The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
The Stow Skeleton.

Correspondence of the Boston IourYa0
Srow Mass Anr i No+bin,, ,,.,ns r., ,lo,.,,
tha tt,r;st ,r I,aI ,,,, ~ M l ~ ~, - n n; i'5'.| go
in tho town ~, y.iiIaa L ,, ;+ 10 '' =" ;i;
Inanrd a hanr+nJ h -. % ,,' ~ ti @ 10.
lacks nnf,IIino This rrn+t,- E++Il M +b ,,+
nf which ;s ah,,t thraa ,,i,s tc,,, Ei+ai,ti P;t
road starinn Al Sonth Actinn is in nnssaxsinI, nf
the latter curiosiv the taupihilitr it which has
Iot.l h.nY innra,.ad H. VIII di,oII,.,,r,. ~ h -
rcmiins hnrind in a Gravel b,nl, sitnato1 in th+
mart Of the town known os tbc ..Iornr ,;lIo,n,
bnraqranb RELATING 10 thn discovery Of th. hona.
npDeared some DAYS au, in Tho iournaI since
tbnn / hnvn gathered M fnlInwinr Stow. from
resident WIN also int,rI1aa ma th12 tho ;,i,Inr+
narrated havo trnnnnnty honr rnforrod ~ IN o,
,,nrsnt;on hnt,ronn ~ ,idar nbohito,ts villa +h
story as a lyhole has oftaT boan tolG Wv
About forty wears a0u the town If STOW had il,
s,1nr ,,art;riIlars r,tIer A borj rnnntoti, and
some men Who later in Ita hcco,nn staiI ;ti1n,,s
were generally regarded as heinz tbc bInck sheen
who ave thn whole Aocl a n,nttIa ,nnaor.,,,n IL;
the y7rw NJ tbr worII orts,,i, that ,artic,,lr fJ
These men have with one or two eErrntions 'ronn
from thp Ete that is INF il vin stiil he uIlprcrs
sar,. and n,vise tn r;v, thair I,aI,n. ,:niii,
VA. ti ,,art;,,I,r Viz. f., ,yhrb tha n,iit
ed and # i n Van known t,rt tbat nm. of m.
number had mon his premises vnr,. comnIatn
tarilitns far carrvinn o ra,,ns v.itbo,it far ~ IN
tnrrpnt;un ~ ,.nnr,o 3ulh ,f M, ,>r,tit at +,,a
nnnrlt;nns wa. dnr1od from, Mo- hi h
tnnI NJ +,,, IN ti ,,. , Ii'h+ '''P
One surh traveller disannrornd dnrinp = certain,
neht M events nt ,hicb as Ala .t +bc i'm, .nI
rrmnmhnred Nv many are cnrtaini,, ;nficatro of "
mmr,lnr ha1n; bean cn,nn;ttnd anil. i;,.in'r
M, thn rnnd ~ Snntb lntI, ,,nro .+artiat n +h;S
nipbt Inv crips of ,.m1Ir6cr," in tbn diront;nn f
Stnv 4 S.,rnh ,.,s ,t nrn,. ,,a,l,, Win l,n+,,-,
ana ,s tha Marty nn~,,rnf nn,-nl .lorr tin r,,ad =
WAGON suddenly stnrtnd I'M ubrnJ IF thn,n lrtI
vanished In thn larl,nnss Snnn ttnrvtrd itl,,,;r;
were made ms to tbr Whereabouts of a tali I,nlJIr
who had tarrrd in stow ON tho saIn, o,,.,rinr
Th., il o,,, ,,,a, in STOW -d,,, u,b.,.. th,t IL,
nnddIrr,s hody v,s tnnnd ZnGnI,. nl.G s,n,n. =,
nn,t. thot il Ma. IN tL a,,tr,r: II i si,I t,ot
nn trace was nver tnunL ,f tbn nam ,nr o+ Ms
hnd, sto,v bono th l1st nrn u.hnr,. bn ,y,s s.n1,
nIiyr
I,nr wears fin, immersion ,nnnu,s tho to,,,,sfn
WIN know al tbrsI thin,,. v.ns thot th nnIilnr
hnyinr beaten tho gamblers nt thrir own, cam
,v,s rnhhrd and murdered his hnd,- hoin,, I,nri.
in some ont of thr-way Mace ON ona nrr,sjun
NOT many wears AGO one of the mon nj thnt ti,nn
= rnsunrtnLIn townsmnn ,-,s oit.uI,- nslyni Ly a
person whom he had iuccusrd w hat aid Won do
With IN. nndIlpr }" Ne ,n,I. ma rrul- hrt walled
off ,ossjp tells many otnrtI,i similar tn mis-
one. of which relates t. Inc finding OF the bones
and which if would moi bc ;yrll To repeat here
..What become OF the neddlcr !" has fu1. wears
been an uusolyed uucstion Those Who messed
could prove nothing, and those who kuew would
tell nothing At last So the Stow pcoplt think a
skeleton htrlcss and yuirrless HAS come from its
grave to tell of the foul deed but unable 10 de
nonuce tile perpetrators The discovery Of the
remains was announced as follows il The JnnrnnI