, 1873-09-03
THE KELSEY OUTRAGE.
latest Dfac1osurcE--Etcrivn1 OF the
Huntington Scntstlill-- discovery of
the I50tly OF Charles q. kelsey.


Huntington Scnntllll--Dfscorery Of
the I50tly OF Charles q. kelsey.
From tie 4Ee.p FORK Iinses, .1ng. 3I.
The wilo, genorIl interest in the last instance
Of lyuch Inv in the civilized sections Of the
United States wna revived by tho discovery Of
corpse, supposed to have boen submerged for
ton months. This corpse, or rather tie srnnk-
loss remains OF mali, woro found OH friday
last by two oystormen, betwoou Cold Spring
Harbor and Oyster Bay, Long Island. 4 pair OF
pantaloons aud drawers covered tho footless
Fragments, which wero carefully removed to
Oyster Bay, and handed ovor to Coroner BayliH.
On examination tho 'egs were found to bo
covered with feathers. This at once was reason
whicl,, Oh tho 4th Of November, last year, ANUS
cd themselves ut the oxponse Of young man
na1nod Kolsey, at Huntingdon. His hroshets
wero sent for. and at once identified gold chain
which lad been found i. pocket Of Tho 1anta.
was atigmatizcd at tho time throughout tho
country ~ cnnlating, in its 'mcolic, Bo.otian
brutality, il not in iss fatal ending, tho widest
excosHos of tho amatuor hangman OF Iowa or
Kansas. It was not, rcrhaps, Thought that .ho
tho barbarity Of his tormontorB waB sufficiently
conspicuous, even il they stopped short Of mur-
dor.
It may ho weI to rocatI tho Incidents. Chnrlas
e. annon hGssy wa, IGag gogs na %aay set 55iSpt pf
exercised, turn for. litoIaturo. Ho wrote what
was intended for poetry; md ho foil in 1ovo with
. Hiss Julia Smith. another vlllngcr. 1ii4 suit
did not prosper. Tho fright man, Mr.. Royal
sammiBa demonstrated with him on his nnwel~
como attontions, and ho promised to forego
tlacm. Hero tho difference begins between his
frionds md his fooa. Tho latter say he wrote
| indecent lottcra TO- and constantly Prosecuted,
his coy inamorata. Tho former sayllo did no such
| thing, md waB too nlrch II gentleman to think
OF annoying ono ho loved. The foes, however,
assumed li8 guilt, md resolved to punish him.
This they did by masking themselves, waylaying
him, stripping him on n bitter cold night cut
in doing 10, and covering him from l,ead to loot
| with tar and foathers; after which they invites!
q party Of ladies', and among them tho object Of
hiB unroquitod affections, to Inspect him, kindly
holding lantern to fully expose, tue agony, Of
lantern ho tnrloa 81 boot, and broke from his
| cAptorb, and was noyor aeon again. Ilo waH
heard at homo, going downstairs into The
| yard, and noxt morning q bucket was fouItl
tried to cleanse himsolf Thoro woro eyl-
loness Of desperate struggle close by,
aud trail Of hoofs and wheels leading toward
| 1,loyd's Doaoh, + miles OFT. At the loach. his
boea was foana Ha W neq1 QUO da% boot tive
| Hood, at Lloyd'a Beach, aaid l,o aaw two mel
with lnrGo bundle it, n boat the night before,
and they Ioturned without the bundle: There
wore now two, or rathor tllroe, theories. about
AGhst}. clHt kA4tL }lc HUI AhtJ h4kt4 1lll-
sof III At OF passionate nlamo; anothor, that
ho had boon murdered on tho principle tllat
"doad mon toll no ta1os," as III lliB struggles ho
ha,1 tori, tho masks from Two OF his asaa!lants
tldrl theory, startel by hlss ayowed focs waF
Tint ho Ind kept away simply to crento Ho,.sa.
ton, and that his whereabouts wore perfectly
! vel! known.
The village was In g Torment, which Inns acarco.
ly aubsideA eyer sinco. Henry T. kelsey, 4
brother, ,nntlo an affidavit boforo brother jas.
lico hontrort. accuaius DR.. George j. Danks ltoy.
al, John, and David sanmis, CaudiuA u. a,t
| Arthur Irinco, nMl otllora, al. Of tllom promi
mont mombers Of tho First Presbyterian Church
Of tho village as being tho perpetrators Of tl,s
| outrage. Tho Justice hold a seorot investigation
| against tho protest OF tho acouaed which re-
suited in their indictment for riot mid assault
| transferred ~ fcw days ago by t.n order from
Judge barnard to tho Court Of Oyer nnl Ter,
| miner, wAlch .aoeta III October.