The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-01

The Roy SomnasnbuIsss ei Cnnain,
8. Hills Uaconsei0us Grimes.

~ h--uiS lacOoSc1O0S Grimes.
lCAndia Is. II. } letter 10 the n. Y. HerIld
detective Chapman, who has been en-
gagged in investigating the late frightful
murder in this town, has arrived at the con-
ciusion that the crime il the result Of SOM
nsmbulisin AMI INSANITY, and thai the boy
William Lincoln Fiiz is tie criminsl. The
detective says:
"Ail l knew abou: the ca-e when was
-ent here was me fact thar John A. Emer-
-on, boy, had bern found fatally wounded
ia bed. in this town; that the boy Fiiz. a
resident Of Lowell, Mass, was suspected Of
the crime, and that the townspeople were in
fearful state Of snxie'v about it. | went
& Lowell first. Mrs. Fig snd Mr.. Fitz and
the boy, with his twin sister, were called
upon aud interviewed, and then it was that
| get an inkling of the real truth Of the
matter. The boy, it seems, il a somnambu-
ii-;. He is a good boy in the main, but he
mss been addicted to habits not verv con-
ducive TO the Prsservi;i,a of good health.
He IL quiet in behavior, good naturrd and
-tud.ols. He il member of a church,
and WA one Of the most intelligent of all
the schoolboys of Lowell; but lie il none
the less parisIly insane.
Only few weeks ago quite a number Of
school books, parlor ornaments and matters
of a like nature, we're missed about his faith
er's house. Finally, it was discovered that
the bow had stolen the missing articles while
valkin. in hi. sleep and sccrc,ed them in a
yar,e,. PHYSICIANS were called to examine
into the case. and Mr.. Fiz WAS advised To
.end the bow into the country, the opinion
being that too close an application TO study
had ruined his health. The child accord.
ino!v vas sent ,e the house OF his uncle.
less. \. Fiz. Of this town, on the 7,h Of
March. The boy has been we'll cared for.
and kent in the open afr 80 far as possible.
The first manifestation Of a return 70 hi- old
propensity was on the 7,h of ApriI.
The hons, Of Mr.. Smell Brown. distant
,bout half a mile from the residence of Mr..
Fi,z WAS visited ty some unknown person
d,riry the NIGHT. and everything wa, turned
topaz turyey therein. A pocket book con.
tanning money was distracted, but only the
papers were taken out. and they were
thrown about the room. the money being
Ieft untouched. There i. every reason to
belicve that The bay Fig WIS the a THOR of
this d,pr4da,ion.
On the y.h of April occurred a second
oftens. Of which The boy has been proven
pniI;v .Ju., across from the bou.e il the
dxe,linp Of Augustus Il, ,i,bin-. a horse into
which ,h. hoy meyer s,epp.d bis foot while
awake This ho,,se IA fnIlv one eighth of a
m;ls from the Fmy Homestead and be, ween
,be two j;es a meadow divided nv a brook.
a, the n;yb, in ones,ion The how o,t ont of
bed while asieep dressed ONLY iu shirt. pan
,,Ioons and sIipn4r. and walked across
the Robbins house / n doing 40 he had 10
IN ford the bYooL II. walked around the
bon,s ,nd tried n 90, in a, the windows.
I'm, failed Then he returned still a.Ieep'
rot a rubber COAT, ladder. and broad ty.. and
ch,nca,l his SINNERS for a usir of rubber
hoo,s This must have been at
,bou, midnisht. The bow then
won, hack 10 the bou.e and nv the u.e Of
tho ladder ba cIiuhed into an attic room over
,b., occun;aa hy Mr.. n ,bbirs She was
awakened Inv bis footsteps. and searched the
housa ,;nd;n. vouny p,ts ooucbed behind .
chr in tho ,t,i'. VIII The broadaxe
in b;s CRASH H.. va. sill
,.,ssn Win awakened he ,pnear.
sJ "a h. ,bnnJ.rs,ruck and yerv
much sc,,,J Tine family annrecia,iny
- oa,,E,;o,, ro,ss,,,.1 hi,, and mt him 20
ba5 +, cnns.n .,ercs of his esc,n.de Mr.
F;.y tho uro,u tooL rrec,u,;ops 10 keepipa
,to hov :. ,no bonss FEY door in The
h,;Ii;n, w,, Fastened ON tho inside e,cent
the from, door and that was double locked
;n.;J. .nJ ,n,,.5- TIC w;nd,ws were fat.
snea by nail. mn, hc,wesn The sashes and
every no.s;ble tronbIe taken TO preyent the
how from getting ON,
n, T,eSJ,v n;,h, bow.ver he vent IN
bed a, fI,een minu,es mast nine O'clock.
Is,,;no h;s amt in. tho n,,Ior She re-.
maineJ DOWN stair. ,;lI ten O'Clock. when.
,h;nt;nc m a, shs had f,rso,,en 10 I,ck one
nf,he on,s;J.. Jnor. sbe nrocsc1ed to ac.om.
,,l;,h ,h., ,.sL n.,,,;n, !, hn,rd and a churn
s,,;ns, Tho ;,s;de On HAT as she ,bou,b,
- H., oor,.J no, - no,,e, ON, Then
shs u.n, % Id .s,srw,rd the hov
a,, M, :, som,.mbul;s,;c s.,.e nm.
s.s,.n.5 IN. Dor and ,,L;ng an ar.
d;n.,y wooJcsonner,, ave from the shed
and h,.t,es, chat, from a loft he
w,Iksd s.yen-e;gb,s of a mile tbrouvb
mud ,ntle deem 70 the bou.e of a Mr.. Rowe.
There he nl,ceJ the chair against a parIor
w;nJow . needles, s,en for the window was
I.ss Than ,b,ee fee, from the ground. and
,I;,,hsS into tho roou The how hal never
= ;s;,sd IN. bousa before lie made bis wav
ont of the narlor in ire darkness across the
b,IIx.v M ono stort fi,b, az s,,irs and
aa, ;r;n ,Ls ,oo, whe,e JobnA Fme,son
IL ,;o,;rn Law ,s,son The arc v,s useI
,h.-o .nJ Tho somn.n,bn,;., esc,peJ
WILL, no WOO, q, hi, ~o,t bnwaver Mrs