Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-04
MURDER WILL OUT.
MVHDER IN OREDA DlErOV
ERED Ry MEAAS OF A
SINGLE RED HAIR.

~ LII REH HAIR.
A singular murder trial, IN which tn,
huyiction of man was affected
Srouoh circumstantial evidence, ha!
st been concluded at Crystal Lake, Fls
the spring of 1881, ~ young man
med Archibald w. Newton, who be
Ings 10 wealthy family ofhigh stand
g in England, made his appearance
that section bearing letters Of intro
ction to the manager of Company
Sandford, which stated that he was
hephew of one of the London stock
blders, and authorizing the manager
engage him at a salary of SS3 per
pnth.
He was a young man of fine appear
Ice and pleasing manners, and soon
came very popular, but his good repu-
zion was soon blasted and there was
k about forgeries that he was said to
I'VE committed, and in little while it
/, nois4d around that he was obliged
leave England on account of an out
be on a young girl named Miss Polly
5uron. At one time he visited New
brk, and when he returned brought n
hing woman with him, who he intro
Iced as his wife, and who II was sub
buently ascertained was sister of
girl he had wronged II also leak
out that he had sent money to her to
ne to this country, and had met and
krried her in New York. The couple
bk up their residence at Crystal Lake,
although he was looked upon with
kreat deal of suspicion, nothing def
e occurred until last fall.
Sear Crystal Lake there resi- ded a
In who had the reputation of being a
scr, named Samuel Mcmillan, and
was generally supposed that he car
b large sums of money on his person.
owned a large and valuable grove in
vicinity, and although il was we'll
Own that Newton had no money, it
Is also known that he was negotiating
th Mcmillan for the purchase of it.
Saturday evening, September 30 III
two men were seen together walking
yards Newton's house, and Mcmillan
Is never seen alive afterwards.
As nothing was seen of him for several
~, the neighbors became anxious at
uncxplain ed absence and instituted
barch, whi ch resulted in finding his
kdless bod Y on the 9th of October in
lake, badly mutilated by the fish.
ere was rope around the waist, to
Itch was fastened " sack containing
iron pot and quantity of nails suf-
ent to prevent the body from float
About week afterwards his
ii fp,,p.r fhn
h bullet hole in the back Of the
Pill, and when the brains were re-
wed a bullet dropped out which was
ind to exactly fit pistol which
|wton had borrowed, a few days
ore Mcmillan Disappeared, from a
ghbor, on the plea that he wanted to
b it for the purpose of shooting an
igator. Suspicion was directed to-
Ird Newton as the murderer, from
fact that shortly after McMil-
! disappeared he made grea dis
by of money, and said his wife's
Other in England, James Bouron,
a sent him $25, 600 for the purpose
Buying an orange grove on the lake.
After the body was found and the
acumstance of the bullet fitting the
ltol which he had borrowed became
own, he was arrested and taken
pre- a magistrate, who, after a pre-
binary examination, committed him
ttrial. When the case came before
Court his counsel were confident of
|acquittal, but they, as well as the
)soner and his wife, were somewhat :;
|ggored when the Irosecution {
eXpeCtedly introduced a woman, !,
|om they had brought from England,
prove that the BOurOn family were
worth 500, and consequently could ,
have sent him the $4,000 as he ,
imed. +
When this woman entered the Court i
(m she r. cognized the prisoner and i
wife and spoke to them both. He
|ked at her q moment, and then all
blood in his body seemed to rush to
face while Mrs Newton turned
pdly pale, ana remained several Sc $
DDS with upturnCd face and halfopen- c
lips as if petritied with astonish- =,
PIT. Her testimony upset the main [
|nt of the defense, that he had obtain.
|the money from England, and she '
''hiiA illO nhcl vi lliS |
pn Polly Bourcn, his wite's sister
But the greatest sensation, and the I
fning point in the trial came, when o
|. King Wyley testified that he had q
md in blood spot, on Newton's II
ndkcrchief when he examined il last
tober, a coarse red hair, that cores
hded exactly with the hair of the
ardered man. The examination had v
en made with microscope, and a
owed the blood corpuScles very dis r,
city, and dried fast to the handker- A
Jet was the hair. The evidence ofthe o
ysician removed whatever doubt that D
" have existed in the minds of the n
", and they alter short de|iberatiOn h
llrned a verdict of guilty of murder n
HE first degree. O,
n hen the jury came in with the YER fir
the prisoner dropped his head and IL
ned deadly pale, while . slight
NOR passed through his frame. He
N jumped to his feet and seizing his
made n motion as though he would jt
We the room but recollecting him. in
!, he resumed his seat and remained OF
n his head buried in his hands until of
cred to rise to his feet to receive the bl
ten"e of death, which was pro- fir
'nced by the Judge in il solemn and Dc
)ressive manner. This case is ont, W
''ler exemplification of the ola v,
ge that murder will out" and W
frequently the smallest and most al
lotlced circumstance will lead to the
Vlction OF the perpetrator,
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od and removing all dyspeptic IN
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