The New York herald., 1877-02-11
Who KILLED KELSEYl
Some New CleWs That May
Solve the Mystery.
A MISSING LINK SUPPLIED.
Strange Story Told by the Wife
of Sailor.

Ono cold night during the winter OF 1872. when the
greater portion OF the inhabitans OF tho peaceful VIII
lngc ot Huntington wore Al hustings, party OF
masked men assembled In the yard Of ccrtain cmi.
ncnt deacon aud hid in tho dark shadows
OF hedge fence, awaiting tho arrival Of
a to whom they had sent dccoy
letter That man was Charles g. Kelsey.
In response he letter he went to the house Of the
woman. whom he pass,onatey loved, and when about
10 enter the grounds surrounding II no seized "
the masked men, gagged bound ana dragged into the
back yard, where, before select party Of ladies and
gentlemen, he was stripped 70 the bun and pa
radcd around II was bitter cold night,
aud The poor wretch asked In vain 70
be covered. HIS cruel tormensors heoded him
not but still exposed him to the party on tho stoop Of
the house, Finally one OF the masked mon brought .
Of hot tar and began to paint tho poor man, now
helpless with cold ana fright In his acute pain from
the burning the poor fellow managed TO unloosc the
gag his mouth. and his cries piteous. The
'ades and gentlemen" In tho coscy comfort OF great
coats and ur capes rather enjoyed the antics Of the
naked man, who yelled and jumped with each now APP
piication Of the brush. When the managers Of tho
show had tarrcd their victim sufficiently a bag Of
feathers produced, and these wero thrown on the
still soft tar In this costume the unfortunate man
was brought nearer the stoop, and the masked men
held lanterns aoit that the audience might
the better admire their handiwork. Hcro there
hiatus In the story, hiatus OF Ave long years.
for IRON that night nothing has been seen of Charles
q. Kelsey. The who tarrcd aud feathered him
and tho 'ladies and gentlemen" who witnessed the
deed have all bccn brought to court. and the story
above is tho sum and substance Of their tcs-
tmony. Thcy unblushingly told the Court when
called upon to testify that they had
Kelsey outraged and had enjoyed the sight rho tor
mentors stated that they had tarred aad feathorcd
thor victim and having satisfied their desire TO punish
him they allowed him to 80 home; that he skunk away
into corner OF the yard and drew his trousers;
that seeing OF thcm approaching him he ran away
since bcen mystery. Tho maskcrs and their
friends invented and adhered to tho convenient theory
betook himself TO foreign parts, and was ashamed
return to tho community whcrc this outrage had been
pcrpetratcd.
xELsgys LEGS POUND
About year alter the tarring Of Kelsey, two fisher
mon, Franklin aud Ludlam. while raking oysters on
Cold Spring harbor, noticed something floating noar
them 90 approaching he object they were horrincd
10 ind tho neither limbs Of n man. Tho human frag-
mcnt was towed ashore and tho Coroner noliAcd. An
inspection OF tho limbs revealed that they
shcky coated with tar, and searching the pockets
OF tho trowsers iu which they wcro cncased
a gold chain about nvc inches long was found. This
gold chain the identified by Charles
e. Koscy's brother and sister rs tho property OF
their lost brother and at tho Coroncrs inquest q
jcwolter from Babylon sworo he had mcnded that
identical chain for Kelsey about two months before he
disappeared. He brought his books with him and the
entry the cash book Tor The work was exhibited 10 the
jury. This Same jury had before II man who resided
that The night OF tho tarring and ieathcring Of
Kelsey no heard wagon rattle down TO the beach
heard tho noise OF oars In the rowlocks Of yawl
shortly utter tho wagon departed, and the noise
faded away In the distance over tho bay.
tho house, he inspected the roac aud found
tracks OF wagon running from It on TO tho beach,
and at the terminus ol tho track no found white
linen snirt clottcd with gore. rhis garment also
identified by the family OF kelsey as the property OF
their lost relative To complete the symmetry OF tho
case and round the outline Of the evidence, Deacon
Wood testified that he had seen Kelsey tarred and
fcathered with all this evidence at hand the annor.
ties Suffolk county, the OF outragcs than
any border county in the woss have failed TO fastca
the crime on any one.
rnE LATEST PHASE op rng CASH
Feeble and Intellectual Efforts have been made from
time to time to bring tho perpetrators OF this outrage
TO JUSTICE but they still large Tho arrest 0f
man who attempted 10 outrage girl aged hitecn
years at tho extreme eastern end OF tho county few
days sncc promises II properly managed to solve the
s named George Terrell and from tho testimony OF hts
wife and dozens OF the residents Of Port Jefferson he
shipped IN u coasting schooner In 1872 with Captain
Carter. some doubt ss to the name of the schooner
to exist some say IL was the Sharpshooter. whIe
others MAINTAIN that 1t was the j. j. Harris. An in.
vcstgation foot by the HERALD will settle thm
| question. IL is, however, OF but slight importance
when contrastcd with tho fact elicited by HxRALS
| reporter TO verify rum0r, lately current
to tho elect that Tcrrels wiic, shortly anci
his arrest and incarceration. said she had
| the quilt IN which Kclsey's body
| wrapped before It cast into the Mrs. Terrell
husband havs lived at Mount Sinai tor the last
mystcriousy disaI Ipcared The search OF the HERALD
reporter successfully FOR on yesterday he found
thin nervous woman Of very little mental iorcc and
with many contradictions and Inconsistencies she tells
| q story In substance as iolows:-
TERRELL's STORY.
In 1877 h0r husband shtpped on schooner with
Captain Carter, and was away from home during the
| time that Kelsey outraged. When her husband
returned from that trip he told her no would rather
! live potato day than go aboard ship with
Carter again. She says she does know the reason
tho reason but she always thought y was some
thing in connection with tho Kelsey case.
her OF her husband, and In tho following
part Of the story when she speaks OF being informed
ascertain who sthcy" are iailcd; she would
plain hcrscIL Her story continues that 'they say"
Cold spring on the night or Kciscy's disappcarancc
In yawl, and took quilt with him. They also say
that Kclscys body was brought OF shore IN the yaw
that left tho schooner, and that II was buried
The quilt that Captain Carter Is said to have
from the schooner is now the general topic OF
conversation In Suffolk county. The reporter qucs.
toned Mrs Terrell very closely about tns quilt but
she protested. with tears, that she had never t
nor had she heard hor husband speak Of a. She say
such thing as sheet or quilt was ever brought TO
her house at Mount Sinai by her husband. She has
heard her husband say that hc was the only now
living who board tho schooner with Captain
Carter Captain Carter not at home in Long Island
now, and only goes TO his residence at Port Jefersop
raro OCCASIONS
WEAVING rnn THREADS.
This testimony would corroboratc that OF The
man who testified before tho Coroner ut oyster Bay,
that he heard tho of tho night Kelsey
appeared These iacts submitted TO tho authorities
oil suffolk county, and II remains to be what
they will make OF tbem The record of the county s
at stake and too many mistakes have been made In thu
past allow this testimony to 20 by unnotced. Tho
of the body found IN the swamp about year
nVo vct Al In ed IL sti "A
conundrum and the men who murdered an old man
on the south Side and then burned the house 10 hido
the crime have never been found.
KING CARNIVAL.
Tba carnival which was In hnvo tnxcn nIace m