New-York tribune., 1868-06-24
THE HOLMES HOMICIDE.
THE CRIME, WHERE 1T OCCURRED, AND sUDsE-
QUENT DEVELOPMENTS

! Prom Special Correspondent
! KINGSTON, Mass, June %, 1868.
| On the main street of this town (Which is 80
miles from Boston, and four miles from Plymouth on
what is called the Bdgewater road, is two and half
story wooden house. painted white, plain, unproend
ing dwelling, without blinds, in which resided Deacon
Andrews and here his invalid wife stin remains There
arc dwellings both sides Of the road this house.
aud directly opposite brick schOOhOuse IL the
rear is moderateszed garden, and about 2j rods 70 the
Of this patch Of very thick woods pues and oa
through which a road. To this road there is path
which the garden. In this road, about
ten feet from the fence Of cemetery the morn
ing OF Wednesday the 27h Of May, found the dead
body Of Mr.. Cornelius Holmes. The ground near the
body showed evidences OF struggle and it
apparent not only that Mr. Holmes had Deon murdered
but that he had contest with his
murderer the earth had been stirred up There were
several wounds upon the head OF the corpse caused by
stones Three four OF the wounds would have proved
fatal and the murderer had not only made his work dOuby
sure but might say fourfold The parties who found
bod knowing that Deacon Samuel NJ Andrews OF tho
Orthodox Church Of Kingston an intimate friend OF
the deceased went TO him Immediately and Informed him
of the fact that Mr. Holiness dead body had been found
The Deacon expressed SURPRISE and merely sald Is
IL certainly so r. When asked TO down and look upon
the body which lay few rods from his house. he said he
could 20 down there he had got 10 and set his
work Telegrams sent to the proper author
tiles Immediately after this conversation, and when the
officers OF the law arrived they sought Deacon Andrews
at once on learning that he the last who had
been with Mr.. Holmes before his death His
refusal TO view the body was brought TO their no
tice, and he became object Of suspicion. He
said he was with Mr. Holmes the previous
night, and told which way ne went OH leaving
him. and then suggested several theories in regard the
probable murderer and the for committing the
act He said that II large pOcketbook was not found
upon the person Of Mr. Holmes he had been killed for his
money and robbed. He was informed that no pocket
book found upon the body, and then emphaticaly
declared that he had been killed for his money and
bad man in that neghborhoOd had done the deed THIS
seemed singular from the fact that the relatives and
friends of Mr.. Holmes knew that he never carried
pOcketbOOk but the contrary invariably carried his
money wrapped in scraps Of newspapers in all Of his
pockets. Deacon Andrews said he knew Of but
man in the town who could have done IL, and
he was an individual who had served term in
the State Prison. and he thought that man should
be seen. Other parties urged the arrest OF this
individual and highly indignant because the officers
refused make the arrest in the absence Of any evidence
circumstance, directly indirectly duplicating him
with the deed The Deacon spoke Of the deceased very
tendery and expressed the belief that he decoyed
TO the spot where his body found, he thought
Cornelius who was timid man naturally, would never
have venured into the woods alone. lie was positive
that Mr. Holmes had been murdered for his money and
II may here be stated that there tangible evidence
that the murderer had secured considerable money The
body lying upon the left side when found and the
pocket in the that side had been red
and found to contain 800 tOO The other pocket
OF the pantaoons the vest pockets and coat
pockets had been visited by bloody
hand, blood stains we're found IN the
inside Of each The breast pocket Of the had evil
IDENTIFY been first searched the inside the imprint
Of the fingers thumb and palm Of bloody hand In ad
dition TO this small bunehes Of gray hair (which have
since been found 10 compare exactly with that OF Deacon
Andrews, when placed under MICROSCOPIC were found
In some Of the pockets and attached 10 Of the bat
tons The officers did not attempt to work upon any OF
the statements made by the Deacon they concluded
from the first that he the guilty party AS has been
stated he had changed his clothing and wore suit diff
ieen' from his accustomed garb his vest from which
ss sas yha sttenptee to wash stains Of blood WA