Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-29

whose destruction by poison a prom.
iuuut clergymnn-in whose house shu
had been employed asa domuslic--wAs
tried and acquitted IN the face Of very
strong circumsiantial evidence against
him. Then there was Rose Amllu
beautiful country girl, WHOM dea
body WAS found pear The roadside one
morning, and 10 whose murderer not
the III lhtest clue was ever obtained,
though the crime wan committed away
back IN September, 1853.
New jersey, also, has been the scene
Of many murdofs. a lew year. ng0
bad odOr wae noticed proceeding from
a unclsimod trunk that had been sent
from i'nttcnon 10 New York. On
being opened II was found to contain
the liteless remgius-teautitul even iu
death-of Alice Bowlsby, n young
woman employed in silk factory nj
Patterson, aud noted for her handsome
face and form. No trace Of her MUIR
durcr or murierers was ever ohllinei,
but young man OF Patterson, known
TO have been On,torms Of close friend.
ship with her, committed suicide on
learning Of the discovery OF her body.
One oi the most mysterious Of all
such murders was that ~ I)ta Burns,
remarkably handsome young woman
Of nineteen years, near Lincoln, ILL.,,
some five or Fix years ago. She hat
btep employed for some time as u do.
nestle Ia the family n one Carpenter,
very wealthy ami prominent citizen
Of Lincoln, and had left her situation
shortly before her murder, aud had 70
turned 10 her home in the country near
by, to prepare for her Apr achlng
marriage 10 au estimabiu young man TO
whom she had long heem engaged.
On the day OF her dea'h--only "A lew
days before her appointed wedding day
she went 10 Lincoln AMI called on
Carpenter at hiu place OF bu-inee'. Sh,
had previously told some u her friends
that she Intended 10 make Carpenter
iurDish the MONEY with which u pur-
chase her wedding outfit. During the
long interview which cusued between
them In his private office, sho was
overheard 10 ask him for money.
After considerable time she LETT his
stUie 10 relutn to her home. That wa
the last time she " seen alive. She
waH found the next morning murdered
by the roadside . shot distance out Ui
town. Carpenter was arrested aud
tsied for her murIor, ani was ~.
quilted. Public opinion AMI feeling
were 10 strong against him, however,
that committee Oi citizens waited
upon nui forced hun 10 remove from
the town with his wife aud family.
or men being murdered AMI thelf
usagasius never discovered, | might
give many instances. one OF the
noteworthy whBa lawyer named Mar.
TIN, who was iound dead Ia his giice
ON Fifth stirei below Walnut, IN
philadelphip, shortly after noon one
day IN tue summer OF 1881, with
bullet la his heart. lie had seen
scvotnl cllCuts during ,he morning,
but no suspicion attached 10 any OF
them. NJ " capOn was found IN the
room, anl tho police could mol fnd
the slightest clue ~ work upon. The
absence Of weapon etiectually die.
posed OF the theory Of suicide AMI
proved the cnso one OF murder. Tho
family OF tho duad man wore anxious
10 hush the matter up aud 10 shun
rather than 80 CIurt Investigation,
though the circumstances were such
that no uuspiciOu could possibly be al.
II cbod to them.
During the winter Of lSTD.s0 u police.
man was passing along Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, between Twentieth ana
Twonty-tir,t street, one night, he oh.
served an elegantly dressed young man
lying upon doorstep. Approaching
him the otllccr found that no had u
number OF staba aud bullet wounds on
his person, and was bleeding profuse.
ly. lilo told the policeman that he TO-
sided with his widowed mother In the
next block below, and that, mis- name |
wa. Edwards. win the pollcemsn's |
assistance no managed 10 reach his
home, where, after lingering u few !
days, be- died. To the very hour OF
hiA deeth he positively refused 10 tell
how aud ut whose hands he hal 10.
coivod his injuries, though implOrcd |
hy his mother and the authorities 70 30
no. The ouly answer he would make
TO all such Inquiries was that he
had been run over BY street
cara statement. that was proven
to DO ialso boy the fact that his injuries
were such Ms could only have been
INFLICTED by "a kuiie anu pistol II was
generally believed that there was a
woman ia tho case, but even that
much was never proven, and his MUIR
der will always remain snfOuded Ia
mystery.