Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05

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/. in the third story Of Union Block, Main,
I street, taSt evening a Mrs, Eaton, d
: Young woman with whom he has been
Intimate and Who has spent much of he,
4. time at his rooms, went several times Il
5 his room 10 gain admission but found III,
door fastened upon the inside, 50 that her
key would not open il, She heard noises
which satisfied her that Clark was there,
, and begged to be admitted, but received
/ no answer About nine o'clock she told
Clark she would 20 away ii he had mi.
waite company, and went down stairs heav-
/ lly to persuade him she was gene, but re-
turned again softly and went up the
stairs leading 10 the lloor above Clark's
rooms, thinking there was woman in
the ease, and determined to know more
about it, The account continues:
"She sat there till about twenty min
uteS past nine, when she heard a slight
movement in the lock of Clark's door, and
looking down she saw two men. with
their coats about their heads, come out
and hurry down stairs. She Immediately
came down, unlocked the door and went
~, As she entered the main room, where
Clarks faro table stood. she noticed dark
spot on the floor near the door, but none
OF the furniture was displaced She tried
the door opening into the sleeping room,
and found it locked, but smelled smoke
and could see the light fickering through
y ~ - as tha L II
INTO the hall and into the sleeping room
/ by another door, and found the body OF
Clark on the bed, which was mattress
slightly raised from the floor, and enycl-
opcd in flames She nj once gave the
alarm, and parties in other rooms Of the
building were soon ON the spot and as
sisted in extinguishing the flames.
The examination by the police officers
and Coroner J. NJ. Rice, who were imme- !
dlateiy summoned, showed that on the
moor IN the main room was a spot of coagu-
lated blood and brain some fifteen inches /
IN diameter, and near by another of about /
the same size, hut not 81 thick. The head /
OF Clark was split open on the top. appa-
-FeatiF It hutrirt-t ur xir1fffur- wrap5n. I
some four inches, and rope was also
knotted about his neck, and the poker OF
the stove twisted in it as a tarniauet. II
was evident that he had been struck
down and strangled in the outer room.
and then carried to the bed and placed
upon IT. after which his murderers had
broken Kerosene lamp over HIS head and
right shoulder and saturated the bed
,iotheS with the oil and set the whole on /
ire. The right side of his face was badly !
burned, and the clothing on his right
and breast were nearly des- I
iroyed. lie was known to have large |
sum OF money IN his possession. and this,
with his watch, diamond pin. &c; were !
gone The watch had been unfastened t
rom q heavy gold chain about his neck,
,nd the tham was lett. About SI4OO in t
nitod States bonds were also left I'M
ouehed IN a drawer of his faro table. Ii Q
) singular in all this bloody work there q
we're left no evidences ola struggle, nothing y
eing displaced in the rooms or about the I
ody, except what had been taken from Il
i'm.
lhe forms and dress of the men who fl
ere seen to leave the room correspopded !.
lth those OF two men who have been in "a
'wn Tor few days, lounging about na
rooms for no apparent purpose, =
nd they were at once suspected Officers
ere sent to the Western depot .at once
nd the men We're there, but as the Off -
ers approached one Of them ran away be-
re the officers got sight of him. The 1
'her was arrested, and was found to have
ekets Tor both for New York. bv the
am which was just ready to leave.
The party arrested is SiIas James.
aown to the sporting fraternity "a Gen.
INES, professional gambler, and Of bad
'putatlon even among others in the same
nsiness. He declares his innocence. +
is companion who escaped il a cousin,
AIMED Charles T. James. Both reside at
est Greenwich, r. |. There are many
rcumstances which point to them as the
iilty parties, but their guilt is not vet
'lly established
Later dispatches give an account Of the
rest apd confession Of one of tbe mpr-
rs of Glark, and is stated as follows.
Charles I. James, one Of the murderers
Joseph Clark, on Friday evening was
'ptured III Providence and brought to
forester on Monday. Nine hundred
'llars, watch and diamond pin lClark's
'operty,3 We're found in his possession.
e says the affair was planned by his ae-
mplice, the notorious General James"
fore coming to Worcester. The plan
as to murder and rob Clark then des-
oy all evidence of the murder by burn
e the building 1t twas well known that
ark usually carried a large sum of
oney with him and wore valuable dia- l..
4
onds. Clark had previous acquaint-
zee with the General" and charitably
Id his bills during the few days they !
re waiting to murder him. Friday
enlng was the first time he found Clark
one. The deed was done with small
oadaxc which they carried to Clark's
ON in coat. The General" attracted
ark's attention, while Charles stepped
hind Clark and struck him mortal
ow Very valuable personal effects
ere overlooked by the murderers. The :
e was thrown into the canal while ON r
cir way to the western depot, where the /
ieneral was arrested and Charles es- Tt
ped.
charles is twenty-five years Of age. and
ow the common average of intellect r
e General is thirty-one years of are
nd OF his left eye, and looks wicked.
Is said to be the person wfhU poisoned =
: celebrated trotting horse India Rub 81
:, in Boston, about two years ago The =
ilgnatlon felt against the prisoners is II
" great. II
A RHODE ISLAND BANK IN TROUBLE.
The Providence Press of Thursday II
'nlng says 1.-THE citizens of Pawtucket It
re considerably excited this morning Hat
the report that deficiency had been
covered in one of the prominent banks A
that place. At first the report was a
ioted, but it was subsequently ascer- &C.
tanned to be true, and that the bank
$ none other than the North proy;danoo O.