The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-26
He had been connected for over two T
9yeab *ithh g.ng1f buads,eF Yhe'hadf

tN0uSe3 Sat4SMeu from tDe, reports OF rRla
(tcohfsderates CHIT it Would REPAY tR9 fisk.
Phi vAkitig the adjoitsihgs lousey ;his: design
was to work through into5the cellar,
iwbich with the aid Of hi, coachman and
groom, who. were his confederntes;, he
could YsooA have done: Bit accidentally
Ediscbverlng the means ofcommun ication
by the pump, he planned the New Years
Day ITO gets the Gqoodalls and their do.
mestics OUT Of the way, so as to ransack
tfife House without any feaf Of detection.
AFTER he had made2alt his preparations,
1.-The "detention, of Miss IGoodal at home
with q spraillped ankle seemed to upset
al his plans. He had got everything
i'd thc' House oh credit, hid it was q des,
PperateI game, so than rather than loose
the adasti chance he resolved if.needs be
to take the y unfortunate woman's life:
When, be Quilted his visitors the
'purPose II accaco omIp olaI ying his sick guest
honhe,' Shea was but performing apart Of
the,pplot, .ther;supposeds; lady being in
With him. Hhe carriage ston q below in
the road without exciting suspiciors1 with
The female aGc6inplice Seated inside,
while Mathews returned u to :he rear of
the },lhousepoand passed Nilsson through
the .pgmpa h9le, The lad. acting on his
BaeK 1852 6ahd Admitted Mathews ana his
2>supppposea groom! The adoor was again
closed and fastened. andEthe boy handed
thrpugh1 the hole again to a confederate.
AS Mathews, was about to ascend the
Stairs, MISS Goooodall, hearing noise, cried
5outins an ALARMED voico:iI ~, Il. :;
;an.s Who's kherk?'.', o.. .: %,,::.,:tr -. 80.
ori Mathews. Sdarted back to the kitchen
$ sc sSa SRI, III ssid he to his confsderte,
~ Or we!shalF be bagged.'' g ;"!": ~ :
Cd The tworpassed hurriedly towards the
sparlor> Mathews entered, and, before
Miss Goodall could utter d. scream, brain!-
ed her With 4 poker. Then they turned
down the gas ind ransacked the library:
proceeding nesC up stair4 The groom
moved all the booty to the carriage;
Which was driven off,. Pausing' for a mo-
ment, lest the carrlags wheels shouldn't
:traety the attention; Of }any:in his own
house, Mathews at length opened the
front door to depart There was faint
light in the hall, which was shed on the
uniform 'of 'a'policeinan ON the sidewalk
below, E: Mathews. with great presence of
mind, looked up. at, the sky as though
scanning the weather, and than RENTER
ed tHei house and closed the door, He
locked it as he found it, and returning to
the Kitchen, directed his son to be pass
ed Through the ,pump.ho'e as before.
This was done, and after quitting the
house by the back door, the boy bolted
it 'andi was safely drawn back into the
adjoining Kitchen; The poker with which
the fatal blow: was struck was dropped
into tie we'll. Mathews then followed
the carriage into the Edgbasten road,
where it. awaited him, and drove off to
;superintend, the >disposal of the stolen
property. This took him longer than he
expected, and, on his return home, after
1n1dnight,,' he EXCUSED himself to his Wis:
itors'2by Saying that his: companion: was
81 III that he: had to remain with: her UNI
till the arrival Of 2 medical man,
Mathews was hanged at Warwick in
the :springs;,of .1S44.1@ Ellis confederates
Mere not, ) captured+: and it is supposed
they |y. fed TT t9 this country country ..::