The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-27
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The story of an Extraordinary Crime In
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One of the most extraordinary muir
ders in all the annals of crime was re-
Gently committed at Auburn, village
near Worcester, Mass., the following
particulars of which we CLEAN from the
local papers: In little hut at Auburn
there lived an aged Scotch couple named
Campbell. The man has pension as a
soldier, and tills q small piece of land.
The woman has been bed-ridden for
some time with rheumatism. Between
6 and 7 ON the morning of the tragedy,
the old man went to work in his potato
patch, leaving his wife helpless on the
bed. A short time later he entered the
house and found her on the bed in a
horrible condition, mangled, bruised and
bleeding, her skull fractured, all her
limbs broken, and lying naked in pool
of blood and water which had been
thrown over her. She was still alive and
sensible, and said: Frank, where were
you while Jim Wilkins was numbering
me? The old man is very deaf, which
accounts for his not hearing the conflict.
Before an hour had elapsed the murder
er was in custody, and before ii o'clock
the victim was dead. Jim Wilkins,
whose real name is Nulchaey, was walk
ing down South Bridge street, with no
coat on, when arrested. On being taken
to the police station he told this horrible
story. He says he spent the night at his
fathers house in New Worcester, and,
rising in the morning, said his prayers,
took bath and went out to walk toward
Auburn. While passing along he
was accosted by a , fiend, which
was hid from mortal sight in the grass.
In loud voice he commanded the
fiend to be gone; but it appeared several
times, till it desisted. Afterward it came
to him in the shape of dog. Thus
harassed by the evil spirit and commits
stoned by the Lord to destroy, he went
to the hut of the Campbells and entered.
Mrs. Campbell, over 70 years of age, was
in bed as usual, and, as Muchaey says,
he went up to her and asked her what
she would give to be cured so that she
could arise and walk to church next Sun
day. He says the old lady threw up her
arms in delight and exclaimed that she
would give all the world. He then siya
he took off his coat and began rubbing
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He then grabbed one leg, bending il
across his own knee, and broke it IN sew
eral pieces. In the same way he broke
the other leg and arms, and then seized
the body and threw it on the floor, then
jumped on it with his heavy shoes until,
as he says, not joint in the body was
left unbroken. He then took pals OF
water and threw them over the mangled
body, alleging that no evil spirit could
survive the drowning process. He then
took the body and laid it back on the
bed, covering it up carefully, and started
for this city. He went on with lot OF
crazy talk, calling himself the prophet
OF the Lord, and saying that he was fully
aware of what he was doing, but did not
think it cruel or wrong, as the fend
which had possessed the woman had
been so bad to him and his friends. He
declared that the woman could not die,
as he was not dealing with her, but only
with the evil spirit Mulchaey is 80
years old, has been shiftless, drunken
tramp, and has been drinking very hard
of late. Some time ago he was lodger
at the police station, and then showed
some signs of insanity, so much 80 as to
attract the investigation of the officers,
but was,at length allowed to go.