The Portland daily press., 1882-04-17
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
The Decomposed Body of q Man
Found in Ravine in Quebec.
BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF CAPT. P.
JACKSON OF BOSTON.

RIcHFoRD, VT, April i5-Yesterday an
unknown man was found in deep ravine on
the mountain, in Sutton, Que, about five
miles from here, by some children at play.
The body lay in brook, With large stone on
the head, and was so decomposed that it can
not be identified. 1t was nearly stripped of
flesh. On the body there was found letter
dated at Brighton, Eng, June 2S, 1881, signed
by NJ FL. Jackson, sister of the deceased. By
the contents of the letter the supposition is
made that the deceased possessed large sum
of money. The letter also spoke of his good
habits, and was beautifully cor,posed, and it
goes to show that he was no tramp, but man
who occupied high position in society and
possessed much wealth. The body had evil
IDENTIFY lain in the water all winter, and the
man must have been murdered and the body
brought there late last fall and thrown there
as place of concealment, as the place is very
obscure, up among the mountains. Excite
ment runs high. Two servant girls working
at the hotel at Sweetsburg last fall testify that
they heard cries of murder one night, and a
window. was raised up stairs and a man thrown
out. He was carried away as quickly as possi-
be They tried to raise the window, but
could not, and were SO frightened that they
dare not leave their room until daylight, when
they Immediately related the circumstance to
a lawyer, who advised them to keep quiet for
the safety of their lives, and to quietly leave
the hotel. This they did, and about the same
time man was missing, and he has not been
seen since. There is a supposition that he was
murdered for his money, thrown out OF the
window and carried to this remote place.
LATER.
BosToN, April 16 : The Advertiser will say
in the morning that there are strong circum-
stantial grounds for believing that the body
of the supposed murdered man found near
Sutton, p O., Friday, is that of Capt Pilking-
ton jackson, we'll known in this city. He has
been associated here with Mr.. Walter Smith,
curator of the Normal Art School, and has
been in the employ Of Louis Prang q Co. and
of James r. Osgood & Co. He was a skilful
draughtsman and took g, eat interest in indus
trial art upon which subject he has lectured iu
various parts of the country. Captain Jack.
sons title was a military one he having been
captain of the English Royal Artillery at Glib
raltar. He came to this country about 10 years
was a tall, fine-looking man, with heavy sandy
naoustache and gentlemanly address. He
claimed to have been the inventor of the post
library system of the English army and that
in establishing those libraries he spent the bulk
of his private fortune. His claims in this di-
rection he substaptiated by voluminious cor
in his possession from Florence
and English officers bearing upon
the subject. Wherever be went he quickly intro
duced himself into tho best society and por-
traits of members of his family showed his
wife and relatives to be people of refinement.
A letter was found on the deceased bearing
date of Brighton, England, and apparently
from a sister who lived in Brighton, and who
wrote him frequently. Last summer he went
to Maine where he delivered lectures on art
and later he was employed as agent for
check protector by New Bedford firm. He
was to go first to Lowell then up through New
He left several trunks in his room
in Boston and no one who knew him here has
heard from him since last autumn. al