, 1872-12-09

brother had WGrn the day wien he was 1855 q
home. day or two hte5, Under Il, the garr9 r
Woods, were found while clearing out rubbish
The search now began in real earnest. The
house was rummaged from top to bottomt and
every field on the little household patiently e4A
crossing, si and whispered suspicions thickening
IN F7ekeTing. A large horse pond, about 200
yards in the rear Of the farm buildings, was
dragged, and the first east Of the graphing irons
throws the tattered Fragments Of 3 coat and
shirt. The wator was then pumped out, and by
next day the empti6d bed of the pond was found
to contain parts OF topeoat and waisteoat, and
tastj to the horror Of the group Of searohers, .
band about it. -Four ahillings and q knife known
to be the boys were found in the trousers
pocket and on one Of the legs 8 leather garter
and portion Of 8 stocking.
In the orchard under tree we're dug up two
human feet, stocking, and another human
hand Charter this day week was taken into
custody, and grown-up son was appEehended
On Saturday. The ground OF young Charters
apprehension Was the finding upon him Of an
envelope with handwriting resembling that Of
the forged letter from Liverpool. Finding no
further traces at Cropton Lane the police On
tuesday proceeded to charter'e place at Last
nggnea tngnsa% and noticing the appearance OF newly
q yard or so below the surface, an upright sack
| containing the partly decomposed trunk of
man, with the hands and the legs below the knee
being cut off, 4 rope WAS tightly affixed to the
ghastly contents we're brought to the police sta
tlon here, and it's transit was watched by ter
| ror-stricken crowd.
| The remains, beyond question, we're those of
Mr. Joseph Wood. Spite OF the Bickening de-
| composition, the whiskers and hair, still unde-
stroyed, made the identity certain. Marks OF
violence were found, leading to the superstition
that the man was beaten on the left side Of the
honl In ~ +a
strangu1ation. Odd bits Of oat straw and chaff
we're found in the hair and above the clothes,
and also in the clenched hand found in the
pond. On observing this, the relatives re-
Charter took home load OF barley, which,
it is surmised, the missing man assisted
him to remove to the barn, where it is
supposed the murder Was committed The
deceased YES great smoker, and the teeth
we're found heavily stained with nicotine. The
Bupposition is that the man having been mur-
dered in the barn, the body Was buried in the
orchard, and subsequently removed III the sack
to Lastingham and that in the removal the
other things into the pond, while decomposi-
ton caused the other parts found under the
tree to escape the murdeter's notice. The boys
clothes were found in the house, and in the
utter absence Of any traces ct him, it #as
and concealed with his father: Others think
that both murders took place in the house.
The police have been to Charters farm, in
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havond disnnte, and tha snnnosed mnr1erer ha-
mo IN cnefoiv tha ;ntaraat vas ~ conraa rem
tered upon the hapless lad. They dug up the
f11,,ad ~ ~ Too1I nIch3a,r5 III }h s
fond hit 1ithont t3n1;1n thai for which thav
Aoneht. Yesterdev. eome homes sunnnsed tn be
those @ Ct the boy, boy we're found IN manure spread
kna1vjnu hv ao1na anima1 r. IL therefore ,retfv
eYident he had been given to tha pigs' as the
mannre in which fhe homes we're fonnd came
from tha fo1d yard iThe nh;id NJ d veare of
are. who was in tha house ct the time Of the
Murder. can remember nothing with certainty.
fsncaa Iau +are uss aeat ;ot ht4 aftar hs ~
gone to bed and he says when he and bis brother
went up stairs hls father Tas mttlng ny tne hre,
ssaRS ssRSsitag aa the return of Charter with load Of
Last Thursday, Hardwick, Charters son-in-
lsE, was arrested, charged With being concerned
" tng MIuer. ne Il ssuIoy-1ooAine 1eAow
enough, but not the sort Of man one would
% It's. About b. the t tme Wben III The body % Is SUP.
posed to have been buried at Lastineham. Char
ter vas ssan remoy1ng quantity ct ear earth from
o ~ so anu
aRo9 NE sP15 n 5e nen were @
earth, and also in it's removal On the day Of
the disappearance Of Wood and his boy, Hard
P;cler;nr ~ 1iVarnool hear;ng 1r;th lin, Il 10 |
1lstslt ~ a ua :-t1, !: =
1uou9ne pfopap1o, tue 4uIseu 4ette5, u WHICH
Wood Was made to state that he had sailed for
Europe, and that he wished Charter to take |
charge Of Cropton Lane farm until his retu1n-
It is also Thought that Hardwick himself wrote |
+ha 1at+ar Ths yo11gar Char+ar hoo baa1 sat 81
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uooi@y, tueAo oo1n5 Nv 9s1ueteo II aluhe A1lu:
AT tne ln4ues1 on oatu!day, superintendent
Jones testified that on the 14th inst. Charter |
called to him from his cell and said he wanted |
to tell the truth about The murder. The sinner
tand1t S,d ~ 800 IN, "a rs,aI csnti IA -hat
he said mieht be brought against him. He re-
Piled, "I wish you to take It down in writing"
He then made this statement and signed it:
little before O'Clock On ssturdsv the 18th of Nav
heard noise and got up I ca1ne and found Joseuh
Wood laid arainst the nateatead Lending from tho
front garden to the stick heap In the orchard. He
was dead. There was some blood about his head
and an fha oround 7 TOOK him into tha barn
and nlaced hin among the straw in the
hsrn. thinkina ahoud b blamed for 1nurder-
ino him + went and foddered tba horaes and coya
iet him lie there about week I then TOOK and bnr
led him in the orchard near the stick heap About
three weeks after found three bones Of the hoy In tho
fold yard It appeared rs if they had been devoure BY
the pigs They were leg bones and buried the bones
against bis father. let them there till about
woek before was coming away. tried to pull him
out bis clothes clipped %, and took and threw