The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02

leaves that station Tor Phlladelphla at
8 80, and had reached the latter city
shortly after midnight; had sent tele-
gram to his wife from Railway, and had
written to her on Thursday, and on Fri
day, Just before receiving the dispatch
announcing her death.
The witness retired from the stand al
most PROSTATE with the violence of his
emotions, and was furnished with an
easy chair by my side, where he could
watch and prompt the examination.
At this instant a telegram was hand
ed to the Coroner, which ran in these
words: p
NEWARK, n. j., June, 1865.
To Mrs. SehOonhoven (the married sister
Of the late Mrs. Buskerck):
Have Just heard of your sisters shocking
death; am on my way to New York to give
evidence.
lsignedI la. McvIckAR.
The Coroner handed me the telegram,
and showed it to Mr.. Buskerck. A
strange look came over his face, as he
perused it, and he returned it to me in
silence.
"Who is hep l asked my client
"An acquaintance, he replied, in
husky whisper.
The sender of the telegram soon ar
rived in person. He was short, ele-
gantly dressed young gentleman" an
swering to the description given by the
nurse-girl who gave her evidence the
day before. He took the stand imme-
diately, and in answer to my question
made the statement that he was ac-
| quainted with the deceased and her hus-
band; had known the former before her
marriage; on the afternoon of Wednes-
day, about o'clock, he called to pay
| his respects to Mr. and Mrs. Buskerck,
as from time to time he had been in the
habit of doing; the deceased came to the
door with her bonnet on, and informed
me that she had just returned from see
ing her husband off to Philadelphia.
Having asked him into the parlOr,
conversed with him in the best of spirits
for ten minutes, when the doOr-bell
rang and Mrs. Buskerck went to the
door, opened it, gave Il little scream of
surprise, and was followed into the back
parlor by some one, whether a man or
a woman, he could not say, the door
leading from the parlor to the hall be-
ing shut as well as the sliding doors be-
tween the two parlors; the witness
heard whispering carried on between the
lady and her visitor; Mrs. Buskerck
soon entered the front parlor through
the sliding doors, and begged him to
excuse her; she gave no reason for this
procedure, but seemed Hurried and dis
tressed; accordingly he babe her good
evening, and Immediately took his de-
parture.
This statement was a new link in the
chain. 1t will be remembered that one
of the witnesses at the Fridays session
had sworn that tall gentleman was
seen going into the house few mo-
ments after O'Clock; on a close com
parison of the times stated by the sew.
eral witnesses, it appeared that tho
visitor last mentioned was the one who
called while McVickar was at the house
the murder must have been committed
within a few moments after he haC
gone.
Who was the mysterious visitor? AnC
was he the murderer, or was it some
burglar who had obtained access to the
house, and being detected in the act o
plundering by the deceased on enter
ing her chamber had -strangled anC
butchered her? A broken spring in on
of the back basement windows CAV,
some basis for the latter suppositiOn
But, after every witness had been eX
amined, the case remained as much ;
mystery as ever, and the imagination
was left free to riot in wild hypothesis
The verdict of the Coroner's Jur,
was rendered late Saturday night, t
the effect that "the deceased had me
her death at the hands of some person
unknown"
Here the investigation rested. Thu
only relative of the deceased in tn,
city, Mrs. Sehoonhoven, was in delicate
health, and her husband in an insane
asylum The husband of the deceased
lady offered a large reward for evidence
which would lead to the discovery o
the murderer, but no further evidenc
was thereby elected.
? At the decent and proper period afte
, the interment of the remains, the viii
of the deceased lady was offered 70
probate, the widower being sole eXecu
! tor, and, after the requisite formalities
the husband entered into possession q
the property, consisting of over $4,000
in stocks and bonds. From that poin
of time Mr.. Buskerck was seen no NOR
in New York.
Who was the murderer of Mrs. Bus
kerck? Some desperate burglar, or ca
q we dwell upon the dark suggestion tina
it was her husband who did the fearfr
= deed? s.E @
The couple seemed and were admitte
, to be perfectly devoted to each other
the husband was rich in his own righ
o and could hardly be supposed to cove
his wife's smaller property strongl
q, enough to induce him to take her life
! All motive on that part was wanting.
E Another theory may have already sus
gested itself to the mind of the reader
jealousy. Loving her madly, he migl
have been madly jealous. For son
!, reason, perhaps through this very jea
L ousy, he might have followed her bac
I TO the house, discovered that she had a
: elegant and fascinating visitor, and,
u moment of uncomfortable rage, hay
{ stabbed her to the heart! Then, wal
. ing from his brief madness, he mig
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