The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-10-01

THE PROVIDENCE MURDER.-The mur-
der at Providence of George II. Favor,
which was brought to lignt on Wednes-
day Of last week, was one of the most ter
rible tragedies that have been recorded
in Rhode Island for many day. Mr..
Favor, who was sash and blind manu-
facturer and dealer, has had in his en-
ploy since last February an Irishman
named Patrick f. Depnehy, who acted as
teamster and man-of.all-work. Mr.. Fa-
vor was last seen alive on Thursday morn
ing Of last week, and his disappearance
did not at first cause any anxiety,as Den
nehy plausibly accounted for it by telling
the clerk in the Office that during the lat
ter's temporary absence his employer had
been called away, and had gone to his
summer residence at Sabin's Point. Den.
neby was about the shop as usual on
Thursday and Friday, but did not make
his appearance on Saturday morning, and
investigation showed that he had left his
boarding place the previous night. Up
on going to the safe the clerk found he
could not unlock it, and, on breaking it
open,it was discovered that all the money
and even she postage stamps-in all only
S10O-was gone. Even then, however,
it was only suspected that Dennehy was
a robber, and Mr.. Favor's non-appear-
ance was still plausibly accounted for on
the supposition that he was still at the
place where Dennohy had told the clerk
he went on Thursday. But as time pass
ed and nothing was heard of Mr.. Favor,
fears began to be entertained of foul play,
although in the hope that he had been
called away on business, kilograms were
sent to various places where it was thought
he might be found, but in all cases with
out success. AS the circumstances of the
case were more thoroughly examined, it
became known that on the day of his dis
appearance, he called from the first floor
for Dennehy, and was told he was down
cellar, and from that time he has neither
been seen or heard Of 1t also appeared
that during Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Denuehy had been at work in the
cellar, splitting wood and cleaning up the
cellar generally. In one portion of the
cellar was large pile of straw, piled on
some rubbish, ,aud on Tuesday Mr.. Favor's
brother and his clerk, noticing a stencil
in the cellar, made search in this straw,
thorough, as they thought, but without
finding any traces of the missing mar, and
they gave up the search, supposing the
stencil arose from dead rats, as the eel.
lar abounded in rats. Parties were in
the cellar on Wednesday, but noticed
nothing strange till just before six o.
clock, when man went down after some
straw, aud noticed that the stencil smell
ed very strongly. His suspicious were
again aroused, and upon thorough ex.
animation of the pile ofrubbish, the miss
ing nau was found, with hay-cutter on
his head and sleigh over his body. His
hands were badly eaten by rats, aud his
face by worms and rats. Examination
revealed quite large hole in the top of
the left side Of the skull, from which the
brain had protruded, and which probably
caused bis death, as no other injuries
we're discovered, and shortly after was
found, 10 feet away stick ofwood with
one end bloody, which the doctor thought
might have produced the wound in the
head. A spot on the cemented floor was
also discovered, which had the appearance
Of having been pool of blood, which had
soaked into the floor. The whole thing
was now plain. At the time Mr.. Favor
inquired for Dennehy on that fatal
Thursday morning, aud was told he was
down cellar, he probably went down to
see him, and while there, either in the
heat Of passion, or in pursuance Of we'll
defined plan probably the latter,as there
had been no trouble between the two men
that is known, and Dennehy had always
spoken highly of Mr.. Favor), the mur-
der was committed with the club that was
found. For Dennehy to conceal the body
was comparatively easy, as he was in the
cellar for the purpose of clearing it up.
and of course had everything his own way
piling up the rubbish and straw as best
suited his purpose, without fear of any
new appearance in the pile causing sus-
picious. He was then ready with his re.
port that Mr.. Favor told him to tell the
clerk that he (Mr. Favor was going a.
way, and throw off suspicion till night,
when he could rob the safe under cover
of the darkness, as he doubtless intended
to do that night, but was prevented by
fellow-workman who staid with him until
nearly 10 o'clock, and they went out of
tho nffloo foOathar Tho pavf Jo,, bo
worked as usual, having not much fear
of discovery, as he was in situation to
know that it was supposed Mr.. Favor
had gone to his summer residence. Fri
day night he enteredthe Office with the key
that had for some time been in his pos
session, robbed the safe, tampered with
the lock in order to give him perhaps a
few moments more in his flight, left let
ter in his trunk acknowledging the rob-
berry, to throw off suspicion of the murder
as long as possible, fearing that the search
for him would be more thorough for mur.
der than for robbery merely, and left.
The murdered man was an American, 3S
years old, and leaves wife and three
sons, He formerly lived in Lawrence
and Lowell, Massachusetts,. Dennehy
was Irish, "a years old, but looks older
is about five feet seven inches in height.
He has been married only since the latter
part of July last, his wife living at Man
vile.
The Toledo Blade says: "Mrs' Merri.
man, now the wife of Pere Hyacinthe,is
a native of Seneca county, the daughter