The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-20

THE STOUNDING STORT or ADEAD
TiRMER'S RETTRN.
James SwinEie's Mysterious Disappcnrnnre-
The Midnight Cry uf Murder Discovery of
Skeleton Marriage Complications.

Ftom me- He,aA
S,vrp Sr,r,o., po L,L =. rtt I'D,
! or Wnin"s a =, ~ IT, : ',,,i, ~; To-, ''..l,,h
M the reid nee ~ hts son two miles from ~,
| village. suvcd his family nom the Consequences
| Of most serious business and spci1l compiler
ffcak Of ne deco ied. who has been 6elleyid',a
have been dead Tor the past ten years aud buried
| In the family graveyard
| The Swingle family f. one ~ the wcalthest In
this section. James swinelo was farmer and
had lived on the farm whore he died for thirty
five years. Twelve years ago hs wife died, and
| year and a half afterwafd, being sixty years u
age, he married Young woman who had lived
In his family for sevrral years. She was twenty
| two years Old. He hrd six children, all older
| than his second wife. ana three OF them mar
RED. She being an estimnbc woman, howcyer,
| the match was acceptable TO all. Old Mr.. swim
| township. dvvOut member Of the Baptist
| Church and u man Z nerlliy respected.
In the fan Of 1863 Mr swingle, purchased,
yer Of this place, an add on to his farm FOR
slsH; one on rainy eySp IN, tn October Of tina.
telling his vito that hs was going to the station
to pay 1t TO wiltsey. He did not return that
occasionally remained over ght in the village
Not appearing the next day however, inquiry
was made for him In this place. He had PAID
the money for his purchase and received his
deed and had been seen to mount MS horse
Wv AL ana ~ e,cr,v st,st tovsrJ Home
' taii u 1, au a SUI MA, ,pm1'u n"e
g .eradons In III ~,i u 49,, oyni I' in
n7-rs -, -'' ,ior dcnrod,tio1s
noise ana cittlo steallng ana ~ - wy" 'rhns
! had made them terror to the peopiv; 10y
| were Under the lead Of man named Jim SmltbT
| and e was believed by many that they were
| guilty Of blacker crimes than stealing horses.
A SUPPOSED MURDER.
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When y became GENERALLY known that Farmer
S ,, hau m}st.I ~. Y uiisappeareu " vas
statel py severn tnat two OF tne worst mem
bers OF snlths gnngL Feeny Gowan nnd
IIencnmen naIneu Dup '..han oesn seen az
the general belief that the farmer had been wav-
iau oy tnen, ropocu anu muiueteu' anu ms
body hidden IN the WOODS IDS theory was
given sun stronger foundation by the state
%, us s SaS a Ia % ~, ,h' WIZ
obo,p m,d,rey bat,Seen tbe staten ana tha
st UvswSo ~ nne .ii,, e ~, ~, ,ho
farmer quo apoeafed IN w ,,l ~ e III tns
d ~ a IVA id ,bt ,evhope so,I 1871
CLOCK on INC nlGht 10 quest,ioa she vas j., eMnk.
rTar RRom 'o shs Got M and Iooke', o,t n"t
81 ner hou-e; She hot W anu lOvthy. 0u,, wv
u was SO oar she Son n soc nItn,ng sms
Vas y. 800. oeu III, ~ e a. snv ~
ueI' Iepsa.eu 49, .ncm .no = 'um" w. 80
and footsteps bssSylns away IA, down W., INC ,osd'
h,IMu 10 20 70 uteep asni' VIII ee Tvs LUZ
lng 10 her cars, m.t- Mosnet hWa.eu INC re'urn
Of day, confident that v would reveal to her Tie
nluillateu CORPSE o ei mutuereu nun N,c'Nnv
As soon as It was ign, she looked out bur ss~
no e'iueneS OIL d,'cr. uo,ny ouf ny W."
