The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-12-03

i:'-en. * Toy N. y Times, Nov. la.J
~. .: .,,:',- fe,.. p..'iaeton S.i,,
i'll the southern part Of the town vi ua.
laway, stands little barn known as tht
| HUI! barn Though close to the road
it is but little used. and Is not known t.
have been opened for several weeks.
1t has but two doors one opening to the
stable and the other to the main fiuor,
and thc.e are situated on opposite side:
III the building. Ihe former was iocked
on the In>ide by Il button, which held II
so firmly as t. defy all at ant.ts /. nnI
the outside to gain admission. he lat
tcG wa broken from Ehe hinges and had
ucon p!opptd up Erm.y by RAJ! braceu
against il on the niit>ids. On Nednes,
day .ad residing near by was passing
by this barn when suddenly his dog
which accn;npanled ilin, ran through II
| hole il, the foundation wall OF uuderpin-
ming. aud commenced furious barking.
! The lad supposing that he had ''treed
| some interesting game went into the
barn to obtain pitchfork with which t.
aid the animal in dispatching 1t.
Climbing upon the haymow, which was
four or five feet hi gh from the floor, he
was startled by discovering spread out
upon the hay asblack shaw.irom beneath
which pOrtruded a human hand Being
badly frightened he went out and found
another bov, with whom he went to his
father. who went to the barn, and lifted
the shawl discovered the dead body OF an
aged and respectfully dressed woman, in
good state of preservation. 1t VAS clad
in a black silk dress, quite old and tender
70 the touch, IA. good. black bombazlne
bonnet, trimmed with Grape, silk gauze
viel, and shoes that were considerably
worn All the clothing was very neat,
with most scrupulous care. 1t was note
e! rcil particularly triai iilat tiIe si-
we're perfectly clean. "a We're ais the
snrklrg> showing thit she had done
little or nn walking inthem. by her side
was ii ,iik parasoi, and in her nocket Il
pairof dia~hioueI silver mounted spec
;acleS Tie pocket also contained Il purse
IN which thnre was $25.66 viz: two s.
ills on the Bank of Orangetown both
old state banks $40 greenback and
:he balance in postal currency and pen
MES The remains were those Of Il per
son apparently seventy years old or over.
and were very poor IN tle>h being desert
| bed as perfect Skeleton. An examine
| lion failed to discover any maj Ks of viu-
| lence upon the body, or any other inuicl-
ton tha, the deceased had n ct any other
than a natural death. But how, the
eishborS ask came the body IL the barn
| All efforts to identify it failed, and there
was no person walking in the highways
The stable door, which was fastened with
button. had not been disturbed; but
| rhe other, which was braced by rail-,
had evidently been opened. as the raj
| had been moved outward from its foun.
laton in the ground about foot But
| # the old lady had gained the entrance
alone and alive, she could not possibly
nave closed it again. There was no mud
N her shoes, without which it was i'm
possible to have walked to the barr
within the last two weeks. that being the
time the body is supposed to have beer
dead Besides the haymow on whic!
she lay was four or five feet high, with
out ladder or any other means by
which lady of her age and evident fee
bleness could have climbed upon it, while
the careful spreading of the shawl ovei
the entire form is comparable with the
suppnsition that a death struggle tool
nlace beneath it. The whole affair is
deep mystery. which has created very
great impression in the quiet neighhor
hool in which it occurred. Coroner D
Z. White. of Rallaston Spa. held an in
que 81 on Wednesday afternnon. hat fa!le'
to eict any satisfactory Intelligence Ii
regard the causes nf the strange deceas,
and verdict was rendered accordingly