd sit by the
fire, and wait for him, and in a few minutes he
came, and sat down by Mr.. Gregory. l then
left them, and went down to the basement !;
sawed a stick of wood with a dull saw-split it
some, and brought it up to the head of the stairs
l then found Mr., Gregory lying across the en-
try, and looking as if he was dead | was so
scared that l dropped the wood. The gentleN
man was standing over him, with my mallet in
MS hand.
Now, says he, if you don't help me, I'll
serve you with the same sauce, i want you
to do just what I tell you and If any body
knocks, you mustn't open the door
lie then dragged Mr. Gregory down into the
basement, aud took up f. spade there, and went
to digging a hole to bury him. When the hole
partly dug Mr., Gregory groaned and then
he took the spade, and struck him on the top
of the head, and finished the groaniug. When
tie hole was dug. he put MI. Gregory in, and
covered him up He then took a tub of water
up stairs into the entry, and washed up the
blood. After the blood washed up, he went in
to the back room, and picked up the whoie Of
Grcgory's papers, and examined them. He
took The bond and mortgage and policy insurance
held against me, and say Here's pa
pers about YOUR properly. and here's a watch
for you giving noe Mr. Gregory's. He then
went away, AID l haven't seen him since
Even this story, improbable as it was, the wife
unwilling for a moment to disbelieve, 1t
was her last hope, and she ciuDg 10 it, as the
drowning man to the straw. Meanwhile, let
US throw a light of trush upon this tragic deed.
When Mr.Gregory LIFT his residence, on the
morning Of the day on which he wa first miss
ing. he took his way direct TO the house of
Richard Ross. with the bond and mortgage and
policy OF Insurance., amJng other va!uably pa
pers, in his possession His object was TO sug.
gest to Richard, the pr0priety of his finishing
the building, according to the original under
standing, with the money already advanced, in
default of which he limited at dispossessing him
of the premises.
Richard was sulky and obstinate, and stood
looking modify into the fire, with the elbow
of his right arm resting in the palm of his left
hand, while with his right he stroked his beard
impatiently. Mr. Gregory sat with the bond
and mortgage and policy spread out on the ta-
BILE before him. Richard eyed them wistfully
as the serpent eyes its pray, and then suddenly
pounced upon the papers, saying as he did so
Suppose | take these
What do you mean 2 said Mr.. Gregory, in
dignantly, at the same time rising to prevent
Richard carrying ont his intention. A struggle
ensued for the possession of the papers and Mr..
Gregory, being a strong, muscular man, got the
better Of him at the outset, but Richard fought
for them like a desperate man, and both fell to-.
gether to the floor. While they were struggling
here, Richard seized a mallet lying near, and
struck Mr.. Gregory a heavy blow on the back of
the head, which completely stunned him. From
that moment he was in the power of his merci>
less assassin, who at once commenced to rifle
his pockets of their contents. His watch and
his wallet, the latter containing a large roll of
bankebills, railroad scrip land notes, We're placed
with the bond and mortgage and policy on the
table, after which Richard proceeded to drag
his victim down stairs into the reimbursement
While he was doing this, the latter returned to
consciousness, and grasped one of the railings
of the b~anisters 80 tightly that the murderer
had great difficulty in accomplishing his pur-
but by persistent kicking of the unfora
mans hands and head, he forced him to
let 90. He threw him on the basement floor
with a ours. and quickly taking up q piece Of
rope. he bound him hand and foot. Mr.. Gregg.
nv was half insen5ible, but no had enough sense
to pray hard for his life. Richard, he gasped
O Richard spare me-, spare me, for Gods sake!
IN forgive you, HI give you all. I'lisay moth
ing about this. You shan't be punished. o
Richard, mercy, mercy 7 and the
dying accents gr5W feebleT, till they be-
came almost inaudible. Then efforts at speech
ceased, and in their stead came gr0ans, loud,
long, and full of deep human suffeIing-which.
even to the wreiched criminal, We re terrible to.
here and who, therefore, in his remorseIoss
cruelty epjoined silence by gaggiltg his victim.
: said the monster 10 iniquity. i guess
you'I do. aud he left him there, locking the
door behind him. lie did not enter the front
basement again till the second morning follow~
ing. He had waited 50 long, because he had a
dread OF meeting the living eyes, whose glare
him feel that the wrath Of God was upon
him. He expected now that he was dead, but
no The eyes opened as the latch ives lifted,
and an a~gonized glance from flmy orbs was
darted towards the doorway. They remained
open, as if appealing for mercy, but alas' thera
was no mercy there. The h~eartless miscreant,
.disregarding the e~ntreaty, and u~ndismayed by.
the sight, began without delay to dig the grave,
before the still living victim. What 4 spectacle
for mortal man For two long weary DAYS, and
two long dreary nights, had Henry Gregory
laid on the bare damp ground, IN that callar,in
that cold December enduring all the tortures Of
the Aesh. and the silent bitter agony nj dispair :