New-York tribune., 1868-10-22

undouhodly bv the vouDs rirl strugcng 10 grt rec rec
while bean. brray hrl1 i'wn "n hrl hl'H 10 eh, ~,
violation; amt therefore. that th,- outrage Wac oho.
while shc wIs l'irr on -one h,Td sibianre' az a ,sre
trd around her vai-f. auu how rlrrr q" ,us' IL
nirit, Is icc- vidr D. i5T ,, i rou a rr mouth
Win a hard knot hack OF bcTne, H. f"I tht
r brI , rrk Win the Knot SIN c IN answer To
q question ly the Mayor what clSe u'd JOH hH "'u
prce Of fine lace trimiuiug This for some time es
canrI nv attention ! observed crr1'e around the
neck but The nrsh w"s inhcA swift. ~ ~
might be natural uIc but passing MY MANI behind hrr
,ar accidentally flt email Knoll ana luulh lit' =
piece ~ lace hch hrsi sHl loScl 20 ne l't lilR
her collar was tied tightly around her meek as 10 DC
M p hard knot urdcr the left IL was sufficient To
have sranllrd her The rest Of the doetors testimony
pearance cf The uy. which lcf doubt that Mary bad
r horribly violated by more than two OF three persons
nuirg she man ~ chastity and correei habits
lie amply sufficient reasons FOR coming 20 this t"n
clnsio We have hren particularo give the ~ AN points
of the testimony, because there are persons no yrt ne
hrve That Mary's death was caiscd 10y Suicide a Ncr
che had been murdered by persons unknown
rendered by the jury. OF course TIE testimony
elected this examination az rest all doubts as to
the murder and the excitement now instead Of dying
Msamwnic the mnncipil ana police authorities stirred
to greater activity Ia consequence ~ the constant h
peals for energetic action made through The press
Ind sci To work etnvorug 10 ferret OUT the murdcrers
Officers put tine track OF yarions persons sn~
pccted Of having been engaged In tile outrage Clcnn
stances that Game Io the knowledge OF lie police led
them To rect Joseph W Morse, wood cngtavcr
doing business at No 100 Nassaus who was ti-cOyered
To have absenicd himself fom TIE City' Ohctr Juhn
Hlikcr detective, regnriCd m that day one ~ the
most efficient members oi the city police force Was or
before the authorities Tie circumstances which cast
snslcion tins were, that he had quarrcCd WIN
his wife, IN consequence 0f her upOrading nm iof iIr
ity. and known Ia have beaten her, ana II was rn
mored t.a he had been seen N company WIN W9mah
dressed in black, on the ftal SUNDAY going ~ the drrt
ton Of the North River that he Was nOscnt from ms
home the night uf that Sunday, ana that he suddenly
left the city on tie Tuesday following the nuIuef WIN
out Informing any one rs 10 Wlcro he was SoIHt, I
since which time hls whereabouts Wc1 "ikhVWD. inc
arrest examination, and subsequent ncqnitta ~ TINS
man formed Of the mOst interesting aud CurOus pur
tUus Of tie history ~ Tins murder ana Involved IL in
stu greater mystery tan over After weeks OF invesi-
CATION the murder Of Mary Rogers renamed more OF
mystery than Mrs Rogers soon aftcrward moved
from No. l26 Nassansi, and went 10 live ia Jaue.st
Being aged and mtrm, she never recovered rom ihe
shock produced by the murder Of Mary, and dcd III "a
On the Sist of August the Hon. VIM II Seward, then
Governor Of the state ISSUED proclamation Offering
reward Of $3.50 information resulting N the conviction
~ the uurdcrcrs. but information was ever given
told Early i'm the month Of September, 1871 small
boys brothers who lived M Wccl1wken, VII ialn"rg
Ticket which lies In a closely-woodrd grove the
Hights ab0ut midway between the ElysHn Fields ard
bank OF the rVcr, where they found parasO lctii-
coat. lady's scarf and handkerchief and pieces OF
bu~h taere being many such IN the place. They forth
with notified their mother, who went with them
npon inforined the coroner at IIohoktl.
That ofyle hout revealing the infoimation to any
cOvcry. and. accompanied by Two on three pncemIii'
these geutlcDcu visited he spot took po~~e>un ~ the
artIc,s. aud hruug them To this city, where they were
identified by Ars. Rogers ana by several 0i Mary Edy
girl Ia the thi Aet there were also fpd trace. oi
blood and other evidences uf violence, Su us tr bushes
being apparently trauVcd down, etc. 10 wis observed,
too thai the RATS or tar IN portion oi the lcHc ram
ping parallel with tire river opposite this thrhrf' had
bccn let dow ana thcr r-naiied so-pTobahy Tor tie
purpose getting the body to tie river afgr the murder
committed. Ihls was done, most likely, ut midnight
Ou sunday IA doubts ~ IL Mary kortrN having been
brutaUy murdered were now cfcctutlly set at resi.
though the manner OF the murder and knowledge Of tie
uends WO committed il arc r unknown. Various sur
ulsrs have been made 90 90 how i" hWIihir rag dT
WAS carried out hut the facts iu rciiiou to 10 viii prb
rNplirnhlo 10 1871 Daniel Payne, MHty- lover,
afterwurd committed suicide the spot where hS De-
trul heel came tu ncI uuhafpy end. The excitement "c-
casUDtd by the murder fed the papers fr oug time,
sands of prol,c visited the thichct on Ncchawhcn
ueighfs thai proved beyond al doubt 10 he TIE
ne Poets ana pTu-c-Wtyfs Oi fhe day
made the jtt II their etuO.i-. aud tbo bstoA ut
the pocns written abuut the trc uIc excitement
prevailed was COL hy the lato Mcdonald CIr, Uip Was
known that day "the inad poet" We give iho con
ciuOiDE stanZas:
Poor lili there b,re tteb rrsverr f,I thee,
ArA shit, b. treab0bs Ger thY tu4b,
Worn b. cAhrss o. Uthsrt knet,
When suiovu s'aTfd . Hiih hrr gloom.
Time heard in bis dream, hrus bcl--
saw Ehio~s griusug ln"ogh iae dsrk--
sWung put go a iaugp snd Jrl-
Aad leit vitl tLe midnight. cold and stsIA"
Twentyseven years have gone 10y since this horrible
outrage staTfrd the community Of tits metropolis. How
many are there 10 to-day who, when passing Nv the
uu1Tctebtious bookstore have mentioned, u NASSAU
81 kuew until seeing this article. that 81 was once tie
happy home OF Mary Cecilia koger--the beautiful cigar
girl"