The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-05
MORE ABOUT THE ENHANCED
TIE GdNG'S WfNTON lTTICks tPON
Tf5sIR JICTIHS SISTER.
The Tnr.ani-F"aihcr Newspapers Meanncss
-th"ri"ttc kci-cs's Heiief and Hopes The
Whereabouts Of RoynI Sammis and WIFE.

The Tnr.nni- Feather Nc,vspnper's Meannes.
Charlotte ~ i-cs's Heiier and Hopes The
Whereabouts Of Royal Sammis and WIFE.
r,oai Nc Wo-'L
Charles c. Kelsey was tnrrcd and fcath-
| cred on the night of Nov ?. 1874 in tho rear Of
Mrs Oaklcy's house ut Huntington. Since that
! night he is not known to have been seen alive.
ne hat been pay the attentions Of n suyor
| 70 young Indy who was also courtcd by Mr..
| ROYAL Sammis. salesman in the store OF H. y.
Cunn Co. oi this city. and who lived nj Hunt.
| ini;ton The story Of the outrage was that
! where the young lady lived. that he resisted,
| knocking down one or two OF his assaants. but
| was ovrrpowcrcd. taken into DR.. Banks 5 barn.
then le,i out Of the barn into Mrs. Oakley buck
yard. where. in the presence OF upward of forty
| men who did tho work wore masks One man
held lnntern to enable the men TO see TO do tho
| work Ihis lantern the victim kicked and broke
Ki'ino . ,e Outrage was going on, After that
Messy was missing but parts of his clothing.
places. In August Of the following year two ilsh.
| 9rmcn Of Oyster Bay found tho mntilatrd lower
limbs OF man. body floating in the water near
| inc shore ut that place. BY the clothing. and
particularly 10y the gold watch chain found on
me remains, they were identified as those Of the
| missing man. CurOner's inquest WAS held,
some of the alleged principals were indicted
i,rst Tor riotous conduct and alterward for MUIR
! der IN the second degree. All are now at lib
| crty, the evidence having never been consid-
cred sufficient to convict them. The persons
accused pretend TO believe that Kelsey is still
William Kelsey and his maiden sister, Chor-
lott" live in the old Kelsey homestead. Char
| lotto was at home making mat out Of rag
| carretng Willie was of in tho woods chop
Came p" 4 snS iSRoy not hm z every minute
| spoken about her being engaged to be married
10 q man VINO died of heart disease about year
was ar' o igi had sondersd R rhy w Ttnt.
ing AZ kinds Of things about her engagement
| WIN this man. even 10 intimating that he might
! not have married hor even If he had lived
| william soon en'er"d-a strong man, with the
| lower part Of his patched trousers tn ked into n
nnir OF high-iopped boots. Both brother and
sister We're soon engaged IN earnest conycrsa-
/ ton about the loss Of their brother.
-. think the truth will all come out some
imS, SUD William in answer 70 my question
tne Rn an, Of Il Is IT. al 9 the hands of the
mn Then a secs 1T to let the truth come to
-, ~ give all the money could raise" said
Charlotte. interruptng. " to see that whole tar
I6a 81 hung np, and live on bread and water all
=. " But why don't YOU lot mo nnishY" said Will
nam, meehly 1 was saying that all this affair
was in the hands =; the Almighty and he viii
may be that we shall first get il from a foreign
land. and may bc IN trouble. He may tell it 10
s"m'nyiy 10 81 few dollars. or he may bc dy-
INK AMI tell oi it O. relieve his conscience One
oi them may meet with an accident on the road
| ana confess ai tun last moment
Or two Of the persons implicated may
nav quarrel and expose one another" I sug-
Y'i. that might BE-; hut doubt It. You 500.
