Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

day, December 18th, 1S1S-Chester and his wlie
drove to Murcommock's shanty and asked
them to come down and visit them again, the
pretext being that Hattie should do some sew
ing for them They went. At dinner Royal
invited the Indian TO go with him through the
woods to Ira Cars home, about a mile and
half away, to get bis axe, and told him that they
could get plenty of cider over there and could
have good time. They started Immediately
after dinner, their guns over their shoulders and
the Indian was never seen alive again. II IL be
lieved that arriving at the spot where the body
was found on the ensuing Friday, land wilder
and more inaccessible spot does not exist In Yer
mont, 80 rough and precipitous that many Of the
Oldest inhabitants had never been there before
the murder,) that Royal fell behind him and shot
him In the right shoulder with the gun in order to
disable him, and then shot him three times with
the revolver one shot passing through the heart
and another through the BRAIN Royal then lett
him, went to Ira Cars passed the night, and tie
next morning returned, shot the dog and covered
both bodies up. lie returned to Chesters on Thur
day noon, and after asking OF Hattie, " Hasn't he
c)me2" told her that her husband and he had
parted on the mountain and that he had probably
gone away During the preceding day and night
Royal proposed to her to live as man and wife,
told her that he and " Chef" would work hard
and clothe her well, and that he would buy
another bed for her and him to sleep in, and they
would then be comfortable. She rejected all these
proposals with disdain, and, becoming convinced
that there had been foul play, besought Chef"
to go out and search. lie refused to go on various
1msy pretexts, and on Friday the poor little
woman went into the forest herself, followed the
tracks till she became bewidered and frightened
and had to return Her approximations to Chef"
however became SO sharp that on Friday he be-
came convinced that concealment was no longer
| possible, aud taking with him two OF the neigh
| bors, Mnot NJ Harris and Nathaniel Hersey, he
| led the way TO the corpse. On Saturday large
crowd went to the spot in company with the civil
authorities Of Worcester the corpse Of Murcom-
mock was removed to the Corner, the body of the
dog was found, and one set of the tracks leading
to and from the place was Unidentified beyond
question to be Royals. Chef soon after went to
Canada with his family, and cannot be induced
to come into Vermont upon any consideration
| The Indians wife now lives in Lisbon, New
Hampshire, near her fathers home in Lyman She
is very modest and pretty appearing young
woman, and told her terrible story on the wit
ness stand in a most convincing manner. Royal
Carr was arrested on the Friday evening after the
murder, and having been bound up by a court of
examination, was confined in Washington county
Jail where he has ever since remained lie has
already served a term of ten years in the state
prison for the murder Of a woman named Mary
+. LOOMS at Worcester in 1868 Carr held the
woman while her brother-in-law, Austin J. LOOMS
| do al har nd rduh ai, I'D
strangle her to death. Carr and LOOMS were in
dicted for murder in the first degree. LOOMS es.
capped through lack OF evidence. Carr was con
victed by means of his own confession; but the
crime was reduced to manslaughter by the skill
of his counsel, Hon. Homer w. Heaton, who put
in evidence tending to show Royals mbect,
and who succeeded in making the Jury believ,
that his client had not mind enough To COMM,