Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02
TINE FAmHEE muRDER lR
EHsLAFD.
An astounding n~svslasioa e
Crime
lcOrospondenss Of the n. 7. World
LONDOH, May %.

lnlFuulnR iut0 fataulhe. Inc love-
lest spot In one Of the l0veliest
counties Of England has been made
the scene Of the foulest murder
that has been perpetrated in Eng.
land within the memory Of Q gem
Grafton. This murder is worse
than the slaughter Of the KiRck
family by TropmaD, for although
in each case seven lives were take0,
In this Uxbridge slaughter the
murderer was of the same blood as
his victims, and he slew his mother,
his sister, his brother, his brothers
wife, and his three nleces. l went
on yesterday TO the scene Of this al
most unparalleled tragedy looked
upon the bodies of the victims ; as.
sisted at their burial /; listened TO
what their neighbOrs had to say
about them; and then "inter-
viewed" the wild beast who had
killed them, In his cell at the prison
Of Slough.
l wish that | could convey to
you an idea OF the beauty Of the
country which surrounds the viii
lage of Denham aud the town Of
Uxbrldge. II was halfway be-
tween these two places, or rather
nearer to the former than the latter,
that this septenary murder was
committed. Uxbridge is In Mid.
dlesex, and Denham is in Bucks.
The two counties are divided by
the river Colne-a little stream
overhung with willow trees and
gliding through green meadows.
You cross the stream upon q n an
Cient bridge Of stone, and before
you lies the loveliest picture inn
aginable. On either side are fields
OF wheat, now dressed in vivid
green; back Of these rise gentle
hills, crowned with trees; farm.
houses and laborers' cottages peep
out here and there; hedge.rOws,
dense with luxuriant growth, and
brilliant with blossoms, enCircle
the fields; and far away, upon a
hill that looks like q billOw Of
foliage, is the mansion Of "the Lord
of the Manor" the sole owner Of
almost the entire parish Of Dem
ham.
THB HOUSE OF MURDER.
At mile from Uxbridge the
road forks, and at its intersection
stands o finger post, on one arm
bearing tho inscription, ITO Dem
ham half mile !" aud on the other,
"ro liver, three miles; to Slough,
five miles; to Windsor, seven
miles" Turning down the road
to D~enham-which is a romantic
country path, lined with over
branching trees,and having on each
side well.tilled fields and lawn-like
meadows-I came TO a double cot
tage, standing back little from the
waysidc. Its doors and windows
were shut and barred, aud in the
yard were a group Of smartly dress.
ed Bucks county police. This was
the scene of the murder; in this
= cottage, which might have been
any number of hundreds Of year,
old, and which was still in good re.
pair, laid the bodies Of the sever
victims of a long cherished hate.
THE MARSHALL FAMILY.
Twenty years ago there dwelt In
this house the Marshall family
They were humble, but well-to.dC
people-thCre was a father, o moth
or, three sons and three daughters,
One OF the boys was a sober, steady
industrious lad, and the father
taught him his own trade, that of 0
blacksmith, which he carried on in
a shop attached to the cottage
! The other boys were wild aud reck.
less ; one of them went of to Amer
lea, and has never been heard OF
since ; the otherhung around home,
got into bad company, made ac'
Quaintance with preachers and
| tramps, aud made the hearts Of his
parents sad. Fifteen years ago,
when this boy had become a man.
he committed a petty crime, aud
} was in danger Of being brought 10
Justice. His father and his brother
: and two sisters, who had by thi:
time married, scraped together
money enough to pay his passage
, to Australia, whittier he had ex'
4 pressed q desire TO go, and with
, many tears and prayers, they SEN
him of to seek his fortune In the
antipodies. Five years afterwardI
: the father died; the son who haC
. remained at home then married
but kept his old motheLAnd unmar
ried sister In the hOuEe with him
and carried on his trade. He wa
industrious and thrifty he pros
!, pered four children were born Il
him ; and he doubtless was happy
. Perhaps, at eventide, when the fam
"a lll WoIe SutAeIou Ouuu thO HOoAtA
D over which the shadow Of a feariu
tragedy was lowering, although un'
seen, the mother and son talked Of
I the two absent boys, and hoped
they might some day return ant
the little children asked to be told
=, of their uncles, whom they haC
never seen. Three years ago, ont
J night, a voice summoned Marshall
: to the door, and on going out h,
y was accosted by a man in tattereC
!. clothes and of forbidding aspect.
: RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP.
The black sheep had returned
from Australia, blacker than wher
he went away. His story was soor
told ; he had led a life Of vice ani
. crime; he had been in prison IL
Australia, and since his return 4
, England he had committed q crime
for which he might OF any moment
be arrested. Marshall listened tC
,hta atorv nf horror: his own qood