The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11
SIXTH NARRATIVE.
Contributed by Sergeant Cuf.

poRKrNG Surrey, Jtiv N. lstl. To Franklin Blake,
eSl sr-t prUpose 10 tell YOU, In the rst place, what
y known Of the manner In which your cousin met his
death.
u appears tn he established, beyond any rea-
sonsble doubt that he was killed while he was asleep
or Immediately his waking, by being sinothered with
pillow fTOm his bad: that the persOns guilty of mar
dCrng him the three lDians, and that the object
acieyed-by the crime, la ub-
tain possession the diamond called the Moonstoie
The facts fro'h which this conclusion Is drawn are
derived partly foul am examination of the ROOM nj the
tavern, and parity from the evidence obtained at the
CUrOner'S Inquest
ON orcng The door of the roou the deceased gentle
man was discovered. dead, with pillow nf the he'd
over his f,ep. Til" medical man who examined him,
being informed Uf this circumstance. considered the
Isystnorem appearances being perfectly conlpati-
hlc with murder by s'nothcIihg. . -
paI,.r containing iascrintinuD Was tIund nrsn aud
enpty. table Ia IA" rVon. MT. Lukcr has himself
ers'nslly dcntln" the bow tile seal and the inscrip-
tain the diamond called the Moonsione; aud he ,. sd
itrd having E'en the boS thus sealed M io Goifrry
Ahlewhits thru cnccalei under disguise on the at
tern"on at the t~enty of June last. The fair In
f.rencc IRON, all this y that the stealing of the Moon
stsne was tb" only ns'tiNe of the crime.
Next, A. Ia the manner la shic the crime
nittri.
hlgh. trap-lOUr In the ccug, lCalng cut to the
r,-,f of the hoase. disc verp open. That some
psrson or peTsOus. must have got admission In this
wsy spIars evident IrOm the fact of aperture be-
Ing thsTe.
Lastly as Ia the rerSnn, or persons by whom tie
ills snown l. thai the Indians had an Interest In pas.
themselves dianluui. =, III least
pr,,hsble thai the looking like an tUdan whom
UrtaNus t,uy saw the window of the cab speaking
tl ,ire-t like = a,rc.iane. M the three
Hiaiss c,nselrstars. u Is certain thai this same
irrssgS like mscIanic, keeping Mr.. sOtIrcy
Ablcw hitr In view all thrugh the evening of the 9Th,
anil hhunl La the b-irVonI, hcfop Mr.. Ahlewhit,
so~n into 70, unicr crcun,.ts,c which lead a.
the saSpicton that be examining the r,.o- 4.
nors. oT tnru xi thrrsi ptck.st up In Ga. bsi-
rsn which eNI-rt n sac tuatters. d.cisre q,
he Ot Haitian Inanafsctnr,. AMI to he sIscies oT t
thrvai nt kno~u la Englaad. i uIn the n,orning oi
o.. 9Th thrre answering to th description II the
thr~e Indsn-, observed la Lscr Thames street,
wrrr trscrsi tn tlp Tower Wharf AMI ~rrc sen 81
leave Is,,rloa nv th- steamer boabi tor Rotterdam.
Thsre u her, norsl not lsRal evidence. that the
nlurter wAs c.,nmiti,i by the lnfsns.
whrthsr the man Ier~,nsting n mechanic wss, or
,s st an src,,n,p,ie ia the crime. u tsshi. o.,
ssy That hs r,al hsSy c,,usn'ts-i the murder aloac
ss.tns bsyond the limits of probability.
have only sti that the NsIdict st the Corouer's
Ialaest ~nii murder against s-,ae person. or
IerSuns sunkn.wn Mr. Ab,e~hltes fs,sy have ourr-Si
. ,ri sni - etfsrt has been isn sntri.d ta dis
s>,,.r t- guilty Tef~oes. Tie nan ir s~ssi ke
ehshc has elade all inquiries. The INDIANS have been
trsce,i.
In the mesu~ he, having nov written all that u
neeSnil on the subject of Mr. Godfrey Ahlewhite's
drsth may PAS to the narrative ~ his rrcse.i
nxs hefr durtnx sRi ster thu Time When you anil be
met al the LAT. Lady vsrisiers Bouse.