The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-10-21
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had full rpsnsa u5 bot 5uly
sun and the
tho fruit. That afternoon the patch
cs were unusually crowded. One
group Of children started home Just
before sundown, taking their way di-
rect through the wood, without re
gard to beaten paths. They had
gone but a short distance, when the
little dog that was with them stop
ped, and began to sniff eagerly at a
spot Of ground which appeared to
have been recently disturbed. Civ.
ing a long, mournful howl, the dog
scratched furiously with his paws in
the sand, and in moment had I'M
covered a human hand. Howling
more mournfully than before, he
bounded off couple Of feet, and tore
at the ground with rcdoubled energy.
He soon completed his task, and the
children sawa woman's face, pale and
rigid, imbeddcd in The moist, clayey
earth. With but one glance at the
horror, they dropped their pals and
fled to- the village. The dog detec,
tive remained yelping over the crime
he had uncdrthcd.
Every village, probably, has its
sensation at some time, and that Of
Seakonk came with the story of the
children. As the tidings spread from
house to house, the people gathered
at the inn, and eagerly discussed
what should be done, and who should
do it. At last Ill the male inhabit-
ants, headed by the Squire, bearing
alantern, and piloted by the. children
started out to investigate the matter.
But the pilots were not needed as
4the-dos.stilk rths..Gatchi
and with his mornful bowling echo,
ing through the dim woods, the par
ty could not go astray. Reaching
the spot, they gathered around it,
and the Squire advanced, and, knee,
ling down, wiped the dirt from the
face of the dead woman with the
skirt Of his coat. Then he held the
lantern over it.
'lt's Nancy Buckson!!"
He fell back a few PAGES with the
exclamation, and his companions
turned to initiate the conduct of the
children shortly before. They rallied
however, at his summons, and fell
vigorously to work to cxhume the
body. a few shorclfuls Of earth, and
the body of a woman, without shroud
or coffin, but fully dressed in the or
dinary garments Of life, was exposed.
About the body q white substance
was plentifully sprinkled, and was
found to be chloride of lime, doubt
less placed there to insure speedy de-
composition.
Every one recognized poor Nancy
-,
Buekson, and saw the rigid and livid
mark upon the neck, pointed out by
the Squire. 1t was plain that she
had been murdered by strangulation,
and tossed, dressed as she was at the
moment of her violent death, into
the rude grave where the dog had
found her.
The neignbor, Pauls, now recalled
the quarrel Of the preceding day, and
told how Captain John had stood be-
fore the angry woman, playing with
the whipcord. The cottage was
searched: and a cord was found lying
on the floor Of the room, which, when
tried on the woman's neck, fitted ex.
actly the rigid and livid circle. In
the cellar was 4 quantity of a white
substance precisely similar to that
found in the grave, and those articles
belonging to Mrs. Buckson found up
on thn cornSn wcrc MISSING from the