The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-12
VOL. XIII. 90.
rug SIR iAGLED COR%sE FREEZING
~ PITCH OI bpODS.

s.,., rls Circumstnntinl Evidence of rs
e,,ut- ~. Extraordinary HchaVior - A
Visit 90 him in Prison-iiis History.
w.rrnrowN, Dee ll--Thc murder com
.dued In TINS ndshbcthood last week was
,n.,knd by y Guitar ntrocitV. = ran Conkln
80. echco. girl notelevcn years ~ age, bright
.cI good natured, The adon ed daughter of a
farmer efIvin1in Rlilaud township. about seven
r,ue. from Watetown. The folks Who had
.aocicd her had no children oi their own, and
.h, Ind gr,v1 very much tu'o taeif atfs, tions.
On Tu,.d.,. Noy. ~, hasine gone to school
.oo. a,st,ree from home, she failed to return
.,.o'clooh, ,- usual II isa high cold country,
.o,ercJ vii. SNOW, even whcn lower IN lower
mars OF thp -Ht'. only warm raius are expe-
y,epoed ami @. 60 -Nlrp winds have iree play over
H. iTb,svAsap.i'iculirly cold DAY. ana daiAness
crow near NJ CIrk In was az work about his
farm house and harna. and grew uneasy at the
s,frs prOion.rd absence. Whenever he passed
.door or wilcDW oyctlookirrt the talh by which
ahe u,ulN cane. he stcnpsd to see whether she
ras In -isht. At enc time he iancicd ho be rd
ones proceeding from small patch u woods
situate IN M, lpcn 1clds between his farm and
tho school house.
lie even imagined that the voice sounded like
MS dAughttr-. lie listened more iutentlS, tat
he cries were not repeated. .ni he disnis ed
tho thought as fancy. and nothing more. As
81 grew later and later and daylight W
dwindilng into n mere grny gl,om, aud the cold
Gay was grow ine colder ntshi. TIE 'uspcnrs he.
eAue unbeat.t,e. lie harne-sed his horse ani
Grove over to the school hOuse. / here he found
tbo school mistress, and iuVuued after his
daughter. H. Was told that she had le;t the
school at the usunl time. and had taken short
cut across the lots for home.
To have thkon the high RAJ would have in-
voiyed avery roundabout journey. The short
cut wus the patti she usually took. aud tiis
Circumstance appenrs TO have been rticul rly
weilknDwnt. the by Ruttan, Il whom further
mention Is nlde below. lio seems ovou 80 be
familiar with the very lao "a VS. accustomed
70 follow Ia crossing ma lots. Tai, shorter road
led through the wood. Ou further iu-
ouiry MIR C,rkiin learned that hi rnurhicr had
enter,d tur-o wooda. "I'm afraid she's trcez-
ing suid Nr Cunknn aud he ~ xiously drove
hAk 10 his farm Ht the top ot MS hnrst's soc Il.
kaaohing b me. he found &c had no; vet = o.
rived. Calins 20 Gibson, man who W s in his
hOvse, ne requested him to t-k5A ldutern and
search the woods.
qiH SEARCH ron rHf GlRL.
He himself put ms horse ny IN the barn. and,
Nsbtina hnuth lantern, hufri ID af,er Gih-nn.
who had alre j, set out ac U.s. The folds On
bis Wv he met Gibson returning. he latte
Conkllu re- lived tO examine thcm himself, aud
meauwhiio Gibson. at MS request, II stenrd to
t1e utarrst farm mouse for u~-istHuca 10 the
soirch. ihis VS. The nous OF q q liumphTeN-.
Cuuklin went arc"nd the Nooda @ The side
nearest the - oOlnOu.e ,ni tGr ~ from his
oisto,rr, 4 r'- uhughtar- fopi-te ls m the -now,
ana followed them INTO tn woo--, losing them
OCCASION ly. but nnuing III IA yam. IN the
he RI OF thi- patch Of tree there WIS a piie of
feed wood, 10 w.iich tue steps led, anu IN 're
worn and scratched as though II h.d
teeu trantl 'd nu. searching 'urthef, Couk-
nn found few sp"s 81 ol,9d on the
eiounu th,h wo tiees ,ioe tose lher. Win a
few streak' of Mood on IN inner sides, about
tran stogether Tor awhile and looking soout for
I 10y the du intern h.nt uutii lie re- oyered it,
he me uron body his dN"ght I ! ing II
th. ho1en 'uud Her dft>s "as torn aud.o .
order d, her bonnet cr"sncd na,k on nor Lst td'
or tour Tunes around her herk'
tier ,ungue Ju,rd ell - thou'h from stran-
eulauon, and h teeth were cl -'d thr Jl.n o..
o. her frrrhr " a a hruisr, ctldeufIN { ia re-
Sult OF very severe now. \ lttle atoye her
rignt eyebrow VS. another and more serious
wound tnat had crushed the opno, IN tiri's
mittens were on the ground. Tow foet dl 81 n;'
Ga her eX ,Osrd hands anu y MTs's we're ndtne-
Tous deeu marks OF nngcr II lis. nearly pierci =
Into the Bean. Her nose, culn, hnd hahdS we're
Gib-nn, meantime. had called At the house Of
the Hunt hrcNs, aud ret rning with Henry
Humphre :. the owner OF the farm, heard Cunk-
Lf's wild oii-- for neIn Guiied nv hi. lantern
among tho tees, tfe soon found hun. lie und
wrapped his own Ov, ,rcoat about his daugnie
body, and wu- vainl enl"ANoring T. obtain
from her some sign of returning iife. They car
red the iody 10 Conkliu's house ~ speedily "a
oo,s'ole ih-lr supposI,ipn was tnet the poor
Eirl hah ttiuued Ia The woods "ni fallen upor
Rue nard gf' lud and stubs ur stones, thu4 re-
ceving tnc iuJIrie, .i b HppeArf on the hudy
ana that hiug there h.lpess she h 81 liozsn
death. ~ rlFniucane IN rN, nl unGtr h'Hir ol
her hands. anu tht tghtene1 ropdilon OF hel
scarf we're % rntired Toy them ~ tho time
Boiue hose - conceived of restoring hnimt
tInu 10y ~ar,n apVlicatiOu-, friction. and pthe
me ms, but such cd ,rs were OF course unavAii
coNvINcrp OF nER MURDER.
The notion tnnt tb,e. grl had come to he
death by an accidental fill curldusly remained
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