Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-14
Another Mysterious Tragedy-A Woman
Left in the Streets 20 Die.


in this vicinity occurred in lansing
burg, N. Y, Wednesday evening. All
the facts thus far developed are briefly
these:
At about eight o'clock, gentleman
named Bulson, walking along State
street, near Canal, had his attention at
tracted to a carriage passing along,
containing q man and woman. The
woman was crying, and the man was
epdeavoring to pacify her. Mr.. Buison
Immediately notified Sergeant King, OF
the police. who started in pursuit OF
the carriage, but did not overtake it
the driver whipping up the horse and
rapidly passing through several streets,
finally disappeared in the darkness.
Upon retracing his steps, Sergeant
K. came upon the body of female--a
Young girl-lying by the roadside,
dead. She was picked mp and convey,
ed TO the station house, where DR.. Hull
made a post norton examination OF
the deceased, and found that she was
the victim of an abortion peTpetrated
by some professional operator, or other
person unknown. A short distance
from the place where the girl was pick
ed up, a bundle of female clothing
thrown from the carriage was found,
consisting of a skirt, under clothing, u
white Jockey bat and pocket handker-
chief. The jockey hat was marked
sMiss Adams" on the insida OF the
crown, and the handkerchief was mark
ed Carrie" The dress was dark
colored one, spotted with red dots.
The supposition is that the girl was al
so thrown out of the vehicle when 1T
was discovered that she could not live,
as the best means to hide, If possible,
the connection of the guilty perpetra-
tors with this last domestic horror.
Strange to say, the remains of the
unfortunate young lady were only
identified this morning. 1t was at first
supposed that Miss Anna Corners, OF
Cohoes, was the victim, and two parties
appeared who identified the body as
that of Miss G. First, cousin OF Miss
c. a man named Hayes, appeared, and
expressed the belief that sine was the
murdered girl; but as he was not en-
tirely positive of the fact, Sergeant
King sent to Cohoes for more friends
of Miss Corners. to ascertain II they
would recognize her, and thus establish
the identity of the body beyond Doubt.
a sister-in- law of Anna Corners arrived
at the station house about twelve
o'clock. She was conducted to the
room where the body was laid out, and
gazed long and intently at the features
of the dead girl She did not recog-
nize them at first, but at length she
was positive it was Anna Conner and
none other. Subsequently, however,
it transpired that Miss Corners was at
home all the time, She was aroused
from bed to testify to her own identity.
and established the fact that she had
not been murdered at all In the way
mentioned.
This direct negatiOn of the state
ments of Miss Corners relatives served
for a short time to intensity the mys-
tery; but this morning the body of the
unfortunate girl was fully identified as
that of Carrie Hubbard. Little, how
ever, is known of her history. 1t is
said she formerly resided in Pittstown,
which place she left a short time since,
and it is supposed she has recently been
living in Lansingburg or one of the
neighboring villages. Chief Hurlbut
and Sergeant King, of LansiDgburg,
have come to PittstOwn to ascertain
something of the girls history prior TO
her removal from that place. The de-
ceased was apparently about seventeen
years of age, about five feet high, had
fiorid or sandy complexion and auburn
hair.
AS she laid in the rough coffin or
box, last night, she seemed the perfect
picture OF innocence and youth. Her
eyes were open, and the pupils were
not TUNED up as usual after DEATH
Her lips were parted, as If about to
speak, and her whole appearance was
more that of life than death.
Every precaution was adopted by the
police last night to arrest, if possible,
the companion of the murdered girl
The policemen of Troy, West Troy and
Cahoes, were notified of the murder,
and instructed to be on the qIti Di0e and
stop every single carriage seen in the
streets. Late in the night, officer
Burke, of the I'd precinct, arrested one
of our city physicians, DIR. Rates, who
was returning from a call in West Troy,
but as that gentleman gave the most
account of himself, he was
discharged upon his arrival at the sta
ton. To day the authorities and police
are eDdeavoring to elucidate the mystery
connected with the murder.
Another account states that at the
coroner's inquest two witnesses testified
that they saw the deceased ten minutes
before she died, near a Mr.. Tracy's ice
house, a man holding her hands and
that he could do nothing for
her. after which the stranger, with his
victim, entered carriage and drove
away very rapidly.
John Henry, an alleged paramour of
Mrs. Wager, who is supposed to have
committed the abortion on the person
of the murdered woman, and who Is
suspected of having thrown his victim
from the carriage, has been arrested, as
also Christopher Oscar Williams, the
alleged seducer of the girl-Iroy
Times.
The Troy Wing of yesterday adds:
The excitement occasioned In Ian
by the tragic death of an uu-
known lady, In that village, ON Wednes-
day evening, increased in intensity all
day yesterday, as the cOrOner's investi-
cation progressed. Early yesterday
morning it was ascertained that the
name of the unfortunate young lady
was Miss Caroline Hubbard, whose
parents reside in Pittstown, III this
county, but who has latterly been en-
ployed as "a domestic in families IN
Lansingburg and neighboring villages.
Her sister, Eliza Hubbard, who has
been for some time past employed IN
the family of Mr.. Fl. Weaver, of Lam
singburg, was the first to identify the
remains.