The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-07
MURDER THAT WOULD OUT.
SOME CASES THAr RESEMBLE THE
GREENPOINT TRAGEDY

Proofs Aaniust Murderers Furnished by tn,
Very Means that they Employed for Con
euimeut-PnraiIels for Fuchs's Crime.
The discovery of the mutinted remains
Al Greenpolnt calls to mind some notable case,
that seem to connrm the popular belief thai
whatever disposition may be made by a muir
derer cf the CORPSE OF his victim, sooner or latci
1t will cry out from tho ground" against him
In England what was known as "Tho Waterloo
Bridge Mystery" about nftocn years ago, created
great excitement there remains Of human
body being found crammed into a carpetbag n,
did recently the discovery Of the murder Of
Harriet Lano by her paramour, Wainwright, By
the Ending In a cab a package containing part
of her remains. In America, the killing Of pool
Alice Bowlsby Of Paterson, Nj, by Rosenweie
discovered by tho finding OF the body crushed
into q trunk for Transmission TO Chicago, is ttll
fresh I'm the recollection OF the public From
number Of cases showing the difficulty OF keep
Ing murder out Of sight, the following three
cases. which have become historical, are inter.
esting exam pies:
The case OF Prof webster who was hanged
for tho murder OF DR.. Parliman. was one in
which guilt was brought home to the p crpetra.
tor through the Identification OF body after II
had been separated limb from limb, submitted
to chemical processes and to tina inordInate
heat OF a furnace, and mingled with the unnum-
bcrcd bones Of anatomical subjects. Ii was
shown that Prof. Webster had urgent Decuniary
motives for getting DIR. i'arkman out Of the way
The prisoner lived at the Medical College, Bos-
ton. lie made an appointment to meot Or
Parkman al o'clock on Friday, Nov y, lslq. Ia
discuss money matters. Dr. parkman was soen
entering the college at aquarter to o'clock. and
| was never again seen alive. The prisoner said
that the doctor did not keep his appointment,
and snot IN the college at al that day.
For whole week no traces Of the missing man
| were found. On the Friday week and the day
| lnllpwlng were fonnd In furnace connected
together indisc Intimately with the Stag, the elm
| ders, and the refuse Of the fuel, large humber
| o. bones and certain blocks Of mineral teeth.
| some gold that had been melted WAS also found.
uther bones were discovered In a vault under
the college. and in n tea chest embedded In a
quantity Of tan, the entire trunk OF human
body and more bones were found The part s
| thus collected from different places made the
entire body Of a person Of Dr. Parkman's age,
about sixty years, and the form Of the body,
| whom reconstructed, had just the psculilritlSs
| II was further shown that the remains had
been separated by a person possessed OF ana
| tomicai skill; though not for anatomical pur-
| poses Finally three Witnesses dentists, testi-
| Ned mat the mineral teeth were those made for
| pr. Paikman three years before. A mould Of
the doctors Jaw was made - the time, and II
was produced, and shown TO be 80 peculiar that
] no accidental conformity OF tho teeth to the
| Jaw could possibly account for the adaptation.
| This clinched the evidence against the prisoner.
Inc murder Of samuel Adams, n printer In
| New YORK, by John g. Colt, ito chcr OF book
| keeping and brother OF the late Col Samuel Colt
| case Of Prof Webster, the motive was to yet rid
| OF an mporiunato creditor. The scene Of tho
| murder was The building on Broadway and
| Chambers street. now occupied by Delmonico,
| the rc-taurateu-.
| for hs business. one September morning in
| ISL Adams. who was printing Tor HIM work on
| buokkeeping called for S5l or $40 duo him. and
| was not seen again alive. Inquiries were made
bS his family. and IL was ascertained that he was
| last seen going into Colts apartments IN Cham.
| bers street. on tho day OF Adans's disappear
ance, Suspicious noises were heard In Colts
room. Tue body finally came boxed, directed
| TO gentleman In st. Louis, by way Of Now Or
| leans, and was traced back 10 New York to Colt,
| and he was arrested.
