The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-03-11

in Carleton named Susan Margaret Vail
and had seduced her, and she had borne
q child. In last October she sold
house which had been left to her by her
father, had disappeared from Carleton,
and since that time had not been heard
from.
In the latter part Of October woman,
giving her name as Mrs. Clarke, and
having child with her, came to the
Brunswick House in st. John and
day or two afterwards, had been visited
by Munroe, who had hired Worden to
take them all in his carriage along the
Black River Road, to place near that
in which the bodies were afterwards
found. When near this spot they left
the carriage and, telling Worden to
await them at Bunker's tavern, which
was hard by, they walked away, but
returned again shortly afterwards, and
drove back to town. Some days after
wards they repeated the same thing,
but this time Munroe returned to the
tavern alone, saying that the woman
had seen friend with whom she in
tended to remain. He was evidently
excited and in haste to return to the
city; he was so anxious to get away
that he paid for Worden's dinner before
it was fully eaten, and told him to drive
back with all speed.
SOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY.
1t now remained for the Coroner to
prove that the remains of the dead wo-
man and child were those of Miss Vail,
who was supposed to be also Mrs.
Clarke. Miss Wallis sisters were sum-
moned before the Coroner, and recog-
nized the hair of the person found in
the thicket-it was their sisters. They
recognized also the teeth and dress, and
the fattened piece of lead was identified
as one which had been used as truss
for Miss Wallis child, who was slightly
ruptured. The remains were thus
proven to be those of their sister. Who
was Mr3. Clarke!
THE TRUNK.
Munroe had left orders at the hotel
that Mrs. Clarke's trunk should be sent
to the American boat it had been so
sent and had remained at the ware.
house in Boston as unclaimed baggage.
Articles were found in it which the sis.
ters swore had once belonged to Mis-:
Vail. A clerk In q hardware store
swore that in October Munroe hat
bought of him a Smith g. W Wesson re
volver, and the doctors swore that thu
jagged edges of the skull of the murder
ed woman were such as would be made
by bullet of such weapon. Thu!
was forged the last link in the chain o
evidence; Nunroe was tried. admitted
riding with Mrs. Clarke, tried to ex
plain her disappearance, but the evi
dence against him was damning, an,
the jury brought in a verdict Q
"Guilty," but recommended him t
mercy. A petition in favor of com
muting his punishment was circulated
but the Governor. General refused {,
interfere.
| tONbtll UT ltf tON DEMNE EDs
Throughout the trial Munroe acte'
with the most perfect GOODNESS and sell
possession, which may be evidence eithe
of hardened villany or conscious limo
cence. The crowds who have attende,
the courthouse during the conduct G
the proceedings have shown much in
dignation at this stolidity, and hav
not hesitated to attribute it to impu
dence and obdurate heartlessness. But
his actions since the verdict tend rathe
to show that he fully believed that h
would be acquitted. Now, he is peni
tent, and passes much of his time i
reading the Bible, and couversing wit
clergymen. His fate is sealed, and h
knows that from it there is no escape.
st. John New Brunswick. j. ID.