, 1875-07-09
Foul pIny Suspected III the Death
Of Il I'rnnslncssG Fnrlsler
Nenr Joliet.
Deceased Said 10 Hare Maintained In
cestu0ns Relations with Ills
0wa Daughter.
Moro About the Keccl Murder in Jack.
tonville, Fla.
Escape of a CoIcred Convict from Tho Penfsea.
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JOLIET HORROR.
Srfe5df Nsbdteh 10 The thIeaae 7tfbHFk.
JOLIET, ILL.,, JuIY 8+-The following will So
pear in the Joiiet Reoubiican Tomorrow Dur
Ing ule present week busy rumot has beau It
work IN Joliet nnd In the vicinity Of Bsbylon
Sch0oI.I1ou mics southeast Of tba city. in
circulating rapport 10 tho ofoct that At old aud
hnnorod citizen Of this county lad come to hss
dca.b in other Than tho natural wag Of taking
1f.-n fact. that s,n had been tho victim Of foul
play. Ruhcrt Simpson. uatire Of England,
.ssd about 81 yearA. who came into Will County
truhabiy about seventeen voars ayo, aud located
northeast uf Lo"kpprt. near tLe :owD OF Aad.
10y, and about ton yearn nxo OIL tbs iarm whore
he bseasted hls last, shout miles from
Joliet n.,o llt'e eAss sn. 9i aoqta. asd 9 ,. a.
During lis renidcnco in lie county with
what lie bought from England tho deceased
had aestuirtd qMte competency in ts,is ~o,iIa
Hno'r. owning II! one budy w acres Of tho beHt
farming land in Will County. under hrtt-cIatH
Improvement with ltnrleneLta and STOCK anh-
cselt II word lis :,lkce Handsomely. And I'I!se
!tio anln ut niuury pn loan at intoseAs. n5aouht-
ing III aIl To n1s catnated vane u nearly szb,uN
Iils family col!nkted of tuur hona Ali young Me
of ,totu1Ae, thres of "'m'nl fthide III Joliet. aud
ons ufnpnyc of tho uhcazo ~ itocE tHand
i,u.lfuas. who reHidoa il Cncs9o, al of wauns
u l5t
by t4s Giles. so,t. i;ItEer Allpan1n 1nna "liose
honesty ca,,ilnt pe 'luuLtcl. aoI wauso cas.etrr
| il without blemBh-a ualphtet, an;! tho u l.
! est rhIll OF tho decthrtd "ll9 l'sa roTne tbs
| ra!a:io.H OF w!Ie 10 thus uunaiufnl baEeAt,
| hy whom Abe has horne L Child, no" hf-
| Ing tt tho Aouentcad+ tbs youngest Ut the
| family, and ahoter 1ePAtctt Hon "ltGtn Dutet
Simpson ntohunnc1s b bastard. Of English birth,
| by Ll1 HlHttr-n,nttier. Iia YOUNG man. Jolusota
| Simpson. ls nov plaETlo1, Aud living ucar Or on
| the Aosnassena.
| In iuen,ller1ng around. a reporter nccidentlT
| encountered ut agti gentleman wllohad anown
| tho tsccaBed sIicu l.s Itst ret lament In tho
| npGhbuI!soud. and waH Oh exceedingly intimate
ter,us With him up ~ titd time Ut bis death. 13o
was Interviewed ~ follows;
Aged Cltlzcn-1lohert S,'npAon Tas o rugged
| man. judge ut about u years Ut age, along nay
| aLout two weeks-
Rcporser-l,e'oso tho 10Th Of 1uue?
a. C.-icH, it WIN during ths woaS before Sat
u1dsy the 18th. that tea,nc from soa "t tug
tlcceasr1 ltlnt liz wuh not Ncl), anu ho inquired
alter his fatlor'H health. / did not 0nPpoeo
there woa ansslIng serious noont It.
lHayhor. Of Joljet) Lad prescribed tor ll!ns aud
i nnl not learn anstllng i.ntLcr until Monday
morning. when ron Of Charles Darwin camo
over to my lIhnas aud notified u,B tttat SIMPSON
wns dead. and tho funoEa1 would occur Oh Tnoo-
day, at ~ o'clock myself ind family attended
tho funeral when I got over there, DID not
like tto looks Of things, Charles Darwin-n te'i-
ant u tho deceased. whoHe ltaso exWrca next
bu1ed at Oak"ood cemetory iD Joet-aeHnied
20 have entire control OF lilo funeral arrange
mos, md CONSIDER tng tle fact that tie decoaAed
: Ind no n4Auy aons, I'll grown, and knossig w
well did, TINT thc dCccascd Ind no very friendly
feelings for Darwin when aivo, thought this
looked litlo strRnce. At 10: o'clock PROMPTLY,
. tho corpse wsa ren'oyed 10 the comesofy,-.a'la
eabv 1lsAM yy did ~'s aot 'p9ssS5 pSiessse f.
