Year: 1868

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wards Geneseo, where they had been atwork'
found the dead body Of man near the track
They gave notice at Green River station, a'
they passed, and Mr.. Charles l.. Smith, a
merchant there, rallied q few men aud re.
paired to the spot, expecting to find that
man had been run over By the train which
had passed down about an hour previously.
They were shocked to find that man had
been murdered shot in back Of the neck
near the base Of the skull, the charge sever.
ing the spinal cord and entering the brain.
A gun wad and shot we're extracted by DR..
r. r. Sales and brother, of Colona who held
a post mortem examination. The hole in
the back Of the neck is ; to / inches in
diameter. indicating, in connection with the
wad being found in the wound, that the mur
derer must have been close 10 his victim
when he fired. The pockets Of the murder.
ed man were found turned inside out, show.
ing that robbery was probably the object


The body was brought down to Green
River and a coroner's jury called by George
Enderton Esq. Quite a number Of witness.
es testified as to finding the body, one to
hearing a shot and seeing smoke near the
place, and all agreeing as to the pockets
being turned out, and that the body WAS
quite warm when found.


Mr.. John Goats, shepherd, who lives in
a tent -! miles east Of Green River, testified
that be was on his way to Green River TO
purchase some supplies and saw the body
lying beside the railroad track did not re.
cognizc the man nor examine the body saw
several articles lying on q railroad tie near
where the body lay did not hear the report
Of gun but saw man a negro) with a
gun, on the track; saw another man IA white
mani come down the track from towards
Geucsco, and saw the negro 20 down the
track behind him; don't know the
name Of the negro but saw him with a gun
the day previous and walked and talked with
him, for half mile; can recognize him he
has a large scar above his right eye and is
full blooded negro, The negro had bird
in his hand, between 4 and o'clock, when
witness saw him on Saturday.


A young lady, who was witness, was at
home, Mt her fathers house, and from there
she saw two men on the railroad track,
about o'clock, one of whom had gun
saw the man with gun fire it and saw the
the other man fall; saw the smoke and heard
the report saw the man with the gun look
cautiously around two or three times and
then stoop down, and then 60 Of north to,
wards the timber on the river. No men
were at home, at her house, or the man with
the gun would have been followed.


The Jury found that the man was murder.
ed by some person unknown to them, aud
that suspicion rested upon certain negro
as the guilty party,


The negro had previously been arrested,
the circumstances being strongly against
him. lie was confined at Green River, and
his examination commenced on Monday at.
ternoon, before Justices Enderton and Sharp
y. 5. Buckles, of Geneseo, for the people
and Judge Wait of Geneseo, for the de.
fense.


Resides the testimony before the coroner's
jury, as referred to, it WAS found that who
ever robbed the murdered man stole his hat


With the negro was found two hats, one
of which fits the head of the murdered man
and does not fit the negro. The negro also
had money but he could give no satisfac.
tory account how he come by it. There was
also found, near where the murdered man
lay, some pigeon feathers which probably
came from the dead bird seen in the negros
hand. A pair Of shoes were found, near
where the murder was committed, and in the
direction the man with the gun was seen to
run.


Our correspondent, from whose lengthy
letter, dated Monday p. NJ. we condense
the foregoing facts, writes as follows;


"The negro's name is Joe Mcintyre,
think. He has been working for the farm.
ers round the north side OF Green River for
some time. They like niggers in that sec,
ton.


"lntenso excitement prevails here, All
work is stopped the village full of people,
and fears are entertained that the negro will
be lynched. No outbreak has taken place
yet and we hope none will--but the people
are very much enraged and there is no toll.
ing what will happen.


"As soon rs the examination closes will
send you the result


Perhaps 200 people have seen the body
Of the murdered man, to-day, but no one can
recognize it. | send you the following dcs
cription, which, if you will publish, and re-
quest your exchanges to copy, may lead to
its recognition: =


DESCRIPTION OF THE MURDERED MAN.


Dress-a brown cloth coat with dark pearl but.
tons, rather smaller than usually put on a coat
no vest; dark grey coarse sattinete pants little
worm congress CATERS socks; new white shirt.
never washed, and still white and clean wooden
under shirt, black and white check


Complexion dark black eyebrows: and hair