New-York tribune., 1884-10-13
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ToN's RIyrn, y. J.,Oct.1O.-A vivid imnglna-
tion iueht possibly colhr The bare r'pn'N' '"'l, ~
tbc wainwright tragedy with dress Of romance lhi'
would appeal To pruricnt appetite Bnl 'hcro j. "''
rcnl romance in them. The woman In the case i ON
and bon,c.y and u grandmother. The assassin II h"'
positively known. hut the circumSinntl' 'Vin'n''S'-
is points 10 the oldest son of the mufdc''u 'l" ~ Wv
one who fired the fatal shots and to E'oh n ""'h""
a. hi accomplce AT least in the attempt To conceal the
crime In the light of the testimony IN tar drought
ont Rockwell might have escaped from the consequences
~ the crime had the body been allowed o remain whcre
II WA. dragged after the murder But In attempting I"
dispose Of ~ that 1t could not he recovered ~ wa
LETT which grew palmer and palmer ~ II was uoo'er'
and finally ended In fastening about R"ckwe '"n "'
evidence which il seems impossible for hlm I" "r'hR
When cx sheriff Robbins had once conceived tho u''
tl,t something had happened to " jim Wainwrght' ne
SET f. work with all hi- 10 unraNc the mystery VI
his absence The story OF frrreg ont the hn''r' "
the wagon tracks in the dense und'rhr"'h "h'I' ''
ody was ragged and In the old field above NhWIlE
house and of finding similar tracks IN the swamp p"rei
,n,, . creek in when the body discovered which
were Traced To Rnckwcrs house at Bamhcr ana inc "l'
covory of the body undcra "hassock III Cedar creek
has already been told in THE TRIBUNE. THIS work was
done hy the ncighbnTs and friends of James Nah"'S
all of whom experienced woodmch ana ih' ""A wa"
clcVcrly done The search for the holy WAS c"h" ~
tbc borhood OF the Wainwright house on Thursday
scptlubcr H. and was parcp tied in by nearly all the
ill,0crs who deserted their business and were thrown
into outter Of vehement by the Thought OF murder III
Ocean County a thing which had not p""h KNOW" "
occur on it- territory since the great-gfhi'ner ="
Wainwright was assassinatcd nearly century ago at
what 4, now Point Pleasant. ON FRIDAY hlghl "hch lho
s,,rchcr, were discouraged, cX-Shcrin Rohblns was
sitting ON the piazza Of the Ocean House talking win
Charles Wainwright. He asked Charles who he thought
had committed the murder. Charles said that he didt
know that but believed that the body had been taken
I'm the direction Of Eambcr on Tuesday hsht' III ROCK
wclrs wagon. ON this suggestion Mr. Robbins acted
promptly and directed the rearth WHO" '''"''o" !"
finding the body sunday.
I'm the meantime the villagers were indnighg IN al
sorts of wild spccuations ~ To who was the hu''H
The fact Of the rupture between Wainwright ANA f"ch
well account of Mrs. Wainwright ana the formers OF
rcpcacd threats to Kill Rockwell. were wen known ana
su.picion turned upon Rockwell EockwclF' friends
sought Ia turn It away from him 10y throwing It upon
ou,r. Every cNprc-ion used 10y anybody that seemed
f., c least su-pcions was pointed nut ~ sign OF gllt'
and # looked at one time II all Wainwright ucigbors
would nud their way to Jail The case was at first tak't
before usticcof the Peace Iaycn' afrcl OF Eookwcs
bu the people inisru~trd his competency I" hhuc 'ne
case and il wa- taken from him ana placed III me ha-
~ j .sticc 4. H. Wilkes. who hal I",h from ,ne
first most energetic IN The prosecution "i me
ton lie believed IN lockwcil colpllly III lhr ci',
and subjected 10 harsh cri',n ana Even ,I's % ,pr
his action IN prosecuting me on on ti1 IT, @
of Rockwcr> guilt Up Ia TUESDAY mornlh- "i thr wcck
| aft the murder the only tNiutW' HEdh~t hf'IE'
Wanwrigbt a statement made by nm o lh, scpI4l
the Ocean House ON ihe pr,rcdnE Ihh'snav thgI NJ,
i'm the head and the fact tha, he ana his father had ad
a slight quarrel the sunday preceding inc murlri
rhc to,rcut was subsequently, found Ia have been only
repetition OF n theory advanced by n,igibor during
the search ON he Tuesday Of the week amer NE mnldcr
one of Pnkcrto'- de,ectiycs arrived IN The village ana
after short consultation with JnSucc Nilh'- ana rrose
cutor Middleton started l"T n nhnI is and ,h ~,
next day he visited the locality where the body was
fnnnd rbc result of hi. labors made known before
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tions from the prosecutor and III the shape of evidence
Errn eyes directed by long experience in such matters
had seen what the woolmen had overlooked They lad
measured the wagon tracks; he measured the spaces
hrt the tines the rake used to gather the pine
| needles which IT IL supposed cohcehic" WahWngliis
body They had The scrub oak, which had been clt
"a as TO bend bcIrath the wagon II drove them
bnt he saw the and looked about for the axe that
| made them. lie discovered II stained with blood at
Rockwcs house at Bambcr. and found That the hicks In
it exactly matched corresponding swrls III the cuts
They found the guns in Wanw1ghS h9i>e one ot which
had lately been discharged, aud the doctors found the
lead in Wanwright's body which they supposed To be
buckshot. He saw that they were SUE ana discovering
| a cigar the Inantel in Wainwrighrs house hled
with odds ends hc found III pieces OF lead sinkcrs
and bullet from which the slugs that did the murder
had evidently been cut. He tightned the coil about
The country people who know nothing Of crime look
with awe IGn this detective he walks the and
done a fine piece Of detective work. simple though It
appears and there Is hardly man III the community who
does not believe that the assasslis nave been run TO
eortb The detective il uniirng and il seeking evidence
from nearly every person in the ncshborhood who ever
made against Rockwell by Viagcr Is peculiar. IL Is
based upon his former residence IN Ncwfork where no
Tns have bccomc familiar with the fact that bodies
which have M en- taken the water and placed In the
morgue frequently cannot he Identified except by the
Io,Les found upon them. From this IL Is argued that by
strnpinc Wanwrghis body he felt chat 1t could not be
iniitrd IL II were found. The viii now rest until
NV, ,ccu, of tIc Grand Jury IN December but II will
tnsh food for gossip 10 the people ~ they crawl
thah, uicLinp cranberrics huAk the corn later on
w a b lin,,c about the stores and hotels during the
evenings The horrible aspects have faded
,rnin ,hn Tragedy The curious only remain
| rna,pc their thoughts.