The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-09-07
Hunu ior his Intentions,

o Oxfordstife, on tho Iloode1" road co
oxford, 10 the year $780, He ycrc
an cxcepIonablc ehatactct!! n,u Mr..
Hayes. a gentleman Of fortupc,s be,
log on bis way to Oxford 90 q visit
TO a relatiou,s put up at 4 lisadford'sp,
he there joined company ITwiibs two
yeutlemen with whom be suppoj and
10 convetsstio q % uugfardedly n'inent
tiohed that he bad ,about bin q large
.nin pf money, II due lime they res
tired 10 tieir ilrospestive schambess
tho gentleman to snitwo-bod nroonl |,
leaving as is customary with = many Y
~ candle burning 10 the ohiinuey corr
ncr. 81.
Same houis aiter they were III bed :.
one Of the gentlemen being 0awake,
thought he heard o deep groaa in the
adjoioipg chamber, aod il > bs,ag ror
heated, no softly awskeued hi frieod. J.
They listened 'tcgcther,ni isodosthe
groa 10 iucrca asiog as Of Promo dying,
They both Instantly arose and pro
cceded silently 10 The ioor, being aiar
saw light in the room !; they eDtsr--
hut IL is impossible to paint their con-.
-ternation on pcrcciviog pcrson
WATERING 10 Ms blooi 10 the bel, and
II man standing ovet him with dark
lantern 10 one hand and a Knife 10
The other. The iDau seemed as petri-
fed as themselves, but his'tcrror car
red with it all the terror OF gnilti
The gentlemen soon discovered that
Tho person was the stiunsero with
whom they bad ;bat night snppci
and the man who was standing over
Lim was their host They seizel
Bradford directly, disarmiog hin Of
his knife and charged him with .abe-
1 ing the murderer. He had assumed,
by this time the ayr Of innocence he
positively denied the crime, aud ns-
serted that bo cao'e there with the
samo hun,nqA Intentions ~ them-
selves. for thN heariny noise which
was succeeded by xroaning, be got
''tup out of bed, struck q light, armed
himself with kpife for defence, and
had but that moment entered the
room before tbem. ,.... 10 y.
!: Those assertions were of but little
avail he was kept in close custody
till the morning and thcn taken be-
fore a ncighborine justice Of tho peace
= lrBradiord still denied the murder, bu'
ne nevertheless, With such an apparent
indication OF guilt, that tho justice
4 4 III AL Of -
traordinary expression Of writing Ou
his mittamus, "Mr. Bradford eithel
you or l committed this murder. >
This extraordinary affair was ,h,
conversation Of the whole country
: Bradford was tried aod conds nined
over aud over again, in every com
lpany Ia the midst ofnll this pre-
determination, came OH the asSizes U
ul Oxford, Bradfoad was brought o tri
al-be pleaded not guilty. Nothiu
) could be more strong than the evi
ldcocc OF the. two gentlemen; the
= testified to the finding Mr., Haye
r murdered in his bed, aod B-adford b
the side of the body, with light an
knife and the hand thit held II blood
that on entering the room he betray
cd all the signs Of guilty man, an
,d buta few moments proceeding, the
ip had heard the groans of tho decca'
III ef. .'. '.' "Alin 7i''--' i..l I'i
I'd Bradford's defence Of bis trial W,
~ the samc as before the gen,lenich-
he heard noisr, he suspected SON
.l vllainy transacting. he struck b lish
80 he snatcbed u kuifc the only weal
. bon ucar him,) TO defend himself, ar
y. The terrors ho discovered wero mere
e, ly tho tcrrors Of humanity, The uat'
is raj effects OF inuoccnce as well 4
in guilt on behoIdine snch horrid seen
This defence, however, could a
-. considered as but weak, cohtrasto
g with several powerful circums'anc
tn more strong, there were little ne'
lett Of commen; from the judge
sum ming nj tho evidence. 'Noir"o
appeared for extepuuiipn, Nh ! the j
= Try brought in the prisoner gnil
4 without goiug out of the box. Bra
= ford was executed shortly after, st
declaring he<was not tho murdert
. nor privy to the. murder ofMr. Hayt
but he died disHehevcd by all. ''
70 Yet were those assertions not u
a true tho murder was actually col
r miftpd by Mr. Hayes foot man, W
Immediately On s'abbing his mast'
riaei his brecches OF his money, g.
d. " watch and snuff box, arid escaped
!, his own room, scarcely two ,secop
SO before Bradford's entering'ehe uhft
tuoate gent lenan's chamber. Il
y nd owes thisysnowledge TO q q
IN ofse OF cDnsciepce from the footm
All8 months after the exeSHtl66
1Brudford)7oa . Sbedieof sipknhsss;
was his death HAd,au the law !
it's victim. A-Lsrasa- --ls..
:, 1t is much to be wished that ii
4. account could close here, but 1t gca
No uot.-Bradford though. innocout, Q
.ts .s not privy to the murder, Was new
,hs G thelsss tbermurderonin desiga, h,
the had beard, as the footnsn, what A
70 Hayes had declared at supper, as
pa. his having a. large sum. Of ,n1tr
- about him, and he ewent to tho cha
= ber with the same diabolical inte
tions as the servant. He was strv
q, with amazement-he could not /
: = lieve his senses and |, turning, By
e the bed clothes to assure himself
"a. tha fact ha in hia aui IN kion dr0nt