THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., OCTOBER 29, 1878.
A STRANGE MURDER.
A DETECTIVE'S STORY.
MISS CLAHA HAMILTON, the
daughter of a wealthy merchant,
retired fiom business, and living In a
pretty little villa In the suburbs of the
city, did not appear at breakfast as usual
one morning, and, on entering her bed
chamber, It was found that her bed had
not been occupied the previous night.
Search was made, and at last, In a
sort of natural arbor, made by the group
of lilac bushes, with the clusters of
white and purple blossoms bending
down, as though to hide the pitiful
sight from our avenging Heaven, they
found her lying stabbed through the
heart, and, as if that were not horror
enough, two fearful gashes crossing
each other on her face, and making it
almost unrecognizable.
The evidence went to show that the
murdered girl had retired to her room
about 8 o'clock on the previous evening,
pleading a headache. Mr. Hamilton,
who was a widower, supposed that she
had retired to rest; but, on the testi
mony of one of the servantB,it appeared
that she was afterward seen iu the gar
den In company with a young man, a
newspaper reporter named Geo. Qan
goll, for whom she cherished an attach
ment, but contrary to her father's wish.
About ten o'clock the servant saw this
young man leave the garden by the
Watergate, and jumping Into a boat
that lay moored there,rov rapidly away.
Then the witness expecting Miss Ham
ilton to re-enter the house, had gone to
.bed.
Gangoil's landlady testified that he
returned home about eleven o'clock,
evidently disturbed in mind about some
thing, and hastily packing a few arti
cles in a valise, had paid his bill, and
told her he would probably not return
for a week or two. Then he had taken
a cab and driving to Clearing Cross sta
tion, left by the one o'clock express for
Denver.
On this evidence the inspector of
police telegraphed to the authorities and
had him arrested as he was stepping
on the boat to cross the channel. So far
everything was correct ; the police had
fulfilled their duty in arresting him, and
it was now ours, we of the detective
force, to find out whether he was wrong
ly accused, and if so, who was the per
petrator of the crime.
The first moment I looked at Gangoil
I felt convinced that he was innocent,
but though I could not get him to
answer any questions, I felt certain that
it was not the sullen obstinacy of guilt,
fearful of criminating itself, but the
apathetic despair of an overwhelming
misery.
" You have the power, if not the right
to Insult me," he said, his eyes Hashing
up fiercely for a moment. " I loved her
and we bid each other a sad farewell be
cause of her father's wishes, and now
you dare to accuse me of her death my
murdered darling!"
Every word he spoke, his face burn
ing with honest indignation, convinced
me the more of his Innocence, but as I
could get no more information from
him, I proceeded once more to the scene
of the tragedy.
I felt perplexed. I had not the slight
est clue to work upon, and as I stood
there I could only make vague conjec
tures, wondering what the tale would
be. Could those scented blossoms that
all night long hung over that dead mu
tilated face but speak.
It might seem foolish, but, after all,
that was the only way to pierce the
mystery to build up a theory, and then
proceed to prove it either true or false.
The more I thought of the possibilities
of it having been Gangoil who did the
deed, the fewer they seemed.
Supposing that a sudden fit of passion
or jealousy had moved him to kill her,
' he never would have made those fearful
gabhes upon her face. From the esti
mate I formed of the man he could not
doit.' But then on the other hand, the
murderer must have been prompted by
either revenge or jealousy, for the rings
upon her fingers and the chain around
her neck were untouched ; and turning
these thoughts over and over in my
mind, I at last once became satisfied the
criminal was a woman.
My conjectures went no further than
that, and I once more made a thorough
search through the garden, but I had
done this so carefully twice before that
it seemed almost useless. However, I
prosecuted my search and at last found
in the hedge between the garden and the
next, a fragment of the dress. This was
something, at all events, and showed
two things that my guesB as to its be
ing a woman was correct, and also the
means by which she entered and left the
garden.
I was on a track now a slight, one to
be sure, but still It was a beginning, and
I Immediately made Inquiries as to the
occupants of the next house. I learned
It wbb occupied by an old ludy aud her
niece, who were reported to be very
rich. They were of the Jewish persua
sion, and their names was Itoseubaum.
