The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-26
CIRCUnsTAyHAL EVIDENCE.

will supply hCtItiOuslv-Mary Adams,
was missed from her home. Her disap-
pe,IaRee caused intense excitement. and
that excitement ran Wild when at lengt
twas announced that she had been muir
deTed. Her body had been found on
the shore of a tributary of the Hudson
river, with bruises upon her head, when
gave ample evidence that her death had
been a violent one.
Such bruises might have been received
by falling upon the rocks above the spot
where the remains we're found, but there
were other circumstances that p9ihteu
IN another and more ghastly dllecJloh.
A Young man uamed W IlLlan gay
poIp Wis arrested under ACCUSATION OF
the murder Of Mary Adams. \ pre-
Iimfuarv examination before Justice
afforded sufficient evidence TO bind him
over To appear before a jury. Claypole
had waited upon Miss Adams Tor year
or more. and during the twO or three
months last past their intercourse had
not been of the happies5 kind.
She was proved TO have been gay and
laUguter-luyinE- with light volatile
disposition, a heart warm and impuIsIye.
and impatient OF restraint. ClaypOle, il
appeared, had been exceedingly Jealous
and eXacting. prone totault finding, and
ready To- make bis alianced miserable
and fearful If She dared tolUOl smiling
ly upon another man.
II was proved hv several witnesses
that ClaypoIe had threatened Miss
Adams with terrible vengeance if he
ever caught her doing certain trihiug
things again; and d man OF the town
a man respectable and reliaUle-had seen
the twain together in angry discussion
ON thavcrv night Of the disappearance.
He had been on his way home on foot,
and walking leisureiy along by the river
bank. NOT hundred yards from where
the dead body lad been found. He had
heard CIaEuOll use language of terrible
significance, and one sentence, spoken
loudly and distinctly, lie could repeat
word for word, and swear TO it.
u was n bright moonlight evening.
and he had gained hut a short distance
from The angry pair when he saw the
man grasp tine girl hy the arm and fierce
ly cAg.alm
"II rather Kill yoI and throw your
body into TINS cold food than live under
such torture rs you've made me suffer
for he Last few weeks. Beware / tell
y0u, woman. / ann desperate. -
To this he man SWOrc most positively.
II remembered the cirCumst aucCS and
d., exact date. and this was the evening
npun which Mary had left her home not
10 return. William Claypole was com
mit.ed i9I trial and in due time was
brought before the jury.
II anything. the evidence before the
jury was more conclusive than had been
the preliminary evidence. There was
more of d.. and it all pointed directly to
the accused. in fact. If Mary Adams
had been killed, it was an absolute i'm
possibility that any one else could have
done it. That she could have killed
herself was a proposition not to he en-
tertai1gd.
William Cmypolc told his story. Most
of tie evidence he had heard he uckuOWl-
edged TO De true.
He had been exceedingly Jealous. and
he had threatened the girl. and though
he could not remember all that he might
have said under The Influence of strong
passion. set he would not DENY that the
man who htd reported his last terrible
speech upon the rivers bank had re-
eel I- correctly
He said he had been there with Mary
that evening. and he remembered that
hg slW the witness ON the road. After
seeing witness. Ae spoke the angry. i'm
pulsIve words To Mary. lie could only
swear to the simple fact chat very short
Iv after using the language just present
cd le had become startled at his own
fierce passions, and Had sent the girl
from Him-LlI blde her go TO her home,
telling her tlat Le hoped be III .ghJ never
see h,E again With THAT She lad left
him. and l. knew ln u"-e.
t.ayH-.o.5 story bore the stamp Of
truth -u everything save the bearing
upon il a. tlr fast already stated. No
body believed CHAT William CIayuoIe
ever uourlsasi murder iu bis heart. Tt
had been the cre.-u.e Of dreadful Inn
pulse
let t.e evidence was ali against him
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hang doubt. and he was found guilty
Ct murder
one bright. n,es-Ju. dav. while VIII
liam Jlaype.n Iay crushed and broken iu
the dark cell. and while -Le people SHOOK
their heads lu SORROW that one So Young
and promising should meet sp terrible
fate-nu such g day Mary Adams ap-
psIrsI before tine iaIlor and demanded
to So. the prisoner who Lad been ac-
Cusod Of her murder.
The jailgG came nigh TO taiutiUg with
superstItiuus terror; bat by and bv the
applicant succeeded iu convincing him
that she WAS q thing of flesh aEd blood
like other women. and he admitted her
10 the prison. We need uu- dealT.b
the scene tlUl followed the meeting Of
the l.E.r=. su slM8 RESPECTS f. Was
sacred. lu .ue lime tue custJJisus of
judicial power auI authority came to
the prison, where they listened to- "a new
rsy,lst.gu.
Mary Adams was bot dead "a. all,
The STORY which l.r lover had told was
true. ON the night of the quarrel. fear
ing that le might do some rash thing.
and really desir1us. for tho time. of get
ting ont of his way. and beyond his
knowledge. she returned secretly to her
home. where shamHde uFa small bundle .
ut necessary clothing. and then. uu-
known To any oue, she crept away. and
bet0Ie morning was beyond the 10ssibiI-
lty of reach or recognition.
Having found % new home iu a far
away, mountainous region. she bad not
seen any newspaper until she h.tI teen
sersrtl weeks u her new home. She F.
read the account of her own death and
the arrest OF Lsr old lover for the muir
der with establishment and now She had .
come tU se- matters right
As fortune wUu.l have it. ON the very .
day OF Hiss Adams return an officer
from an insane asylum appeared iu search .
Of an escaped patient whom. after weeks .
Of labor. Ls had succeeded in tracing i'm .
that direction.
He saw the garments which had been
taken from the BODY Of the dead woman. .
and recognized them at once as belong .
inE fg hs patient
The uitals. M. & which had been
supposed To stand for Mary Adams .
were really meant TO rearas sent Morton
borough Asylum. The officer saw Miss
Adams and declared that If be had met .
her on the highway u- iu crowded
public conveyance be should certainly .
have arrested her. Her resemblance 10 /.