The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-14

posed that lie had come ACROSS a uiaca &c
Ola newspaper was lying on the flor
containing an account Of the wreck Df tho
GrImsby Castle few'7mou.hs befora =
! While reading this he had fallen asleen II
was thought, never to wake again A
nafl, Olunt instrument had smashed in the
skull. The horrible mastiff, which had n
| cross OF the Cuban bloodhound in him. had
smett the blood, entered by The corridor.
and devOured the flesh of the face and Dart
OF The BRAIN But how had the murderer
escaped the notice of the dog? He was a
savage beast and would tolerate no stran-
ger near the place at night. How, then.
hao The perpetratOr os the deed managed
to pass him aud pacify him ? That was
mystery.
n search of the yard and garden resulted
IN the tiuding of a slipper-but it was only
a woman's slipper-aud no Significance
could attach to it, the magistrate said. The
/ doctor who examined the body neverthe.
less scrutinized the slipper closely. There
| was cu5 through the thin sole, as though
the wearer bad trodden on broken glass
! bottle, and inside was the fresh stain of
blood. The authorities, however. did NOT
think that the slipper was any clue to the
| crime. The doctor, however, kept possess
| sion of the article. After as thorough an
| inquiry as the authorities were CAPABLE of
making they were obliged to admit that
! they were batf1ed. Suspicion naturally fell
engaged in contTaband trade, but there
was no clue to any one in particular. So
! the body was buried and the crime became
thing Of the past
Three weeks or more after the close of
/ the inquest, DIR. Madely, the surgeon who
/ had examined the body of the murdered
man, was asked by a brother doctor to con-
I suit over a singular case in the latter's
/ charge. The daughter of Sheldon, the
/ dead smuggler, was suffering from a Sc
/ we're cut III The right foot, aud gangrene
threatened. DR.. Madeley examined the
| foot, which was in so dreadful a state as TO
render amputatinn almost inevitable. The
/ girl said that she had tIoddeu on a sharp
/ stone while moving around in the yard in
J her base feet. This story was highly i'm
! probable, for it was winter-time and no
! one would be likely to be about unshud,
aud least of all, young girl. 4 sudden
/ light seemed to break in upon DR.. Madeley
/ aud while muSing on the strange couci-
/ dence which was before him, he found him
/ sell gazing ON a solitary slipper, which lay
/ under a small washstaud in the girls
, apartment. Before he quilted the place
/ he had the slipper in lis possession, and on
/ going home he compared it with that pick
( ed up in Mrs. Slowly yard. They match
/ ed exactly.
Here then was a startling discovery,
! which, i'm connection with the wounded
! foot, seemed to point to Mary Sheldon as
/ bdving been on Mrs. SiOHly's premises n
! the night of the murder. Another theory,
| too, and one that furnished motive was
( the fact that the girls father met his death
at the hands Of Lieutenant Major.
I Dr., Madely resolved for the present to
/ keep his discovery a secret, or at least un-
! til Nary's recovery. In Il months time the
| foot was healed, aud then Mary was arrest
/ ed. The event created intense excitement
/ in the ueighborhood, but when it was pro-
ven that Mary was mys:eriOusly absent
/ from her home on the night Of tae murder
/ for some time, aud when stick with blood
and hair upon it was found thrust under
/ the dog kennel IN the rear Of Mary dwell
lug. people began to think that the girl had
really perperated the crime. She was
tried and convicted and sentenced to be
/ hanged, aud the penalty was inflicted at
GO'll in the spring OF 1927.
Everybody was satisfied that the 0lri, to
aveuge the death of her father had done
the deed. She admitted that she had
! heard Of the return of Major, but denied To
/ the last she had murdered him. Alter the
whole thing WIS over, it was rensatked that
/ the dog kept by Mrs. Slowly had originally
| belonged to Sheldon, and that until 1t was
well grown it hld beeu the pet and com
/ pauion of Mary. This was supposed TO
/ explain the ease with which Mary bad en-
/ tered the premises to perpetrate the dread
! ful crime In May, 1927. few weeks af-
ter Marys execution, Lieutenant Major,
/ who was supposed to have been murdered,
/ appeared ia Bndlingtun. The astOnish'
/ meut of the inhabitants may be imagined
| He said that on the night of the attack ON
! the snugglers he was stunned with "A blow
/ and carried aboard their lugger, which was
! in the Ofiug. There he was kept prison.
! er for months and never allowed to land AT
! Duukirk where the lugger lay. One OF the
| crew manifested great interest IN his case,
/ aud promised to do all he could 10 aId HIM.
/ This man, whose name was Jones, was very
! like Major in person, and they OOth oiteh
remarked 'he resemblance.
Que day Jones said that he was ordered
/ on a special errand to England and that he
would procure and bring back for Mayor
! ANYTHING he wanted from his residehce,
aud also let his friends know on the quiet
how he was situated, Mayor gave hlh ti.e
/ needful directions, aud furnished bim with
the KEYS of his trunks. The fa.e OF this
man is already known.
Several years after the occurrences mar
/ rated herein one Peter Fisher was shot lh
an attempt to run cargo of gin at FIlly at
! the mouth of the Humber. Fisher was
/ formerly resident at Bridlington quay
! but quilted the place soon alter the muIueI
/ at Mrs SlowIy's. Fisher, finding that he
! was diving requested to be removed to ms
home at Barton. on Humber. This wish
! was complied with aud after his arrival lie
sent for "A cergyman aud a Magistrate, and
/ desired them TO take down and witness a
/ confession which he was about To MAKE
| The confession is given below.
| s.On :he night that Lieutenant Mayor
was supposed To have returned, heard ot
/ il. and went straigh: to tell Mary Sheldon.
! to whom | was engaged to be married.
/ She told me If was man Wouic never
/ let him leave tile place alive. we spoke
about the matter, aud she engaged to z"
/ ,Yitb me and see me safely through the
work we had agreed She got over the
wall and had no difficulty in keeping the
dog quiet as he knew her well. RAISED
the window aud got into the parlor. !he
door of the room i'll which MAYOR useo u
sIaan was omen. aud a light inside. l crept
mn aud saw "a man aseepin chair had
brought with me a stick-the one aher
ward found and with this in my hand
entered Majors room. The h""r crehKeG
and he moved With one olo" oialieu re
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