Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-27
Whose Body 2

b,sy Of Albright, the murderer, ba
oiren rise to as great an interest as tn
aurIer o. Miller. A correspondent o
- HArrisburg Telegraph, from New
,o7t writes number of letters, reIa
;i,s 10 tSe finding Of the body and th
i,ouest on it, which are quite interest
ipG and vGlch We reproduce. The frs
rpe that we publish IS under date o
Aust Is. and reads:
AsI stated yesterday, Coroner Zlnr
ia company with Distric: Attorney Wal
Il. and jury of six men, with a num
~ II sar ysity- seekers, drove over tC
Nsr Buffalo graveyard, where the body
r.s inferred, sad on their way they
net the friends Of Albright returning
f-7,n the funeral of their supposed son
and brother Upon reaching the graFe-
Yard the body was resurrected, but hor-
,cr Of horrors, the stencil was such as
10 turn the stomachs of even sold sol
djsrs. who we're at hand. After the
eofia va brought to the surface and
opensl q most sickening sight greeted
tbs eyes Of all. Instead of the body
l5ing ID a proper position, the head was
Of and Iay ulder the left ann, anu the
ea;ive bod. was mass OF putrefaction,
even to falling TO pieces. Now, then,
Ia. the lawyers say,l could body de
compose in eleven days so rapidly as to
fall 10 pieces Inquire of your city
physicians The cave in which the
5oir rs :ouId is low, damp place,
entered ou!y By crawling snake fashion.
prs. Oryls aud Eby, who examined the
lody, disagree in their opinion, one as,
sertipg that i. night decay in that time,
and ,re other that the body has been
dead for not less than three weeks.
None Of the witnesses we're able to
IDENTIFY the body positively. The pres
suce Of the pistol, knife aud pipe Of al
brish Is rot bard 20 account for, when
the depths Of the "jOb" are looked
into.
Al ther evidence, aud the best, that
TIE UodT is not that of Samuel L. Al
bright, Is that Sam was minus finger,
and the body found contained two sound
hands ing eight full fingers and
Eoinumbs. This alone would explode
:ha theory that the body was that of
tie murderer As to there being bull
let hois III the head OF the dead man
there is DO doubt, but whether it was
ssli-iaAicted, or was the work of plot
ter after death, could not be determin-
ed from the condition OF the body.
After hearing the evidence the in
quest was adjourned TO meet in New
port 10 day Aug l9) at one O'Clock,
vtsn the doctors will be put on the
stSld to testify as to their knowledge of
the time decomposition viii dissolve a
body, &c.
IL conversation with District At
tarney y aiiis this morning, be stated
that be could not recognize his best
ffs5d wlre his body III the condition OF
-; u the corpse found IN Girty's cave.
Ny theory is that the body was placed
IN tie cave by the friends of Albright
70 delude the officers from the hunt of
Albright, aud, If yea remember, some
four or FIVE weeks since the body of
nan vas found In the SusquehaDna
nysr above Duncannon by some fisher
mn, va -DchoTed it and reported the
l-, 20 Esq Nanfossen, of Duncauron,
Eio 10 turn secured a box, empaneled
: jury, and proceeded at once to the
locaity Indicated by the fishermen to
he'll an inquest and remove the body
.f5l the water. Wien they arrived at
The spot no bU5y was 10 be found. Might
Dot this te the body found in Girty's
cave
-. i4..acy of Michael Shatto notlc-
ing the stencil while passing along the
road at the cave is exploded, from the
:4ct that the entrance to the cave Is,
aceordilg to his own statement, l5U
feet almost perpendicular from the road
bed, Waere be said he discovered 1t.
Now, the3, did you or ary boGy else
ever hear of foul gases falling TO the
earth ilat distance Again, if Shatto
sneliei this pu,rid stencil on Tuesday
i last week, why did be Dot uake a
search at once!
This Shatto an Liddick, who found
the boi7, are both bosom friends of
Alright.
The Coroner's jury have left for Girtys
cave, where they iuteud to search ~
the hope of iudlng some of the hair of
the dead man. The further We 60 the
deeFer the job thickens.
A letter written on the Doth, says:
TIE jury returned from their visit to
The cave during the afternoon, after
haVlnl, made thorough and full exam
iuz..On Of it aud the surrounding coun-
Try, The report they give corresponds
With the description already sent you
1t seven o'clock the Coroner called his
good men aad true" together IN Cen
te-aial Hall, and proceeded with the
inquest. Newport's interest in the at
islr was evidenced by the large attend
shee OF her citizens at the inquest. 1t
was motley assembiage and much in
,erested in the proceedings. Michael
easttO, bosom friend of Albright, was
'ne hrst vItness sworn. After very
'sF questions to the point he was al
i'Ted to 90. Probably he was not
needed because he could say very little,
sod What he lid say was SO Inconsistent
ana unreliable that 20 one present. man-
me'iei any belief IN his story. On
tuesday of last week his attention was
INST attracted by a disagreeable smell,
saAe be was ridlBg along t1e road. lie
,aousat II peculiar, ara on Saturday
'gN'SIng while passing along the same
pace discovered The same offensive
sleii. These excited his suspicious
'aat something was wrong, and in com
e1ny With neighbo to whom he con-
naed his suspicious, he visited the
scene After considerable search the