I also learned that the niece was of a
passionate temper and led the house
hold a hard life.
Having learned this much, I went to
the house where Gangoil had lodged, and
once more went carefully over his papers
and letters, in the hope of finding some
thing that might assist me. There was
nothing of the sort among the papers,
however,but in a cigar case lying on the
mantel-shelf, I found a woman's card
with the name of Mary Ilosenbaum.
I began to have my case pretty well
In hand now. Dressing myself as a
peddler, I went to the house, and ex
hibited my wares In the servants' hall
and spreading nut my stock of silks and
ribbons, ofl'ered them for about half their
value, saying I would take cast-off
dresses In exchange.
"Now, my dears," 1 said, "your mis
tress must have very many that she will
not wear again."
"Lawks! yes," replied one of the
girls. " Why, Molly, where is that old
gray merino that Miss Mary told you to
give to the regiment."
The dress was brought and my satis
faction was Intense when I saw It was of
the Identical shade of the piece I had
found In the hedge, rurchaslng It at a
figure that made their eyes open, I went
on my way, and examining it, found the
spot from which the fragment had been
torn.
My case now stood as follows : It was
a woman who had done the murder; a
woman wearing a dark dress,liad climb
ed overthe hedge into the garden on the
night of the murder ; this woman was
Mary Itosenbaum, who was acquainted
with George Gangoil, and was of a pas
sionate temper. The question now was
what did she go into the garden for at
all, and why take that method of doing
so V
Under the peculiar circumstances, I
thought myself justified in communica
ting these facts to the superintendent,
and asking for a warrant to apprehend
Mary RoRenbaum. It was granted me,
and I and another officer took a coach
and proceeded to the house.
Leaving my companion outside, I sent
my name as the bearer of a message from
Gangoil, and I was at once ushered up
stairs into the drawing-room.
"I am Miss llosenbaum," she said:
" what have you to say to me V"
She was a woman of about thirty,
slightly corpulent, with the common,
heavy cast of countenance, and an ill
tempered look in her coal black eyes.
'I am an officer of the detective police,'
I said, " and I arrest you for the murder
of Clara Hamilton."
A ghastly pallor overspread her face,
and she seized the back of a chair for
support.
" I have been waiting for you," she
said, at length. " I do not deny any
thing. I loved him madly, and I might
have won him if it had not been for that
doll-faced girl, with her large, sheep's
eyes. I only went to listen, but when I
saw him press her to his bosom, and
lavish the caresses upon her, I could not
help it, and as soon as he was out of
sight, I crept upon her and stabbed her
through the heart, and even robbed the
worms of the triumph of spoiling her
wax-doll beauty.
A baleful green light shone in her
eyes, while the tone of vindictive tri
umph in which she spoke made me
shudder.
" I will go with you at once," she said,
" but let me first goto my dressing room
for a moment."
" No," I said ; " you can ring for any
thing you want. Dressing-cases may
hold other drugs than toilet-powders."
"You think! would poison myself V
she said, with a hallow laugh. " Well,
you are right ; for I never will go Into
court nor ascend the gallows. See ! "
Even while she spoke, before I could
stir or stop her, she had sprang from
where she stood and dashed herself
through the French window to the street
below.
I ran down stairs as quickly as I could,
but my companion met me in the door
way. " Call for assistance to carry the body
into the house," he said; " there is no
more use for us here, for she will never
speak again."
Appreciating a Sermon.
I cannot resist repeating a conversa
tion between a friend and his farm ser
vant, which Illustrates the remark al
ready made, that an Irishman la rarely
at a loss for a reply or an excuse :
" That was a good sermon, was it not,
that we had last Sunday V" said the gen
tleman. " True for you, yer honor, an llllgant
one! It done me a power of good intlre
!y." " I'm glad of that. Can you tell me
what particularly struck you? What
was it aboutl"'
" Oh, well," stratchlng his head, " I
don't rightly not exactly know, I a
I. A' where's the uso in telling lies t
Sure I don't remember one single 'dvld-
ual word of It, good or bad. Sorra a bit
of me knows what It's about at all."
