The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-05
The KELSEY MYSTERY.
The Theory About Floating Re-
mains Settled.
Stronger Belief in the Identity Of the
Corpse with Kelsey.
Important Evidence OF A.
II. Hurd.
he SAW THE OUTRAGE COMMITTED.
Samples of the Kelsey Poetry
and Letters.
VIEWS OF AN ANTI.TAR MAN.
Opinions of a PRESBYTERIAN
n
he SAW THE OUTRAGE COMMITTED.
Samples of the Kelsey Poetry
and Letters.
VIEWS OF AN ANTI.TAR MAN.
Opinions of q PRESBYTERIAN
Clergyman.

Tomorrow the remains OF Kelsey will be buried
nom the Second Presbyterian church OF Hunting
ton. 1t viii be large and significant funeral
Within the last two days the belief has deepened
that the remains found in Oyster Bay are those Of
the missing man. but there liz a sufficiently numer
opinion that Kelsey Is alive somewhere
ON this planet. simple experiment was
overlooked after the Coroner's inquest was
cahed, and the doctors came on the stand to
theOrize on the question whether the legs OF a
man were capable Of noating in water. This was
to put the remains in water in the presence Of the
jury and settle the matter at once. That test was
tried to-day and the remains nOated in the man
ner described by the fishermen who discovered
them. No more need OF theories on that head.
STATEMENT CORRECTED.
I gave the statement the other day on the au.
thority Of prominent citizen Of Huntington that
cOl0red man named Abraham Stevens had de-
clared he heard Charlotte Kelsey, sister OF
Charles. say at took two hours for me ana Bill to
scrape the tar OF Charley" This, If true, would
certainly be a powerful argument against
the theory Of murder, mutilatiOn or sui
eide. II the tar were scraped of
WHY should so much be found on the
remains claimed to be his Ii he were mutilated,
the tar would have been his winding sheet and
neither sister nor brother would have been called
upon to deliver him from it, Had he determined
on suicide 1t would be matter of little moment to
him, whether he went down to watery grave
with clean cutcle or not. The col0red man.
Abraham Stevens, denies ever having heard any
such expression as the one here given and credited
10 Miss Charlotte Kelsey.
AN ANTI-TAR NAN ON THE QUESTION.
STRANGE" remarked to q man who belongs to
the anti tar party, 'that nobody IN Huntington
knows who tarred and feathered Kelsey" .'wen"
he replied "them fellows that did it hang together
like bunch OF shingles You see, they all COM
mune together, belong TO the one Church and Sun
day school, never get drunk nor tase drop Of any
thing stronger than green tea You see, II they took
little GIN and opened their insides they might
show US how the whole thing was done. They
don't do nothn' OF this kind. They call US gin
suckers and pretend to think we're nobodies.
Then they put on high tone, talk religion and turn
the whites of their eyes up in holy horror at the
idea Of tarring and ieathering Kelsey. Oh yes.
None OF 'em had nothin to do with it, They was
jest alookin' on and some darned cusses from the
country come along ana did the job. They all hap
pened there by accident"
''But see here" said l, ''you don't suppose that
men of such responsibility, who, as you say, COM
mune or 60 to the communion table together. who
are 30 meek and guieless and pure OF heart, could
for one moment. mediate anything like murder ?"
swell, know nOthin' about that, but there Is no
tellin' what folks may do when their bloods up
You cant tar and feather man without malice.
There must be spice OF the devil in people who 60
In for that kind OF game. Perhaps you never saw
and lnjun war dance. 1t is as quiet as q Quaker
meetin' In the start, but when the sports up and
the hOlerin' begins and the tommyhawks git q
nourlshin', you may jest look out for some lame
Injuns Whereabouts. These boys who did the
iuns, and If somebody was jest to cry out, Cut or
his nose' or cut or his ears, or anything you like
why somebody else was jest Already to whip out
his knife and do the thing right on. That's the
way the Injuns do, nd we're all human nature"
this ey Saye settled to Ss
belief that Kelsey was made away with, and all
the protestatons OF innocence on the part OF those
charged with completely in the tarrink and feather
Oyster Bay was
to-day, on account OF the character OF those who
were subpGnaed to appear before the Coroner. DR..
as they are under Indictment for riot and assault ;
but John Mckay, A. I. Hurd and Deacon Wood
were summoned, and made their appearance.
TALK WITH HURD
who Is the only one have met who candidly AYERS
that he was present when the tarrlng and feather
ing was done. He has humane face and voice,
and Is certainly unlike man who would practice
or enjoy cruelty. lie said
~ was there when they tarred Kelsey at the rear
OF Mrs. Oakleys house. There were some six or
seven men engaged In the work. They were
They had no more than about quart
brush When the painting was done they shook
out small bag Of feathers over his head and then
wrapped white cloth around him from the waist
dOwnwards. 1t WIS in this condition he was ex-
hiblted to the ladies. He made lltte or no resist
ance, and when they gave him his clothes he
started of In the direction OF his home. II he was
mutlated it must have been after this, for he made
no cutlery; put the men who painted him dd
when the work.was over; they hooted and shouted
and called to the ladies' TO look at him; took no
part i'll the transaction"
Deacon Wood has already told mis- story, aud Mr..
Illness declines IL say more than that he came on
Tue scene when the thing was accomplished.
Again may I ask, VINO did the tarring and feather
ings That night there was
POLITICAL MEETING,
At which great many OF the citizens were pres
emit. Those who are charged with the offence
under consideration were absent, though In the
natural line OF occurrence they were morally GER
tain to attend. II somebody with preternatur
ally sharp memory could only remember all who
were aosent-for everybody in village is supposed
70 go 70 q meeting OF this kind-be might be able
70 make rough guess at the persons most likely
70 nave been actively concerned In the transaction
o. So,n me da asn Oh November II must all come out
Wnicn Is eternal, Will, sooner or later, be vind
THE KELSEY CORRESPONDENCE.
much about the obscenity or Keseys letters to
MISS Snhtn determined to the letters. and
also the oo,es de rise said to have been sent her
Alter quite search, applying to this one and
that, who were reputed to he i'm POSSESSION of
the correspondence, said to number q great
many letters, nave at last found the OFFENDING
publicat on-unft Tor circulation In u brothel-with
the ones which will bear reading by decent people
On behalf OF Kelsey 1t is put forward that he never
was the author OF these obscene letters that some
body counterfeited his handwriting and con
pose OF injurIng his prospects with Miss
Smith. After looking carefully through them i
am OF opinion that the one hand traced
other conclusion. Some OF the verses and some Of
che prose propositions are Infamous enough to call
name except the signature "Carthalo." The en-
velope In which several of these letters and pages
Of verses are enclosed Is stamped New York."
Kelsey was 20 poet:n and as v sample OF bis In