New-York tribune., 1871-09-09
UHPAVRLLM IN OLD CRIME

MYgTFRIoUs DIsAFFEARANCE OF A sHoEMhKERS
APPRENTICE-A SKELETON FOUND UNDER
THE WORKSHOP AFTER TWENTY WEARS
CORONERS INVESTIGATION.
About 20 years ago Thomas Brown, jour-
usyman shocuaaAeT, in the employ Of EPlIaim Jones,
ho carried Sn s manufscture Of boots Sne shoes In
x,0iet neighAorhoad about bali mile west of Union
vle on the Hmem RailrOaa, mysterionsiy isappeared
No one knew Why when went away, sDd Mr. Jones'
when aueStSonea the saHect merely 0emarked that
Se had been noA Brown had died OF delirium ire
saens in Ncwl9Ork The Ueighbors supposed that Mr.
homes had received deASe information and therefore,
oeased b tilk Of Browns sudden disappearance from
che VILLAGE Various circumstances connected with the
Aoueste aElrs Of Mr0ones kept hSs name before the
that quiet section Of Westchester County In
m unenuHasae light He had previously lived at Ran
do,ph laas where HE first wife had left him. His SEC
Ond WHO died after he removed TO Unonville having
received brutal treasment from him. He subsequently
married Emily Powell, daughter of Floyd Powell res
tdent Of the town Of Mount PLEASANT but his conduct
toward her was brutal that she obliged to dee
from his roof On one occasion he Quarreled with
her, ana afor knocking her down, and beating her un-
rnercifuiIy tied rope around her mock and attempted
70 ohohe her She succeeded in escaping 70 the resi-
denoe a Henry Clara. When 10 years Of age he retired
from business about two years ago sold few
purchase Moses w. Taylor ME Taylor began At once
bOIes fer the posts Of rail fence, found portions OF
human sSeletOn With the skull 1ear ne Knee joints
crammed into the Least possible space. AS the spot
where the bones found imme edatey under the
people In the neighbOrh0Od thal the bones IN CUES
those Of Tom Brown, who had disappeared so
mysterOuely Mr. Jones was requested TO look ~ the
skeetOs, but no one could persuade him to do so
Not whBtandinR the conviction Of the residents tnat
murder had been committed, OF which Tom Brown was
the victm each left for his neghbor 70 place the facts
before the proper Authorities and hence the case was
neglected until Detective ShOney obtained information
the subject This he communicated 10 Coroner AeekA,
exhuIDed yesterday by order OF the CONQUER
Mr. Jones' when inerrORated made state OF . very
contradictory character. He admitted that ne NE nne
had several serious quarTeb Win 6roWHh 'D9S TO-
occasion Brown had thrown fork at Mrs. JSreS Ia IA
which he dnisef had knocked Brown down; wnle hSu %
ing him on the rSsnd Nj r.ase that on releasing
lin Brown again became violent wnen WSf 9a - a"ed
him down second time and beat b uns oOou ~ oo 70
freely that a. Satcs an bax With about q or %
be hsd given him; OH his asking Brown WIefe nS %
obtained the money brown niov amniitvou ~ Iona
tSSn BayHs near the County CeIrtHonse that
On receiving this confession nc .ClG 6, I3roWl
marked that he would leave; witness supeequentiy i
sdmLted that although Brown did not glYe up ne tne
money he continued IN his employ t9at tt S
took be money and placed II In the hands OF NahhtI
n Tompkins On being lestior% ri as 70 the last tlHe
that he had seen Brown, he sau ne nae H e % from
TarrVtOwn early morning, that BrOwhIso gone Hom
lhst place Sing Sn he subsequently stated tna @ h
sastfme he saw IN the road IN front OF tne
sov another mOmc mt c asserted hat ne dd not
kn8w how Or when Brown went away; he could not ac-
count the bones being found In the ground nder he
Spot where his workshop had stood Various otDe que
tions answered " M N an eVasVe ofcontrSde'oy
The Attention of the Co directed TO several
.hoFt boards the floor OF the old Workshop now sltu-
sfad half mile distant discovered that the
Of several then lad been hr Sen on though
fhe 6oards had bcen out Of their places. At this
LAC OF the pFOceedinRs Il Investigation adjourned