The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07
A MYSTERY UNVEILED.


The Head Of a Murdered Nan Preserved for Three
Years, and then Brought into court as EUidence &,
10 Establish ITS denHfy-The MWrde1er Captured.
From the Davenport (Iotsa) Gazette, June 28
In the Daily Gazette of Tuesday, May l., 1868, we
published the following = r.Ir
HORRIBLE MURDER IN PowEsHEK ooUNrT.-Last
spsn OF boses STONED Tor the isht A. the rosdence
farmer named Nonath ave miles east Of Brooklyn,
were broifers nom Wisconsin Il soon 5ecams appS,
ts they 5 Of s sa% SGns sm Sa S
The younger q youth Of about eighteen years o. age,
aicted during severe choking received the hands
the elder brother on SATURDAY morning they started on
their journey. but not without Quarreung before they
went. sir Mouath however, saw no more Of them
west Of Mr. Mcnaih. beng on search Tor a cow In
tract Of timber about haf a mile IRON The residence
osty 70 ascertain the cause Of bad smet as Of decay
Resdess @ nS Body St Of man exposed % View he neigh
boIs were summoned, and while some went for the
los in sight Of ne body but some distance or TO
10 some flies gathering around a mass OF leaves etc
Examining closely and removing the surface he found
and the lie expression of countenance stl rotalned
oaoa e%I0sans Who had stsd az his house nearly
week before. Further investigation revea ed the Iact
tSs S s Sfy S % fsSeRs o
Sone had there hiooed up his horses stated & tsSt & ne
before; returned shortly afterw ards; threw bundle
To the
Ths SoPS s s 5e o
accompanied by Q man who can Identity the murderer
started in pursuit Saturday last and w II is to be
earnestly ht ped, succe d IN finding him and bringing
him to Justice The horrible event has created intense
Unfortunately the hopes enter when the above
item written not realized. and all Efforts to
secure the arrest the murderer to obtain an
iden of the murdered man oroved utlle For
had taken interest in the matter had more thought
IUlness and foresight than Is usually eynced In such
cases. che gentleman DT. Conway. OF Brooklyn, took
charge of the head the murdered man, and carefully
preserving t In spirits kept II in readiness for future
developments At Length chain OF circumstantia cyl
dence seemed TO point TO young named Kirk Vim
cent as the murderer and last gridav week he
rested at his home Cambridge Illinois and that
and the following cay he underwent a legal exami-
nation. IL.
At this examination 1t was shown that rather more
than three years ago Vincent left Cambridge with his
cousin. Claiborne showers, for the West and after
absence OF two years more returned Alone DENYING all
knowledge of the whereabouts of Showers. 1t was
corresponds nearly with the date of the murder
Brookly TO leave intervening days enough to allow
for the journey from point to the other. But the
difficulty to lie in the identifies tion OF the
murdered body. To meet this, DR. Conway was In at
tendance, and in the crowded Court room, in the
several hundred persons who well knew young
showers that gentlemen opened tin pail. the top of
| which covered with black oilcoth, cloely tied
down and 10 the astOn!shm and horror of the be-
holders exhibited human head the perfect features of
| dreds OF persons the countenance of Claiborne
The evidence thus adduced could not be evaded and
| Vincent he'd TO bat to await a requisltion on
prise was expressed by citizens OF his State that
murderer should be liberated on oal but the laws
Illinois provide that in of murder where the proof
of guilt is not clear and direct bail sha be accepted