Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-11-18

MUFDER Will oJT.- case Is a.w under
examiutiiau 10 Albany which Shows WANT
trivial ci.c, i~.alee- lead t1 tac de-cc-i 10 of
tine secret m -lrr,r- Owen Thompson.
clt,lc dealer o. tl- Dtr. a.e4-t m,i e.
purchase go .ae Albany uarse-. u-...lr carr
rIrI ou his person $4,000 a- 5000 90 lis
Welt, there. On tue ljJl of September Be
had been engaged all llv at West Albany.
bat had mao BOO purchase. Tie went out 90
{ e. evening wItu stranger % look at some
cattle that bad come tom Saratoga. and
were placed in the mos. remote pens Do tre
market. NIX, day at sunrise uc was found
dying. bis lead broken witha ~luur->t1t IL
is supposed biz money. 81 2uuaui check
for So,2D0s ne. W h1 bad done the deed Nv Boo
was the stranger that bad t. kcu Thompson
of 20 show I'm the catt.c2 man with
-i1uchcd bar bad been seen with Thompson.
lie had ban,crcd HIM about betting. AMI Oh
Tered 70 stike thousands upon Lincoln
election. Thompson offered 70 put up any
amount on tie other side. lie produced no,
weli-stutied wallet, aud il WAS noticed the
stranger stu K % hIm an day after this.
One OF the droycrs, Center, OF Tribes
Hill ,rec0llc, cd the man who had asked him.
"Didn you keep bar mcwhcros3 Hayu't
| seen YOU % .1re?' But though the mac-
istrates of Albany offered reward of $500.
and the droSers added $4,000 To it. there
was no clue 80 the murderer
\ month afterwards, as the dr1ver Center
was riding Ia the cars 10 Schenectady. ne
fell into ace dental conversation with mss
enger. who, after few briei words. abrupt-
ly asked hIu. Haven't You kept bar some
where's Haven't | seen You before De-
"Nes, he replied Il must have seen Won /
at West Al any" The passenger denied .
this; but Center replied, '.lcs, | am sure.
and arrest YOU as the murderer OF Thomu-
son The mans slouched hat had been re- F.
placed by another. his mustache had disau-
peared, his lress was different IL was the .
question, the accent, the tone Of Voice. that (
were the MAJ ks of Identification
Alter the arrest, other proofs came. Cor .
don, arrested. had been spending money re-
Gently with great freedom. lie had paid out
two bills of Une hundred dollars each on the
Park Bank. at which Thompson had deal '
lngs lie was shiitless, dishonest man. He
had carried bad character INTO the army.
and made it worse there. He was tracked
TO Schenectady the night of the murder, and .
probably ran down to the depot, after the
crime, and took the train
The servant girl, the black barber. aud
others at the Drover's Hotel, identity him
with more or less p0sitiycness
All countries have their traditional stories
Of murder detected by some such casual ex-
preston As that let fall in this case. There
is an old Irish story Of -ervant-maid who
went to steal some linen from her master 10
make her a sliit, but her heart misgiyInc
her, she exclaimed, 'beJtcr g naked TO bed.
with clean CONSCIENCE - But that same
night there was robbery and murder in the
house, which remained undetected, till one
day, going u the we'll she saw two men
there, one of whom exclaimed, '.better 20
naked to bed, with a clean Conscience
Conviction and hanging end that story of
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