The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

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Law reports OF the sixteenth and. seven
teenth centuries contain numerous refer
ences IN supernatural occurrences I'm the
court and ON the scaffOld. One nj the
most remarkable records of this kind is
with a murder trial which took
place i'm England early In the reign OF the
first Charles. Sir John one OF
the first lawyers of the century, In the au-
thority for the supernatural events OF
trial, and i'm his quaint preface to his notes
he nays he sthought good tO report the evil
dence which was given, which many did
hear that the memor Thereof might not he
lost by miscarriage of papers otherwise."
One Johan Norkctt, a farmers wife, had
died, and at the quest evidence
was given proving that the oman
throat had been cut from ear to ear. Al
first the jury favored a verdict of felo de
&c. and the body was Inferred. But rl-
mors became general pointing TO foul
play, and the body was exhumet.
Thirty days aftes the death the jury AS
senlbled before the body and fOur sts-
pected persons were brought in. The only
against the prisoners was that
they had slept i'm nm adjoining room and
that no one had passed through that room /;
''therefore, II b did not murder herself,
they must be the murdercrs." What took
place at the remarkable p-ost-snortem in
uuiry may best he described i'm the words
If a witness at the subsequent trial, who
vas described as ian ancient and grave
person. minister TO the parish where this
murder was comin.sis%: , ms es..saaD,e
did touch the dead body, ~whereupon the
body of the dead, which was before u livid
arise upon il, which Increased by degrees
till tina sweat ran down I'm drops upon the
face; the brow turned and to q
lively color, and the dead opened and
shut one OF hsr eyes and shut IL again.
which she did tnree several times. She
anSer thru sinses and pulled IL in again,
and the finger dropped o'"od Oh the
Naturally enough such remarkable evil
dence rs this was received with some sIs-
picion by the court, although the witness .
10 again quote Sir John Maynard. was az
reverend person, about ~ years OF age, as
could be guessed. His testimony was de-
livered Rravcly and temperateiy, hut to
confirmation of an obviously impartial
character was, forthcoming, and
the ..~dmiration" changed To horror, so
ed and two of them Suffered death at the
hand Ut this comui0e hanRnan. Neither
Womsn co.ald ever be- pr.vaiied UPON to
confess amy completely in the crime:
OF much more recent date was the re-
able for the fact that the murder was dis
through the means of inf rma-
ton impaired sn n dream. The victim OF
the murder was a rustic beauty named
Maria Martin. who was a source of per
petuaij ~eaiously among the young men In
nsria : father wns a ~mois.cas .. SS;
the girl was educated beyond the average
Village maidens. her first accepted
Gordon. who led the 9iri from the path Of
virtue and then abandoned her A still
more us weSisny ..i' or Wt.,am to wh9; IN
brother of John. Under promise of mar
riage Miss MArten was again led astray
and when she found herself soon tn bs-
come - mother she im~portuned her he.
trAyer to fulfill his rouise Gordon tired
Of This. and, going to the house one even.
arranged with great detail to run oil
the girl To a n~e,xhborinR city, where
were To tie secretly married. The
her lover nj . red barn ON his mothers
farm. Gordon met her there, and in COM
pliance with n prearranged scheme, shot
NE then Disappeared, returning after IA
lays and explaining to the mole
catcher that the marriage had taken place
and that his bride was In lodgings at lps-
Months passed away, the barn
under which the body lay was filled with
I Efsln; any Young yss nc cos sa.%s1 ho ss..s ''e OK,
md coul.: NOT write; He
r.amed that her daughter had
been murdered by COrden and that the
5osiy had been inferred under tine narii:
repeated it tn the mole-catchcr, who
many refusals and much ridiculs.,
finally went 10 the barn: GO! the grain re-
and commenced to dig at the spot \
in the dream. Ilie body was
discovered and identified.
SuspiciOn, OF course, pointed tn Corden. |
Who was traced tn London. where he had
married . schoolmis.ress aud was living |
On her earnings. He was arrested. com
victed and IL IL remarkable |
proof OF the truth of this story that Mrs. |
Aarton applied 20 u justice of the peace |
Tor . warrant against Gordon three
months before she converted her skepti-
81 husband % Q belief i'm her dream. /
In l7b1 an Irish murderer was convicted
upon dream evidence. A Water
lord publican named Rogers dreamed one
that he nav . man murder another 4
man on o green spot on tine summit OF an
mountain. He was able next
70 dsocsibe both men with perfect &C.
peGncv. and did 80 20 many Of his friends. |
Ono Of the men was exceptionally strong,
- o4her weak and puny, but IL was the
$780, Who I'm the vision. committed the
Rogers ~pursuAded the parrish
prisss 90 omp him 90 the spot,
which he found without difficulty.
but Where there seemed 20 be mo- traces
q murder Or ssruGgle. Hence Rogers got
2 laughed az Next day,
no0 suffered Ghe saloon and Mr..
Ro1ss. es ono recognized them from her