The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-19

On low bed in the middle of the room
Mrs. Clymer lay with the child by her side.
little way off, on the same side as the
child, the negro giri lay on a mat. On a
small table near the centre window lamp
burned dimly. This was the state of
Things at ten O'Clock on the night of July
21, when the household retired.
At midnight, as a gentleman well known
to the family, passed the house on horse
back on his way home, about mile distant,
everything was quiet. He observed the
light in the ColOners chamber, and as be
walked his horse slowly past the dwelling
the front door opened, aud negro girl
carrying a child in her arms descended the
steps and walked out of the shadow into
the moonlight, singing to the child and
pattng it upon the back. The gentleman
passed close to the girl and said "Is the
Colonel in bed ?''
eyes, sir,' the girl answered call the
house is abed but me. Baby's sick and
restless, and | came to walk him up and
down in the cool air and get him TO Sleep
The gentleman bade the girl good night
and rode on.
Next morning, just after daylight, when
all the household was astir, a horrible
shrek and a cry of "Murder, Murder, -
rang through the house and startled even
the meu at work in the stables aud out
buildings. Miss Merwiu, followed by sew
eTal female slaves, rushed to the Colonel's S
bed chamber. The door was aiar They
pushed it open and entered. a fearful
| spectacle met their gaze.
The Colonel in bis night-dress was kneel
! ing by the side of the bed in the middle of
/ the room, gazing with horror stricken
/ countenauce on his wife and child. AS
| Miss MeTwin approached he exclaimed in
| heartrendiug tones
! ''Dead both dead Both murdered
! here beside me, and l shall be accused OF
! the deed.
| Miss Mer4in drew near, and in an au-
| thoritative tone ordered the Colonel to rise.
( Then she examined the two lifeles bodies
| on the bed. They were still warm. The
! tongue of Mrs. Clymer protruded, and a
| cloth was tied tightly around her throat.
! On the neck of the child were marks as oil
! pimples. The most remarkable thing was
! that the body of Mrs. Clymer was seated
! in bed with the back against the head
| board.
Miss Merwin would allow nothing to be
! touched until the arrival of the authorities.
! a Coroner's inquest was duly summoned,
and the bodies were duly examined. The
| infant had been strangled, and Mrs. Cly
| mer's back was broken, and tied tightly
around her neck was a handkerchief mark
| ed with her husbands S name.
| Colonel Clymer was accused of the crime
| and arrested. When his trial came the
| principal witness against bin was his wife's
| sister. The quarrels between the Colonel
and his wife were referred to, and every
| instance in which the former had been
reused to use angry expressions was de.
/ tailed at length. The violence used by the
! Colonel in rescuing the valuable papers
| from his wife's hands, as before alluded to,
| was msrepresened and exaggerated but
! especially was the quarrel with his wife
the night of the murder, respecting the
| girl Fanny made to tell against the unfur-
/ Uunate husband. 1t was in vain that he
/ protested his innocence and that his conn
sci explained away, by rebutting testimony,
much that was brought against the prison
! OF. His wife's friends were resolved that