Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-07-26
THE BLIND WITNESS.

"1 eS; L nave Oeen In many TT
markable criminal trials. Probably
the most remarkable was the u or
ton murder case. The murder it.
self was so far as motive and the
mode in which 1t was perpetrated
are concerned, of a character com
mon enough, unhappily, in our
criminal cOurts-a young girl shot
by her rejected lover, mad with
jealousy. But what gave to this
particular case its exceptional
character was the agency by which
the murderer was brOughttO justice
IN very curious and most unex'
pected manner"
We were IN the chambers of M
friend Mr. GrimShaT, @. C.-the
eminent criminal lawyer-in the
Temple; and oyer a cigar, after
luncheon, my host was giving me
some "reminiscences of his long and
brilliant career at the bar.
"GortOn is a small village, about
twenty miles from Barchester, the
we'll known manufacturing town in
the Mldlands." continued Mr,Gnm-
shaw. "OIe Septemb ber evening,
some fifteen years ago, the normal
peace and quietude of the place
was disturbed 10y the news that
the dead body of young lady
had been found IN Burton Grove, a
short distance outside the village,
under circumstances which left no
doubt that she had been murdered.
The police of the village had re-
ceiied Information of the crime
from blind man-one of those
wandering musicians who peram.
bulate the country from village to
village, led by a dog.
ellis story was that he had walk.
ed from st. Olaves.a village about
seven miles from Gorton-that
afternoon, aud as the evening was
sultry, he decided to save the Cd.
be would be charged for nights
lodging in GortOn by sleeping in
Burton Grove. The grove is a
thick plantation Of trees and
shrubs, midway between the mile
IF road which connects the railway
stat on with the village, and as il
/ lay at an angle of the road, a foot
path through it afforded a short
cut from one point to the other.
"The blind man further stated
that, as he lay under the shelter OF
a bush, few yards from the foot
path, with his dog close beside him
tired after his tramp, and cCm
posing himself 10 sleep, he heard
footsteps cOmlug along the path
way, apparently gong toward the
village, and the voices of a man
aud woman, as il they we're hav-
/ ing an angry alteration. y few
minutes after the parties passed
where he lay concealed from view
h ! heard a shot, then a woman 4
shriIl, agOnlzing scream, followed
10y another shot. He scrambled to
his feet, terror stricken, bis doG
barking and shouted. "Whst II
thalT No answer was gwen to hiI
Outcry, but he heard the trdmpliDe
of the undergrO with, as if someone
was rushing wildly from the spot
The bliud maH Immediately prOcet d
ed to G0rtOn, and gaveinfOrmatiOr
of what he had heard 10 the pOIic'
WHO when they arrived at the
grove, found the body OF yOunl
lady named L nllY Dicey, with tw'
bullet wounds IN her head an,
close at hand a discharged re-
/ vOlver.
MISS Dicey was the only cbil'
of a shOpkeeper of cOhsiderabl
business at BarchesteI. 1t ap
peared that a very ardent attach
ment existed between her and
young man named Grittitbs Turne
clerk in her fathers employment
that her parents were opposed TO
marriage, that they had dOneeyery
thing to try 10 break Of the mate
but were unsuccessful, aud ths
finally they dispensed with th
services of Turner and sent the
daughters to her aunt at Gorton.
"On the body of the unfortunai
young lad, was found a brief no;