Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-06-08

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niue bonnet and pair of shoes she had
worn but two or three times; these clothes
answered the description of those found in
tne stable, behind the two last stalls near the
Sill, under the horses hind feet; they were
IN a mole about two feet deep and four feet
iong; on Monday morning u number of
helghDors went to Armstrong; to make
search ali went out OF the stable except
samuel Boggs and myself; Mr.. Armstrong
came into the stable; i was moving the ma.
nure with fork, and sounded the earth,
ana lound that near the.sill it was soft; the
nrst iorkful was a mixture of grass, manure
anu loami then attempted 10 dig again,
Whcn Andrew L. Armstrong took hold of
the iork and said, Ebenezer il is not worth
while to look here; this is a hole filled up
last week to keep the water away from the
horses; said nothing, but took the fork and
commenced digging again, | dug two or
tnree iOrkiulls, when second time he took
the fork and repeated the former remark; |
LOOK the lork and went to digging and a third
Time he took the fork, and smoothing the
ground said, l filled this hole up last week
with sod got from the hedge along there,
10 Keep the water away from the horses Mr.
Boggs brought me shovel with which !
cleaned out the hole, and fading something
unnatural there, brought out the clothes
produced here; he seemed to be trembling: |
turned round and caught him by the collar
and said, there are the clothes YOU said
your wife wore away; she is IL murdered
woman, and you are the murderer" he
made no reply then, but afterwards said she
must have buried them herself; the clothes
Were packed in tightly, no string around
them; there are spots of blood on the back
nc had
washed up; in the room found two spots
OF blood near the bed and three on the stairs,
there is no carpet ON her room.
John W. II. AYres, sworn.-l was asked
by several neighbors TO search for Mrs. Arm
9trong's body; he had shown great deal of
emotion when any one approached the pig
pen; first examined the floor OF the Kitchen,
and that of the back porch and found two
spots of blood on the floor outside OF the
pantry door; one was of the size of the palm
OF the hand; the other was quarter as large,
both looked as II an attempt had been made
TO erase them; the blood was of n dark red
as Of human blood, and fresh looking; in
the pantry were three or four spots of blood;
no attempt had been made to erase them;
we then went into the cellar; part of the
floor looked as If il had been dug up and
packed in again; Armstrong said ii was no use
looking there; the difference of appearance
OF the part of the earth was owing to water
leaking in; they then went to pile of fresh
manure back Of the pig pen and found it
mixed with fresh earth; Armstrong accom-
panied us and trembled good deal; said
to Armstrong that the disappearance of his
wife was sad affair; he said 1t was; he had
come home from Middletown, that she beat
the black girl and stamped her, he told her
she should not do so, when she threw down
plate Of butter she had in her hands, and
ran at him with Il knife and attempted to cut
his throat; he thought she was deranged he
put her into the meal room, when she made
So much noise he let her out, when she went
to bed; in the night she got up and called
the black girl and went down into the bacl,
yard; he followed her and she asked him
why he followed her; he said to keep her
from going away; they then went back to
bed, and he missed her quarter to twelve
or to one O'Clock; | and Richard Clayton
then went to the hog pen, took up the plank
and found the body of Mrs. Armstrong;
most of the body was covered with earth; il
had on chemise, drawers, muslin shirt and II
calico petticoat; there was Il wound on her
head; the body was doubled up with the
head down; before this took linn to the
back portieO and showed him the blood on
the porch, and said it was human blood, he
said he had lately killed cali, and hung it
up there, meaning at the meat house; then
that some chickens had been killed, and that
the children had thrown them about there;
and afterwards he said In reply to my ques-
ticn, chow did that blood come there?" that
he had slapped and kicked her but had not
hurt her; the body disinterred here to-day is
the same body of Carolina Armstrong
Joseph Titus, sworn.-Live half mile
from Andrew 7, Armstrong lie .came to
my house ON Sunday, at A, NJ. Said his
wife had gone away in the night, he could
not tell where. On Monday last, the 2sih,
in company with Richard Muliord, ex-
amined Armstrong; clothes. Found II coat
which | recognized AS one he had often worn.
1t had blood ON the shoulder, and on the
sleeve; on the front side of the right face,
and inside of the left 'front.' fresh human
blood.
The jury rendered verdict that the said
Caroline p. Armstrong came TO her death
from a wound inflicted on her head, liaciur.
ing her skull, from II heavy weapon, in the
hands Of her husband, Andrew p Arm
strong,