Connecticut western news., 1878-05-16

where Ten Eyck asked for some matches and obtained two. Johnson got bag of corn of MT. Boaldman and left Ten Eyck's company and went home. Ten EYck was soon after seen passing through MT. Car | ley's ) ard, and going across the fields went to the house of M. Freeland. another color ed man, where he got supper aud obtained some more matches, which was. as Free land stated, between 4 and o'clock. From
 Freeland's he went straight across the fields
 and passing through some bars came out on
 the road at a point just below the Carey
 house, his route indicated on the map by
 the dots across the fields. Going down the
 road few rods he met the Carey boy, and
 made inquiries about the butter, etc., and
 which, as stated by the boy, was little
 past o'clock. From this point nothing
 was seen or heard of him, of which there is
 any evidence, till he made his appearance
 at the drug store and bought some hair dye.
 and which was twenty minutes past 2
 o'clock.
 It has been said the counsel for Ten Eyck
 will endeavor to show that after leaving the
 Carey boy, he had not time to commit this
 murder and walk to the drug store and get
 there at the time it is said he arrived. Let us see if this is a fact. The distance from
 the point in the road where he met the Ga. rey boy to the drug store, following the road all the way, is 35 rods more than IA
 miles, and putting the time of meeting the l of tuap poiprfno (ann if , scarcely SO late as that according to the :: boys statement there were two full hour' . of time before he arrived al the drug store and who will say one hour is not more time
 than is needed to walk the distance of ? l.. I. miles and the few rods more than that dis k, tance mentioned above? Allowing an hou l tor ths distance, he would have anothe !; full hour in the Stillman house. But h' j. had more time than that. On the map will be seen line of dots reaching from Tel EYck's house to the bridge over the Housa ' tonic rlver. These mark a straight patl as across the meadows. which it has been hi E custom, as well as that of all in that neigh L. borhood, to take in going on foot to the vi r; lage and in fact they almost never woul s- go the long way around the road. There IS, fore the inference is, that on the night c sa this murder Ten Eyck crossed in this path o' which would make the distance only 62 a. rods; l5 rods short of two miles, di' "a tance that can easily be walked Tn half a ae hour, and which would give Ten Eyck fa w. ly an hour and c ha!f in Ms StSllnaa c. house. Thus it is: These facts, togetht ar, with the evidence of threats he has breatl h' cd out against these old people, and for | h. reason only because they sometimes refuse ,0 him cider; the character of the man whO'
 lifelong reputation is that of desperatel he bad and dangerous person, of whom g he who had anything to do, or lived near hin di. were afraid: all these facts, we say, poll ,ts with what is certainly regarded as au une
 ring finger to JoEn Ten Eyck as the nude
 CT of MT. and Mrs. David Stillman.
 There is one other fact in connectic . with this terrible crime that is by no meal
 unlmportant. Mir. and Mrs. David Sti an man were murdered, and the axe found ( * the floor covered with the gore of the vi wo tims told plainly that they were murder yid with that instrument in the hands of son bIe person and there has not in all the mont av, that have passed since the tragedy has be- in discovered. the slightest shade of eviden ,is- pointing to any person whatever but ere John Ten Eyck. If Ten Eyck is innoce m- and the crime was committed by another, SC. would not seem possible that this could .py SO.
 the Below is diagram of the room civ which the murder was committed.