The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-12
MURDER WILL OUT.
A Ainn on bis DeRthbcd Confcuses TO Killing
Beautiful Girl.

A Ainn on bis Denthbcd Confcuses 10 Killing
Beautiful Girl.
Maggie White, Of Cohoes, July s,
1874, was found drowned in the Mo.
hawk river, caught in the cable that
hangs suspended from shore to shore, on
the south side Of the lower bridge that
spans that stream ut Cohoes. Maggie
was charming girl-a reigning belle
and when it was developed that she was
cnceintc suspicion fastened upon Mar.
shall Rich, who had been very attentive
to and intimate with the girl, and the
Inference was that he, knowing her con-
dition, had murdered the victim to hide
the evidence Of his guilt and shame. At
the inquest the evidence was very con-
tlicting, and the coroner's Jury returned
their verdict: "That Maggie White
came to her death on or about tho
twenty-seventh OF June, 1874, by vio-
lerce ut the hands OF some person other
than herself, and in our opinion one
Marshall Rich was implicated in causing
the death OF the said Maggie White. !"
After the finding of the verdict by the
Jury Coroner John Fleming gave the
case into tho hands Of the district attor-
ney, but rs no more evidence could be
adduccd than that furnished at the in
quest, there not being enough to war
rant Rich's arrest, the case went by dc.
fault. Tho sequel is rs follows: Miss
O'Hare, Of CohOcs, is in correspondence
with some friends in Illinois, and she
received paper published in that To-
callty containing M account OF the death
OF Marshall Rich, and the story Of his
confession OF the murder while on his
deathbed. He recounts his criminal in.
tmacy with Maggie, aud says that the
knowledge troubled him, as he was not
i'll fit condition to marry her. On the
evening Of tho tweuty-seventh Of June
he met her shortly utter she returned
from Troy, and, MS usual when they
met, they walked and conversed to-
gether. After walking some time some
strange fatality led them in the direction
OF the high or railroad bridge, and still
they strolled along, she little dreaming
OF danger. AS they neared the middle
of the bridge, she confdingly leaning on
his arm, she on the south sido of the
walk aud nearest to tho edge, at once the
damnnblo notion seized him with ire
sistible force that by throwing her from
the bridge no could in one brief moment
end ut once his care and relieve his mind
of the anxiety as to tho consequences OF
their illicit love. The idea once con.
ceived was Immediately put into execu-
ton, and, releasing hor hold on his arm,
with sudden push no threw her from
the parapet of the bridge, and with n
smothercd shrek her form sunk into the
turbid waters Of tho Mohawk. He
watched for few brief moments the
spot where she disappeared from view,
to SEQ il she again would rise to tho sur
fncc, but his Watching was in vain; lie
never saw her again until he gazed upon
the bloated and disfgured corpse Of his
victim. Rich, after tho murder OF his
victim, lost no time in again returning
to Ovid. As no one had seen him in the
city during tho two days previous to the
murder, ho hoped to escape suspicion.
At last taken sick and stricken with
death, he felt that lie must relieve his
conscience Of the weight imposed upon
it since the commission OF tho crime.
Hence the confession OF the murder
that forever sets ut rest all speculation
rs to how tho beautiful Maggie White
came TO her death in tho waters Of the
Mohawk.