The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-11-24
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOV d. 1864 r

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seeing you and Mrs. Somers (she not helm;
then in the Way on the morrow. .eNeithe
of you did see me. But / saw in a large tabl
drawer, which l took the liberty of Inspect
ling, the longest half of clothes line sharp
ly cut, OF the newness, color, and, l think
rather peculiar twist of that found under tn,
hedge, It's not likely you'll miss it befor,
it has answered the present purpose / shall
Iput it to and if you do, the last thought
that will enter the cunning-but,, as car
see plainly enough drought the flat crowd
ed annually shaped skull-uneasy, palpitat
ling brain of yours that it is now in the coat
pocket OF London detective officer. Though
OF itself hardly strong enough to make a
halter for that bull neck of yours, it, will
perhaps enable me to find something that
Will Oh! you have nothing more to saw,
except to repeat how ''mortal sorry'' YOU be
for the young missus, and for Mr.. + Gibson,
too have no doubt, Somers Won are a
feeling man, and especially just now you
must feel very stronglyq am sure YOU do.
have nothing usoEe to ask. Miss Gibson is
positive that her father is innocent, and we
must trust to Providence to make the truth
manifest. Tomorrow I may or may not
call to see your wife. Good day, Miss Glib
son. have promised to dine with an ac-
quaintapce in Poole, and must be gone" 4.
l'a III 5sll 81 a.
The cid of clothes line which I had
|, Hcfought away from Somers' place precisely
matched with that in possession of the Poole
police color size, twist were Identical,
and both pieces made up in length that of
an ordinary clothes line. If the county
nlagistrate-to whom the officer had pre-
vously spoken with, whose name | forget,
volunteered to introduce me--had any brains
in his head, he would, in a case involving
such issues, grant warrant to search Som
ers' premises The magistrate fortunately
had brains in his head. mentioned the
Hereford affair, showed him the sundered
clothes cord. and declared my Willingness to
make oath that had sufficient grounds for
suspecting James Somers of having murder
ed and robbed Mr.. Arthur Bagden, to just
ify the issuing of search warrant. | had
brought written testimony az 60 my detect
i've acumen, signed Richard Mayne = and
it is probable that asimuch, IT not more than
the evidence OF the clothes line, decided him
to grant the warrant, was placed at once in
the hands of the police officer, whose name /
have forgotten, and off we both set without
delay for Stape Hill. eaos -a rJ. -.
Soners and his wife were crafty scared by
our visit, the man especially so upon find
ing that Miss Gibson's friend was London
detective ga sl-lt4Ui.0IC u yt.
Our search was Intellectual, 80 far as that no
property of the murdered man could be
found neither notes, gold or watch but a
very sharply ground hand axe, put away
in corner cupboard, attracted my atten-
ton. 'sThis is your husbands axe ?" 50
yes; our axe !" l examined it ninutely
First with the naked eye, then with strong
magnifier, which ! was seldom or never
without. The axe had been washed, not so
very long ago; and, though nothing was
visible to the naked eye, my magnifer dis
covered upon the blade, not only spots of
red DUST which might not be stains of blood
but number of what looked to be minute
6bres of fur sticking to the stains. On re
moving the wooden handle, we saw distinct
marks of blood, which concluded had been
washed, as it were in the socket The man
saw those marks, aud turning cadaverously
white, exclaimed that he had killed a snar-
r. ga rabbit p
.'Yes. a shared rabbit 81 30 1850
''You are sure you have killed nothing
else with it 2? isL 9Il lBoatiq i
''Oh nol' ha.-
''You had better take this axe with you
at all events, - said to the local officer sit
may be of no consequence; still you had
better take possession of the instrument"
Once when | attended a lecture by cele-
brated man, he had stated that every ami
NAL had in its blood globules differing in
size from those of any other kind. This
knowledge had been arrived at by very
slow steps. There was no doubt, however
of it's scientific accuracy, or that with the
aid of powerful microscope professional
man of skill and experience could decide,
without chance of committing mistake
from the slightest stain, whether the blood
if blood, had flowed in the veins of a human
being or other animal 1t was the same
with minute fbres Of fur. hair, &c, This he
had said was most valuable discovery, and
he instanced the fact that in France an in
nocent man might have been convicted of
murder owing to knife having been found
in his possession stained with what had ev
cry appearance of being blood. which stains
examined by very skilled gentleman
through powerful microscope, was proved
to oe lime juice. 10 araau
The lecture made great impression on
me at the time, and it occurred to me that
here was case in which such discovery,
such power would be invaluable ? The fur
cloak collar of the murdered man, it will be
remembered had been cut through; the
skull had also been split by the assassin.
Were those minute fibres offur sticking on
the blade of the axe, fbres of rabbit fur, or
of that, whatever it might be, of which the
cloak collar was made and were there any
the slightest shreds Of human hair mingled
with those particles of fur Then as to the
blood upon Gibson's bill book, and upon the
old rag of an apron; was that human blood?
In the scientific replies to these questions
lay the issues of life and death as regarded
the prisoner Gibson and as, although not
knowing gchoi ''the friend was that sent
Miss Gibson the one hundred pound draft
knew how to communicate with him or
her, | determined to do SO without delay,
and | started in gig for Dorchester ten
minutes after had so determined, there
not being a moment to spare-reached Lon
don by train, and with the potent agency OF
"a Friends" purse, engaged the services OF
the most eminent professor lcould Ind OF
that especial branch of anatomical science
in the metropolis, with whom returned to
| Poole ESQ Gz yio4i + VI 7s B.9 - ts1
The court was crowded on the day when
lit had been expected that Joseph Gibson
would be finally committed for trial-a ru-
NOR having got ahoat,s that owing to the