The New York herald., 1872-11-05

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yet he begged the onicer o. to earnestly for
| SOME srnvoHNise..
yateiy whispered 70 tre landlords dssel lter to put
some poison IN his tea:
Although no further evidenees were found get
| the search was vigorously continued. The drcnci.
day the number OF persons engaged was essimased
at $50. Some three-quarters OF lhlle nom where
the path commences In the woods there Is most
dismal swamp, through which brave men went
knees in the black mud. On Tuesday night the
search was abandoned for q time, Tor reasons
EVANS DEcEIvEs THE OFFICERS,
il the girl was alive and he would tell where she
was, no harm should be done him by the Sc
,sctmsn or anybody else Evans then sad that
some days before near Captain Bussiiis, in ssraf
through the woods to a point where the
stranger stranger would be waiting waiting between t!se Te the
%an HTs name %ebss o SnsssonS Evans
said he took the girl there as ne had promised and
had previously given her gu to buy some clothes
woods and changed her suit @ ana the man drove
that the otiicer thought it was best to try and
prove 1t. The citizens had some confidence in
their search. The next morning onicer Drew
took TOOK Evans aas,ua and went to- Kingston and
Webster, but no such ai''l character &c Gould I be
found. found : Then Evans thought possibly the man
they went to to but N With tne mo- Seefg aay
cess. AS the next subteriuge Evans concluded that
y might have been Gambia after an At this point
Mr.. Drew'S confidence in this trumped UP story,
which In the first place had been quite small, now
completely oozed out, and Friday evening he was
once more with his prisoner at StraflOrd. During
the journey Evans was generally In capital spirits
and really seemed to enjoy the trip. Friday night
sb w Be. and wso
came in.
After the frutless trip to Kingston and Kensing-
ton Sheriff Drew was more convinced than ever
that Evans knew whether the girl alive dead.
Under this conviction he resolved to confront Evans,
and soemny put the question to him concerning her
whereabouts fliving and the disposition OF the body
after all other members Of the family had retired,
Mr.. Drew resolved to have his conversation with
remembered the talk that he had with him before
his arrest concerning the goodness of the girl and
| by the finding Of her apron and her broken comb
containing some OF her Iair. Evans answered
effect such Conversation had upon him. He replied,
nr w Went SIw LIE DAGGER s TO MY nEAEr"
soner and said:-.i the hearing Of no persons but
us two and the Great Being above, ask youth is
SSuesttcn-Is the body Of the girl cold In deathf,'
on each other. Neither made the slightest
| movement, and not o sound was heard except the
measured tick or the clock ana perhaps their own
partially suppressed breathing For some seconds
It seemed doubtful who would relax first. But
calnl, searching gaze OF the olicer suddenly turned
pale, his hands trembled, and from his quivering
| lips came the words,
at IS, MR. DREW; HAVE DONE wRoNG.u
With the same calmness he mad maintained from
the beginning the Sheriff she q SAID go with me & AND
and .wruns the deep. bitter and wicked
less. He asked II the Selectmen would show him
any protection. The officer told him they would do
Was hnsng Of the
the seleetmen 1, had % made s to protect him IN
Mr.. Drew went to his wife's bedroom privately and
solemn duty and he wished her to dress herself
and go to Alonzo Tuttc's, near neighbor, and say
go to Mr. Hams and wait there in darkness. II
they heard q call from the swamp they must
promptly follow the sound. Mr.. Ham was the
T. NJ. and Mr.. Drew lived some three miles or
more from the home OF the murdered girl.
THE MIDNIGHT JOURNEY
The Sherif and prisoner started att once with
team for the wood where the girl was last seen, ana
& se ooe his sann nna
Evans to lead the way. They were soon in the
forest, and more dismal nights journey cannot
and as they went along nothing was audible
save the rnstling OF the leaves under their
the trees They passed the spot where the
| apron was found, and got over the fence
word escaped the lips Of either man. rRen they
| entered the swamp where stones fallen trees and
treacherous bog-holes made locoraotion very dinl-
| cult. They often went into the mud and both of
them fell several times. suddenly Evans stopped
and seemed bewildered; said he had lost the trai
| Conflicting thoughts then came into the Sherin's
mind but he did not waver for moment He
over the toiisome way to the brush = pack
looked around carefully, and r,thonsn ,ence. Evans
word again started into y,.e swami tnce S..ermg &
aey meiass as opsSuc,n s way thregh the dcut
H'-'S-l - ..s even more iormlda.
reached bleaker spot than they had heretofore
seen. 1t was hollow. filled with rocks, fallen
fale and its roots We're We $50 So embsdded ia tie soil
that they tore up the earth for considerable
space
Close TO the ground, under this shelving mass OF
nbres and earth, Evans pointed his finger and said,
answered again There ~ Then Evans half pUUs kneel.
ing, stopped, and carefully scraplng away some
There The Sheriff then laid his hand nnon sd,e the
object anc saw that 1t was the body OF the poor
EVANS IS HANDcUFFEp
When the Sheriff touched the body the prisoner
said, with perfect composnre, That's she." Mr..
pocket and said Frank, stand stIIn Evans ms
| cried out "DOnt put them on" But 1t did not
avail, and In o moment he was In irons. Then the
/ prisoner fell on his knees and said "Mr Drew I
have but one favor that implore OF you, which is
| that you will
SHOOT ME DEAD ON THE spor.,
The simple reply was, "YOu will not be harmed"
Then Mr.. Drew shouted for assistance, and after he
had called the third time Tuttle answered and with
Parshley repaired to the spot soon as he could
get there. The former was left with Evans while
Mr.. Drew and the latter went for the authorities
and O surgeon.
+ RETURN OF THE OFFICIALS.
1t was some two hours before the party returned
which consisted Of the two who went for assist
ance, together with George +. Sherburne and
Ezra Tasser, two Of the Selectmen, John G. Mead,
ESQ.,, Justice or the Peace and Doctor Hanson.
Then the party all gathered round the remains Of
them the murdered girl It was a solemn scene, ren..
dered more SO II possible by the werdness Of
nickered the light OF the lantern. All uncovered
their heads as the surgeon under the direction OF