The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08
rxv srosY OF 4 HUMAN sxULk.
see - Jusk Dsalss ~ Dsys. $50 Csaassts1
with y Mysssvy q ThSssy Years Age.

SEQ - Jusk Dea1se ~ Dsys. aa1 Ceasestee
With u lsysssvy q TAsssy Yssss Ass.
NoRwALx. June A few days ago Nor
walk junk man. who travels through tho towns
In tho western portion OF Fairfield county buy
ing old bones. was In westport. The boys in
that place anticipate his coming. and make
II 4 business to collect every bone they
can find. a. they arc sure OF tho cash
at half Q cont . pound the moment
the goods are weighed and delivered.
In tho Poor Town" district the dealer fell In
with two Patterson boys. Of whom no pur-
chased bones that had evidently lain In the
ground for some time. and had become blsaoh-
ed and mouldy. The boys said they had COLI
lected them from dooryards In tho neigh
borhood. Tho dealer. BIZ long familiar
ity with his business. 10 able to de-
tsct instantly tho kind OF bones no 10
handling. and while throwing the bones into
tho wagon he said: This IL an OK bone. this .
cows. these belonged to sheep. and these to
swine." explaining the peculiaritios Of each.
Then no came to bone larger than
tho othcrs. and said: THAT IL . hu.
man bone. and came from the thigh
OF man." A moment later o mans skull
came to view. and the boys wore horrllled.
On n. The bs sSs :. SSnS
sha. the person to yhom T. on9e belonged % nus!
issencs oi the skull. and could not tsll where
'nSSs st way to Norwak tn. dealer s.opgsd
Ephrsim Osborns market. on this yest SIDE Of
me bridge II to whom he tod the
many Years ago. and Sat tSiity Years sso Robert
Saturday nigh. and wns never afterward seen:
as.s h si Sad 1ssssa from Di 9!
lived in NcrwAlI. near Peat swamp; He
week took his shoes 70 D,Eeman. and got his
pay. On tho night in question no went ITO to
~ :gr o SS AZ as ssSFn Who Ina hsi
an Infant three weeks old. called OH Diksman,
much sgtatsd. and wanted 70 know 4 be h had
seen = him he was walking toward the village:
found. II was. KNOWN 10 many. however. that
Time ran On: ana ne story q Rsymonaas dis:
shsrs wss It.is doSbs Of isui, play; others that
opinion. was That he met his fate, III the liquor
been received. and many dark deeds had been
and is yet believed that man WINS murdered
there at the time that Raymond disappeared
The theory is that Raymond WAS ehot In tho
store, his pockets rified, and hts body loaded
up with offal from the shamb,es. and taken to
the Poor Town district to place whore refuse
was deposited. and there thrown into hog
pen or hurried in a shallow grave. The date
Of Raymond's disappearance. the character Of
the place where he was last seen and that OF
the proprietor soon afterward spent almost his
entire estate 70 save himself from State Prison.
blance in form and size to that OF the missing
mnn. all seem to strengthen the belief that tho
junk dealers purchase contains u clue which
may lsnd to the solution OF the mystery OF Ray.
monde disappearance.
Mrs.. Raymond still lives in the house whore
Ing with age. Is still anxious for intelligence OF
the long missing man. The proprietor Of the
liquor store lives about four miles north OF
Wsstport. A man named Downes OF Cranberry
Plains. in NOrwalk. was In tho store ON tho
night that Raymond disappeared. and. while
he will disclose nothing OF what Is alleged to
have occurred there. he makes free to say that
II the walls could speak. each particular hair
Of tho listener would stnnd ON end.