Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-29

THE McGREGOR MURDER.
Another Corpse of the Murdered Family
FOund-The chain Of evidence
Complete.
From the pubuoue uerald. Lime %

tOmptetC.
! From the Dubuque Herald, June q.
/ Ia the case of the McGregor muir
der, Andrew Thompson being sus
pected of taking the lives of Mrs
Haggarty and her four children, i
will be remembered that although
the circumstantial evidence was over
whelming, no direct evidence haC
been discovered connecting him witt
the murder. The nearest that thi.
could be accomplished was by show,
ing that the time she left McGregol
conceded with the time he was alb
sent for week from his home, twelve
or fifteen miles west of McGregor.-
A number of penetrable mysteries
darkened the final fate of the Hag-
garty family, and Thompson's con-
nection herewith. For instance
where was be during that week Of
absence? Were the Haggarty fami
ly cast into the river at the same
time and place their trunks, etc.,
were? If so, holo were they taken
to that slough near the Wisconsin
shore, when the river was not frozen
over, but the ice was running so that
the ferry. boat could not cross? II
not drowned Immediately, where
were they kept until they were
drowned ? How came the female
corpses found to be naked or nearly
SO, from the waist downward, and
fully clothed, even to nubia, cape and
shawl, above the waist? Were the
cords around the neck of two of the
corpses intended for strangling-
loosely tied, and in one case with a
bow knot? If not, for what purpose
were the cords Where was the
youngest of the family, who was
missing, but whose corpse had not
been discovered? These and huns
drad other questions, were subjects
Of constant, but bootless, discussion
at McGregor. But some of the mys-
teries, and perhaps all of them, are
in a fair way to solution. Last
evening the following dispatch from
McGregor was received at this office
"The body of Johnnie Haggarty,
the fourth and last member of the
murdered family, has been found.
Other discoveries have been made,
the whole forming chain of cir
cumstances undoubtedly sufficient to
conVict Andrew Thompson of the
murder. The inquest will be pro-
ceeded with on Friday morning,
and Thompson will be put upon
bis preliminary examina ion Mon
day"
No positive evidence has yet been
brought out, connecting the prisoner
@ith the murder, only inferences-
buL differences of awful weight
Such are-the fact that no one else
bad any motive, for the murder
while had a strong motive, viz, to
avoid tho Infamous notoriety soon
TO attach to him az father of an
iIiegiiimate child, and the resulting
life long embarrassment that at
the time Mrs. Haggarty disappear
ed from McGregor, Mr.. Thompson
was absent from his home for over
week, and his wife, his father,
nor any body else yet discovered,
knew, or yet knows where he was
that after the discovery of the trunks
and other things, he took no steps
towards the discovery of the ideno
| LITIGATION of the remains of the wo-
men beloved ct that is The name
for IT'D or Of her and her children +
murderer then when suspicion be-
gan to be directed towards him, in.
stead Of demanding an investigation
he kept watchful eye to the wind,
ward, and when he saw the sheriff
approaching, took to the timber
stayed there all night, and gave
himself up only when morning light
showed him to be surrounded by hun
dreds of men, dozens of them with
guns, determined to shoot him at
sight; that when brought to the
witness stand, he remained obstinate
~ silent, refusing to answer the
simplest question, when such silence
was terribly prejudicial to his cause
and finally, that no circumstances
however trivial, has been brought
to light Inconsistent with the sup
position that he is the murderer
But no positive evidence has yet
been discovered, connecting him dir
ectly with the murder, and the cul.
mination of the affair is still shrouded
in impenetrable mystery.
Anxious for a solution of these
mysteries, the inquest adjourned til
Friday, by which time it is hoped thai
some clue to the whereabouts o.
Thompson during that week O.
absence, or to some of the other
mysteries, may be obtained and il
once got hold of, it will be closely
followed. Meantime, the sheriff has
incarcerated Thompson in Garnavillc
Jail, to await his preliminary examina
ton, which will commence on Mon.
day next, at McGregor.