Connecticut western news., 1878-02-14
Is John Ten Eyck Guilty,
A correspondent ot the Pittsfield Eagle writing fro n Burlington, says:


 
 correspondent ot the Pittsfield Eagle, writing fro n Harrington, says:
 The January session will hardly have | closed before the public attention will | agaln be drawn to that terrible aud atro. | cious crime for winch John Ten K ok is now under indictment and awaiting the | course of justlce-the murder of M,. and Ms. Davld Stll man. at Suefi It IS uu. uelsJood that the accused will be arraian. | ed shortly alter the close ot the presen' term of the Superior Court. and we hear Tnat It is the purpose of the AtLor ,ey Gen eral to have the trIal occur. If possible, st Il sp' c al sesslou of the Supreme Court. t. be Led before the regular May term. Inere certainly does not seem to be any reason for long delay Tn bringing the ac cuse1 to trial. The court has to appolnl counsel. It is true. but in thls case 1t will ''e the counsel which the prisoner has Sc .ected, Messrs Joyuer and Shores, and they uave had char.'e of the case tor the prlson- CT ever since hls arrest, aud have had time dnd opportunity to prepare bis deteuse Tue Common wealth IS ready with its evI druce; tue accused is as we'll prepared to meet nls accusers as he ever will De.
 sJunn Ien ENck RullGVf lt IS said that Rev. MT. HarrlsOn, who has sought to uurL t.e tnouaAts of the prisoner to splrl, ua, thlngs. to mercIful as well as just God, nas frankly told Teu Eyck that he was su to be convicted. Inc uncnaneed anu uuchangeable opinion of the people of the Ten Eyck and Stlllmal. nelghDorn ood IS tnat he IS the murderer. "Tnere IS not lrnl stNIc, A. uence fastening the crime upon him." salu one who has care, uly scrutlLized the case, 'he IS the man who has done thls .crue. deed !"
 Wnat are tue proofs [ At 8 o'clock of the afternoon of the day MT. aud Mrs. StIIIman Were mu dered, Ten Eyck and hls friend Johnson IeiU tue latter's house, and went togetuer to Calley's, theucs to MT, Boaid mans. where Johnson left Ten k, ok and returned home. Ton Eyck got from Mrs. Boardman sou.e maLcnes. saying he want GU co light hls pi De. She told hIm to tight It at tue stove, out he said he had job on aano aud sac gave hun two matcues. Ten kvck Is next at Mlio Fnedland's wuere he stayed till o'clock, took supper and beg geo some more maJcnes FrOm FrledIanu's ue Won't across lots to the road leading past SuIlmaus house, aud aD, ut fifty rods | trum SGlllWan's ne met MT. Stlllnlaa's 5 cuore boy, Carey. Ho askeu the boy If tn. Su iimans had any ball butter to sell, and was Gu. d to enquire. Was there any com DanA at tue houseW was uls nexU Questlon. auu getting the answer that tneIe was not, ce went on. ThIs was about tweuty miu- utes past 5. From that time until hour | iaier nothing mure Is seeu of hIu. At % minutes pasC7 ne Is 1t the drug store SAettieId street, where he spent $1.6S for | 1quor aud halr aye, giving ln payment a uew $5 bIiI. He remained there an hour | anu IarLer, calnng particular attention | 70 tue tune of hls arr. val aud departure, as | ne was about to leave. He iS next back aI | JonnSou's, between anu 10 o'clock, wn Ie | ne wanCed grease tor nIS shoes, aud where
 e washed and "cieaneu up." Here, too, ne told the first story to accounG tor the possession Ol money. He uad nOue tas day before eAcep, 50 csDts he dad received ln pANlnenL from Mi. Board man, aud auother 50 eel Is Le nad borrowed from M,. B. He ca.lee Johnson out, showed hlm mouey d d sad that uurluW tue evening hs had oeeu attacked by two trampS, aad that. ln Jue tiGht, he had got hoid ot one of {, 0 Cramp's pocket took, f1,d wltb IL, and found tue money nut. h. the house he asked Ms. Johns0n to fx his coat, aud as he Sat by tue fit he took out so.ne papers. looked tuem over and burned them. He remained at Jobuson's all uIght,
 The next mOrnlng be IS found at Lvon's place, where he had just bought some lq l mn xpl lon Ina nff mt pI n n I auce. He saw them aad told Lyons, with wLom ne was talking outside. JhaS he ''puessed tbev Were after nlm," (Ten ESckl ! aud sad to Lyons. 'dou't tell them l am i uere.' He then raa into the house aud stu- tloEed nlmself behind the door. Tue ofi cers pushed iu, found him, aud took hum into custody. He was escorted to tue house | where the dead lay anu tod to look upon GLe corpses. Nothing could induce 1,ul to | do So. H. dropped ms eyes to tue floor he l tuned them anxlousIv about the room. 1 put look upon the Ghastly bodies he would rot. In reply to questions he denled even Knowing Mir. Stlllman, aud saId he hadn't oeen m the local,5y before h two weeks Questioned AS to where he got the oney. found ou olm, and what he had spent, be l Haven, who had sent it tJ hlm to buy but ter with, ana that he had got the leLter cuntalniEg It that morning from the post uffice.
 Anything further? The matches he ob' tanned from FrIedland's were of a peculiar make, loag. large match. The stumps of tnese matches, or others just Ike them. | were found on the stalrs at Stlllman's, whe.e they had been use in the attempt t" fire the house. The money found on the prisoner, and that which he had spent. as, within five cents, tue exact amount (S11.S3lpaid to MT. Sullh,an two days before tue murder. and new $5 bill was a part of the money paid to Mir. s. The story of the encounter with the tramps was overthrown oy let Eyck's second story that he got the money in letter from bis brother 10 New taven. Tie post master says he was nui ,t the post uftice and received no such let
 ter nor any letter; and lEves'igali"ns in Nrw Haven reveal the fact that he has no ] brother there. Tue brother, Il barber, lett the city years ago. The corpses were dis covered about o'clock in he morning, aud rxpe,t medical testimony is, that the per | suus had been dead nboui l4 or l5 bours. or from ahoul the time Ten Eyck was seen Iu the locality, the previous night. On tue la oe Was aspal ot butter and the sleeiy ards evidently some one had made the. purchas 4 "f butter all excuse to get admission Then | here IS the !act, as two witnesses will testI | y, that he said he knew "the old folks had mouey," and lntim.te u purpose to get II,