The Van Buren press., 1878-04-30

What is this p exclaimed fell
low, removing large box from the cor
ner
His companions were attracted by til,
cry, and saw what appeared to be loos
ened earth.
"There is whereI buried my mil
dog" the miller said. 81 told my fam.
lily at the time, and many tears were
shed over him, for he was a faithful ami.
mall
Let US see his remains, 1t will do nc
harm-the digging up of him"
The speaker.wa Gordon the poacher
and there was fash Of triumph in
his small dark eyes, but no one noticed
| it.
dig him up-poer Browscrw and
accordingly the men went to the
work.
Presently one gave, loud exclama.
ton of horror, and sprand back say
ing:
Good God, boys! do you call that a
dogp"
The hunters clustered about the exea-
walton, and beheld human hand, which
the spade had uncovered. Calvin Tyler
gazed for moment at the hideous spec
tacle, and then started back with white
face
"Hold him ~ cried the leader of
the party. Don't let him stir foot
now!e
But the miller did not attempt to
fly.
Before God, never buried anything
III this corner but my poor dogn said he
solemnly,
For several minutes the spade threw
the earth out, and the body of the man
was exposed The gastly face was
upturned to the lantern light, and eve
ry one recognized it as that of Mr.. Mar.
bic
" Bring him up and let him look into
the hole -
Calvin Tyler did not have to be led to
the grave. He walked forward with
firm step, and beheld the sickening
sight.
i" 1t is David Marble" he said. But
God knows that never put him
therep
A moment later he put his kShd to his
forehead, and realed from the grave with
fainting cry.
"Theres guilt for you p said the poach
err. u don't believe that he ever buried
a dog in this hole
" And the assizes will not believe il
either said one of his companions.
The news of the discovery in the cellar
spread like wild fire, and the body was
sKuil w5s "iouuu 10 have ueen~IracJureu
by some blunt and heavy weapon, which
medical men said drove pieces of the
skull into the brain, which produced in
slant death.
After the removal Of the corpse from
the mill. the grave was further search
ed, but the remains of no dog were
found.
The miller Of Tewkesbury was now in
an unfortunate situation Before the
search there were many who believed in
his innocense; but now no one held to
that opinion, and, foredoomed, the I'M
happy man went to his trial 1t was in
vain that his family testified to the mil
ler's telling them Of the death and buri-
al of the dog three days previous to Mar
ble's going to the MILL vain, too, the
mans assertions of his innocense. The
finding of the missing mans corpse in the
cellar-in the very corner where he had
sworn to the interment ofhis dog-weigh.
ed heavily against him, and he was found
guilty and sentenced to be hung in
chains.
But petition praying the high court
to spare his family the deep disgrace
that would forever attach itself to them
if the awful sentence was carried out,
secured the punishment of decapitation,
and the unlucky man was accordingly ex
ecuted. He protested his innocense to
the very last, and met his doom with much
composure.
Throughout the region round about
Tewkesbury it was universally believed
that the guilty had been punished, 1t
was noticed on the trial that Sir Percy
Haskell, celebrated surgeon, gave it
as his belief that David Marble had
been dispatched by one blow, whereas
the thieveing fisherman had sworn to
having heard two deadened blows in the
mill on the eventful night, But the sur
geon's evidence did not tend to help the
accused.
The miller had said that he broke
in the heading of cask with two
blows, in Marbles presence; but this
explanation of the noise was not cred
tied.
Shortly after the miller's execution his
family left Tewkesbury, and all traces
ofthcm became lost. The mill was shun.
ned by the superstcious, and another
had to be erected to keep the patronage
at home.
Although we have followed the miller
of Tewkesbury TO his death, the story of
the crime does not end here. Three
years after the execution, the Earl of
Sudbury's gamekeeper fired at a poacher,
and heard a sharp cry of pain. In the
darkness search for the thief proved una
vaiing, and the matter was dismissed
from the gamekeeper's mind. Two days
later dead man was found under q
shelving bank not far from the scene OF
the shot. 1t was evident that he had
been dead for twelve hours. Nobody
recognized him, but the piece of paper
which had dropped from his hand told a
terrible story; it revealed a secret which
must have haunted its guilty possessol
| like the ghost of the murdered dead