, 1864-01-30

made no attempt ut escape, but stayed
quietly about home until II O'Clock Sunday
night, when he was arrested By officer John
II. Hathaway, Wlo allowed him to remain In
the house under guard. Some, of the Irish.
men In the vicinity made considerable disturb.
ance Sunday night, threatening to hang !Ad-
ans, DC, but as they were told Tint the first
arrested and made IN example Of, the hubbub
amounted to nothing The fuueral uf the
murdered man took place MondsY afternoon
from The house, only lew Of the uci5hbors
attending. Tie deceased not bstlg a Catho-
lie, TIE services were coadustsa By Rev. John
r. Miller Of the Congregational Church, aul
Inc rtm1lns were fntcsrsd III the village cc'u-
ttly This r:c.-::;::If, at 0 O'Clock, Adams
E1lL DO exa1ai.r4s in the town hall ut 3utl1 I'D.
before tt1ictk 8. 3. Kendall, David Hail aud
Artewas King, and will undoubtedly be bound
orr for 1nanslaushter
lntl:er Adams, who las thus committed
on: Of the. greatest Of crimes, is sisty-nlne
Je,rs ofage. He Is penutious, ovcrbeafing,
disagreeahle mon, continually quarrc!ins
EtL those whom be deals with, and clingius
as for lito 10 the lcet half cent Like all iaca1
a.d niggurdJy men he Ia coward, aud there-
fore 1t Is pretty certain TINT he: did no: seolS
gu opportunity to revenge himself, upon
opportunities for money, which, in this csc,
hc really did rot Owe, him, ara by Browns
repeated threats to murder him. Adams
ownE valuable grazing farm Of 200 acres IN
ect':eld, with three houses upon it, ncar the
1crgcst of which, and two miles md three
quartera north Of Sufticld Center, on tho
direct road te Springfield, the murder Was
muleted by o lifetime Of misery ecsimpins.
Not week elapsed that lc did not visit tllfs
city. usually to cell meat, aud hers he Is
known as S'old mutton Adams" while in
sutEeld he is chilled almost universally
:" buckwht at Adnlns,' on account Of his long
pEoduced upon his farm, from door to door.
He has mover married, but for several years
has had n housekeercr named Dolly Griffin,
rho overheard son1e OF Browns threats Of
vengeance upnn Adams. But neither shc nor
any one else witnessed the murder, tlc cir
cnlnstances Of which are learned from Adams
statement Of them, yet meet with general
credence. Willis1n Brown, who bys his own
.inaiscretlon, became the Sictlm Of his raso,
VAS tWenty-four years old, aud q very large,
Etoutly built man. But, az already intimatcd,
Ills mental powers were good deal below
TIC average, while he was not only uu.ish1y
obstinate, but quito high tempered.
ills dreadful crime WIS enacted. Near thia
spot Adarns' father committed suicide, BY
cutting lis throat from ear to ear; In this
house a woman also committed seEmurder,
by hanging nerse1f In doorway mot man 7
years jatcr, woman. also in this house, died
with scarcely moments warning; and five
or six years ago, a negro named Andrew N tt.
tin, formerly Of this city, fell from load Of
Lay, on the same premises, and broke his
neck. BESIDES ali this, the house has been
robbed two or three times, in one case By two
men named Solomon Nelson and :tic:1ac1
Sullivan, Who Ind worked for Adams, but
had not received their full wages. They Gu
tered bis bedroom In tie night and threaten
cd to shoot him If he Cid not give them a1l
they asked. A woman, who was reused By
the noise and boldly entered the room, was
elot, tic bn1l shattcTing her wrist. The men
beca1ne frightened and fed, but were aftor-
wards caught ard sentenced to twcnty~onc
years In the Slate Prison. To MI the gloomy
m< morics which cling to this old house 10
SutEc1d, another, more horrible than any oi
the rest, is now added. It will not be strange
il tie popular superstition that the place Is
haunted, viii hereafter be yet more firmly be.
lieyed.