The Hickman courier., 1876-08-25

life was extinct; and then moved quick
ly from the room.
As soon as the sound of his footsteps
had died in the distance, the horror
stricken drover escaped through the
window, and ran with all his speed to
Marduise, where arousing the people of
the hotel, he told the fearful story. A
crowd soon collected about him, and ac-
companied him to the scene of the fearful
murder.
An about the house was still, but on
approaching the stable light was dis
covered within: and, moving noiselessly
to the door, and peeping through the
cracks, the two murderers were found in
the act of digging a grave beneath the
flooring. A rush was made upon them,
and they were arrested.
At the sight of the drover, who was
the first to confront the guilty wretches,
the landlord uttered shrek of terror
and fell TO the ground, while his accom-
plice, as pale as a corpse, gazed upon
him with alright, not doubling it was
the ghost Of the murdered man that stood
.loefore them.
Theparty now proceeded 10 the house,
dragging the murderers along with them.
Lights were procured, and still keep
ing the prisoners with them, the people
entered the room where lay the body of
the man SO strangely murdered instead
OF the horse-deacler The wife and
daughter followed.
When the covering was removed from
the face of the corpse and the light of
the candles fared upon it, wild cry
burst from the lips of the landlord S wife.
My sonny murdered sonI Who
has done this ?''
And with a hysterical scream she fell
to the floor.
"No, no! it can't be so, motherl" ex-
claimed the daughter, as she struggled
to reach the bed But the terrible truth
burst upon her as her eyes fell upon the |
mingled form of her brother, and she also
swooned upon the body.
The cries of the boken-hearted females |
seem toarouse the old man for moment;
and gazing wildly at the sight before him,
he realized also the terrible truth. He |
had murdered his son.
On investigating the facts before the
on the following day, it was
that the son Of the innkeeper, |
who was dissipated young man, had
visited Marquise the previous evening,
where, with some of his associates, he
had been engaged in drinking and gam
bling until a late hour; and being too
much intoxicated to remount his horse,
and ashamed to meet his family, some of
his fellow gamblers had accompanied him
home; and supposing the room in which
the droyer had been put to be vacant,
they had assisted the drunken man into
the window. 1t was their voices the
odger had heard and thus it was that
.he helpless youth met his death and our
friend escaped.
The accomplice of the landlord proved
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From that auful hour the wretched
r'-tller OF that murdered boy, murdered
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maniac
1t IS only necessary to add, in cai-
Guiding this tab of horror. tba. the ~
iroyer recoveredhis money, an.'ls'fee, = =
claiming her due, the two mur srers pad Il
the penalty of thir crime ron the gull 81
otine. Shortly ster higast event. the 81
people of Marquis. to shom the scene o
1f the unnaturall,sder had become an
syesore, assembl and leveled the build
ing to the gro,d. The spot is now II
covered with bmbles and thistles, and a
pointed out tone stranger as the place !,
to be avoided or the ignorant assert =
that it is haued by the ghost of the b
murdered sol f