" And yet you say It did you a power
of goodl"
"So it did, sir. I will stick to that,
Blr."
" I don't see how."
" Well, now, yer honor, look here.
There's my shirt that the wife Is after
washing : and clean and white It Is, by
reason of all the water and the soap and
the starch that's gone through It. But
flot a drop of 'em all water, or soap, or
starch, or blue has Btayed In d'ye see.
And that's Just the same with me, yer
honor, an' It's dried out of me; but all
the same, just like my Sunday shlrt,I'm
the better aud the cleaner after It."
There was more philosophy than he
was aware of In the quaint reasoning of
the man. An Impression for good or
evil is often left upon the mind and
bears fruit, when what has caused the
Influence has passed away from our
memories.
.
The New Stove.
A fat citizen, having In view the pur
chase of a new coal stove, was yesterday
standing in front of a hardware store,
when a newsboy halted and respectfully
said :
" I s'pose you've seen the new stove
the one that beats 'em all V
" I don't know that I have," was the
calm reply.
" You orter see It, sir. They are alius
talkin' 'bout these coal stoves which
save 10 per cent, of fuel and now they've
got one."
" Have, eh V"
" Yes'r, I saw this one goin' the other
day, hot 'null to bake au ox, an' it did
not burn any coal at all not even a
pound."
" Is that possible! Why, I never
heard of such a thing. Didn't burn
any coal at all 5"'
" Not an once and It was throwing
out an awful heat."
" Well, that beats me. I don't see
how they got the heat V"
" They burned wood, sir !" was the
humbly reply.
The man tried to coax the boy with
in reach, but the lad had to go to the
post-office.
A New Hand at the Bellows.
During the journey of Emperor
Joseph II. to Italy, one of the wheels of
his coach broke down on the road, so
that it was with difficulty he reached a
small village at a short distance. On
his arrival there His Majesty got out at
the door of the only blacksmith's shop
the town afforded and desired him to
repair the wheel without delay.
" That I would gladly do," replied
the smith, " but It being- holiday all
my men are at church ; the very boy
who blows the bellows is not at home."
" An excellent method then presents
of warming oneself," replied the Em
peror, not revealing who he was, and he
Immediately set about blowing the bel
lows, while the blacksmith forged the
iron. The wheel being repalred,slx sols
were demanded for the job ; but the
Emperor gave him six ducats. The
blacksmith returned them to the traveler
saying :
" Sir, you have made a mistake, and
instead of six sols you have given me
six pieces of gold, which no one in the
village cau change."
" Change them when and where you
can, said the Emperor, stepping into his
carriage; "an Emperor, should pay
for such a pleasure as that of blowing
the bellows."
A Boy's Depravity.
A remarkable caseof juvenile depravi
ty Is reported from Bell's Camp, an oil
village on the line of the Olean and
Bradford Railroad. A ten-year-old boy
named Charlie Welch, living at Bell's
Camp, has for a long time been in the
habit of boarding trains on that road
and riding to and fro between stations.
Monday last the conductor of train 28,
seeing the boy in a dangerous pluce on
the train, stopped and put him oft, tell
ing him never to get on again unless he
paid his fare and rode insido the car.
" D n you," exclaimed the lad, " I'll
fix you for this." Friday afternoon, as
train 28 was approaching a very steep
embankment about two miles west of
Bell's Camp, the engineer saw an ob
struction on the Inuer rail in the shape
of a piece of iron about two feet long,
raised and fastened by a scantling braced
against it and the outer rail. It was too
late to stop the train, but fortunately
two flat cars had been placed in front
of the engine to be pushed to Olean.
The first struck the obstruction aud was
hurled down the bank, pulling the other
with It. The coupling between the rear
fiat car and the locomotive broke and
no further damage was done. A brake
man on the front car went down the
bunk with It, and had a miraculous
escape from death. After the smash-up
the boy Charlie Welch was Been to run
from near the track towards home. He
wus followed and arrested, but denied all
knowledge of the crime until he was
placed In a dark cell of the lock-up
when he confessed that he had planned
and executed the train-wrecking scheme
because he was mad at the conductor
and wanted to " got square" with him.
