The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-01-23

letike CuOSe OF lfOS.
i Another fish is spotted like leop,
iard, from three to ten feet in length.
.EThey build their houses like beavers,
lin which they spawn, and the male
Espr female watches the egg until it
Ehatches. I saw many specimens of
lshe green turtle, some five feet long,
which I should think would weigh
from 400 to 500 pounds.
s Singular Train of Circumstantial Ev-.
!. On Monday last, Mons. Charles
Jugand spent his evening with two
friends at one of.our beer saloons.-
They retired about II o'clock, and
MIR. Jugand and his DOMINATE went
to their lodgings. The room which
the two friends occupied Was in the
second story of the North wing of the
House, and has only one window open
ing North on an alley, used in conf
mon by the tenants of seven Offices
fronting on Cont street, one of which
is occupied by Drs.. Mastin and
Brodic. When they entered their
room it was little after - a. m. Mr..
Jugand complained that the heat was
sessiye.- Mr. yugand's roommate
fell asleep, and nitro rurrrro-v'rturh
a. IN. awokc, and casting his eyes to-
ward his companions bed, saw it
empty. Supposing he had gone out,
he went to the door, which he found
locked inside, and then perceived that
the. sash of the window was raised;
rushing to it, he looked down. AMI to
lis horror, saw just under the window,
the body of his friend, bent up al
most double, head downward, the
feet partly standing against the wall.
Calling at once for help, he rapidly
went down stairs, but there found
that the street gate of the common
alley was fastened inside. Expect
ing to gain entrance through one Of
Offices, he ran round to Cont street,
but none of them were open. The
guarl-housc is just at the opposite
corner, and one or two officers were
soon on the spot, and forced an ell
trance into the alley. Col. Milne
inquired of the surviving roommate
as to the circumstances of their being
last together, and then requested
that gentleman to consider himself
under arrest. The gentleman prompt
ly complied. In the meantime, the
body Of Mr.. Jugand was removed
and carried to his room, as it had
been found, namely, with only a light
night shirt and his socks on.
As we said, the body had been
found in u common alley, which was
closed on the inside, and to Which no
access could be had except through
the offices on Cont street; the alley
is dark, hardly five feet wide, and
surrounded on all sides by high brick
walls. Just under the window, and
where the uneven bricks raised it's
sharp angle, a large pool of dark blood
was marking the fatal spot; then,
about two feet from it, toward st.
Emanuel street, a large earthcn spit
toon, was in which could be seen a
quantity Of coagulatcl blood. "A
little farther, a large rag, also satur-
aztec with blood, was lying as ifhastily
cast out of sight, while almost oppo,
site the place where the body lay,
but a little west of it, a heavy dry
goods box was, together with a towe
half spread it, likewise bespatterec
with blood; and to complete the chair
of horrible circumstances, an old rusty
brick-laycr hatchet was discovered
partly hidden behind the box. Th'
edge of those hatchcts being very mar
row, it seemed almost to adapt ltsei
to the deep cut on the head, as II tw'
blows had been struck Oh tho sam
spot, but at right angles of each 0
ther-and to complete, the edge OF tn
hatchet was covered with heavy brown
ish substance which looked like an Ell
norosoonco or fresh blood