Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-06

Aithough nad been for some time ac.
quainted with the family, yet | had moi
before known that they had a crazy ryla
tive, But | remembered to have heard
that melancholy event took place amene
them when Silas was a youth. l had
heard that his oldest brother was banged
for murder, but the particulars l had
never learned.
lcould not help suspectiug that the
insanity of "Auut NIFTY" was in some
way associated with that dire calamity
This led me to make inquiries after.
ward, especially as preceived that Nit.
ty was treated with great coldness by her
brother and his wife and also that the
children treated her with undisguised con.
tempt.
On inquiriug Of an old iuhabitant Of
Gloucester, he told me that the father OF
Silas was one Of the first settlers in that
part Of Rode Island, and that his farm
was very extensive. ...
His eldest son Richard, had always
lived at home, was faithful, hard>work,
ing young man, and strictly honest. He
was very simple in all his tastes and habits
aud therefore he was unsuspecting and
liable to fall victim to the wlles of Gun.
ming adventures.
A crafty fellow called Ellison came in
to that part of the country, and soon suc>
ceeded in cheating Richard and his father
out of quantity of land.
This had maddening effect upon
Richard, whose scorn of dishonesty aud
whose rage at the idea of being cheated
by a villain knew no bounds.
Some time afterward, Richard and
Ellison met at a public tavern. Some
words passed between them, and as they
left to go home, Ellison was heard to
say:
"Yes, I've cheated you and your father
out of land, aud before m through with
you, intend to get away every iuch of
land that you've got.'
Wien they left the tavern, Ellison had
a scythe. and Richard had an ak on his
shoulder. A few hours afterward, some
travellers on the highway fouad the body
of Ellison on the road, badly chopped up
as If with an ak. Of course the man was
dead.
As Richard was last seen in his com>
pany. officers went to the house Of Rich>
ard's father, and learned that the young
man had not yet returned home.
Scarab was made for the supposed
murderer without effect, until, at the end
of week, word was brought to the sheriff
that Richard had been seen in Smith6eld.
not far from the house of his married sis
ter, Submit, who dwelt in that quarter.
1t was then conjectured that his sister
was acquainted With his hidiug>place, and
the sheriff called upon her for informa.
ton. At first she pretend to know moths
ing about her brothers movements but
the sheriff, having made her believe that
Richard's ofeuse would not be severely
punished, aud that it would be regarded
as Justifable homicide, she at length con.
fessed that her fugitive blother hid in the
neighboring wood during the day, and
came to the house a. nidnigt for food.
Accordingly the officers lay in wait for
him at night, and as he came out of the
wood they seized him and carried him
off.
Pcrceiving how she had been deceived,
the husband of Submit, and Others
would not enlighten her in regard to the
probatle Fate Of her brother; but man
coming from Providence spoke to Submit
of the trial OF her brother for murder, and
added that he had been convicted an send.
fenced to death,
Submit, who had never dreamed of
such an issuse to the affair, now filled
the air with her shrieks, accused herself
of being her brothers murderer, and ex>
pressed her determination to 20 straight
to Providence and see the judge her
self.
Others were now ready enough Ito ac-
cuse Submit OF being her brothers mur,
derer; in short, her brothers, sisters, par.
ents aud all her other relatives spoke Of
her in bittereSt terms. At 6rst, her hus.
band prevented her from going to Provi
dence but, unfortunately, she got away,
by leaping from high widow, and arriv.
ed in Providence on the very day that her
brother was executed.
She arrived at the gallows Just as the
BODY was taken down. That moment