Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03

Dig him up, poor Brorser y said the
miller, and accordingly che men vent Is
work. -7
Presently one gave loud exclama alton
OF horror, and sprang back, saying:
Good God boys Do you call that a
dogy The hunters clustered about the
excavation, and beheld human hand
which the spade had uncovered.
Calvin Tyler gazed for a moment at the
horrible spectacle, and then started back
with white face
Hold him !" cried the leader of the
party" don't let him stir foot now.n
But the miller did not attempt to fly.
Before God, never buried any thing
In this coner but my poor dog" he said,
solemnly.
For several minutes the spade threw
the earth out, and the body of man ex-
posed. The CHASTITY face was upturned to
the lantern light, and every one recog-
nized it as as that of Mr.. Marble.
Bring him up and let him look into
the hole!n
Calvin Tyler did not have to be led to
the grave. He walked forward with firm
step, and beheld the sickening sight.
" 1t is David Marble" he said. but
God knows that never put him therer
A msment later he put his hand to his
forehead, and reeled from the grave with
fainting cry
There's guilt for you said the
poacher. g l don't believe that he ever
buried dog in this hole
"And the assizes will not believe it.
either,' said one Of his companions. The
discovery in the cellar spread like wild
fire, and the body was removed from its
grave OF gloom. The skull was found to
have been fractured by some blunt and
heavy weapon, which medical men said
drove pieces of the skull into the brain,
which produced almost instant death.
After the removal of the corpse from
the mill, the grave was further searched,
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 innocence; but now no one held tc
that opir ion, and. foredoomed, the unhap.
Ply man went to his trial 1t was in vain
that his family testified to the miller's
telling them of the death and burial Of
the dog three days previous to Marbles
going to the mill; vain, too, the mans
aversions of his innocence. The finding
OF the missing mans corpse in the cellar
in the very corner where he had sworr
to the interment of the dog-weighed
most heavily against him, and he was
found guilty and sentenced to be hung il
chains.
But apetition praying the high court
to spare his family the deep disgrace tha
would forever attach itself to them if the
awful sentence was carried out, secured
the punishment of decapitation, and the
unlucky man was accordingly executed
He protested his innocence to the very
! last, and met his doom with much com
| posture.
Throughout the region round abou
Tewkesbury it was universally believed
that the guilty had been punished anc
the honor Of the law fully vindicated. /
was noticed on the trial that Sir Perc,
Haskell, a celebrated surgeon, gave it a.
his belief that David Marble had beer
dispatched by one blow, whereas tn,
thieving fisherman had sworn to having
heard too deadened blows in the mill OF
the eventful night. But the surgeon
evidence did not tend to help the accused
The miller had said that he broke il
the heading of cask with two blows, il
Marbles presence; but this explanation O
| the noise was not credited.
Shortly after the millers execution hi
family left Tewkesbury, and all traces O
them b ;came lost. The mill was Stunned
by the superstitious, and another had Il
be erected to keep the patronage athome
Although we have followed the mile
of Tewkesbury to his death, the story o
the crime does not end here.
Three years after the execution, the Ear
Of Sudbury's gamekeeper fired at poach
er, and heard sharp cry of pain. In tn
darkness search for the theft proved una
vailing, and the matter was dismissed
from the gamekeeper's mind.
Two days later, dead man was fount
under shelving bank not far from tn
scene of the shot. It was evidext that h.
had been dead for twelve hours. Nobod,
recognized him, but the piece Of pape
which had dropped from his hand told .
| IoiAiDle Stoly IL Ievealeu secret WHICH
must have haunted its guilty possesso
like the ghost of the murdered dead
This document contained blood-stains
and was written in a poor, ragged han,
as follows:
g l am Roswell Gordon, of Tewkesbury
dying from shot received by Sudbury
gamckeeper, and declare before God, an
with the judgment before me, that wha
| am going to say is true. Three year
ago Calvin Tyler was executed for til
murder of David Marble, merchant. II
was innocent. I, Roswell Gorden, did tn
deed. 1t was in this wise. had Ike
to the miller's back door, and used to PC
my flour by theft. I saw Mr.. Marble an
the miller in the mill on the Goth. TIL
miller paid him six hundred and ninet
pounds. The merchant went out the bac
way; I followed and struck him ono
with a bludgeon. He fell down quit
dead. After the miller left the mill
carried the body into the cellar, an
buried it where l had seen the miller pu
his dead dog three nights before. tn
dog took away and buried it near m
house. poisoned the animal, for h
bothered me at the mill. pot Mr. Ma,