The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-10-09
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HOW MURDER WILL OUT.

The old adage that murder will out has
singular illustration in the. following account
from the Dubuque Times. The determine
ton with which the criminal has been pur.
sued by his nephew, with a view to bringing
him to punishment, is almost as unnatural
under the circumstances as the crime Itself;
For the last fifteen or twenty years there |
has lived, about dozen or so miles south |
Of this city, farmer named Costello, who,
in his own community, has enjoyed the rep
utation of being an upright, honorable and
fair dealing man. Matters prospered well
on his farm; he WAS all attention to his du'
ties, and was considered good husband and
father. But none but himself knew the
dreadful secrets that might have cost him
days and night Of uneasIness
Costello WAS born in Ireland, and lived
there till manhood. He had settled down,
and reioiced IN the possession of q wife and
several children. But an unlucky day came,
when, ina dispute, which We will hope wad
caused by temper or liquor and not in cold
blood, he struck the blow which rodo hi"
q tratrlcide--a brother.murderer, an outlaw
and O fugitive from justice. Escaping the
officers of the law, he fed the country, en-
barked on an cmigrant ship, and came to
America, the refuge not only OF many who
are tired of the despotsms ofthe Old World
but alas, of too many who have put them
selves under the ban by their crimes. After
many years of rambling through this coun.
try, he came TO Dubuque, where, by indus
try and economy, he succeeded in securing
good farm How he suffered during all
this time mono can tell; his early life in Ire
land showed him at least not to have been
hardened criminal, and if that were so, we
cannot but expect that his conscience
troubled him sorely. But as the years went
by, and sseeing his crime only with selfpal.
liatng eyes, the feeling probably wore
away.
Meantime, his wife and children still re.
manned in the old country, entirely ignorant
OF his whereabouts. He could not write to
have them come out to America, for that
would only lead to his discovery, and bring
him surely to the galows. Besides, 1t II
but natural to suppose that his wife, know
ing his terrible crime Of numbering hi
brother, would hardly be willing to shar
her life with his; nor could the children
who. may be already knowing their father
ignomy, or who would some day, sooner oil
later, be cognizaut Of it, be expected to pay
him the respect father should receive. -
SO, probably taking the matter into consid
Grafton, and looking into his actions with
selfish and self excusiug eye, he adds anoth
er, and, under the circumstances, more hid
eous crime Of bigsmy to that Of tratricidt
by taking wife, aud, unhappily, ha
brought others into the world to share hi
shame.
But bis terrible secret has at last creI
out. Last week his newhew the son Of Il
murdered brother, arrived here, and, aft
securing the proper legal papers, proceede
to the farm of Costello. and had him ares
ed for the murder committed thirty yeai
dg0. He is now on his way back to lrean
to be tried and, if no circumstances can
adduced to justify the fratrcide, to sutf,
for it to the full extent.