The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-30
2sMURDER$WIILToUT.

re MURDER WIL"OUT. "
A case is now: under. examination 10
Albany; which shows what trivial cir.
cumstauccs lead, tot ths detection Of thc
secret murderer ,-a,, :. 3...i.s. S. = .,,t. g.
Owen Thompson, cattle, 1a, dealer dealer q g
New York, accustomed to- purchase in
the Albany market, usually carried OF
his person 81, 900 OF 81, 900 on bis visits
there. o. the 16tE OF September bc
had been engaged all.day It West "Albas
nv, but'sh adj "madSt anS Spdfehksea.H.. HI
went'ouv iI'thsese6ing gteiook as'ioav
cattlcrthat' had come. fromHS HSarstogsrand
were placed ia: the most Ielnote'pdnsiu
the Market @Next:rday ati'iunrise The
wos found dying, his head broken with
slung.sbot,e 1t is supposed ;ahis. money,
81 200, and "a checkHfor So, zee, geae:
Who had done the decd? D. yWho,Was
the stranger that had taken Thompson
of to- show. him, the cattle? a. man
with slouched hat had been seen With
Thompson. He had bantercd him about
botting, aud offered to stake thousands
upon Lincoln's election . ThonPson
offered to pu. up any amount on, the
other side. Hc produced his well.stufcd
wallet, and it was noticed that the stran-
ger stuck to him all day after this
One of the .drovcrs, Genter;j Of Tribes
Hill, recolectcd the man who had'asked
him." Didn't you keep barsomeVheres?
Haven't i seen you beforctH@ bet
though the magistrates of Albany offered
a reward of $500, and the droyers added
SO, 600 to it, thorc was no clueito the
murderer. -. .9d1r : ~ t.,t.5 %.p2&g..T4a Hsra
a month nfterward, as the .droVcr
Center was riding in the, cars orSche-
nectady, he fell into accidental conversa'
ton with a passenger, who, after%a few
brief words, abruptly asked him :> .1ypi.
"Hevcn't you kept bar somewhere
Haven't seen you before 2" i ,i;,:s
YES" he replied, " Imust ! are seen
you at West Albany" '-' =, l... ~ .,.,
The passenger denied MS, but: K Con,
ter replied -. - '''S' g .'.:.3' .-.1- 80. ;,
-" Yes, I am sure !; ind / arrest a "a j;t,i 70.
as the murderer Of T'houpsoa.." g '.-''-!
The mans slouched hM had .bson i.e-
placed by auother-his. inoust.ohe 'lhah
disappeared-his dress WAS different; lit
!, was the question, tho accent, The tone
of voice, that were the marks of.idsatiii- j.
cation, 81 ,,n ~ ..y..,::.c.si,. ;.;.s, .,,:,
After the arrest other; proofs; came.
Gordon, arrested, had been spending
money recently with great freedom. ;, He
hsd paid out two bills Of one hundred
!. ddlars each on tho Park Bank, at which
Thompson had dealings. he. vas q
shiftles5, dishonest man. He had car:
ricd bad character into the army, and
made it worse there. He was traced to
Schenectady the night of tho murder,
and probably rode down to- the depot
after tho crime, and tooka%t thes train.
. The servant girl, the black barber. .!apd
others ut: the .Drovers' 6 n otel; identity
him with more. or less positiyeacss5e PEI
Butnot, upon this singh'thread alone
I did justice depend for its clue There
was gathered about Gordon q web woven
by bis own guilty hands, ;.in which, he
soon would have been iRyolyed. Many
eyes had watched. him before his crime.
and not a few followed his traces after
ward. There is g. moral 10 thisttalo 'of
blood. :, This mama dissolute,f cowsfdIy,
thief in. his youth, went TO tie sEaft,
and came back with q, lesson. in blood TO
add to his ovil knowledge .Hoxamsny
such characters, ntemptediiiuto the racks
by bounties, are ITO lreturnsto their for;
mer homes, schooled iur these bloody
iustructio ions r; Rofla:So ;s;%Hs "a