To"u' hV"oNeI' sue ulscoIeIcu si-Hs Vi stru1-
nv anu se'er"i PoOis WI
nooAiNo ron lhh e' Used Au"Dh"L"S'
.ststad ~ t ,o re ,n,rrsr ~ thn rn,"r MI
armed bodies Of man hupted mo woods fnr
miles seeking the suppossd nurdrrers aud the
hndv ~ tne n,urnersd ma iihe f'slinv ni tne
puhlic against the Smith n,ng was So inteuse
that she ieader Iefs tho yioiu1y. which rssu,tod
her - rn1rh Ms ever Lesn cen na,reannufs
IT, 1'hn a. a9,sr tha d,sannaaranca 81 ,hs
farmer ~ hoTse VS. found tied in Inc woods
near nh a -,ad about Aft n mrs, from his house
Inc soaroe Tor Ills body was isspt up Tor weeks
ana large nswards were offered Tor any infornia,
ton that would lead co traces OF his murderers.
hll 70 no putspose. Inc mater ~ inst ceas1u 10
aim st forg0tten save by bis fr,IiIy and imne-
diate friends, when crcuiNstance occurred
which brought IL again forward as popular
Soma aIg,,teen ,nonths altar tho faro,er'. di.
earn" ran man named sd, GsS While 'nns
SwIngie farps,,a mile or so from ne house dis
sbora 81 tbe 'nond cshin v,bich Ma IA IN
long known as a rendozyou, OF tie saith g.ne
sIood ahont :, arter 81 a N, ia fr,n Tho sroi IN
~ dsnsa nnrt Is ,hc sonds Gnbis iasde ia liz.
covsrv Known aud tha Te.,nius ~. rn Gathered
IN hy the farmers family. thes Relieving that
Hay were his sisaou r Nh was yoh ine found
1xInn their ideniity They we're buried in the
family crayeya and a stone settinr forth ths
ya n % % hcs WIN t6o sws.o uesih
mI1tstrltor Of tbe cite Of tic deeeasej VS.
appointed. and his property ouullly divided
among the hildrri. The homeste!1 fell 10 mo
lot OF the old farmers widow, and the Soungcst
sou, also named james continued 70 live there
ana supeuutend operations ON the fam.
- . 49,. 49,. ,....
sIAh@lhNE Dis'oNEN'
In 1873 he married. the Widow Of bis father
ana tue couple wefe living ia uur. fied ease with
three children that had bcon bora To them
when In toe early part cf 81 month thc young
fImer was given letter al toe duase post
OihCo ado oSsed " - al WING me.ubcT OF the
SWingle family" The ltts I was pJatmarkrd at
Cleveland, OHIO. Coming The letter the ldrnor
was astounded tc hnd th.t II pun Orted 10 10
written BY his fathe,, long believed 10 be dead.
1t was as fOllOws:
CtryEtAyp Dee 30
very sick and pennies among strangers. Twas
my way homo when taS n sick. Some vi you como
10 u,r at once and WIN explain all. am NJ A sailors
logging house oy the lax. JANFb swiNGih
Tina Is,ter was ,v,,.ten In n cra,unod and
,r,rSii,,, 49, " , !. W. la ''"' i nv
III, IA 1ornr H,,i,, ~ ,,,s
family was divided In their o6nion ~ the irt
,sr sorc nel,svivs ~ 70 ha ,Snr,, t"e
one who WAS piavirS on thar fe"lines AMI
others Syara cairta3in tbn, ~ 10 ,anr'no "Hn
Sgrcsd howaver thar IN tha Lac, -. ~
return of the old man would result In conse-
quences tho end OF which 1t was impossiblet 10
foTesee and involve them all In compile .tions Il
would be impossible to eyade. 1hs marriage "
the son James would be Illegal. ana his children
illegitimate; while the dispositions That had
been made Of tho old mans property might load
10 most disastrous LITIGATION. II was npalN de.
cided, however, that one OF tbs ftnAilY should
proceed to Cleveland ana investigate Ine mat-
ter aud one VI the sons started ut once fur that
city.