The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-20
KELSEY FELLOW T0WNSMEN
sHEYR CONrIRS irION ABOUr THE IN
PUNISHED MiRDLHIES.
Discussion Revived by the Probability thn'
Terrell WIN Ten What II" hn""a n
Irother From the west to fnNcstignte.

Urother From the West to tnNcsti@"'c'
"That Kelsey murder gave Huntington
terrible black ego" said IL wealthy Old gentle
mnnto the circle Of IIuntingtunian whose chairs
encirclcd the stove in the public room OF the
suffolk House. in Huntington. The morning
rnpers had reached the village. and the old
Lur,hers, goss lps and bar-rOOm louugers had
met In the tavern to express their opinions
nlout the confession Terrell who is confined
f. Eiverhead. will be likely TO make.
1T gave the town n terrible black eye" said
the old gentleman. business Is dead. real cs
tate can't be parted with MS gift. families is di-
yided. friends is parted. and the town has got
bad reputation around the world why the
first thing a stranger asks is TO be shown Mrs.
Oakcy's yard. where kelsey was tarred. and
strangers have such nm opinion Of us that you
can't gct cm outside the house at night The
tar folks say this Is all our fault for wanting tho
hing investigated; but they forget that tho
worst thing against the town-worse, even, than
the murdcr-is the fact that they, the most con-
spicuous residents. have intcrferod with justice
md prevented investigation"
YES" said another lIuntngtonlan. that's
what makes people here look askance ut these
folks that wore always respected before. Royal
kamms. Dir. Banks. DR. Burgess. Rudolph Sam
mis- Claudius. Arthur. and Henry Prime are
generally believed to know facts that ought tobo
That's IT," said third man, nobody sun
i is knoWn mat he igos an active part in !lle
tarring. hat was ugly evidence the negro Ii
tu- give, who snw Royal rrIAring hickory
club In tn" burn on the sunday previous, and
YOU remember that DIR. Banks invited (un-tu-
bic Trevor Ia COIN ar iuui ON th' night kelsey
WIS /, b, tnrr.d. en iaiterWarlWioi ,o rrcyor
saying that the night WIS stormy and kelsey
wasn't vW'ft 'nl l' mus, o. rnusm e. yh.r ,r
stayed M AN u 't.hi uu PURPOSE t1 iX this thing
up. aud br. Eank-. you remember, went around
inviting ia" n"s4nOts Z" CON and see the show
llHI Il II q
writer nslicoi that an s1ncl 10 agree on q
outside Of lluntn-t1n. 1ni- b. that Kelsey
escaped from Mr.. Oakley yard ami " mt
j. said with hls trousers ON and lis. other
,pihing under Ms arm. Reaching The heu~
ioom. and. l.avlng candic burning In the
kitchen, sf'plui out. probably for only a mo-
mVnt. ThorOuehor rlruent uf the crowd th't
had tarrrd him followed linn to thrh0u-r. iar-
laI~ 4" $500 what he would DO. They eau ,ht
Linn and. believing thcy would have the sup
port oi th" coins picugu- T. .ple who had alu- II
e. nm ,Ntcnt thay iiad moi Intended. and wcr'
obliged Go con '.ll az" decd hy actual nur. r..
l. WIS remembered ly tle !,o--iiiS around the
siorc tmi Slnin Nlom'orl rc'eiN'd Letter.
flowed in h.. %. unfun II w.i- from q M % who
desired toeNlDer ne oih.rs If he could Dee quar-
anloei y. n.l safely. newro" tlit n.t"r Nh"
Earring hv~'> ",s asain cuus1i .Yi I, I'm"
dying in tl.ir hands. Then. thrwrltHr COM
tlnucl, eve were obliged to tut him ou. of the
Nos" said the listeners. there's whore
Terrcil- conf --iun wiif come ia Fn..n ih,
freshman vnn SIS nj ou. AIRY 4, iu q. moaning o.
~ a pail ot water. t-t'li'b e. h airing awful
Ernnu- from {. 10 II rirE ElV. DDln.u-. from tA'
SAM in,a,iiy from Winch In" sound of "a r,yi
boat VS. h,ari. il would b. fearful BE- Terrell
should he4id.f, say that poor k,I..,. ,a- nu-
M l'inr. that spoke Of The murder wa. an.
projected hut this answer WIS meyer taken out
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