Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-02
muRpBnrD ZOE HIS MONEY.
The Dead vkOhy Of nu 0id CO'ored
Nan Found An His LruI.

nsn Found In His ETut.
Alexander Barnard, or Baynard, q
niiddle-sged colored nun w6s found
dead in his lonely hat on tho Hin farm,
about % miles below Blackoifd station,
on the Delaware railroad, on Saturday
night last, and there ia every indication
that he was toully murdered and then
rcbbBd.
Barnard lived alone in little log hut
which stood back about 400 yards from
the railroad. He was apparently between
so and GO years old End made liv by
working on the farm on which o as
located. 1t WAS commonly repute ast
he had saved $500 or $500 by his fru.
gality and that he carried his wealth CON
cealed about his clothes. That he did
have some money Is certain because last
fall be said that he would no longer husk
corn for - cents per bushel as he had
enough morey TO live on and as no more
wages was offered he persisted iu his re-
fussl to work. He was misery in his
habits and was regarded rs little
queer in his actions. His chief delight
was in boarding his wealth aud he evil
IDENTIFY feared to be robbed Of IT, He
never would emerge from his hut at night,
no matter what the proyoestion might
be. lie always securely barricaaed him.
selt behind locked doors aud windows.
The neighbothoud "a sparselY settled md
what tcw dwellings exist ere huts
scarcely more preteatious than that occu-
pied by the colored man. The nearest
one to Bainard's hut was about qutr-
ter OF mile away. Tbs coiored HAN
was last seen alive two weeks ago last
Saturday When some people, who passed
his hut, saw him standing in the door.
On Saturday ihst colorad neighbor
and his son in passing Bainard's hut,
noticed his hRlf.stRrved dog 1t the door.
| The hut was securely fastened at every
! point OF ingress or egress. The wlruOw
WAS nailed over as usual and the door was
found fastened, but some suspicion was
excited b, The fact that il WAS locked with
Yale lock from ths outside. Barnard,
il was currently believed, had gone away,
\ but on picking the lock aud opening
I the door the coi9rei man, hls
son, and V. o. Eli, proprietor o. the
Blackhird Hotel and cEner OF the Hsrm
\ who had been summoned, were hnrrihsd
to find tie dead ana deccmpo'ipg body
OF the negro lying in the middle o. The
only room In the INIT He had evidently
been dead for several days, and the rats
had gnswed away the q sd on his feet,
hands and heha. They had even attacked
his face, and his nose had already fed the
yorRcious bppetites OF the vermtn when
the discovery OF the CHASTITY remains put
an eni 10 tLsir feast.
Examination Of the body showed q
small INT deep wound on The right side
of tha throat Gbpat three inches long, OK
tending disgonally across Just abavs tic
collar bone. The wound was evidently
msde With knife and looked more like
stab than cut. A large pool Of dries
blood lay on The floor and bloody stsilI
were found on the dgor.sill and door
step. The stencil ws5 horrible. Their,
were no evidences Of struggle ado
everything shout tie hut appeared TO b,
in order. A barrel OF strong, salt pork
some cof' and other provisions werl
found il tins hut. The body when founC
lay on its face.
In Lasty examination Of the body Mr.
Hill had found q bag containing 9s conts
Coroner Gamble, who Investigated tn
case Monday, found 500 in an old, dirt
pocket. book in his underoloihes. IL h
had more money II had been stolen, bu
there was no evidence that the cluthin
had been matileied. Coroner GAmbl
gupaueled jury, which held an inqusE
aud rendered a verdict that he came I
his death at tho hands OF somebody III
known to tho jary. Coroner Gambl
brought the cody to this cit
and it is row lying at Ii
, noreus. When the cniorsd ma
was murdered and by whom i q iaysterl
A white man NAMED Davis who oil
worked IN farm in the vicinity, wi
. heard to say that ne could eagiiy tad OF
who murdered the negro az ns had hse
, invited BY 6 couple OF mon few dsI
! previous to Join them, a. they gaid The
warc going over TO Bsinsrd's to hoy
some fuu. Nobody seemed to think
worth while to trace the matter any clos
, and the men or whom suspicion IL on
d. have LEFT the neighscrnoOt.