The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-04
Continued from First Phge.

Thursday Nov. 4, 1875.
(Consinsed from First Ra9e.)
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An examination went on that night
before the magistrates, but" all was
dark +; although suspicion attached to
q negro named Aaron, who had occa-
sionally been employed in menial SER
vices by the family, and had been in
the house Immediately before the
murder. The circumstances were
such as to leave every man in, utter
perplexity as to the presumption for
and against him. His mode Of de.
Tending himself, and his general de-
pertinent, were marked by the cool
est, nay, the most sneering indiHer-
ence. The first thing he did on be.
ing acquainted with the suspicious
against himself, was to laugh fero.
ciously, and to all appearances most
cordially and unafectedly. He de-
manded whether a poor man like
himself would have left 50 much
wealth as lay scattered abroad in
that house-gold reporters, massy
plate, gold snuff:boxes-untouched1
That arguement certainly weighed
much in his favor: And yet again it
was turned against him; for a magis-
trate asked him how he happened to
know already that nothing had been
touched. True it was, and a fact
which had puzzled no less than it had
awed the magistrates. that upon their
examination Of the premises, many
rich articles Of bVo,ter'e, jewely, and
personal ornaments, had been found
underanged, and apparently in their
usual situations; articles 90 portable,
that, in the very hastiest fight, some
might have been carried of: In par
ticular, there was cruci6x of gold,
enriched with jewels 50 large and rare,
that, of itself, it would have consti-
tuted a prize Of great magnitude.
Yet, this was left untouched, though
Suspended in a little oratory that had
been magni6cently adorned by the
elder Of the maiden sisters. There
was an altar, in itself a splendid OBJ
ject, furnished with every article Of
the most costly material and work.
manship, for the private celebration
of mass. This crucifx, as we'll a.
everything else in the little closet,
must have been seen by one, at least,
Of the murderous party; for hither
had one Of the ladies fed; hither
had one of the murderers pursued.
She had clasped the golden pillars
which supported the altar,-had
turned, perhaps, her dying looks up
on the crucifix: for there, with one
arm still wreathed about the altar
foot, though in her agony she had
turned round upon her face, did the
elder sister lie when the magistrates
first broke open thestreet-door. And
upon the beautiful parqlet, or inlaid
floor which ran round the room, were
still impressed I the footsteps; IF the
murderer: These, it was hoped, might
furnish a elewse the discovery Of one,
at least, among the murderous band.
They were rather difficult to trace
accurately; those parts of the traces
which lay upon the black tesseNe be-
ing less distinct in the: outline than
the others upon the white or colored.
Most PROFESSIONALLY, so far as this
went, it furnished a negative circum-
stance in favor Of the negro, for the
footsteps were very different in out
line from his, and smaller, for
Aaron was man Of colossal build.
And as to his knowledge Of tie state
in which thepremises had Been found,
and his having so Familiarity relied
upon the fact Of no robbery having
taken place as al: argument on. his
own behalf, he commended that he had
himself been amongst the crowd that
pushed into the house along~with the
magistrates; that from his previous
acquaintance with the rooms, and.
their ordinary; condition, q glance of
the eye had been sufficient for him to
ascertain the undisturbed condition
Of all the valuable property most OBJ.
vious to the grasp Of a robber; that,
in fact, he had seen enough for his
argument before he and the rest of
the mob had been elected by the
but, finally, that indie
Pendently Of all this, he had heard
both the officers, as they conducted
him, and all the tumultuous gather
ings Of people in the street, arguing
for the righteousness of the bloody
transaction upon that very circum-
stance Of 50 much gold; silver ind
jewels, being left behind untouched.
In six weeks or less from the date
OF this terrific event, the negro was
set at liberty by majority of voices
amongst the magistrates. In that
short interval other events had &C.
CURED no less terrific and mysteri-
Gus. In this first murder, though
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