, 1869-01-10
a FRIaHTFUL TALE.
A 1IusbAud buried @llva By IIis Wife
AID Her kovxr-
Etarn tia MampttA Aya!arcn.

A Iusband buried 7llva By IIts Wife
atd Her Lovtr.
From tie Memphis Ava!ancn".
a private letter, received from nrar Hzha.
1ie, Mississippi. ytsterdAs. containcd u few
particulars o' horrid atfair Drought to lscht
'luu1 still, n coiored man employed a.
foreman, On Nre. Ksonson's plantauons. ND
= It'll his Hitr, several hundred YasIs tram
Mrs. Us rc-lteuer. ncato, known a, Ed
1noad 1'untstatl, was frequent visitor. aud
1t had t'ng bsr4 .slsp. cted By still that
vile anu the pretended friend. It
WAS tyidtnt that Mre. stil! WAS much more
,ntcrestt~ T. Edmond tAau hcr husband, at d
tf1r tattrr. not baysnG the cnurn1e to cnp'rout
The destroyer If his peace with his su'p'ciou:,
simply sought to prntccs h1msclt against any
effort to put him out O the way. One morning
}nst wcck Still EAs n1isbihn from The pihnta.
tIon. Mrs Brunson's inquiries eie.tna from
Mss. etil that he Went out to iced some hogs
on another portion Of The place 'hc Night
before, snA had not sluea been heard Of.
Mrs. Hrursau doubted The ssosy on Its own
! merits, and tho evident confusion OF the
woman, added to whs. va alstady
| her to suspect foul play. Several servants
| wcrc summoned, md search Wa inss!tuted.
| At1cstwu Or thrro hours spent ffuitfassly ju
| different portions OF tho plantation, mem
| her nflhc party was attructed by this pres.
encc Of sou { ffesh earth at the head OF q ra'
vine nbout tiity yard. rom stills cabin. In
| 4 moment lhc startling discovery was made
| Of sotue one's knee. protrasdlcE. The FRESH,
| loose czrth Was hastily removed, and stilrs
remains, horribly muttlatcd. were dragged
! oat IN the erorul. Hts head and face con-
| taIned q humber Of High'tni EAahca, evidently
| inAlclekj with MI IKE. MIS-. trousou It onre
ordered the xr,est Of Mira. Still and Edmoud
Tuus1alj, a. the murdeserr. Upon being
taken Into custody by the negroes, Mrs. Stall
made q full confession OF her gallt. She said
ehe loved Tunssa1l, and that her husband
was In The wnr OF her happiness. They bad
louE ego determined to rid Themselves Ut
him. Recently she sought to kill him by
puttirc poison In h1s eo.tee: but Still, who
seemed 10 su.p Ct the design. compldoea that
The coffee was bitter and threw u into the hre.
| On the night ot rho murder Edmond came
to the hcuse, II being underato7d that Still
was 10 be rmored. Outside he secreted
m axe. Alter being outside n short time Mrs.
! ,nto the Jzrd. Edmond stcalsh'1y followed,
axe in hand. Suddenly llcrcasinR hn pace,
/ he orer1ook the nnsuspeeiinE Eiet.u. nd
| with powerful hloT RON the axe relied him
! to the ground. o her blows followed, uuti1
| he believed the bloody work dane. Mrs, Sill
Joined him, aud together they carried the
| Iuangted body to the rarine. 1t Was placed on
t .ht ground Ens!i p1avc between one and a
| hslf and two feet deep could bo prepared. But
| while Forcing the victim h It the murderer.
| wtre startled at discovering that life VI.
rot ex;tcct. Ihe body moved, and s5unda
came from the mouth Of the supposed corpse
| Nevertheless, Still was c-amned into th'
| hole and once 10 edmond jumped upon Il
! and, aud that manner, forced II below th'
surfacr. With their hA1ds tha partners h
| criue scoot,ed in sufficient earth 10 coFer ta'
| remalns OF the murdered husband nad friend
| md then. Fastening to his cabin, pissed th'
| niQhi trce:he1 The cuntcssiau was mad'
y lib a. much unconceru As though Involving
| aen,err pecad'ltp, and Edmond offered no cor
| tfadiction. It almost itenzlcd the colores
audltcz7, who Insisted upnn Hreakins sum
| mary vengeance. But strt- Bronson Inter
| posed, snd instead cf dangling GU ad}aeen
limbs Of tho neghborIpg trre, they yer
| tuararffd md ssnf tn un{1x 2ptfaga fail.