New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-20
MURDERED IN A FIELD.
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! iaik with bafrd breath AID Wisraffrs shake thaif
heads knowingly and tell Of things mysterious.
| This quiet, happy village. 90 q county
that never had hanging m its history -
now Wild over a murder. Jame, Wainwright
known 10 every man and bog of Toms River, a
sober, honest industrious labor,r Gfty-ei ight years
Old, pclcable aud friendly toward. ail has been
f0ully murdered. He lived about mile west OF
the village with his famil, OF three sons twO
daughters and his wife. There were family troubles
and the father aud husband ate &c his own table,
the rest of the family al theirs.
Wainwright had engaged 10 NOW some grass in
the village on Monday morning and - get an early
start he ground mp his scythe on sunday. AZ an
early hour he left home, pipe in mouth. and scythe
on shoulder, saying TO his eldest son a. he passed
through the bamyard: George you'd
better stay Ut home and look after
Bess.' Bess sick cow and Wainwright M
tended himself TO return early and tend 10 her
He never came back; he had gone only few
minutes when George heard a Qun-shot followed
by groan. In a few moments there was
second shot then all still George did not
seem interested enough investigate the shooting
and the groaning although he discussed the matter
with his sister who said that she did not hear the
groan. Abram Sherman, a neighbor quarter of
a mile away also heard the shots and the groans
and remarked 10 his wife: "Jm's killed the old
cow guess" He thought no more Of the matter.
Wainwright did not come home that night. nor
the next, nor Wednesday night bat stall the family
seemed not at all worried though they knew that
he never remained away over night without telling
them his intentions.
FINDING THE BLOODY CLOTHES.
Some OF his friends in town talked OF his disap-
pearance in q careless Tone but ex-~horin Robbins
felt that something was wrong and messengers
were sent to the missing man, home 10 make in
qu.rie-. bat nothing was learned A searching
party started ont early on Thursday morning and
secured the woods and low shrubbcry that sur
round Wainwright's house. Ahout 800 Yards from
the house his pipe picked mp at q spot whore
the low bushes were broken. and where the
leaves on the ground were disturbed. Further
search revealed pile of leaves a short distance
away man kicked them aside aud found that
they concealed pool OF blood.
The excitement became intense and the crowd
continuing To Increase, the hunt went on With the
icrccuoss of hloodhounds. There w'rc evidences of
d struggle, ana the track Of body dragged through
the uuderbrush was followed up with lcaL II led
TO tlc edge ofa dismal swamp one man uttered .
oud cry. and sprinQing into the mrc graspol what
lc Thought t0 be the missing mans t0o i.f tttking
lui of tLo mud. II proved fO hc h.s htf folded iu
and buried an but nm inch of the brlH The right
'dc wa- covered with clottrd blopd I,vout. vlf.ft
l"ay tine -cythe was found covered with leaves
,pI i"ie+ ON iis bright clean blade "'rr threo
lrop8 of blood
srAnCnlyG ron Tnr ttrpruIn
The searching party uov became mob and
hnstod for the murderer lh0 uuuud uas pone
over again mud agan. each tmr now ryf
lruoo, of crime be,us r,upJ f.l,, d.. ,t.t
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whore tho hat and Ecttho vrr. found. 10 v1von
rack V1a dHcoy"rod. IhH wagon clua down from
t'd no1r bY, entered the voods. turned shore
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.n'. oa the tfomp uR of tho hore t,sfI.
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Iurdorcr had concealed nini.,lf n ihr lo,, bu,lc-
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7'-F'I"N tfTil'" "N '1"
George mad Charles WuuWugll SONS of ma
url,rd man work on IA. or,..f-t,,U, ri',
ter TEL. II il intimate win Jefferson Thompson also
nm employ" ana near urlthblr Ou lur,day
tcruoon Charles WaiDvriobt and .rI,,.I,,. .,,, l.f
,.rt train and ,,.nt T., U-..,,..,.r..,I.', l.
- '''" ''' '.' W. w am i'-'i' NJ H"H'1 Nu'io
ey remained for some tlmc. Then they
ilAed toward Tom. River ELso tbev
,rb.d tho .,ot ,rboro
,rI cornJ IT,
CURED, they stopped and looked upon the
'"Nlii i OntIm'' ,iHH thompson. thrr'
intn TO the spot ,,5..s ma W. ,b u .',,, ,..
relessy. Some dog has been scratching here
re- Tvs" moved on toward tAe village. Charles
81, ,,'H . IN .I 'T,.'''u. 1iu. i'' IL. ll'. ''hr9 the
i N, trutL Mr. Roibin. ,,i t be- i ~ '''i''ie-
liued two shot-ailns that vel. tier. one of tiem
IS well ruSted and cobwebS Hele tuck ia the bar
6 p t,, I,i l ei i,''''t ,en "''ciifRcd only
Charles Wai,gyrigbt Fo.,.'.l u i,-,.", " .lot'iy
II and tnc lock was a small ni.,. off moo, lam -.
.eutlv torn from II. boIyb tb.t a. t,l ,,..t -,
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Jr Robbins questioned tIa -.r.,, mos,
sey about the guns NOT mcrtionii,r fbe