Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE MURDER.
Other Cases Like the Crippen Crime
That Came to Light Long After
Deed Was Done.

Other Cases Like the Crippen Crime
That Came to Light Long After
Deed Was Done.
The sensational discovery Of the
mutilated body Of Mrs. Belle Crippen
in the cellar Of a house In Camden
Town some five months or so after
she was supposed to have left the
country, adds but another to the long
list of murders which have only come
to light long after their perpetration.
In these days Of perfected police sys-
TENS, 1t is remarkable that 1t should
be possible for so long a time as five
months to elapse; but formerly crimi-
nails were sometimes able to cover up
their misdeeds for much longer peri
ods.
In the year 1853 workmen digging
near Knaresborough came upon hu-
man skeleton buried deep in the
ground. The bones were believed to
be those of Daniel Clark, shoemaker.
who had mysteriously disappeared IA
years previously. This was the dis
covery which led to the arrest OF Eu-
gene Aram, the hero of Lord Lytton's
romance, and Of Hoods famous ballad.
Aram was arrested at the Lynn Acad-
emy. Norfolk, where he held a position
as school master. He made brilliant
defense, but suddenly broke down, con-
fessed the crime, and was hanged on
August 13. 1859.
Murder will out" Is an old, but not
altogether reliable saying. Still, 1t Is
wonderful how many instances there
are of horrible crimes coming to light
years after their perpetration.
Nearly 40 years ago there lived In
Rome a woman called Marie Bonelli,
with her husband and three children.
She fell in love with another man
called Glaconi, and, in order to marry
him, deliberately poisoned her own
husband and children. They died off
one by one, and then she married Gla-
conf, and the two went to Constanti-
nople, where they lived for some time,
afterward returning to Naples, where
they settled down.
Thirty years later they lost most Of
their money, and quarrels broke out.
One day Glaconi, in furious rage,
screamed out a threat that he would
inform the authorities OF the way In
which his wife had got rid Of her for
mer husband and children. That threat
was overheard, the pair were denounc-
ed to the police, and 81 years after the
original crime had been committed
the murderess was brought to trial
and convicted.
To return to England. In 1894
Hammersmith butcher named Wells
was found dying on Barnes Common.
His head had been battered to pieces.
Before ne died he muttered that his
wounds had been inflicted by a man
called Fred Welch, or West-it was
difficult to make out the name exactly.
Next day a man named Alfred West,
an acquaintance of the deceased, was
detained, but easily proved complete
alibi. The verdict was Murder by
some person or persons unknown
Five days later man who gave his
name as Alfred Welch gave himself
I'D for the murder. He said he was
bookmaker, and that the deceased
had owed him money. They mad
auarreled, and he had killed Wells.
Presently, it came out that Welch's
name was not Welch, but Davies, tat
he was not bookmaker, and had new
er heard of the murder except
through the newspapers. For nine
long years the crime remained a mys-
terry, and was almost forgotten, when,
in 1903. a man gave himself up for
killing Wells. In his confession he
said he had escaped to America after
committing the crime, and had only
just come back. This story also proved
an illusion.
The meanest kind of criminal is one
who persuades or bribes another to
commit a crime. In the year 1896
mysterious outrage occurred near VII
lafranca, in Portugal. The body OF
wealthy land owner named Fandango
de Assis was found in the road almost
blown to pieces among the remains OF
his wrecked carriage. Every effort
was made to discover the murderer,
but in vain.
Years passed, and the death of De
Assis had been catalogued among the
unsolyed mysteries Of crime, when an
old man named Gueimada, who had
been a farm servant on the De Assls
estate, was taken ILL., and before ne
died confessed that 4: was he who had
flung the bomb which ended his mas
ter's life. H..
The missile had been given to him
| by a man called Graca, who was MS
masters steward. Graca and his son
had, it appears, been robbing DE Assls'
and, seeing that exposure was immi-
nent haQ uelerHllueu " hi'i 49,.
too cowardly to do the deed hmseil'
he bribed Gueimada.
Both the Gracas were arrested, ana
received the punishment they so rich-
| ly deserved.
A strange and dreadful story OF a
long-buried crime came lately from
South Africa About eight years ago
a treasure e-seeking expedition LETT Jo-
hannesburg for the country beyond the
Zambesi. One member of the party,
named Vanrennen, disappeared, and
about a year later a skeleton. picked
clean by ants. was found by other
prospectors near one of the camps OF
the original expedition. This skeieton
had on its finger a ring known TO nave
belonged to Vanrennen.
man named Krauss, who had ac-
COMMANDED Vanrennen, was then ar
rested for the murder.-Answers