The boy will doubtless be sent to the
House of Refuge.
Material Effeott of the Yellow Fever.
It Is estimated that the actual material
loss to the region of country scourged
by the yellow fever, thus far, says the
Louisville " Courier-Journal," Is not
less than $200,000,000, and that Is.doubt
less, a very low estimate. Splendid
stands of cotton will be lost for want of
hands to pick It, while the cessation of
business in cities and towns, and on the
railroads and river, had occasioned
enormous losses, which cannot now be
computed. Beyond expression, this has
been a terrible year for the people of the
Lower Mississippi Valley. Some people
talk In a melancholy way, and express
the belief that the South will be utterly,
irremediably ruined. That is an Impos
sibility. The South has been swept by
the flood, pestilence and sword, yet has
she come up out of the depths with a
firm step and a hopeful heart. Tempo
rarily crushed the south may be, but
destroyed never. There is reason to re
joice that the yellow fever has spread so
little East from the Mississippi. It is
leaving a broad, black mark from Cairo
to the gulf. It is a terrible mark, to be
sure. It is a trail marked by graves.
Yet, out of the deeps of this woe those
communities will come with renewed
strength. If it were otherw!se,we might
Indeed abandon hope for the South.
The people have too much at stake, and
the business of the valley 1b too great.
Its demands will speedily set all 'the
machinery of trade in motion again.
The heart only aches in contemplation
of the weeks of deaths and misery
which must elapse before this plague
storm's horrors will vanish..
Torn In Pieces by a Mule.
A boy named Conrad Cramer was
engaged at the Empire Mines In Luzerne
county In hauling coal-dirt from a culm
pile to a boiler-room, in a car drawn by
a mule. On the return trips Cramer
would ride. After several efforts the
mule succeeded in throwing the boy
from his back, and as he fell he became
entangled in the harness. The animal
plunged and reared and bit at the boy,
who was' dangling in front. Finally the
mule leaped forward and rau, dragging
Cramer over the sharp rocks. When
those who followed came up to the
animal they found the body of Cramer
literally munched to pieces by the mule.
The beast had gnawed off the right arm
at the shoulder, torn the flesh clean off
the lower left leg bo as to expose the
bones, and had opened gaping and rag
ged wounds with his teeth in every part
of the body.
A Brave Boy.
On Tuesday morning last a child of
Mr. G. F. Brady, of Delaware City,
while standing upon a well curb, was,
by the breaking of a rotten board, pre
cipitated to the bottom of the well a
distance of forty-five feet. A boy named
Frederick Hilabum, who was standing
near, immediately pulled off another
plank, threw his arms around the pump
stock and slipped rapidly down to the
water, grasped the child as it was sink
ing for the third time, and though the
water was very deep, succeeded in hold
ing himself, as well as the child, above
until ropes were lowered to him, by
which he was safely drawn out. The
child is less than three years old, and,
strange to say, escaped injury save a
few scratches. The boy's heroism and
presence of mind iu his successful ef
forts to save the child deserve universal
commendation.
His Temperance Story.
An old soldier, relating his experience
at a temperance meeting, said that at
one time he got possession of two kegs
of whisky, took them to camp, put a
faucet in one of them, and passed the
whisky around among the boys until
they all were pretty full. About the
time the keg was empty, he Bald, for a
moment his conscience told him he was
doing wrong. He picked up an ax and
knocked the head of the other keg in,
and (here he was Interrupted by the
deacons' startling cry of "Amen!"
"Thank God!" "Glory be to God!")
After the house became quiet, he con
tinued : "I knocked In the head of that
keg, gave the boys a tin cup, and told
them to help themselves."
On entering the box, a witness had
aTestument presented to him, but he
declined to be sworn. On being askd
for his reasons for refusing, he naively
replied: "I'll tell a lie with any man
in England, but I'll not swear to it."
gyln boring a well at Stewart Sta
tion, Minn., a butternut log was found
at the depth of 177 feet from the surface,
in the middle of a vein of blue clay.
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