il 6.kvood. lnstaad OF taking hla ro:
naine to al obscure buryi1g groupd
sbout rnilea fram aefe On what Il Know nas
, Providence Ridge. I thought Il hlso atranEa
that thoy would movc before hls childson oil
r nrEiyed. agpin thought It strange that tue,
did not allow lis fu,nliy aud friends to vic" tue
corpse bcture ite tinal intormant. And aGoin
. .Loie aas uo more ceremony than If shoy wart
br,yIug = log, untl. he "as IN tho ground an'
D csve.ed. wheu tue funeral party repaired to
: church within tbs ircloBure TO l!stcn to funers
/. Abou, QUO your ago ths man decided Ills farm te
hia taugtlor- ife,--tot sllo il his daughter nnt
t has bseu living mud oolaoitiug with bin fo
yeara. thu resolt Of TINT conb.tatioM being aboY
n / ahonid bnpposo. bno has ono, boy nas
;. Rcd to daughsor OF tls Charloa Darwin
q baforO mentaot,sa M teuhnt 90 the }.!hSc
. ~hom Butler siinpsou. the olleHt sou Of ~
a doreaHed, HtignBtlzed as All EugliBh "catcli
8 child" whose father. after accomplishing he
+. ruin, abandoned Aer aud came 70 th'a conn
j. Try. bince the deed oontesiug all LILA real prop
Il crty Wa mads II seems that thcy havo Lrough
r. out will, Which Xives to tho deooaeAd's young
m tut son {f1nukj ono huodrod aorea OF tn
"a property, and ninsty-two acses to the son o
d father aud daughter George. giving each OF th
e.her boys *loo ssc'', assa Ill annuity for Asa
hnw / think that this whole aftair Ia baii
m.aed; think that thbIs ts game between thl
womlu aud tnar.ps Darw'n to got pnseaaHon. o
10 this prupalty; think that there has been fo'
D. flaY In the lcnsh of Robert SilnrtoH, aud sue
to ia tls opinion OF most nyery 10 these part.
-, Wo s.ai not fsea satisfied IN tho matter unt
:" lite affair hAH Leeh fully investigated by COLI
y. potcut au<hnrity nafosa gostx further.
Of Tho ronorter thon rstraced his sscps 10 joliet
ks and found l'nter himrHon who 1nnus a'lt'htat
j. TALLY tho sau1a sthteinont that 4H neap S'va
ii III addition. !.e stated that Lis unthaE dted
u EnRiaud uhon ls Nas "a years old. leAyluE alnf
~ thu o!aaas himself. AID three younger bsother'
|Is That he w.s ~. arpscntscs four years, det1u
d. from his eleventh year. aud saht ,s sater Aal
III kept bouae for lis father. l1Is "sfs B1eaEod u
o hiater alaty Nh sstcr, when Mary requested ht
td 10 other alasegs llcs ~ "1nnther" Dr y Mary
NJ that sho did not want 70 10 cailsd ststet."
IA! Ny VITO discovered tho causo on tho seoon
~, ~" | day after our arrival. 1haro wero taEoo bad
II. aud lounge In tl.o nouso. ono bed for Fran
70 ons for father, Ane one for ny VIE snu !; :,
occupied the louugei thls Lounge WA Il" roo
that my vito aud had to pas. through upe
=. rerfring, aud We noticed basket aud sosf
yamo articles sore thero when We pass'
NJ In tho morning, apparently nntl'atusbo
H. This looked suspicious. DO tho ns
,r. nlgut nv vife locked II A. tl
-, ~,ndow sna discovered tue guilty phtr In u
NJ anne bod. Bhs told nie OF tile discovery, and
10 rotnsske1 to hor that sue must bs crazy st
~, insisted, aud / went aud witnessed II WITH Il
ev own eyes,. This Wa4 more sasn 20 eonla Nsh
cin 90 We made cur preparations And got out 0! 'h
~. immediately.
~ ~ About the death Of my fathsr, think the
eTS NAN foul play. told my sitter Mary that V
~ going to sea thc doctor, and she sald that It
'3I4 'ns saw him she would aoe him TOO. have se'
'so The doctor, aud 10 does not like 70 say mu
Of ion1 ,na u,II sr.n..ctinns md + danire A