Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-29

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Lancaster papers about the murder by
Jas. Shaw, at Bartville, Pa, of his wife,
dated 4th of March, NO year given. The
police believe the unknown to have been
Shaw. Do you know anything about it ?
Was Shaw ever captured Please an
swer. THE DAY.
To which a prompt answer was re-
turned from this Office, giving descrip-
tion of Shaw and an account of his crime,
and asking for further particulars as to
the marks of Identification on the un-
known. .t... ..rt
VERY PROBABLY SHAW.
More Testimony Pointing to His Identity.
Baltimore Day of this Morning.
Certain facts which appear to throw
light upon q murder that occurred in
Pennsylvania recently were yesterday un-
earthed by DR.. E. Van Note, of the City
hospital. On the 18th of last March
middle aged man was admitted to the hos.
pital suffering from a wound in the calf
of the right leg, which he stated to DIR. j.
Frazer Thomas he had himself acciden-
tally inflicted with a brOadax' while hew-
ing a table. Eryispolas followed, and he
was treated for this. In a few weeks the
wound healed and the erysipelas gave
promise of being ultimately cured, but
the knee-cap became intlamed, sup
puration set in and on the 18th
of the present month the man
died of suppurative exhaustion. On his
admission to the hospital he gave his
name as John Campbell and said he was
As years old, widOwer, and farmer and
carpenter living in Baltimore county.
During his sickness he was not asked
many questions, and it was frequently
noticed by the persons in charge of him
that he was careful to conceal his panta-
looms under his pillow, but no significance
was attached to tkis, it being supposed
that he wished to make his pillow higher
and more comfortable. When he died,
however, these pantaloous were taken pos
session of by the hospital authorities and
their contents examined. A heavy billy,
several pistol cartridges and q constitution
and bylaws of Lodge 100, l. o. o. F., of
Christiana, Pa, were what the pants con
tanned. DIR. Van Note, resident physician,
to whom the articles were handed, ne
elected to make a minute examination Of
them, attaching no special Importance to
them, and laid them away i'll cupboard.
The man was buried by the city, as he
had no relatives here.
About that time DR.. Van Note was at
tackled with slight case Of smallpox and
went to quarantine. Having recovered he
was informed by DR.. Thomas that during
his absence he (ThOmas) had casually ex-
amined tho book left by Campbell, and
found that it contained newspaper clippir gs
and other things which seemed to identify
the deceased as an escaped murderer from
Pennsylvania. DR.. Van Note made
careful examination of the book,
which was a small printed publi-
cation, and between the leaves he
discovered two short newspaper clippings,
which by the advertisements on the back
seemed to place them az published in
Lancaster, Pa. Both we're correspond
ence from Christiana, Pa. The larger one
was dated March Z, but what year was
not stated in the dispatch, nor could it be
discovered anywhere in tho clipping. The
contents were substantially as follows
Here appears brief account of the
Shaw homicide substantially as has here
tofore been published in tho INTELLIeEN-
CER.1
The smaller clipping was also dispatch
from Christiana confirming the facts as
told in the larger one in a few words and
without additional particulars. Looking
further in the book, DIR. Van Note found
note given by James Shaw to another
party, payable at the Oxford banking
company, Oxford, Pa. On the back of
the paper was "Mr. Eckman-Dear
Sir : Please pay to the bearer, Jas. Shaw,
So. will be responsible for it's return.
Yours truly, John Simpson," There was
also small slip of paper containing re-
ceipt by tax collector for 90. so from Jas.
Shaw for state aud county taxes. Thelast
article which came under the physicians
notice was a business card of a sewing
machine agent, the reverse side of which
was 50 soiled that only the words 3" No.
1O40 Clarion street between Broad could
now be deciphered. The fy-leaf of the
book containing all these articles bore the
name "James Shaw" and the words Il
belong to this order in case Of accidents."
DR.. Van Note very naturally thought he
had alighted on page in some dreadful
tragedy, and felt no doubts but that the
man who died on the 18th of April at the
hospital was none other than James
Shaw, the murderer of his wife. He
therefore took the book, papers, &C., to
Police Marshal Gray, who stated last
night that he would to-day communicate
with the authorities in Pennsylvania
and clear IN the mystery surround.
ing tho case. The - marshal said
that he had received no request
from any one in Pennsylvania about the
date mentioned IN the dispatches to- look
out for Shaw, nor had be ever read. or
heard of the murder. DR.. Van Note says
that as we'll as he can remember the de.
ceased was about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with
dark completion, high, broad forehead,
prominent features, and full, close beard,
as though recently grown. He was very
quiet and retiring in his disposition, and
during his sickness gave very little trouble
to his attendants. DR.. Van Note does not
doubt but that the man was Shaw.
Market Matters.
At meeting of the market committee
of councils last night, John Cash was re-
elected assistant market master.
This morning Market Master Dorlsy
confscated besketful Of light weight
butter, which he sold by auction, and re-
allied from the sale $3.50-one half of
which goes to the market master.
The Central and Farmers Northern
markets were both we'll patronized o-day,
and the only complaint on the part of pur-
chasers was the scarcity and high price OF
earlv vepetables and the increasing prices