The Republican journal., 1869-10-14


sure; | stopped with her until she left" OF
the ladv's hair. which was brown and which
she wore braided and tied up in the form Of Il
switch this witness said, ''thats her hair to
the best Of my knowledge; she used to wear
it plated up in a waterfall" A Mrs. by ke-
man, in Carleton, who had made dresses for
Miss Vail, identified some of them. and on
being shown her hair said, "Oh. that's her
hair She always wore it braided when knew
h,t' She also identified her teeth one of
winch projected little A medical man in
Carleton proved that in February, 1868, he
had attended Miss Vail professionally, when
she was delivered of Il female child. She
stated that Mr. Mumoe the architect, was
the father of the child. The child had '.um-
bilical hernia and he had ordered truss and
bandages for it, The girls sister had recent
" told him that she didn't know where she
was, but believed Munroe had her hid away
somewhere. Other evidence rs to the nature
of the truss made vase given and that found
was seen to correspond. Worden, of course,
proved the facts of which he was cognizant
1t was also proved that Miss Vail had prior
to October sold her property, and had at one
time $500 to 5000 on her person. She told
Mrs. Lake that ''her husband" which was
the name She gave Munroe in Lordly's. had
got the money, aHd if she only had it she
would be all right Her friends had caution
ed her against letting Munroe have it, he
having urged her to sell the property. She
protessed to expect him to go with her back
to Boston, and there to settle down and live
with her as her husband. She was of an
imperous disposition, made large demands
on Munroe and must have been great thorn
in his side.
Thus matters stood at our last aGyices by
mail, the inquest not having been completed;
and we can we'll understand the sensation
that must have been produced by such dis
coveries in II small, quiet, moral city like ST.
John, N. b., and which are described in their
newspapers at great length. The high social
and professional position of Mmroe, the
slender motives existing for committing q
murder and the clumsy way in which it was
performed, it he was the murderer. made it
hard to conclude that he is the guilty party
On the other hand, ii seems certain, Mrs
Clark, otherwise Vail, mother of Il child to
Munroe, according to her own account, and
who was last seen with him. was murdered
by some one. Ii so, who was the man? Who
had any interest i'll dispatching her and her
child but the man whom She claimed as hus-
band, who possibly actually was married to
her somewhere? II he did not murder her;
| if she stopped with u friend near Bunker's
| il she was driven into town OIL Monday, Nov
cnber2, rs he states; if she was passenger
| by the Boston steamer and has since been
| heard from, rs he states, these facts ought to
be easily proved, and Mr.. Munroe would
| seem TO be much interested in proving them.
| But we notice that witness from the Collins
| family, who live within mile and half Of
the scene of the alleged murder, stated that
no such person as Mrs Clark and her child
| ever stopped there, and the same statement
has been made by all the neighboring settlers.
| Nh has IiSn,ytnrpl wi M
the woman and child alive after Mr.. MumOe
and they parted company.
| The case thus fan looks u very black one, 50
far as Munroe is concerned. His many friends
| in st. .]ohn-Where il turns out he had been
leading 4 loose sort Of life in some respects
and the citizens of that commercial metropolis
await any light he can throw on the case with
painful interest. At present the, feeling is that
the holrid crime committed points to him rs
its perpetrator and it will II relief to many IT,
| find that he is not, and u source OF JOY to all
if the actual murderer can brought to justice.
| Tue INDIANAPOLIS DISASTER From the
Indianapolis Journal we copy the annXed ac-
count of the terrible catastrophe at the State
Fair in that city:
':One O'Clock on Friday afternoon was the
hour assigned for the trial of portable engines
and saw mills, and into the competition sew
eral firms entered, among them Sinker IL Co..
engine builders, and Long, Joseph d Carter,
saw ycrs The test had been completed, and
the victory had been won by the Sinker ma
chine Seven minutes and Il half of saving
had been done, with every part OF the engine
and mill strained to the utmost tension, after
Which the fires had been permitted to go down
| and the machines to rest. About three O'Clock
Mr.. Sinkcr's foreman thought it advisable to
saw up the logs on hand, so rs to clear up
Inv
of interested lOokers-on were gathered about
the area occupied by the machinery, while
here and there over the grounds We're scat
tered twclye or fifteen thousand people. AT
Il moment OF undsturbed quiet noise like
the explosion of park Of artillery saluted
the ear A volume of steam, Il binding cloud
of dust and smoke, the air filled with debrtS
OF timber, of pieces of iron, of shreds OF cloth
inc, parts of human beings, of grOans and of
shriells men falling hither and thither, and
ranks opened rs ploWcd through with grape
and shrapncl, told the fearful tale of an cX
| ploSOn.
The scene was one to appall the stoutest
heart The immense crowd, only informed
enough to know that Il terrible accident had
occurred, swaycd and surged like mighty
| hillOWS, breaking over every cOntme and
threatening to add to the list of deaths by
ttrampling beneath their feet some Of the
weaker and the smaller, who We're reeling
about in the vortex in utter helplessness-
First impeled by curiosity, the Jam was to-
ward the spot from whence ths sound came;
the manned and wounded lvi#5Nabout the Vi
cinity were overwhelmed, andaeubtless some
We're killed outright who might have lived
had tliey been allowed air and given atten-
ton at once.
The force of the explosion seemed to be
lateral Heavy pieces OF the machinery We're
blown to the north and to the west long dis
tance; few Of the lighter parts were found
some distance to tbs east, but more Were
| thrown backward Those who saw it say
that nothing was thrown higher than thirty
OF forty fect. The bodies of several men
were lifted into the air and alighted in man
glcd and mutilated shapes many yards from
where they were standing when struck with
the steam.
Where the engine stood was left no per
ceptible trace, except an area of smoked and
backened ground. Even the foundation had
been torn up, and not u brick was left stand
ing the one upon the other large piece OF
the boiler, which weighed five hundred
pounds, was carried II distance OF Il hundred