Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-11-15
This Cambridge Murder,
IMPORTANT REVELATIONS AND STRONG
EVIDENCE AGAINST ALLEY, THE SUP


POSED MURDERER
The mystery which has enshrouded
the terrible crime disclosed by the dis
covery of the remains Of a murdered
man in the Charles river at Cambridge,
Mass, on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, has ere
ated much excitement and of which we
will gre the following particulars:
About the three o'clock ON Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, Stephen Nc
Fadden, one of the men employed at the
gas works in Old Cambridge, noticed a
barrel floating by the works with the
tide then coming in on the Charles river
and from curiosity to see what could be
its contents, took boat and rowed to
the spot. The barrel was with only one
head and fioated right side up in the wa
ter. McFadden took hold of the barrel
and pulled it toward the boat. On look
ing inside he beheld sight which froze
his blood with horror.
There lay the trunk and arms of a
man, the lower limbs and head missing,
with the appearance Of having been sew
cred from the body by an AK or some
similar weapon. The frightened Nc
Fadden lowed the barrel ashore as quick
ly as possible, and in moment it was
surrounded by all the men at the gas
works, and Others who were within hear
ing distance. The barrel was tipped up
end the body turned out upon the ground.
A gold watch came out also, which may
either have slipped from vest pocket
or been thrown in with the body. The
remains we're taken to an out building
and laid there.
CHANGING to look out again on the wa
ter he saw another barrel, and he got
that, when upon opening it he found the
head, legs and arms, which seem to have
been severed from the body with an ak,
and there were two large gashes on the
skull.
Abijah Ellis, the man who has been thus
foully dealt with was a native Of New
Hampshire, having been born in the vicin-
ity Of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire county. Hun
dreds of people throughout New Eng
land will will doubtless recall him to
mind as a peddler of wooden ware,
which business he followed for many
years, and in which be acquired consid-
cradle property. During the past ten
years be has lived in Boston and vicini-
ty, where he has invested his money in
real estate, which was assessed for s12,-
400. His personal tax was for $500.
He was man of temperate habits,
close in his business dealings and very
opinionated. Although devoted to the
accumulation Of wealth, Ellis was re-
markably careless for man in his posi-
ton in exposing his money. He was
seldom without roll of bank bills.
which he carried in an inside vest pock-
ct, wiile he carried his notes and other
valuable papers in leather pocket book.
He frequently exhibited fifty and one
hundred dollar bills, and allowed little
daughter of Mrs. Porter to count his
money. His friends repeatedly warned
him of the danger to which he exposed
himself by showing his money thus free
ly, but he paid but little attention to
their warnings. He dealt largely in real
estate, and isreputed to have been worth
from $50, 900 to $4,000
-Four years ago on the 80 day of Jan
uary, he commenced taking his meals
with Mrs. Elizabeth j. Porter, who re-
sides at No. 10 Dover street place, and
continued to do so until about the first of
June last, when he went to board with a
maiden lady named Tuck, living at the
South end, between whom and the de-
ceased friendly intimacy is said to have
existed for many years.
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