The daily gazette., 1876-05-20
innocent, Yet Hanged.
Circumstances that Lied and Sac.
rihced a Life.

rince0 a LIE.
The real perpetrater of murder of
horrible nature, committed in Eng.
land nearly thirty years ago, has just
been discovered. The revelation, how
ever, cem too late, for an innocent
man has already forfeited his life for
the crime, and the genuine assassin has
kept silence until the approach of death
drew forth the secret.
In the suburbs of Bath, England, is
q populous village named Weston
The inhabitants were, for the most
part, at that time referred to in this
narrative, engaged in rural pursuits,
and supplied the city with milk, gar
lage stands on high ground, and be.
yond it is hilly tract Of country, On
the outskirts of the village stand the
ruins of a once famous hostelrie, the
favorite resort of the Prince Regent,
afterwards George the Fourth, and the
young bloods who disgraced his court.
When its palmy days were passed, the
hostelrie became dull, dreary road.
side inn, the proprietor a'so engaged
in the business of farmer.
The ground in the rear of the dwell
| ling sloped down to the river, the bank
of which was covered with clumps of
trees, faverits resort for the pickers
of hazel nuts and blackberries, Sam'l
Janion, the proprietor of the ina, was
man of forty five or fifty at the time
when the events about to be narrated
occurred. He had o wife, two sons
and two daughters, the former aged
respectively twelve and seventeen, ,and
the latter sixteen and eighteen. Mary,
the elder, was remarkably beautiful
girl, the very model of lovely Eng
lish maiden. For two years John Pei
ter, commercial traveller for Mau-
chester, had made Janion's place his
home when in Bath on business, and
latterly he had been somewhat atten-
tive to Mary. He was man of per-
haps twenty eight, good looking and
agreeable, and Mary did not appeor to
be opposed to his paying her atten-
tions, 1t was known that he was in
COED circumstances, and Janlon would
have made no opposition to him as a
son in law. On May 90, 1S47, Pelter
arrived at the inn on his usual spring
visit, and in the evening strolled out
with the girls for walk. They return
cd late, and the next morning Mary
and Pelter went alone to take walk
by the river. They were back betimes
for breakfast, and Pelter went into the
city. He returned early and announced
that he was Unexpectedly called away,
He paid his bill, ran up stairs fer his
valise, and then bade all good bye cx-
cept Mary, who had suddenly disap~
peared.
Pel.er left a message for her, and
started on foot for the depot, saying
that he had two or three calls to make
ON his way. lie was met and spoken
to by Charles, the younger son of Jan
ion, the inkeeper, at the corner of a
lane running down to the river.
The evening passed on, and Mary
Janion did not return home. Night
set in and there was no trace of her,
Then her father and brothers started
out in opposite directions to look for
her, visiting several houses which she
was accustomed to frequent. The
elder brother. John, met friend two
years younger than himself, named
Jerry Goden, and Informed him of
his sisters prolonged absence
"Why, l saw her not more than
three hours ago." Goden said, "when
| and Jim this brother) were on the
river with boat. She was walking
with man in an overcoat and with
valice in his hand"
Whereabouts was it" John Janlon
inquired, "that you saw them?"
"By the clump of elders, where we
used to go fishing" Goden answered.
And what direction were they
going in!" John asked.
"Down toward Bath" was the re .
ply: y:,,o -, , III. ovoroo.t wit, the
vallse, must have been Pelter, Who is
counting her, John remarked; "but ihc
bade us good bye, and said he was
going by train at five o'clock this after
noon"
"They were having a good talk, y
Goden said, land perhaps she went TO
the train and saw him off; Or" he ad.
ded, laughingly, perhaps she went oil
with him"
81 don't think that" John replied,
"for she told me only yesterday that
she didn't like him enough to marry
him."
John and his companion walked to-
gether to the inn, and found Janion
| Just arrived from a fruitless search.
| John told his father what Goden had
seen, and the latter repeated his story,
adding that, as the couple were walk
down the river and he was rowing up,
he soon lost sight of them.
81 don't see," he said, after min
ute's reflection, Show they could have
walked much further down the river
from the spot where / saw them, as
! lust round the bend there were three
or four young fellows bathing and div
ing off the bank"
Janion after this started down to
the city, thinking perhaps that Mary
might have gone to the depot with Pei.
ter, and that he might have missed
his train and she have waited in his
company till the next. John Janion
and young Goden went together to-
ward the river, but it was SO dark by
this time that they could hardly find
their way. By II O'Clock all had re.
turned to the inn without any news of
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