The New York herald., 1873-09-15

| not identified" Did Charles KeIssv h,mse,e nrc
the legs, ana then clothe them With hIs own
drawers and pantao0ns, watch chain and brokem
comb and then place them In the water' n he did
not then some one OF his family. who had control
tes>Jiles tnat he knew nothng OF the outrage untI
the Vext day, and has not moved in the matter
Srother did purchase, ,clothe and deposit these
legs theU he has committed perjury, that's all
The physicians testify the legs must have been
In the wa Ter months the extremities being
entirely eaten and worn away. very much doubt
any living creature could manage this part OF the
been done soon after the 4th oi November. and the
knowledge OF how long time would be required
To eat away the exSgeinities, and tlle sUperhuman
knowledge as to currents and the set OF tides {
fear no Kelsey nor other man possessed 80 as 10
return these mangled rematns almost TO the place
mitted. II these 'fegs" were bought and used
as as charged, venture to predict, II the par
VIII offer a moderate reward, the seller With soon
aaippear ain ar ana convict the guilty The greatest obec-
a. a. proven Of facts which the evidence, as read
u, does not sustain: The doctors testify the nay-
u 1hat Kelsey walked to and reached his homes
rnay Messy aid "recognize and threaten two of his
or stopped rom making any outcry. Afterwards,
and as perfect Q. E. d. to his ar2ument, "Lawyer's
who had been tarred and feathered.n God save us.
from such ladies, who looked on this poor wretcn
the as w
makes very pertinent statement as to the condt
and the evidence Is not before me- but bee~e MTre
am correct-that witness testified that though at
10 eGn s ns he wretch snS
HIM hlm as he he staggered about" Of wha.
Is 1t not strainlng conclusion to adopt Law
yers" theory that Kelsey hides himself so as to
know that his oath and recognition OF two at least.
would efrectually do thss We're not his words
not the bloody shirt and enc mot two) boot and
necktie placed where they were found by the men
turned without 1t for the purpose Of
conveying the idea OF suicide and to con-
he % pleased, @ % remember rem % the % proofs 81 Il He had
only some $40, out OF which he had paid some $25
or ssS II ne was SO lndinerent 70 tne sgnts ana
OF men, 30 dead to all gentlemanly feeling, as Is
sought to be established as his character. would
wheimed him "with rage and despair" as to induce
him to run away that he might take deadly ven
writing but few words, and l stop, when
much more remains behind, Let ME simply
but tarring and feathering was contemplated;
some one or moro went outside the prosramms
died near the scene; his body was carried to the
bay and sunk, to rise, In part, to 'plague ITS
Of Kses ns pa ners
saa$ a. s1s w;
his room. Now one word for myself
do not know single person in huntingdon
Never was there, nor ever expect to be- and
think am without prejudice or undue interest In
this lamentable farther than that Justice may
be done.
am sorry to think that thus far the case on tho
Coroner's part has been very meanly contested.
trust the future may prove better than the past.
As yet no one has been implicated, save tho
two witnesses who know much, but admit little.
am inclined to believe a clever, sharp examn-
alton might have induced them to know more SD
as to save themselves; perhaps not.
send this hasty note, assuming the HERALD iS
not partisan in this more than in other cases.
and although their reporter did come to the con-
clusion that poor Kelsey deserved to be tarred
and feathered," and that the lady, the cause of all
this trouble; her grandmother and all their friends
were "whiter than snow" and Kelsey meriting all
he receved-yet, although the reporters letter
was published, the editor Of the pap paper M is Is nos @
the truth or all suggestions. You and ], Mr..
Editor, well know that reporters are but mere men
after all, prone to be Influenced bv pretty face
and pleasant attentions. 40 not question the
honesty OF your reporters conclusions but was ho
not little premature and q little biassedP
ANOTHER ATTORNEY.