River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-03-07
address tsahe iurz decided the peddler's

address Il lhe jury decided the peddler's
fate.
In half an hour they returned verdict
Of willful slurder. The Judge in passing
sentence .,epressed his entire satisfaction
with the say in which the jury had done
their dutYS and after solemn and ter
ribly scorshing address to the prisoner,
sentenced Aim to be hanged by the neck
until he h as dead
The petEdler listened to the dreadful
words llks one bewildered, and was re-
moved iii a swoon Every thing that
could be.sone was undertaken in his be-
half, bus without effect, and in three
weeks the; last sentence of the law was
executed upon Abram Lewis, in the
Jail at Ns8wich.
Six wGs4ks after the hanging OF Abram
Lewis, lt@nry Wilson, the hostler, whose
testimony had been 80 damaging to the
unfortunate man, told his employer that
an uncle had died in Lincolnshire and
left him L considerable sum of money.
Wilson save his associates a treat and
started etrthward at the end of a month
he retura&d clad in mourning and took
up his aay,de as guest at the inn where
he had setved for three years as a hostler.
He appested to have plenty of money
and SOON shade host of friends. He was
mediuTs- sized, good looking young fell
low of swentYsiX, well dressed as he
was now
After consulting with the landlord, he
leased email farm adjoining that owned
and obligated by the widow of the muir
dered larsaer Bell. He purchased suitable
stock, ahd devoted himself diligently TO
the cul,&.ation of his land He was a
regular attendant at the parish church
for the syst six months of his residence,
but aftsf that he began to attend the
Methodist Chapel, where Mrs. Bell and
daugitjt worshiped, He soon formed
the acquaintance Of these two ladies, and,
though sEey never gave him any encour-
agement, called repeatedly at their house.
Miss dell was a fair, pretty girl of
twenty years, and it was rumored that
Wilson $gas paying court to her.
The rcport annoyed her considerably,
and wh,Sa Wilson at length showed, by
his conduct and words, that he enter
tanned ESpes of winning her for a bride,
she yeltsSsed hlm with indignation. He
bore htf rebutfs for some time without
cemplai@ing. AT length one Sunday,
when MISS. Bell was returning home from
church alone, he followed her and enter
ed into conversation with her. After
few commonplace remarks, he spoke out
boldly, s.nd asked her to become his wife.
She was greatly annoyed, and told him
fatty aad finally that she not only
did not Iove him, but that she positively
dislikod him. Wilson, who hitherto had
worn ssask, in her presence, threw off
his assS,ned gentleness, and addressed
her in coarse and angry invective, Miss
Bell, wno was girl of some courage
gave HAS her mind freely. Carried away
with passion, he exclaimed:
q suppose you hope to marry Squire
Redmaglle. He is fool if he has any
thing 10 say TO YOU
This remark utterly astonished Miss
Bell, as che was not aware that aly one
outside If the family knew that Mr..
Redm&ine had eyer entertained any de
sire to make her bis wife. She quickened
her ste{.s and fastened home. She told
her ,notber of her snterview with Wilson,
and OF the remark be had made re-
specting Mr.. Redmayne. Mother and
daughter CONVEX q long and seriously on
the subject. Mr. Redmayne had met Miss
Bell bgi once before her fathers death.
The da on which her father was muir
dered SIR. Redmayne dined at the inn In
Norwich with him, and before he left
handed him a letter, asking him TO read
if and send him an answer in a day or
two. Shat letter, along with 81 5000 in
gold, SILVER and notes, was taken from Mr..
Bells EA)dy by MS assassin. After the
funeral Mr. Redmayne had told Mrs. Bell
about the letter alsd what it contained. n
requestgto be allowed to pay attentions to
Mr. Bets daughter. Mrs Bell, in reply,
had. at; her daughters request, asked
Mr.. Redmaync to allow the matter TO be
in allegiance a twelvemonth. He had
promised 20 do -; and had never been
to the house slnc g.
How did Wilson kow that Mr.. Red
mayne.swa any thing to her.
Mrs. ,3ell sent for Mr.. Redmayne and
told hsan the remarkable circumstance
He sol%mnly declared that he had never
let a HAT of the matter drop to any one
rot ewes his own family. On returning
home Mr.. Redmayne carefully read
over tho testimony given on Lewis trial
One filsst struck aim like a flash of light
nluS, s.SISNiS SOl1EAhly dNCiiVN 1ldb hO
lent hE5 knife 10 W ilson the day of the
murdei.. and that Wilson never returned
it. Mr.. Redmayne laid the whole matter
before his lawyef, and before week was
over Wdsom was lodged in jail.
The>tory of his having fallen heir to
property was soon exploded, and the tes-
timony of two persons showed that on
the night of the rnurder he was absent
from tie inn. The landlord himself tes-
tilted chat he let him in between eleven
and twelve o'cock that night, and that he
wA muilled up ard disguised. But still
there was something wanting to bring
home i0 him the crime of which he was
suspected. His. trunks were carefully
searched, and tb3letter written by Mr.. Red
maync, and hanted to Mr.. Bell on the
very day he was :murdered, was found at
the ho4t0m of one of them.
Wilsan was Committed for trial, and
that very night s1gangled himself in the
eel, with his susrseuder.
TraasuFsr HOmnarisOne.