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

| o CLOCK IN the afternoon, and expected
Mrs. Buskerck, but she did not come
The servant started to go to her cham
Der, but found the three doors which led
TO it all locked. This She thought was
a strange circumstance, as she was very
confident that the door leading from the
chamber to the bathroom was open
when She left the house the day before.
On Friday morning she determined to
gain access to the room; and, finding a
key of another door which fitted the
lock, she opened the door which led to
the bathroom, and saw a horrid sight.
The girl broke down at this point, and
broke into hysterical weeping. A po-
; liceman in charge of the house, on the
statement that / had acted as a lawyer
Tor the deceased, allowed me, in com
pany with himself, to survey the dread
full spectacle. % k -
The remains of the unfortunate woman
lay on the floor ON the spot where she
must have breathed her last. A dozen
dagger wounds appeared in her neck
/ and breast, each one of which was suffi-
cient to cause her death. A cord had
been twisted round her neck. 5o'stife
I her cries; it was evident that she had
made a desperate struggle, being large,
powerful woman, in the prime Of life.
and the assassin must have been bathed
/ in her blood, as was evident from the
CORY foot-marks made by a mans boot
on the carpet, and from the bloody fin
ger-marks on various objects in the
room. A fire had been kindled in the
CRATE, and the ashes showed some rem
nants of Undertaking. The murderer
had cleansed himself in the bath-tub,
which still showed some bloody traces.
The deceased had her bonnet on and
was attired precisely as she was when
she went out of the house for the last
time. Her watch and ring and brace
lets had been torn violently from her, a
portion of the watch chain being found
near the body, and her finger had been
lacerated in tearing off her ring; the
drawers of the dressing-case had been
forced open, and the contents strewed
over the floor. The object of the muir
der was clearly plumber. tE
The Coroner's Jury, which had held
one sitting, and adjourned for dinner,
now re-assembled, bringing with them
a number of witnesses, among whom
was the hackman who had driven Mr.
and Mrs. Buskerck from their house tc
the depot, on Wednesday afternoon.
He deposed that he left the gentlemen
at the ticket office at the ferry in Cort
land Street, when his wife babe hin
adieu. He then drove hes back to he
house and saw her unlock the door anC
go in, whereupon he drove away. Thu
time when he started from the ferry wa
$50, and the clock struck soon afte
he reached his stable.
The next witness was maid servant
who deposed that she saw a tall gentle
man ring at the door of the house at ;
few minutes after. 6, and 90 in. Sh
was sitting at the basement window 0
the house opposite, when she saw th'
gentleman go in.
A lady who lived next door to tn
house occupied by the murdered WON
an, testified that at S:15 on WEDNESDAY
evening, while sitting in her chamber o.
the second floor, she distinctly heard
series of strange sounds, which scenes
to proceed from the room on the sam
floor in her neighbours house. The wal
between the two houses was a part
wall, and any loud noise in either hous
could be heard in the other. Mr.. an
; Mrs. Buskerck had come to live mex
= door few months before; they wer
very reserved, and seemed to have fey
? callers; they had made no acquaintance
among their neighbors.
b A nurse girl swore that about G o'clOc
she saw a short, elegantly dressed youn
: gentleman go in at the front door.
A gentleman smoking a cigar in tn
= balcony of a house on the other side q
the street saw a man of that description
A., come out of the house soon after
o'clock, and walk rapidly towards Sixt
g Avenue. -
At this stage the Coroner's Jury &C
journed to the following day. Near
while the remains were dressed for bU
rial, having been examined by two meC
zeal men at the first sitting of the Jury
The murdered lady's husband, havin
been telegraphed at Philadelphia, cam
on to New York, arriving at the hous
: at 10 O'Clock p. M, soon after the jur
had taken their departure, but not b.
fore l had gone, inasmuch as l wishe
: to see him, and tender my legal service
I in bringing the author of the frightfl
i crime to light.
He entered the parlor where | was 81
ting, and, as he nodded to the polio
officer in charge, saw his face was pa
: as death, then turning to me he recos
nized me by silent pressure of tt
8 hRd, and sank overcome upon loung
and gave way to food of tears, sobbin
as though his heart would break.
Rising from his seat he asked me
4 90 with him into the room were the III
. dertaker and his female assistants wei
q preparing the corpse for burial. Tai
. ing his arm l braced his totterin
form, and with slow steps we ascende
the stairs, and entered the chamber
death. .---
It The corpse lay on a couch, wrappt
h in winding-sheet. The face was bea
:, tiful and peaceful in its expression, as
/ she were "not dead but sleeping" III
| husband stopped and kissed the marb
Z, brow, and gazed like one distraught
O the placid features. The scene was OF