The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-30

three years. Circumstances have
lately been made public, which we
give below, that lead many to sus
picion, and that causes the family
of the deceased to feel certain that
thsv came to their deaths by being
frloniously poisoned by some un-
known party or parties. The Cir
cumstances are as follows
Alfred Slgler, a few weeks pre-
vious TO his death, told hIs brother
Leonard that he had overheard GER
tain parties talking about robbing
Edwards Store, and committing
like dspredations. Leonard, with
ont asking him who the parties
were, told HIM to step such talk, re-
garding if as mere boy talk. Alfred
done so, but IN a few days after be-
gan to tell his brother Samuel a
bout 1t, who closed his mouth in the
same way Leonard had for the same
~reasons. Shortly after this, Alfred
died, the physicians not under
standing the cause ofhis death.
Last October, however, a letter
was found near where the Baptist
aarsonagensedte stand, directed to
Henry Sigler, which, on opening,
showed itself to be q portion of a
letter, IN which was slipped a piece
of paper, on which was addressed
an inquiry 10 Henry Sigler, asking
han il he knew anything about the
contents Of the letter, and stating
that it was found on the bridge on
tho End day of the recent Morgan
County Far. This letter, which
was we'll worn and somewhat unIn-
tellIgible by carrying, was written
with pen and ink, in asrather poor
haBd-wrting. and evidently had
been written by some one of far
natural ability, but meagerly edu-
Gated. The page which would bear
the address and date was torn off,
and what remains is on two half
sheets of commercial note, closely
written on both sides. Its contents
are about as follows
"Itis good for you that no one thinks OF
you or me being leaders in the work going
on in Me- onnelsville. Wei, we will lake
all we can get out Of old McConnelsyille /;
we don't expect to stay long. II was you
boys I would not FIRE Sprague's and Math-
ew's Stores. Take what you can get and
no more. We have done bad enough now
without burning houses. Here there was
considerable written relative to dragging q
woman and some children, which we win
not give. ED You know you poison
ed AT. Sigler with slow poison. lie did
not die a natural death. You were afraid
be would let you be known because be heard
you say you won'd break in The Edwards
Store. They thought he died of brain dis
ease He was drugge6 with that stuff I
gave the woman mentioned above.-ED.1
It impregnates The blood and takes awsy
The strength. All goes before it Ike death.
II is so slow that one can hardly detect it at
all. Here there is more relative to the a.
aforementioned woman the writer saying he
would ike to come TO McConnelsyille IL he
dared.-ED. But it is all my life is worth
10 be seen in McConnelsvilIe 10 daytime,
for fear Adams viii know me, and you
know | swsetened the tea for them some
time ago. Here there is a good deal mere
relative to the woman matter.-ED-] tits
well for you that you are not known to be
the man yoa are in McConnelsville as may
he. you would have teen swinging before
this. Ill do peach on you boys, you
dare not contradict, Or out goes all the
road robbery. g You know L~oughridge
ridesa splendid horse. [GIere the paper
was SO worn that nothing could be made
out Of the writing.-ED.1 W. L"
This letter was placed in the pos
session of John +. Siglcr, in October
last, and has been in his hands ever
since, the whole matter being kept
quiet In the hcPe that more infor-
nation could be gained On the sub
ject. The recent decease of Samuel
SIgler, be dying evidently from the
same causes that his brother Al
fred dad, has caused the matter to
be publicly talked about on the
streets, and induced John to make
the letter public.
Considering that a little OYER two
years ago, the inmates of .he Ad-
ans House were served to q dose
of poison in a manner that never
could be satisfactorily accounted
for, that we have had a good many
petty r%obberles, the perpetrators of
which never could be got trace of,
and considering the manner and
of the deaths of these
men, and then considering
the disclosures of this letter, some
of which we have not published,
considering all these matters, there
Is certainly ground for suspicion
that matters and things are going
in this community that it would
be well for the public to Investi-
gate.
s9r The net compensation of our