St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-24
The Fisherville Elopement.

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H. with George Shclhurn". who has
been arrested on the charge of having
caused her death:
ION the third of December last Il
man and Il very Young girl called III the
boarding house of Mrs. COrmcilson. I07
/ Hudson street. this city. and applied
for board. stating that they were man
and wife. They had no baggage with
tn al. but they accounted for this by
/ saving that they had been burned ont
III the Boston fire. and had lost all their
effects. Mrs. Corucilson's suspicious
were aroused. and Mr.. and Mrs Charles
q. Jones -a> they called themselves
were provided with apartments. The
gIrl. whose name WIS Josephine. WIS
extremely Youthful. not more than tif-
teen Years old and her beauty and III
tcrr<tinw manners soon won the heart
of tine landlady. She had not been
Ion" on Hudson street when she gave
way tn melancholy. hrramc subject to
nervous fits. and spent most OF her
time in the solitude of her chamber
soon after she was taken extremely i'll.
and Mrs. ColnciI>om. on finding that
the assumed husband WIS out of money
sent t"r her own phy Sician. Dr. Petrie.
tn attend to tn" sick girl. He pro
nuun""d the disease from which she
wH> suffering typhoid fever. brought on
10y mental depression and excessive
m"ianrhuiN. The necessary remedies
WcIr prescribed. Int the Young gIrl
grew rapidly w"I>c. and on the 18th of
December she died. During her sick
ness she was dcliriou>. and in her dclil-
ium She frequently called ont oh. moth
81. mother if had my MOTHER On
one occasion when Jones WAS absent
from the hou~r she said To Mrs. Cornell
son. 'Oh. when | get we'll will do
cNcINIhiu" frr N"u. love you 50: but
am advertised. am not married. |
have only known him six weeks and |
want my mother Nj. ColneilSom sup
posed that what the girl said WAS the
result of di>or'lcrcd imagination. and
She Was about To question ncr upon The,
statement she had made. when she Wa>
interrupted 10y the entrance of Jones.
There Va~ II" further opportunity to re-
nru the ~uhicct. IT. the girl died on
The next d,r>. All the time she WIS
sick .Iunc> Wd~ never absent from her
side. He seemed t" have Il particular
aversion that ANY one but himself
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Il chance. This was the signal for ar-
tIon. aud the crowd immediately shout
cd. MIL nm, Hang hlln' ana "ther
>lShlllcd threats ana "' lie same liile
three or four other persons joined tn"
first man IN heating the prisoner ana IN
attempting t" take INN from the hands
"f th' officers
IL was feared mat thc mon Wo''la
take IN prisoner nom the "ilrtrs ana
y hcli hilh' hIt iht "ihccis hclu on l"
thclf man. Mr' DleW' J"ScphlneS IA
th"r Is naturally quiet man but the
Thought OF ms d"i%h'erS wrongs an"
the NiTh' "l hef ne'li'\tr' lhade MN
crazy.
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