Colts story was that Adams and he had dis
and that the latter called him a liar which ne
resented by sapping him in the face. A scunie
ensusd; Adams seized him by the throat and
Colt, In self -defence, caught up Ratchet lying
near by and struck him ON the forehead, killing
| him. He went out Of his room and locked the
| door, hurryng TO the CITY Hotel. where his
| brother, samuel Colt, was staying, intending to
tell him his secret and take his advice. Samuel
con. who was in the barroom with some friends,
| told his brother q 20 Up to his room and tn Il
| he would JON hun IA afew minutes. The prison
| - waited, and his br lther not coming, no went
| back To the room III Chambers street. The body
| lay there covered with blood. lie took a large
| box, cranmed the body into II, wrapped In q
| piece If canvas, tying up the legs close to the
| trunk, and then scattered salt ana sawdust over
| all. Ho washed of the marks OF blood on the
| wall and nOOr and smeared them with ink to
hide their traces. lie stayed In the room until
lite. at night, and then returned to his lodgings
| 10 Monroe street. Next morning he nailed up
| the box. sent for a carmau. and had It put ON
board the steamer Kalamazoo, bing at the foot
Colt was convicted Of wilfu murder, and was
eh'thced 70 be hanged On the day fixed for
| the hanging he stabbed himself IN the heart.
a remarkahle murder trial IN Boston, In many
rcspects like that II Professor Webster, but re
sulting in the acquittal Of the prisoner. was that
| ~ Leavtt Alley, who was accused Of killing
AhJhh tllis. some workmen near the Cam
bridge eas works discovered two barrels con
tanning tho mutilated body floating in the
| ri horse
| manure ana 5haNings, and In one OF the barrels
apiece Of brown paper was found with the name
| OF 81. 'houler, billiard table maker IL was
| shown that Leavitt Alley, teAmster, was In the
| hnbii Of removing these shayings to his stable.
| Following the Clue to the stable, II was found
| that dry manure heap had been disturbed and
| blood was found on some boards near by.
IL was proved that on the previous morning
| Alley stared from his stable with four barrels,
and teamster, in jumping from wagon, had
| ascertained that two OF them Were heavy. Two
| OF the barrels were not satisfactorily accounted
| for, and man testified that he saw the team aud
| barrels with man strongly resembling Alley on
| the mill dam, whence they were supposed TO
| have been thrown into the river. Alley owed
| Ellis about 500. needed money, and Ellis was
| known to have been looking for the suspected
| man on the night Of the murder. A new axe
| that Alley had bought was missing. Stains were
| found on his clothing, which experts declared
| TO be the blood OF the murdered man. A woman
| had heard strange noises on the night Of the
murder, like the rolling Of barrels. Alley it was
| shown, had plenty Of money after Eliis's death.
An examination OF the stomach Of the MUIR
dCrVd man showed that he must have died bO-
tween FIX ana nine O CLOCK ON tie fatal evening.
Seem ngy, here was perfect chain OF crcuin-
stantial evidence. But the defence met the
theory that Alley had committed the murder III
| quarrel by showing his peaceable disposition
ana his nigh reputation for honesty, aud contro-
Nerted the assertion Of the prosecution that Al
| ley was in debt TO Ellis. and without money to
| meet an engagement that fell due at the time OF
| the murder, by showing that the prisoner owned
| roal estate IN New Hampshire and had money in
a bank Alleys abundance Of ready money after
| the murder was explained by his son having re-
lald him Sls) the evening before. lie gave a sat
isfactory account Of how lac had spent his time
on the day Of the murder. Experts called by the
defence swoTe that the blood ON the prisoner
clothes, being dry could not be distinguished
from tho blood Of a beast. This conflicting sci.
entlnc testimony confused the Jury TO the gd-
vantage Of the prisoner, and he was acquitted
II be was not the murderer the murderer was
never found.
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