The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-28
MURDER AT RUTHERF ORD.
J. T. CAVCRHILL MURDERED BY
THE PARA MONROE HIS WIFE,
AND ROBBED-ARREST OF
THE GUILTY COUPLE.

A most ntrocious murder, says the Dyors-
burg Progress, occurred ut rutherford
station; on tho Mobile and Ohio railroad,
one day last week. Mr.. Csverhill, one
armed man. and one Of the most respected
ci liens Of that place, had been sitting up
with one Of bis children, who was sick,
and on this particular night his child
resting ossy, he laid hi nself beside II on
tho bed, and about two o'clock in the
morning dropped into doze, leaving the
light burning in the room. Soon after
this Mrs. Caverhill, who slept the fore
part Of tho night, came into the room
where her husband had fallen asleep and
found the bed covered with blood. She
i'm medisteiy went TO the door and alarmed
the neighbors by her wild and agoniaing
cries, but her husband was dead. The
little girl OF his brother -in-isw, who was
also in bed with Mr.. Caverhill, says that
. negro came into the house and struck
her uncle with q Ratchet He had one
cut In the forehead and another in the
temple The murder OF murderers, robbed
him Of his watch, about three hundred
dollars In money, and lot OF papers he
had about his person. 1t lie supposed
there were two Of the murders, rs IL YVES
found where two horses had been hitched
10 the rack. and they were tracked over n
mile up tho railroad. Mr.. Caverhilrs
watch was found by the horse rack where
the horses had been hitched, and his pa
pors were found along the road about half
. mile from the station. The money has
not been recovered, and up 10 this time
| there 10 no clue 10 tho murderers.
T. s. Since the above was written we
have received private letter from Q
friend In Rutherford, informing US that
Mrs. Gsllagsrh, tho woman who wa,
living with Mrs. CSSorhill, had been ar
| rested, and confessed that abe had been
paid not to divulge the name Of the mur.
derer, but turning state's evidence, she
testified, on examination, that NJ. q. Dol
lie. the brother-in-law OF Caverhill (they
at first married sisters, but both Of their
wivss dying, Cavsrhill married again
had murdered Mr.. Caverhill, and that the
latter's vito was an sccomplice. Collie
uf6u Iviiars ia mrs. GallapSshsfr on INN.
He paid hfty-fve dollars of the amount
and told her that he would pay tho bsl-
snce as soon al. the money could DO col
| lected on Caverhill's insurance policy of
ten thousand dollsrs, which was in ia
vor Of his wife. The cause of the muir
| der, onr correspondent says, is the "Old,
| old story" Collie and Caverhill's wife
were IN love with each other, and had
been on such terms of intimacy lately
that CAverhill protested against it. Then
followed the murder, and it is reported
that on the death OF the deceased the wife
was to get tho ten thousand dollars from
the insurance company, and she and COL
lie would marry. Both Collie and Mrs.
Csverhill were arrested ana taken to
Trenton, where the trial was going on
yesterday. The coupling pm Of railroad
car was found in the corner Of lot close
by Caverhilrs house, which is supposed
TO be the instrument he was killed with.
Collie WAS q leading member of the
church, a master mason, and at the head
Of the good templsrs. Both he and Ca
verhill formerly lived ct Smithlsnd, Ken
lucky, but have been residing at Ruther-
ford for the past two years.