AiiNF N' MS IillnNfi. IlfF are handed fU- IA
ana ul'y are AFRAID OF each other But this is
trne.th'se men ara all human heings. and
u.Vy gVt cons ien', somewhere. suppose
ON. hope that | shull not 90 ~ my grave
without knowing who KILLED Charley" snil
Charlotte. And poor father. II he could only
come ont oi ms grave ami nnd that his boy had
hecn murder, ! ont ~ ihat church. ! don't know
what be- would do! That church where ", nil
won't with him whom W. wnre children. WHY
W. always Thought that that church was the
most ~ugrNd place in ilH world Tho list tifrn
! was there was M The funeral we held f.
i Z marcy. | don suppose snail ID
,ld' ~ I again. Nud then They -ny that DR..
nHnk-- har has got all white since this. hasn't
on. NJ. not az white, but he has turned gray
worry fast said William.
And then what was il that man said down to
That's what man said to the man my sister
was going To be married to-" said liam
TINS man is supposed to have been with them
Wnarn l'niry mt me tar and feathers on. but W.
VIZ ti'.Si ,, u r rh5 man. and he said. Why.
'.n"dl,S WE az rlkht ,Wh"n -
hen LETT him. suppose he vas going 10
-, " Yes; he eot that far, AMI then aoomol to
short w,tflt nnn ha~ never Lr.n DAllnl as
a." in"-s II knows good dead, and could be-
What's hi. namof"
u mime is Kirk. Kirk. IT was host'or
az I'D" motel at tue time. but has moved away
,"ns tll thi- 70 the man was enraeodto."
n'''I th'f'"'l'., and thNt paper down in Va"
M .l~i o. h. % "n the tar gung.'
lI7 Pcs M' p ~" ihai your brother Charles
-. -r. -aid Charlotte; "and II doesn't
seem natural ut all without him. That's what
whore Dee used 90 come along every afternoon
ipoiuung ouf of the windowl-rilht along Iv
inat l"n.' -, harley AMI u-ei 60 taS" our TIA
/ him. h' went ri -lt along there. can seem to
1,c g nm b, n"Y , anl AK s iA 'Cmrey dGpt
village. and | told him 10 bring homo somin
lemons and there the lemons we're ,lown on thr
ID tl.4. NIL lt.II
covered WITH h'o"i y ''"" - "'' '"HN anu an
Do you think Charles ever came homo again
d" on. mo-. 81 said Chnr'ottc Willie hoarl soma
body enc in that door out There very late and
Charley. sure tl he hoard him ~ out again
then he didn't know what It meant WhvN
Lad tB I2H me only w y| Y,s. hri'rf ~ rs
could. and that's on thing that mad M always
80 ,. gIfhs{ wh 7 tfarl.y vas OUT. noyere9ul
b i9r Two Whole years had kind OF thought that
! Charley WIS going 10 h' killeq.'
Do you really think that the mon who begun
inc Outrage by iarring and icathering him
meant Ia XIII him =
"Of course they did Oh, they meant to get
the breath out of his body that night he was
carried away by that girl. and that cost him his
"Ilont think" said William THAT Or. Banks
and Mrs OAK l"y knew what was going tp huI-
pnn.int Is, ilat Charley ,YyS going To be killed
" Have you made up your mind who the guilty
"Oh. MOST ~ them could he namol hv any
| body in the village. Tho worst ones IRE not TAR
IN; bat there are iniu nt.a neu in b., and they
have banded together o. protect ono another.
They have spout ,nt dead of money In CA.
way ana Hnotncr-muny thou- lndS of dollars.
Royal Samms d. not live in the village
any moro, | ',l,Ncf'
on mo-. he moved away n longtime agp arl
wont 4, th" cilv-nruoElyn. hnlirve. Tho tolls
down there u-oi to bother him and his wifi" 80
luu 20 thut a. 81 couldn't stand H. TNDy u- 80 fn
lnd notices -idr, up un tAolr door almost DNcly
morning.
SERGE.INT MCIRTHY.
Dion Boueicauit Taking Care Of nu Incarcer.