The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-05
TIRED OF EXPERTS
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.s.al murder trials, as being mos, apprO-

More than century ago boy was eS-
ecuJei in Paris fo- The alleged murder
Of rich old woman, who KEPT a shop
near The Place s. Michael. ana who was
known 70 keep money in her place Size
was found dead in her bed roo.u in the
rear OF aer shop. and had evidently been
STABBED 10 death with a Sn;ts. covered
with blood. which lay by her side One
hand OF che corpse clu,ched necke--
chief and the other a lock OF hai.- For
ia:s crime ne boy. WHO vas her only se--
van3. was fist tortured and then exc
cutad. Il was proved that the necke--
CHIEF the knife and the hair were A.. his
When p1; 70 the torture ne confessed
that he COMMITTEES The crime. But SAor,
after he was executed a boy in ne gu
boring wins-shop confessed that Re COM
mitted the murder. he had taken
wax Impression OF the :irst Boys keys
/ and made a key with which % enter the
house He had stolen the first boys
neckerchief and saved up The comoings
. OF the frs. boys hair until he had 2
small lock- o. his hair. and then used these
/ articles . throw suspicion on the frs
( boy and divert II from himself.
Near York. England. in the last CEN
| fury James Harris. who Ief: a pIAic
house. was executed for the alleged
| murder ~ a guest named Grey. His
! gardner named Morgan. swore that he
. sIw Harris strangling Grey in MS bed
! Morgan said he re:reatei not OF sight,
I but looking through the keyho,e saw Har-
ris rIflng G:ey's pockets. Harris maid
servant swore that she had seen Harris
/ soon afterwards in the night, lake lot
| Of gold coin from his pocke, ana bury il
, under a tree \ constable dug FOR The
! gold and fould 80 in gold wrapped in
paper Harris confessed that ne buried
| the money fo- safe keeping. bU, he be-
! trayei srea, confusion his manner. He
was hanged. protesting MS Innocence.
| II happened afterwari ;hst Morgan
| and the mai1Servan;. who were lovers.
! had falling cut. and then made a con-
! fes-ion. Harris was in the habit ~
| buryins MS money under the tree. ana
/ the maidservant had discovered il. and
( had agreed with Morgan thai when the
! amount so; large enough ;hey would
/ steal Il and set Up in business. But when
Morgan accused Harris OF murder Har-
I ris made such threats OF prosecution tor
d
I on; OF their wits. The Tesui; was that
/ they agreed 10 use the money burying
I incident AS proof agains; Harris. As for
! Grey. It was found that ne died OF apo
! piexy.
\ century ago. Soren Owls. adanish
/ farmer and minister, and the pastor u
( the village OF Veilby. in Jutlsnd. was
/ behesded for the murder % MS servant
/ man. Neils Burns. Soren was man Of
/ quick temper and often administered a
I thrashing u Ne;ls. vino was rather lazy.
/ One day Nelis disappeared \ woman
| named Korsten testified that she over
+ beard through a fence violent quarrel
| between So-en and NeIis. and then a
: number OF blows struck. after which all
/ was still. The pastor said: II viii beas
/ thee. dog, until thou lies; dead at my
feet" man named Larsen testified
/ that passing that way that niga: ne
/ heard some one digging in the garden.
( and Looking over the hedge ne saw the
/ pastor in MS dressing gown and night
/ cap dwelling the earth with spade. The
/ magistrate. directed by Larsen. dug in
I the garden ana found a corpse thu; was
I dressed in Neils clothes. had his ear
+ rings. and was universally believed %
/ be MS body, though the face and head
T rad been battered beyond recognition
/ with a spade.
These circumstances convinced the
/ pastor himself tha, ne had committed the
murder. though he thought he must have
/ done Il in his sleep. az ~ knew nothing
( about it. and was s0mnamb1list. Be
+ fore being executed he delivered pow
erfuI sermon against the einfuiness ~
a nigh temper. and taen submitted with
I out a murmur 70 what he called the Ia
1 scrutable will Of God.
But twenty-one years afterwari Neiis
Burns cane back alive. but a physical
wreck. 70 the village OF Vellby. He SAID
his rich brother M0rten Burns. wHo had
been refused S9ren's daughter in mar
riage. fabricated the testimony on which
S5-en was 5eaeaded. He bad dug ~
the body OF a suicide and dressed Il IN
Nclis' clothes and earrings, and bUrls1
i; in S5ren's garden. having first arrayel
himself IN S0ren's cap ana gown. which
Neils prepared FOR the purpose. II was
:.ue thai S0-en had qIarrelsi with Neils
and struck nir win spade. but y sis
Dad then escaped 20 MS Brother Nor
ten, VIA corrected this plot. and sen:
Nci,F Out n tle country.
Early in ,1e present. century. william
shaw. A respectable citizen % LN.tn.
England. vas hanged IN chains <or ne
ALLEGED murder u Ms unmarried daugl-
te-. who was the only member ~ hi-
fsnf.-. The girl was receiving the az
tenti57s o. a very improper young man
named Jg1n Lawson. On one occasi n
nan named jams Morrison. IN ar al
toinlng room aes-1 a violsn; quarrel BE-
t--en Saaw ari as daughter on 'bls
subject. in Eaich toe words cruelty
'.t,a~aarIty' and "deat5" were use5. To-
fa;ae- tas1 Ief, ne room abruptly. blk
.n< the dor Behind him. and leaving
me zlr- a p-is)asr. 4 li.tie iater E-3an-
were 5earf-in TIE -o5n. ard Wasu a
0eu.T broke iu ne f11n1 the girl 9yinz
from uunoer q stsos INF xi-A
knife. x1-h isy uesr her. Waea
ask-I whether -s- fa-aer Vas t5s cslse
o. her Iz4;a. she barely hl3 E:re1gt1 -
nj ascent. AMI -sen 1.e1 Just taen
.t.- fstaer returned having blood or ass
sh p s.Fevc
Tee -ry setsn7. Sazw had vas tha'
~ bod o. as sleeve we due - -
1lz-.a-lng - a 1snieze afte- 10 had
t-.d himself several 3sys before rs
xelzaai r7-1inz vita the tgry. s-5 10
7ss 7rilckly --nv.-tet sni executed. IL
n1nz a ne Eisas, fsr aeveTs. week.
7zen tae raza wao moved .ri3 as 11,sse
Z 1as a paper written - t1e fagxn.er
sx1-a.nfng t1a: s3s meant - comm e
s1.-it.. ans Fsya-z IN c.nelsEiou. NY
laaan4a fatas- - enc cause q. NJ
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