The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-20

.brewdness mt once proposed to break in the :
door. Armstrong, who, as wei 90 a,s
either Gas a Sth cod o. agitation, hesiatngy
sented, and orow-bars being procureo, an Gu
trance was forced, and In rushed 2 score OF ea
remembered caught hold Of her husbands
arm il Q hurried, frightened manner, Whisper,
cd hastily in hie ear. and then both followed
"Now, farmer cried johnson, as soon as ne
had procured light, "iead the way upstairs.
Armstrong who appeared to have som nSs n m~
rustics. On reaching the landing place. ne
knocked at Mr. Wilson's bedroom Seemed to
hesitate, but tie constable at once ntteo .nD
latch they entered, and then meianchoiy
spectacle presented itself ,. ex+snaed on |
the floor q lifeiess corpse. He had been stab
bed in two places in the breast with some
sharp-pointed instrument. Life vas quite ex-
spection, several bundles containing many OF
Wilson's valuables in jewelry and plate TO-
were found. The wardrobe and secretary
bureau had been forced open. The assassins'
| had, it seemed, been disturbed, ana mao hur
ried off by the window without their plnnder.
A hat was also picked up in the room, shiny'
black hat, much too small for the deceased;
The constable snatched it up, and attempse4 .
nearly large enough. This, together VIII sne
bundles, dssipated a suspicion whiehNad ossn,]
gEoyng il nssa ,aa ise and as
er; it's not you, that's quite clear. ~.
To this remark neither Armstrong nor us
wife answered syllable, but con at t, 10
locks, in bewildered terror and astonisnmen..
Presently some one asked if anybody had seen
Mrs Strugnellf ,.;a
"She is not come home her door is locked.
"How do You know that p cried the consta-
1 T1i IN 'b his face. aHow do you know that
| Because-because," stammereo ArMs'ionk,
4" because she always locks it when she goes
(which is her rooms -
"The next to this" -
Are YOU there, Mrs. Struggled !" shouted
johnson.
There was no reply.
on Sunday evenings" remarked Armstrong in
"The key is in the lock on the inside" cried
| o young man who had been st1iVins W Peop
"Mrs. Struggled, are you there ~ once more
shouted the constable. He was answered ~ "a
burst in, and Mrs. strugneli was soon pulled
out, apparently more dead than aiive; from u,
underneath the bedstead, where she, IN
speechless CONSERVATION, lay partially con-
cealed. Placing her in . chair, they soon cue
ceeded-much more easily, indeed, than they
anticipated-in restoring her to CONSEQUENCES:
1
eager faces that enyironed her, till her eyes
fell upon Armstrong and his wife, when 81 sue
gave q loud shrek, and mutterlng nney,d '" f
| are the murderers, swooned, OF apPeareo w
do so, again instantly.
The accused persons, in spite of their fren
zied protestations of innocence, were instant s
ly seized and then taken OFF to place OF Sc
curity; Mrs. Strugnell was conveyed 20
neig6bor's close by; the house was CAREFUL;
secured and the agitated and wondering vi,
Layers departed to their several homes ou' ho'
7 fancy tO sleep any more tnaG nlRut.
Tho deposition made by Mrs. Strugnell a
the inquest on the body was in substance q
{" On the afternoon in question she had,
accoriapce with her usual custom, Proceeae
n to town. She called on her aunt, LOOK yea Ia1
or her and afterwards went to the lndepenoeu
m Chanel. After service, she called to see MI
ly Wilson, but was informed that In consedueht
of severe cold the yong iar rSyoe eaa hom
,es wards. and consequently arrived at t .is
Mt Farm more than an hour before her usual Iln n
Ter She let herself in with hsr as No light
Ia NJ W;lson,s chamber, but she could hear nj
Of moving about. She was just about 20
ens Iomnet and shawl, when she heard noise,
sed of persons entering by the oaG i.o,ar 400
oil walking gently across the =. k Mr and MI M
ate as to SeDe home
tic. DAYS she gently closed the door and iochea
the A few minutes after, she heard steaithy sue
,ar her door was tried, and voice in low hurrl
elf. Whsper said, t.Mary, are yeu there She "
the positive it was Mr.. Armstrong; voice, Sns
cou- terrified to answer. non ;d .lso IN a VII
end she was sure 1t was sne-S1 IN; ho,r A ",
pei, per, "She is never PACK az 20, at M wiso
sus- ute or 80 after Gnefe wS eh . @bat answar y
ping door, She couia not oasS rsniv she gathe,
any made, but ny Arms.ioInE an ana did ,
and that Mr.. wilson na9 AL III 80 &C., in
new habit of lying Gown VIZ WIZ a;e,rh Son 6
took Armstrong sala, VIII nv ~ t",ia 'Ther
the I'll only put TINS paIrG;ei on ' 1nr rmstr,
fifty no lock to Mr. WILSON and Utmost iInmedi,
and stepped into the foosn, az" ~ a yioIsnt blow.
and ly she heard SCUM 90 I'D than ali was q
least lowed by deep etoan; = error and fri,
Will She was paralysco VIZ oonds a vo;ce-s
bout After the lapse Oh .eS in a tre
at a Armstrong; o1sr Her husband
g sell lous tone IL al wac I,e the Levs of
lie ia swered yes ou. w 80 Tn the little ia
ed on writing. desk kePsI, Arn,strong then G.
lbout drawer, was Ghe iePts, 10th want into
place. out OF the pearooln, a ..nt Tbev eoon
ilson, Wilson's situne ap1.h;Iv alone The mas,
turned. II