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AN American TRAUPM4NS.
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ST. JoHN, n b., FEB. 10. John A. Munrcs VS..
hanged the morning for the murder ot Catheri1,
Nnl, lis mistress, and their child. IN Septem ber
last. lie lett a written confession Of his crime
The youth was OF high social position, and his vic
tim beautiful woman. The history OF the crime Is
as follows
Last September, as some negroes were gathering
berries in thickct situated about one hundred yards
from the Black River Road, ten miles from ST. John,
they came upon some human remains.
II was alonely spot by nearly unfrequented road
no houses were near, except a farm. house and a
tavern. Search Ia the tbicket brought TO light the
skull ribs and thisl bones Of an adult and the skull
ron tue ground.
In addition to these, roll Of hair, portion. OF A
Nomens iress w3olen jacket and piece Of under.
ciouiin were found, which probably-certainly, As
the jury afterwards said-had once belonged 70 her
whost body was 50 deeayed that and utterly unrc.
eoguizaole. Al some distance from these was dis.
covered babJs foot iu n htt, stOcking and piece
OF lead, nat, and about the size OF a siycr half
dollar.
Limbs had been torn from the surrounding trees
and placed upon the corpses To conceal them I:
and moss had also been gathered and scattered
soose t,' evidently with the design OF hiding all
Heading tins, a cabman named worden remem.
vceu 'ha' asN octoDer hc md taken In his carriage
TO the nelghborhood where the the bodies had been
found. q woman andta child, accompanied by a man
Worden said that the man was John A. Munroe
q "eliknoNn drcitect OF this city, and a young
married nisn, pr whose Integrity there bad not
hitherto been doubt. Munroe vac then arrested
,t few iears ago Aunroe became acquainted with
gifl m carleton named Susan Margaret Vail, and
had s'dneed her and she had borne a child In / st
Ocio o. she sold house which had been Ief 10 her
oy her iatncr, but dishppearcd from Carleton, and
since That time had not been heard from.
ln Tue latter part Of October, woman giving her
came 10 the Brunswick House In 81 John, and a
DAY or TWO hnerMnId had been visited by Munroe
VINO had hired Worden TO take them all In his car.
rage alony tc Back River road to place near that
IN which tie bolits were afterwaTd found.
When near this spot they lcn the carriage and
ulms Morden 10 await them ut BunkcI's tavern
they walked away, but returned Agnin shortly an er
ward, and drove back TO town some DAYS after.
Mhd they repeated the same thing, but this tine
Munloe le'9fted TO the tavern alone, saying that
tended 20 remain. lie wns excited and In haste to
return to the city he was so anxious to Ret away
lhal lie PAID ior Nordens dinner before It was luly
c ten. " '
II now remained Tor the Coroner TO prove thu, the
remains ot the dead woman and child were those q I
Miss Vail, who was supposed to be also Mrs Clarke
MISS Nails sisters were summoned before the Cor.
oner, ana recognized the hair of tho person found
~ ut lhleket-lt Nns thCir sis'er's They rtcog.
niled al1o ,he tetu and dress, and the hattencd
piece OF lead WAS identified ne one which had baen
used rs truss for Miss Naiis child
clerk IN The hardware store sWore TINT In Octo.
Der Munroe hid bought Of him revolver and The
doctors sNore that the Jagged edges OF the skull of
Tue murdered woman were such as would be made
by bullet Of such a weapon Thus was formed lie
last link In the chain OF evidence and MnnToc v,s
convicted. AT the last he ploiessed himself pcni.
tont. '>'"