The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-01-16

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ai Al o'cloct this morning sGe found u
h.ll door vi open AID sbe is sure 81
beard someone IN the top room utst q
cupboard bsro you keep The pistol.
Go up stairs, ssii 10 ny vile az
see II the case wbicb contains the plstD
is uul1rkej
She ,oon tetarned 10 cay tht il vs.
locked a. nsusl. spd that TACT satisfied b,
sllh regard to The pistol, while the pr
duotiou Of tbe key from tie drawer, wbcr
. It vas slwsys Kept, induced 10 her belle
that the domestic bad made mistake,
STILL, the eirl DECLARED that the bAI
door wss open She eaunot be mistake
On that point
Dd che lock It l.sl nigblt
No, said my vii, with deliheration
dil,
1t vas strau e There bad teen NJ
burslsri1us entry. 1t looked more like
case OF breakiag cut than brsakIng 10
Bat after oil 1t v.As u,fi', aud beior
break kiast sas over " bad quite forgotten
it,
All this time great excitement prevail
ed 10 the village, llch was 10 LtucI
shire, not far from Liverpool A terrible
mutder had taken place and the small
community was sgitited to It's depths OId
Grubb, toe grsyedlRger had been found
dead near 40 open grave He had been
ST OF through the heart
When reached the village, the body
ha been removed to uu outhouse OF the
Rose aud Crown, there to await The coro
ners inquest,
Ia company with the pei ce Inspector. |
examined the place where the body was
found. aud the chDrcbyah, but no foot
prints save those Of the grave digger him
sell wtr' visible 90 the loose soil that be
had himself throwL up the previous after
noon duung the pro,ess of digging bis
wife grave
No frearm was found, noticed that
'he ladder was against the church wall 10
The spot where saw Grubb place It the
day before. He bad taken hi spade from
It's hiding place, for II was lying near the
grave II was therefore strange that he
bad not removed the ladder, which caused
ne mex plicable uueasiness uut,l, unseen
by the Inspector, | had removed it sud
aid it in the long grass Of the church
yard
A jury was summoned aud was ap
Doiuted foreman Off. We we face to face
vi h mystery, which We did our best 10
,lue date. But 1t was alI in vain.
Several relatives or poor Mrs. Grubb
we're suspected OF causing the death Of
I'D Gfubb, bat ou no other grounds save
bat the grsyedigger had habitu4lly i'll
relted her and that they were her rrlA
ives The coroners jury extended over
evaral weeks, and the eud Of it was We
eturned a vtrjic. OF "sillful murder
IgsInst rome person or persons uu
,nown.
And 20 the poor gravrdigger and his
wife were buried in the grave the grave
which be had himself ding.
The following Winttr, while returning
Iome from business | suddenly came face
0 face with my wife S1e app AIRED very
ervous and a. itatt d
Hush she said This afternoon The pis
oil has been discovered by which the
rayeiigger was shot, Some men were re
airing the rooi Of the church, aud 10 q
ole where, q man says, Grub was in the
abit of placing bis spade long old fash
1ned pistol was found saw it, George,
I'D nearly tainted
!, too, became nervou', but said never |
" ord until our house was reached. |
!ht was produced, and | took my from
I,,o ifa IN tbe cnnbca,d IN tho ,oor at
be top, to resssure her by the sigLt Of my
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