The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

Six Years After Her Murder Her
skeleton Disc ve~et-Abtuc.cd
ana E.l.ed u. l !. ..e.ea 81 -

skeleton Disc ve~ct-A Abducted
z k.l.cd Is Rejected Sustc-.
In July. l-.- J.lleI4 B.arr i..sa
eighteen years * AZ daughter s.
Francois = ban. : farmer 81 5eFef-
son county No. m~y>tvrsul~ls d4-4f-
I-Arc4 from home. She hal agS~>tl
With the Intention ~ attending .s.ris
- - gwen ia a n~riEAbar- house 4I
49, .sst stcA - Aer mother Al... father
= their garden p~lu,klnE IT," ia.4
bouquet.
The family supposed that Nj JaD.~
Leonard. the most taNsrt. .t t
nlanh admirers. NIo was htr Intended
escort L. tie party. hal called. 4N4
tE-, she bad gone With hmm. l.rr
rents were mol alarmed that nl-At. Isl
- si.e Vas still absent the nrxt morn
InS they became anxious. TIE M
sons who gave the party ~Al.i 81
bad not been 1T thor house. although
Leonard MA. there tire entire evening"
having escorted lis sister instead
Miss Le Blanc. other neIghbors lsl
neither seen nor heard 81 Julie. com
paulta If mon searched til, vs .#-.
anu there they found traces 1T thc
footsteps OF a man and a lac
latter were the imprint made hy shoes
OF the same size a. those worn hN tht
missing EIrl. These tracks lca - i
creek, where 4 boat, the property 81
Mr.. lie Blanc. had been moOred. The
boat Mas missing.
Search Vas made for several miles
down the bank OF the creek and al4n.
those OF Crystal, a large stream How
ing into the Mississippi. into which
the small creek emptled. but without
success. The despaIring parent, gave
up their daughter a. lost.
The fathers suspicious rested ON
Philip kencaly, who had been all ar
dent admirer of jules from her child
hood. and who had been dismissed tor
the favor Of Leonard. But his VIE
refused to let him nave kcn,aly ar
rested. The suspected man went to
lie Blanc q few days after Julles dl,-
appearance. and telling hlm ol has
love for her. and how little he cared
to remain IN the neIghborhood NOW
that she wa, missing, SAID that lie va.
going TO New Orleans where lie had
been offered a permanent situation At
a good compensation III a large whole
sale store. Tina same evening he
quietly departed. He has rot sine,
been seen.
Now, after all these intervening
Years. the mystery has been cleared
up. Benjamin +. Aiken, a colored
hand, who is IN the employ of Ferdi-
nand Maher. a farmer of New Madrid
county. Mo. near Point Pleasant.
While shooting snipe along the river
bank on Monday morning last, saw IN
object having the appearance OF a
skIff floating with the current down
the river toward him. Procuring 4
long pole he awaited the objects ap-
proach. lie caught il and drew it u
shore. Lying in the bottom Of the
boat was a skeleton. The bones had
been bleached by the SUI and rain
until they We're Of Il pure snowy white
ness.
The skeleton was that Of a
Not a particle of flesh was on the
bones, but on the right side of the
skull was a piece of skin. dried and
shriveled by the heat of the sun.
Three teeth in the upper part of the
mouth were filled with gold, and two
Of the lower teeth were missing. ~
her side, in the bottom Of the boat.
lay a piece of iewelry having some
resemblance to a brcastpin, but 1t WAS
worn by the action of water. On thc
wrists of the skeleton were gold
bracelets of a very tine quality. and
having some peculiar marks. In tine
skitf We're parts Of a tarpauiln that
had decayed before the ravage9 of ram
and heat during a lapse of many years.
The boat was of the class known a
hfe-bDats. 1t contained water L. the
depth of ten inches, which had accu-
mulated from many rains.
Aiken moored the boat. and took the
jewelrv to Mr. Maher, and thar gentle
man summoned a but that
official deemed 1t unnecessary to hold
AIN inquest over the bones Of a person
who had been lead for a number Of
years. The bracelets and breastpin
were given to the o by Aiken
The bones were buried on the river
bank.
Mr.. lie Blanc having heard Of the
discovery, visited New Madrid county
on last Thursday. Mr. Maher con
Quoted him to the ron The brace
lets were shown him and he identified
them. The skItf was also identified -
the one which had beer his property
He made preparations for remoylH.
the bones OF his daughter to his home
A coffin was brought, and men Were
hired : dig them NJ. The river banA
was searched in vain for the place o.
burial. 1t could not b. found. I'll,
bank had either caved in or the river
had washed them away.
Mr.. lie Blanc has no doubt that Ia
daughter was abducted from the gar
den BIZ k~enealy, and that her murdere'
strangled her u death and put IL
BODY into the boat, covering II with
tarpaulin. intending to make way wltl
it at a more favorable time. The boa
was securely fastened u the cree.
bank at place where the underground
, was 50 thick II could not be detect
without exceedingly close Inspection
and a. Kenealy could not visit TIL.
i place alone without exciting suspicion
/ the bgat lay there until tae ropes ae
!, caved and thus loosencd the boat
which hOated down the creek into I'll
;, Plattin Or CRYSTAL creek. and hence z
the Mississippi-St. Louis Post.
!, 4 wealthy Siberian merchant
r named SeberiakOtf. arrived in Londo
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