Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-09-08
Murders.

n ftoo VI hAbhudJ I"'h
n Mrs. Griswold, an old lady Of GO o
e upwards, residing in the Western part o
. Williston, was murdered by some person
d or persons as yet unknown. As the cir
& cumstances are related to US, her husband
together with tn e notorious Charley
- Potter and his wife, left for Canada yes
o terday morning, leaving the old lady ant
small boy alone n the house. Sh,
o was seen last evening alive and WE'LL
This morning one Of the neighbors hav
ing All errand the house, found the
house locked, and the boy locked into hi:
room. Mrs. Griswold's room was found
+, empty and the floor covered with blood
e On further search the dead body of Mrs
5 G, was found wrapped in a blanket in
a calf pen near the barn, and covered
with blood from wounds inflicted with a
f knife or axe.
The murdered woman was possessed
of considerable property, partly inherited,
and partly acquired by her in California,
where she kept hotel, during the earl
Ter years of the gold excitement, and re-
turning thence with sum reported at
upwards OF ten thousand dollars. She
built the house in which she and her hus.
band Mr.. Ephriam Griswold, have since
resided. 1t was a very good house, and
was reported TO be well stocked with sill.
yer plate. Mrs. G. was reported o
have considerable money in her posses.
sion, which may have afforded the mo-
tive for the crime, though we do not hear
that the house was riAed. Suspicion at
taches to Potter, who married an adopt
ed daughter and heir at law Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Griswold; but rather from his gen.
eral character than any particular cir
cumstance connecting him with the crime.
An investigation has been commenced
by w. II. French, Justice of the Peace,
but the facts elected do not yet warrant
a positive charge of the crime on any per-
son known to the authorities, though sus-
'picion is strongly aroused in certain di-
recIions. There are appearances which
tend to show that the murder must have
been committed by some one who was
tolerabIy familiar with the house III
took place in the kitchen, from which
opened the little bedroom occupied by
Mrs. G. and was evidently accomplished
only after a severe struggle. Death re-
suited from deep cut in the throat sew
ering the jugu'ar vein. There were al
so several other cuts and stabs about the /.
neck, and one upon the chin, extending
from the lip downward. There were al.
80 cuts on the back of The hand. The |
skull was fractured on the left side by a
blow from some blunt instrument, appar-
emily hammer, and there were marks
of blows on the right side of the head,
apparently from the same Instrument
Bruises upon the knees and on the chest
furnish otLer marks of desperate strug-
gle. The body was then carried to a
shed or pen, closed by a door, where it
was found, the limbs exposed, and the
upper part wrapped in portions of bed,
clothing taken from Mrs. Girls wold's bed
room.
The drawer of bureau in another
part of the house, was, (apparently after
the murder,) forced open with a cbisel,
and rhed of some silver and iewelry be-
longing to the old lady. The pantry and
dining room were also robbed their
silver-the solid silver being taken and
the plated ware left.
The little boy, lad of 10, named Ed
ward CALL who was the only other in.
mate Of The house that night, and who
slept in little chamber over the wood
she'd was fastened into lis room from the
outside. The dog was also locked into
the buttery. A little Irish girl, dargh
ter Of a neighbor, heard the dog bark in
the night and heard some one call him
into the house.
The ALLEGHANY PoIsoNER.-The
Pittsburg Dispatch gives particulars of
the history of Mrs. Martha Grinder OF
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now under ar.
rest under charge of having murdered
Mrs. Carulhers and others by poison
1t appears that she, with her husband,
became a resident of Pittsburg about six
years ago, and to all appearances they
we're very poor. The family consisted
of the husband, wife and little female
child, probably year old. After few
months, however, she suddenly changed
her style of living, removed to better
house, had plenty of money, dressed ele-
gantly and introduced herself into soci>
ETY. where she became favoIte through