, 1870-12-09
A DANNABLE DEED.

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:. -ADAMNABLE DEED. ~' :
An Old MAN SHOT md Buschsred by
. Rareser In Westperea-rEnAss-E
csP9 OF tho muTataE1F. 5, ,aoactsreot
AnldnK sho Citizens.
1aestce tDee. s) cao~s,eendf1os ~ Of ths S<s Ye'k
Almost horrible murder, hnksninx iu every /
deial. and one which creates au involuntary |
d@zire for swift md severe vengeance. was
within few miles Of the '.HeAd"
ok:Westport, Maar., ,between Thutsday,spd
Friday mornings Of list ReeE The victim
vas Benjamin Howard, Al old man Of 62
years, who, for about forty years, hsa- resided
IN, tho house near where the deed was perpe-
ttAsed. The house Is aituatod about quarter
Of = mile Of cross road loading from road
to Wsstpork Point to ons knusn u the $ sodom
Rosd-" ;" [Ia this house, for abonr. forty .yesra,
Howard hAe led solitary life. relieved now 4nd
then byIa Wait from Mrs. Eliza Howard. m
old lady over GO 5eara of age. and the widow
viaited her brother.iE-law. but left him about
two wehks ago, and the CID man Iemlined
alone, haueateet ua1Ehhor baiog quarter Of
mile distant. The old man had hodN aud
tBo yeatliuge, and few fowl, and his hablts
hid bseb 20 regular: for many yests ~ past in re-
bo1 bo1s f ri Ss ETesE sodde Hi ii 1aasid q hGm:
-He owu4d the fam; n1d: ahat he ptodneod On.
,:ie, with } little interest 3fon small ,dpn Of
money which he had Id bank at F1ll River,
seryed 10 support him. -
~, On Thursday it was remarked that q unela
rBep'' haa not been Easn 1dE fevdsJs ;hnd On
Saturday, the neighteka. becoming BpmevhAt:
: alariuedl searched for him. The housa was
foupd lot = At thu tou'h end Of tbs house;
beneath the undefptpning, s 1nIk.pan n1ed
man mars tao: simultaneously one Of the search
ing ptrt3 discovered apparent blood stains on
the eton$ step OF tbs front entrance, .on the
/; vest de-. Of tho, building. Tho eearch'wms
punued ana fnAlly, tAbout rix rodsfrom the
entr.1c9toa mssaow; IT =, trashy !da8 heia ~
to aha 3weatwafd :: large spot Of; caottea
blood, PARTIALLY. covered with fresh earth.
Taa FOUND; Andc On 1.-The; other 'H{de"s- of
fhs wall 4 woodsaw end axe, - both
Of Which were covered with dried blood.
From .h4re the teatch Was AZ easy one. Tha
parties we're On the Bcent, and trail OF blood
| leading dYar stone vail into the west f1eld,
| and still bYer smother wall, partially thrown
| down, unto the woods few feet oissant, WIS
only too apparent. =.a-::
| be deed had been committed. Tho dsad body
| of the old man, With his head beaten in, shot
| through Tie arm. and with the right leg se7-
ered from his body at the thigh, tbere lay A
search for the missing limb Haa then mAde, In
/ the cou1Ae OF which the Dirt IN the intended
/ Tina eboes was there found. The leg was
finally discovered in the woods, partially COY.
cred with s1savee, few feet Houth Of the
body, A diliGent search WAS again made
| around The house for tnY u1c3a of the
murderer, and the other ehoe OF The old mar
in email garden near the house-- It wss alst
discovered that an attempt, had been m4dets
brsak open the bAck ~door With an iron bar
three marks Of ita Insertion being plalaly viii
BILE between the door and the casing, ftwa,
subsequently Asserted thst Mr. Howard hi.
struck four times IN the head With an axe
| Two of these wounds ware between ,hia eyes
sud about two inches long These vera evi
Il denly done with the edge OF the are. One o
the oiher tvo vas near the left temple, an
fractured his akull; The remain,ng one VA
a's1ight wound on the top OF the head. :.
A Uorouefs Jury was inmedistaly summon
il ed By George 4. clifford, 1ust1cs ot tbs Peac<
: and rendered . verdict that the deceased VII
/ murdered By some unknown pe1aon.: A DO
, day morning, sags that be heard very lou
talking in the direction OF the house, an
: thinks he distinguished tho words, you Il
| me alone and I'll let yau I1ona:", buk;sa,
I nothing about hearing tbs discharge Of
st It is ha,a to conceive the 81 object Of the mu
! email bill at = store near By, and had at th,
: time: eco in his possession, aud 1T :,
1um0redi That be gave :. sn order to
. .fderd: it., Westpost to draw four hundre
dollars from one Of the Fail River banks !; b,
nto3
money on bis person, nothing being found bl
, jack- knife and head Of tobacco IN enc I
! 4 @his pocketa, nor had my money been found
: the house: Tha key OF the house l. also mis-
t T ing. .aThe nelghboEa say that, Howard b
. I beed robbed. several times, on one oecasit
j, have 6een stolen from the h9use.;;. When u
d tragedy was discovered, the house WIS INN
q :diateIy: filed with people from ill direction
. 4 attracted thither by the brutal deed. The de-
O. body Of the old map, in, everyday attire; v
~ laid out; in ono ct the rooms, and, althout
It his baad was badly cut, h,s countensnee "
l. calm and gave no tigu Of ths ferabla soc
ri through n hich be bad paaBed- =, h-.
70 The,nosr plauable theory Of the deed, Il
u ing aH. circumstances into consideration:
:! morning, for tbs rnsnure, 1nom The stalls b
n been. removed AID the mornings, m1ki
t. done. The old nan probably returned fro
,s the Earn xitn his milk pail, and discovered
is man endeavoring to force the back door ope
.. Setting his psil down, where i, was found.
p naturally bad sonaa words with tha burg}t
Is whom, possibly, he knew, (and thfs Wor
Is account for ths words heard by the bo
ur and then went around tbs house to enter t
or f1oEt door, The burglar, knowing the
ht na,i could identity him.. fhot hlrn xith I
as gnn xhlch he had with him, and subsaquen
rs I attacked him Nfth an Axe, and then Attemot
ne to conceal the tloody, work he had acco
nd p1,shed, and in ths conrae of which, to 1lgh'
the task Of dragging the body, the burglar
H. tanned the wood-ea@ and IKE. with which
nd removed the right leg Of his victim ard liz
ye walls and through The fiald we're made, ,
,ts hastily covering The corpse With few leav
in |. the murderer fled Il