The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-05


Shining like the stars above thee
with CONSTANT Sa f heart e s' iows thee,
Mayest thou onward go. m
On the other side Of the sheet was the follow
| ing:-
Julia dear, you are beautiful girl and wish the
ns a dGa ss e saa
aSr BE- ws Eli aoSaSs and ri nd
SO lar apprehend few will accuse Kelsey OF ex-
ceeding the bounds ofdecency, however infatuated
Tue expression OF an am0rOus fancy. 1t seems
hardly credible that the enraptured lover, seeking
marriage with the girl whom he addresses, could
descend in the very next letter to such depth OF
filthy desire.
Here is the longest OF his letters to which no ex-
ception can be taken. In TRUTH it might be written
by the most modest lover In his moments of in
fatuaton. Why it should be retained among the
ana OF the really Iewd letters md but two, but
they are bad enough to damn all the rest:-
pEAn Ju1AnIDont let any one see this ietsh win you,
WIFE, does not seS s how ars abos nc Se
S as s Of wiz 4s nq IN
and delight q realized love WIN repay You 70. AZ you
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and won through her love and herOIsm volume Or
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aside
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willing ssses Your
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Know anything about it shall never say word Of IL
sS w fear Or a ar esr doing S
in encouragng one who has dome much Tor you and
You must 6s shrswa and cover your purposes well if
you Wish TO succeed et Us see we cannot get along
yS TO 0S pSss s Ssp be y
dear and coincidence
lit were possible to convey an idea OF the gross
| character OF the compositions here suppressed it
would be the universal verdict that Kelsey fully
| demands Of justice should cease and be satisfied.
TALK WITH REV. MR.. KNOX.
Tomorrow being the day set apart for the
st nunngon to
to be- celebrated in '' the ediace or e nos
called on Rev. Mr.. Knox, the pastor, youthful
ty.hvee years, but no doubt as safe and Intelligent
pilot among the rocks and quicksands Of religious
laith as those who claim 2 monopoly Of wisdom
| quired II the Kelsey family were members OF his
church, and he replied that they were. "Do you
funeral services tomorrow"
swell" he answered, 'the doubts are not yet
| settled in my mind as to whether the remains are
those Of Kelsey or not OF that would like to be
| Here told Mr.. Knox that one theory advanced
| to prove that the remains could not be Kelseys
had been upset to-day by evidence based on occu-
lar demonstration. II was said pair OF legs could
did aoat. = ~ 10y " ~ 1''S'N = "-''' A''D
Mr. Knox continued and said ~ am glad that
point has been settled Tor the test had not BEEN
as you say, incidentally made to-day, the contro
| versy on the question would have gone on inter-
buried that the verdict Of the Coroners jury Should
be rendered. Should they find that they are
MIR. Kelsey's all my misgivings would be ended and
should certainly proceed to celebrate che usual
| services in such cases."
'Do you intend to speak on the matter which
| causes the present agitation 2"
~ was about to say that the trustees of the
church will meet at four O'Clock, aud decide
tue remains. The Kelsey family have not applied
| for this; but. BENG members Of the congregdtio
| general on their BEHALF we shall consider the mat
ter OF our own yolltion, and have no doubt the
shall hear the evidence taken to-day at the in
| quest; and, having satisfied myself that the re-
| Oniciate and speak something appropriate to the
OCCASION H., a.. ...
| itYn
"well, have always spoken in this community,
where have only resided five years, in condemna-
bad business But in speaking Of the matter be.
lore public congregation II rs proper that should
oice e without lights or facts to guide. The
citizens are already quite sufficiently agitated
over this matter, and it would be neither judicious
| to lnfame one part against the other. i have
great faith in DR.. Banks, and nothing can make me
against HIM. He is one OF the kindest-hearted and
| most upright men in the town."
"What was your opinion OF Kelsey ?"
.'weii, knew OF nothing wrong against him. He
was one Of the negative members Of the church,
neither coa1spiGnousy good t nor bad heard in
| ance he gave Miss Smith. To put the idea OF
| Kelsey in Q nutshell, he was nuisance, and you
| know what that means in a small community
"Did he deserve TO be tarred and feathered ~
mo; don't care how lawess a man is, there is
tarrlng and featherng, because it was out OF law,
dsrespectiul to established order and authority,
and, II made .s precedent would turn US over to
"How does your congregation stand in the
matter ?"
members of the First Presbyterian church are
those who are chiefly concerned. They move in
their own circle and we In ours. We all regret and
Speaking to Mr.. Henry Kelsey at the inquest he
have come to the conclusion that the remains were
those OF his brother. Mr.. Kelsey is an amiable
simple minded man, and utterly incapable, should
presume, oil liking up deception, such as this Is
MRS BRUsH's STORY REMoDELLED.
Mrs. Brush OF the First Presbyterian church, who
stated positively some weeks ago that she saw
Kelsey, now says she is not sure OF his identity.
The following statement she made tonight
was getting into the cars at Poughkeepsie with
my mother, who Is an Invalid. AS went In saw
u large slOuched hat which drawn over his
eyes SO that II was impossible TO recognize his
face. He had long black hair and whiskers. no.
tlced him as he went into the car, and when was
seated looked around at him. BY that time he
had turned around and was leaving the car. l
did not see his face, his back being towards me-
He was about the same size as Kelsey. cannot
Bccognze him positively. think Kelsey is paid
to stay away.
THE INQUEST.
Owing to a severe rain storm, which prevailed
here all the morning, the attendance at the inquest
was not large as at either OF the previous hear
ngs and the assembly was slightly different. The
act OF the papers having paid particular attention
to the case has awakened an interes; in II
among the city folks who spending the
summer mere. Many fancy dressed young men
rom town were present this morning. but the suf-
locating atmosphere Of the room was too much for
them, and they left before any evidence was taken
The inquest was called for nine ocloca, but t was
twelve before the jury were all assembled. VIM.
Ludam, the FISHERMAN, who found the body, was
the nrst witness called 10 the stand The testimony