The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-21
MURDERED IN THE WOODS.
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL MADE ~
JAMES WAIHHkIGHT's BODY.

Green Oak Leaf between the Hssmer
and the Loek-nIs Sens Arrested.
TOMS RIVER. N. j., Sept. 2o.-In front Of
the stores and hotels and ut the lighted street
corners In Toms River tonight crowds are ex-
citedly discussing the mystery that hangs
around the murder Of James Wainwright near
his residence. two miles from here. In lonely
oak thicket. on Monday last. That the murder
had been committed was not known until
last. and not until to-day did Public
Prosecutor Thomas W. Middleton arrive at
Toms River and begin an investigation. Vain
wright. with his wife. a daughter. Emoline. az
years old. and three sons. George. 20 years old.
Charles. II. and Hooper. q little boy. lived In
story and a half frame house surrounded by q
little patch Of ground on an untravelled road.
Dense woods OF scrub oak and pine stretch
away from the house on every side. Vain
wright was born in Toms River fifty-eieht
years ago. went into the Union army two years
before the war ended. and remained until Il
closed. Since his return home he has worked
at odd jobs in summer and hunted for coons.
muskrat and mink. for their skins. In winter.
He was inoRensive and OF a social disposition.
Between himself and his wife. however. there
was o misunderstanding. arising. It 10 said.
from jealousy Of his wife. who ia not above
suspieIon. He ate. ~ 10 said. at q table apart
ing he started from home shortly after Q
o'clock with his scyths on his shoulder. and
ERns Il III front %og yas e TUms HSs
passed through the barnyard, where hts son.
George Wainwright was milking the COW, he
on into the oak thicket.
dead. H. had been gone BUT but few Minutes
sfSas. Is TSes - ssys Sc h Ssl!eSsd " sssSe:
minute a second shot echoed through the
woods. George picked w his pail OF milk, went
she heard tho shots and Rroans. She heard the
shots; she said but not tho organs: Nothing
T%s done BY them n th way Of
cause cause OF Of %sinwrishfs unaecoantsbls dissp.
over night Without telling them q his plans.
S On SassTs sp hut to
Robbins told him that two Of biz Wal n wrightsj
cousins had come to town, and wanted to SEQ
father since Monday but he said nothing about
mas I'm, a. o 4. Ssa S q ss i
messengers to Walnwright,s. but they met with
indifferent replies. On Thursday ssarshing
wrisht's house. He had taken anoid wagon
road leading half q mile through the woods to
hs edge his as s was
wsre Kicked aside. and there was revealed tho
dSrs. On the dead oak leaves and pine needles
were blood stains.
and leave. were tramplel. bent. and smearsi
with blood. as II the body had been dragged
along by q man who lifted the so head and
eager crowd followed the, trs!! until It s crossed
the road Z. "e There the
driven f into the woods from the Toms River
tho DAT saplings that. barred It's course. A now
used. At the main road the track could not b,
~. sss
found rolled up and thrown INTO . s@amp,
to h9 s .soh.
suspicion fell first on J; Il. Metzei. q neigh
Wainwright. shot two Of Observation-Disclosures
long and slopEe s the
les les Few yards from tie scene ii The mardsl
Hsysns, n showed that n ~. Mn MN q S s5an:
Charles and George Wainwright we're arrested.
Charles said that he had gone to his work on e,
ths es
Tuesday he and Jefferson Thompson. a fellow
employee. who lives near him. were going to
Toms River In the morning. and passed tho
wright had been killed.
Thompson said to young Wainwright. who re-
piled that dog must have been scratching In
Mr. Robbins found two guns at the VAIN
wright house. one Of them recently discharged.
and with bit OF green oak leaf caught under
The Si rsmrod VAS gone, Yosterdsy any, party OF
ROD siEhty is:. from the place where VAIN
The prosecution refused to say whether II
ntted tho gun or not. Charles said that no lad
i Re deaied that Ills gun had been lischarssd
recently. but sheriff Robbins declares that
h. that has chsGss and
broi Sn' Gts wIeh ho densd
sSsrasa fhs rsm.H to aSsS lis
conseauenoe q eony.rsation with Emelines
she heard tho shots fired that be, was shooting
IN sst @ ws
Random, rsnarf 10 Charles. Thompson was
Prosecutor Middleton set man tonight to
watch the house Of Mrs. Thompson Jefrerson's
eastomed to carry eonsidsrabie money w, with
RsSs 1a e. hd SsSsGs $40 ,SoR
was thought Until tonight that Wainwriehts
family troubles might have been at the bottom
OF the murder. In going carefully over the wagon
rcd paint on 1t. as though tho paint had boon
scEaped from g wagon. II. X. Rockwell has a
candidate for Sheriff Of Ocean county this fail.
Prosecutor Middleton said to- night that he be-
lieved there was nothing In this latter story.
To-day wagon TRACKS mile distant from the
place where the old wagon road Joins with the
main road were found by Sheriff Aliens. posse.
They looked as though = wagon had been
backed up to O swamp. large marty Is to
start early tomorrow for an oil days search.
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