The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-08-05

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The following dsspa'ehes pretty ta.h
explain ne rtcsbg sen.ailoa "a Hartford
HaKrroRp, CanH, l0A. samuel l..
Clemens Marx TsEit) ,te Weli-kpoan
suibor aud bumofls,, has just pos beea
arrested f1f murder, Tas CTS i INTENSE
y excited Many nmors
ls30A.H The wandered peu1n :
40 unknowa child, boy, appareulH le
or IL years old Clemens was esnghi 90
the set Of putting lhe boly 20 boI, esi-
denily intending % bury II, or ship u q
some other place, sud thus conceal ihe
fatal evidence Of Biz crime Tie bo3y
wa. sliG, As II The victim had been dead
for some hours. All the clothes ha- been
dcs roycd, and even the ehild's hair aud
eyebrows we're shaved "a. 10 make any
thing ike idenuasaiiDa impos ib'e.-
Clemens, who was exceedingly sgitated
Al tirst, has tegaiued bis eqnaninIiy. lie
even Jokes about bis situation, neis SUR
rounded by bis friends. aud be aad they
say everything will be satisfactorily ex
planned
i2;40P The Clemens affair is toe
universal topic Il Is certainly a myste-
tious affair, but the account which the
accused aud biz friend. give Of lti. plaus-
iblc 10 say lbe least rs This mafning'-
mail Clemens received q note pp-imlrsed
Boston, saying: II send sou the body
by express. | will call for lhe reward iu
two days. II i. 10 youf Interest 10 keep
the secret, for you are as deep IN the mud
a. | am IN the mile. Abraham Taylor"
Ats o'clock an Adams Express wagon
drove up aud delivered box at Clemens
door. for which he receipled This box
when opened waa found to contain the
corpse OF a child. II was In the act ot
opening the box hat Clemens was arrest
ed, aud hence bis surprise and consterna.
tiou. This account of the affair is cor
federated by the expressman's testimony,
the postman and Clemens servants.
Some persons are now Of the opinion
that there has been no murder at all, but
only an upjuslifabe practical joke play
ed upon Clemens. Most think, however,
that there has been murder actually
committed by some impecunions rufiia
100 obtuse and imbruted to see The point
OF Clemens own joke. 1t will be remem-
bered that some weeks ago Clemens put
in the newspaper an advertisement offer
ing S205 reward for the return Of his um-
brella, stolen bya boy, and for the body
Of the thief, not alive. One possible the
DRY of the matter is that some schoo l-boy
of the Jesse Pomeroy order has murdered
his companion in order to secure the re-
ward. If these corjectules have any ba-
sis, Mr.. Clemens situation is grave
ne, for If a murder has been committed,
his advertisement undoubtedly makes
him accessory before the fact
2P. M.-The authorities have conclud-
ed to release Mr.. Clemens on his parole.
The mystery is not yet cleared mp. Mr..
Clemens, acting under the advice OF his
friends has offered reward of $500 for
the apprehension and conviction Of The
parties who practised such joke upon
him. The police have been using the
telegraph with vigor, and tie box con
tanning the body has been definitely lrac.
ed to the express Office at Cambridge,
Mass. 1t was left there By colorcd
man, who is now being hunted for.
4.30P M-The Clemens mystery has
now been pretty fully cleared up. Last
night the body Of boy, in every way
answering the description Of the one
sent to Mark Twain, Was stolen out Of
the dissecting room Of the medical fac
ulty, Cambridge. The suppositon Is
| that the theft was perpc,tated by some
medical students for the purpose OF prac'
Using joke upon Mr.. Clemens, whose
advertisement for the boy and umbrella
has been widely published. Ifthis be So
it is to be hoped that Mr.. Clemens will
be more careful IN the future. There are
TOO many Jesse Pomcroys in our mlds
for these sort Of things to be safely prac'
tised. The medical faculty boys at Cam-
bridge look wise, but -a9 nothing The
perpetrators Of the act will scarcely be
| found out
5.P.M. The body Of the boy suppos-
ed to have been murdered has been
claimed By The janitoi Of the Cambridge
Medical College.