The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-14
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| the BODY was found to be that OF
Mr.. Young, who was partner in a
store with man by the name of VIII
son, some twelve or fourteen miles
North of that place. but had sold out
to his partner. Mr. Young was in
Washington about two weeks before.
his body was found, and about seven
o'clock P NJ, had paid his. hotel bill,
and left, saying that he was going
East that night on the train, after
which nothing was heard of him till
the body was found in the creek. On
finding it, the citizens of w recol-
lected that the morning following the
night that Young was last seen, a pool
of blood had been discovered on a
street in the heart of the town. 1t
was therefore supposed that the muir
der was committed in the town, and
the body conveyed to the creek. AT
first suspicion attached to no one in
particular, but after some time had
elapsed, circumstances ltranspired that
led to the opinion that his former
partner was in some way connected
with the murder, who was accordingly
arrested and lodged in jail A short
time ago he was taken out on a
writ of habeds corpus, and a
preliminary examination had, to as
certain whether he could be admitted
to bail or not. We learn from gen
tleman who was present at the pre-
liminary examination, that the evil
dence disclosed most singular trans
action. 1t was proven that the
accused was in Washington on the
evening that Young was last seen;
that he had started home about the
same time-the road leading across
Prairie Greek; that he was seen by
several parties on the road, at various
points between Washington and the
place where the murdered man was
found, and finally, that he had reached
home about twelve O'Clock at night,
walking distance of sixteen miles
on extremely muddy roads, from six
o'clock P. NJ. to twelve at night.
It was shown in the evidence that
Young was a great believer in spirit
rappings, and that his partner pro-
fessed to be medium. That ON one
occasion. the pretended medium had
spelled out BY aid Of the rag !..,l| g,s,,ia
that great treasure had been hid
| den at a particular spot on the above
named creek. by. some person who had
denosited it there before his death.
The spirits moreover revealed that if
Young and his partner would go to
that place at II O'Clock on some night
the treasure would be found. All the
circumstances connected with the
case being put together and summed
up. it was concluded that the partner
referred to was the guilty person
and that he had thus worked on the
credulity of Yeupg. who had gone
to the creek on the night he was las
seen in w; that the partner had mel
him there and murdered him, and OBJ
tanned his money, which amounted t.
! about one thousand dollars. 1t wa
! 1 moreover asserted, that some sixt
dollars or more, that had been give
. to Young to purchase some article
with in Cincinnati, had subsequent
been found in the possession OF nj
Il former partner, the accused. This l
a substantially, as we are told, the test
Sc mony as produced on the preliminar
81 examination
q The evidence against the accuse
"a was so strong that he was remande
at back to Jail. Whether all this Gil
r. cumstantial evidence can be put tt
j. gether on the final investigation, sol
H. to convict, remains to be seen. 1t
We indeed singular affair, and evinces
TO deep laid plot by some one.
:" HayIn the La Crosse Democrat {
the 9th, there is another article equ
"a in point of decency to the tamo'
ng Hillsnicker Snickersnacker stor
Fly twice published in paper in this cit
ito This new production is entitled "
eat PhiIobene, and abounds in 'chast
lgs phrases, such as that paper is famo
le- for. We will expect to see it copl
bic into paper in this city in d
Vi or two.
g|The work of filling the cal
the between Main and Sycamore stree