The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-04-23

them saw as they looked at him.
where's Crouch 2" asked one of the
men.
"Gone the other way" was the an.
swer. 1--WE told him the singular cir.
cumstance of the discovery of dead
body --and that it was to be brought out
and identified, if possible; but he hur.
ried home, declaring he would not look
at it for any amount of money"
Unusual for man of his nerve
What is it, kean p
"Good heavens how horribler"
"What?'
at is the body of Dr.. Bob Herndon.' y
"My God, can it be really so?
"Here is the name on his linen; and a
letter in his pocket directed to him.
Apart from these evidences, the general
make Of the man would identify him.
There can be no longer any doubt of his
fate"
Ned Kean let his hand fall heavily on
his friend Lyons shoulder.
"Then, as I'm living sinner, he came
to his death by violence; and Tom
Crouch Is the murderer"
whats your opinion of human ma
ture, when you think of this, old fellow ?
By the eternal; I've been over head and
ears in love with his sister, Annie Crouch
for twelvemonth and nothing but the
opportune entrance of this deeply dyed
villain, prevented me from asking her to
be my wife, no later than last night =
whispered Tom Lyon aghast II should
not have hesitated to break any agree,
ment, however, after the developments
of to-day; for if her cunning hypoerite
Of a brother, with his seeming piety and
amiability, could commit a murder like
this, the sister might make way with me
with greater facility"
''If there are degrees of punishment
in the next world" said Kean, sbudder-
ing, "surely the very refinement of tor.
ture should be inflicted on him who
strives to cover iniquities that cry to
heaven for vengeance, with the assum ed
mantle of piety! Poor Herndon, gay,
jovial trusting soul! May the swift ret,
ribution Of the law be visited upon his
slayer though he were my brother"
"Amen!" replied Tom Lyon, earnest
ly. "You remind me that an inquest
must be held at once"
Tom was coroner, and the requisite
number of men being selected, the sur
geon proceeded to examine the body OF
the deceased There were stains of
fresh blood upon the bosom of his shirt,
which could have proceeded only from 8
wound received previous to Or at the
moment of death. On q still further
examination, bullet was extracted from
the left breast, in dangerous proximity
to the heart, The flesh being in such a
state of decomposition, it was impossi-
bic to tell where the ball had entered the
body, or what course it had tsken after
doing so. Passing through one single
division of the muscular ana arterial Or
gans, it was hardly possible for it to
reach its present position without pro-
ducing death--in nine cases out Of ten
it would sever an artery, and instant
death would be the result In view of
these facts, together with the mysterious
of DR.. Herndon some
twelve days previous, the jury returned
an unhesitating verdict of "Death by III
olence"
The evidence, in the meantime, was
nlaced before them. DR.. Herndon-the
deceascd-surgeon Of the Dover coal
pits, had been seen by several gentle
men, as they testified, late as eleven
O'Clock at night, on Wednesday, the Sth
of March. From that hour to the pres
ent he had mysterioGsly disappeared
Dr. Herndon was a young man, living
in the outskirts of the corporation, He
had been constantly in the discharge of
his duties since his appointment to the
Office, twelve months before, having never
left his post but once, and then only for
a single day. He had sister living in
Richmond, Virginia, the only relative
that he had been known to possess in the
State, or, indeed, elsewhere, DR.. Hern-
don had expressed no intention of leav-
ing the place. He had had a slight diff
ficulty with one of the members of the
and had Withdrawn five
thousand dollars which he had previ-
ously invested in the joint stockton
the very day of his disappearance
On the lst of Jauuary,ot the same year,
the company's safe had been broken into
by some unknown party or parties, and
robbed of twenty thousand dollars. The
doctor had lost lcarily in that instance !;
besides stated sum of money, lie had
there deposited a~sealed box, supposed
to contain some old family plate, land pa
pers Of considerable value The COM
pany had advertised, sent for detectives
from Richmond, and taken out search
warrants to no purpose. No clue could
be discovered to the perpetrators of the
deed. The parties concerned had groan-
ed heayily-some of the more worldly
may not infrequently have given utter
ance to expressions, which it may be nei-
ther elegant nor necessary TO repeat
All of them, l believe, had abandoned
every expectation of the recovery of
their possessions as hopeless. DR.. Hern-
don had continued silently at his post,as
we have said. Five thousand dollars
reward for the apprehension of the bur-
glars had been finally offered with no
better results. Matters had continued
thus until the Sth of March, when DR..
Herndon had Withdrawn five thousand,
the last Of his deposits, as we have said,
from the common treasury. Tom
Crouch, Ned Kean, ,and another fellow, had
been with Herndou after the money was
drawn, until eleven o'clock at night
They had parted at that hour,the doctor
saying that he would see Keen early in
the morning of the 9th Of March, and
finally arrange some trihing business
matters between them. Crouch had been
heard to ask Herndon for the loan of a
thousand dollars for few weeks. on the
same evening, and the doctor had de-
clared his inability to do so, as he had
made other arrangements for disposing
Of the money on the following day
Herndon had taken leave of Keau and
his companion at precisely eleven o'clock
saying he was compelled to 90, ate as it
was, to the pits, to see one Of the hands.