Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-15
COL. GREENW0OUs MrRDER

Mrs. OR EENwooDs RETURN HoME-wHAT TIE
MExIc AN PAPERS SAY ABOUT THE MURDER-
THE FUNERAL MEMORIAL OF PROMINENT
MEXICAN CITIZENS.
Mrs. Greenwood wife of Col. Vim. II.
Greenwood, who was murdere by party of
natives few miles outside the City Of Me1i-
co on the 10Th of August las I, arrived at her
home in Dummerston last Saturday. Mrs.
Greenwood brings copies of several Mexican
papers which give accounts of her husbands
death. From one of these, the Two Repub-
lies, the only English paper published in the
| City of Mexico, we copy the following ex-
| tract:
It is melanc holy duty to the death Of
Of most worthy and useful American citizens
Col. william H. Greenwood a chief engineer Of high
repute aud engaged in the surveys for railroad pur
poses in the employ Of the sullivan and Palmer
| paay, who Sun day last murdered Rio
Hondo, on the public highway between TlAlnepAntla
| and this city. Mr.. Greenwood vas accompanied by
an assistant engineer and = servant Upon arriving
at bdrrdncd about mile from Rio Hondo, he sepa-
rated from his companions and proceeded ahead Of
them at increased pace with the object Of eIamin
! ing that locality.
| His companions saw him as he came from the bar
| rdHcd aud descended on the opposite side Of hill
and lost sight Of. They FASTENED in gallop with
the view Of join ng him, when in a short time they
upon his dead body lying in the road, perforated
by two bullets through the breast aud left hand
and another in the right hand. His horse and arms
missing, but his watch, money, and some impor
| tant papers, were untouched.
This unfortunate occurrence created a great sensa
tion in the capital. President DiAE exhibited much
indignation when he was informed Of the sad event.
and Immediately ordered the entire police machinery
of the District to be put in action to Gpprehend aud
punish the perpetrators Of the Iudacous crime. He
also directed Geographic notices the subject to be
sent to the governors Of the adjoining States, and to
the governor of the State Of Mexico where the crime
| was committed.
Mr.. Greenwood was q native Of Marlboro, N. H.
and was Is years Of age He was distinguished en-
| gineer and member Of the American Society of En-
gineers. He leaves wife, who accompanied him to
this capital, for whom society eutertains aud has
| pressed the warmest sympathy in her bereavement
under such trying circumstances
COLONEL GBEENwooD's FUNERAL.
| OF Col. Greenwood's funeral, the Cosmo-
| politan says;
| This mournful procession was attended by the
whole Of the Americans and Englishmen, large num-
| Der of Germans and Frenchmer, and by very many
cf the representative Mexcans who by this act wish
ed to protest against the crime also to show their
respect for the noble man science and society have
lost. His mortal remains rest in the American ceme-
tery-a monument Of the dedication OF man Of sci
| ence to the progress Of MeIieo-a monument to 4
| man who died in the discharge Of his duty over go
coaches formed the funeral corege and $50 persons
followed in the sad procession The pAlbeArers were
| Americans aud Mexicans
The above account gives nearly all that is
known of the circumstances of Col. Green
woods murder. The project ON which he
was engaged was the construction of a rail
road from the City of Mexico through to the
Pacific coast-an enterprise which he was
determined on pushing through within the
next five months. On the day of his muir
der he was riding in from camp 25 miles out
side the city, attended by his body servant,
and an assistant engineer with his servant
was also of the party. Col. Greenwood, from
some cause not fully explained, became sep