The Newtown bee., 1878-07-25
A CRUEL MURDER.

Last Thursday afternoon murder was committed in Hanover ta district of
 thls toNnl. which hns caused consider able eXclieas'nt and Indignation. Il aIfsafs thnt two men named respectively Martin SlrNLman and Michael MeNa- mnm were at work in A hay field helongAag to Mr, Thomas Riley. situate near ihe Tunnel, and il,a house form,
 Iy occupied by Mr. Vim. Hoy. These men, In company with Mir. Thos. Riley, Michael Riley. and wm. NcNaman had worked peaoealdyidi day until about 3, 3O o'clock. at n1teh tImo lduitng the absence uf n1l the ss-n excepting Martin and Michael McNpnnt7,J lt k said occur, rcd the dinI,ulty which led to the murder
 News of tha murder wus brought to this yIllug,, and the services of officers Camp and BlackmQn secured. The officers went out to the scene of the murder, nnd found Michael McNamaa who was on his way to give himself up. The officers took the man in custody, and visited the house of Mir. Patrick Ready, where Martin McNanara had becn removed to, and found that the man was dead. The officers returned with their prTsohcr to the village and kept him until next morning out of hams way. The body of Mir McNamara Was placed m"a wagon and taken to his home, followed by the hcart-broken wife and grief-strickon friends. Sheriff San ford. hearing af the murder and the many runners connected with it, hurried over to Hanover to get the facts, and overlook the funeral cortege just before it reached the house of the dcceas ed The body was taken into the house 10 await the action of the authorities, who were busy impanncing q jury; but owing to the excitement and the latenes5 of the hour.J r.JusticeJohn Mooney alrang- ed to hold the inquest next m irning. Constable BiacknIan, with twelve citi- zens, accompanied by Justice Mooney went in the early morning to the house of Martin McNamara, and after every thing was in readiness Justice Mooney swore in the jurors, all of whom viewed the body and saw the wounds. The justice then adjourned the inquest to the town clerks office where several wit ncsses wore summoned. On reaching the hall it was found to be impossible to get some of the most important witnes- ses present until the afternoon; so Justice Mooney again adjourned the 'inquestuntil o'clock. Previous to this, however, the jurors elected Sheriff Aaron Sanford foreman and Mir John F. 'GrifIln,dlefk of;the jury.
 Promptly at 1 o'clock Justices Mooney and Betts opened the inquest by the sweafingiiH of the-following witnesses: Amos Sanford, Michael Riley, wm. Me- Namara, John H. Blackman, Katie Hughes and Annie Brennan.
 The first witness called to the stand was Michael Riley, son of Mir. Thos. Ri- ley, who stated that he lived in Nolwalk and that he was on visit to his fathers and on the day of the murder was help ing to get hay; he stated also that lie knew Michael McNamara (the prisoner) and Martin McNamara (the murdered anan). The witness then. gave an account s0f what transpired during the day up to the time'Gf the murder, which was that his father had employed these two men ito gethay, and theywere peaceable. At the hour of noon his father and Wm McNamara left the field with load of hay, leaving only three in the field, con- ,sisting of Martin and Michael McNamara and himself, raking hay. About 3.3O o'clock the witness wanted match, and
  .one could be found, and went to a maple ffsc standing ill the lot where Martins vest was, to get the matches; on finding them the witness tried to light one, but found that damp; he called to the men and told them that the matches would mot flight. Michael McNamara then tdld witness to go to his house and get some, and to take the water jug along The witness went from the field, and returned inside of ten minutes, and on looking for the two men where he had last seen them, was astonished to find no one; the witness said he turned and looked toward the road leading to the field, and saw Michael McNamara coming with loading fork in one hand and the handle of a manure fork in the other, and Michael covered with blood on seeing which the witness said to Michael: "In the name of God, what have you done?" Michael replied, as near as lean recollect: "G-d d-n him, l will learn him!" Witness asked what had become of Martin. and Michael repiied: You will find him in the bushes" The witness then went to find Martin, and found him lying in 8 cart path; lifted him up and spoke to him. but he could not reply; his head fell upon his breast, and witness believing the man to be badly hurt, began to call for help, and on looking over toward the Housatonie railroad track saw some