The Huron Expositor, 1997-07-16, Page 5The blood had been there some time
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out you, and sow i cannot
haaryouoout.of,atysit. 1 can
trust you more than my own
friends, Writer they turn on
nte.1 have never seen one
that 1foil
. and believe
me Jcnn i11 love you
.sstotll i draw breath.
' u AEC the only11110 1 over
. mid I can :*scout we
ill We will get
arried.will show
me how to the counter-
feit woney and i know lots of
places where wh can pass it
off. No one saw me do it and
if they bring evidence against
me you can buy it off.
"Yours for ever,
"NICHOLAS MfLADY."
"Mrs. Bond led her
lover to understand
that She was in for
counterfeiting.
"Many of the letters con-
tained similar admissions,
some of even a more direct
character. Mrs. Bond was at
last discharged about a month
ago, and then informed
Melody she was going to
Buffalo. A correspondence
was kept up all the time to a
few days ago; but, of course,
as all letters had to be
inspected by the gaoler, noth-
ing occurred in them touch-
ing on the murder, and they
only breathe the affection and
adoration he appears to have
felt, prompted possibly, more
by the hope of escape than
any real regard. The corre-
spondence only closed and
the parties disclosed their
hands, when the case was
ready for trial. A few days
before, the evidence against
the parties thus accumulated
was shown to Donovan, who
immediately asked to be
allowed to make a deposi-
tion, with the wish, evidently,
to protect himself. The first
deposition he made was as
follows: -
"This is the statement of
Thomas Donovan, made this
18th day of March, 1869, in
relation to the murder of
Nicholas Melady and Ellen
Melady (his wife). - I believe
that Thomas Melady, Alice
Melady, and Mrs. Kehoe are
aware of the murder of
Nicholas Melady and Ellen
Melady (his wife); and fur-
ther. that I know Nicholas
Melady was the murderer, or
one of the murders."
Great time at
tractor draw
Dear Editor:
Once again the Agricultural
Society of Seaforth has done
it again. What a great day and
evening, for their tractor
elimination draw, supper and
dance and a great time was
enjoyed by all. "CONGRAT-
ULATIONS" to the decora-
tors who did inside'the arena,
it was spectacular. Each and
every one of the decorators
deserves more than a medal
(Thank you from us), it
looked very beautiful.
To those "Thoughtless
People" who were so intent
on removing the posters,
recipes, etc., off the glass
around the arena - PLEASE
THINK (next time) of all the
hard work the Ag. Society
people went to, to make the
arena look extra special for
"you" and everyone else to
enjoy.
To all the people in and
around Seaforth who neglect
to buy a tractor ticket, to sup-
port their own Ag. Society -
how sad. Some day you, are
going,to wish you had bought
one. After eight years of
buying tickets, "I3 & K" won
a beautiful birdhouse and
"Willemena & Girls" won
two tires - very, very nice.
To the Ag. Society, all its
members, and its many,,many
wonderful : helpers, thank you
very much for a wonderful
day, ggmod music, EXCEL-
I,BNT FOOD„beautiful sur-
roundings anfl wonderful
people. We wish the
Agricultural Society ;lots pf
luck ,fpr the ,future Awl we
,hope .to see you all again ,on
July 4, 1948 at the,ncttarac-
tor;dra, Pien if..we,ttever
win ,the big or%medium,Q ze,
the day aad.evcl►ing ale wall
wpjth the amount,paid• tWNe
will .keep hoping tbpttgh)• � W�.vgrytlt�•
th! I*ow B awn
,1
"The blood appeaved
to have flowed frrim
the bedroom into the
kitchen. Didn't
observe any blood on
the walls of any
rooms except those of
the kitchen.”
THE MURDER
Tdoasas McQo.ck - Saw
his father-in-law last in
Seaforth, the Tuesday previ-
ous to the murder, at which
time they made an appoint-
ment to go up to Melady's un
Sunday following, and went
accordingly.
"Witnesses here described
the house as a large 1 1/2
storey, containing several
rooms. On entering the
house, his wife going ahead,
saw blood as thick as it could
be on the floor, in which
tracks were quite plain, upon
which witness remarked there
must have been fighting there
during the past night, and his
wife wished him to go away,
but he declined, and then
went into the hall. where the
body of Nicholas Melody
was laying dead in his blood,
with nothing but his shirt on.
"Both then went out and
gave the alarm. and got a
neighbour named Nigh, and
returned to the house. where
they found the wife of
Nicholas Melody by the bed
in the bedroom also dead.
The blood was thicker in the
bedroom than in the hall and
kitchen. Appeared as though
the blood had been there
some time. The wound on the
old man was a bullet hole in
the right temple. The old
woman's head was split up,
as if with an axe, a chair was
also laying there broken. By
this time Dr. Coleman and a
number of neighbours were
present."
To Prisoners Counsel -
Witness (McGuech) never
quarelled with him. On the
Sunday in question he got to
the house in afternoon. Some
of the doors were open and
others on the 'latch.
"The blood appeared to
have flowed from the ibed-
room into the kitchen. Didn't
observe any 'blood on the
walls of any rooms except
those of the kitchen. From
appearances of the tracks
inferred them were more than
one person present at the time
of murder."
Joseph Nigh - 'Lived near
to the house of the late .old
Melady. The ftrat he heard of
the murder was when
McGuech came and told him
on Sunday 7th of June. "I
saw the old man on the
evening before and appeared
to be well. Went to the house
with McGuech and saw the
bodies, laying on the floor.
The feet of the two bodies lay
towards one another. The
body of the old man had a
bullet hole in one of his tem-
ples. Was a very large hole.
Had nothing but his shirt on.
"The old woman's head
was smashed in, might have
been dune either with an axe
or club, both of which arti-
cieS were laying on the floor
as well as a broken gun.
Articles were produced in
court, though could not swear
to them. When he saw she
state of affairs, sont for the
coroner. Saw a araban boa in
the room. Didn't know
whether there had boat a rob-
bery or not. Saw signs of the
murderers 'having got in at
the cellar window."
The trsoks of the murderers
went west and south-west
from the house, "part of the
way it was as of stocking
tracks up to a pile of wood by
a potato patch, after which
they appeared to be boot
tracks." This tracing was
done by him on Monday. The
tracks on the floor were easi-
ly to be seen. The most blood
was in the bedroom.
"I saw the prisoner's boots
tried in the tracks. Conversed
with the prisoner at the
inqueat, when he said, that on
the night of the murder they
had 'been drinking pretty
freely, and could not give a
very good account as to
where he was that night.
Didn't recollect what the
prisoner said about his
father's marriage but knew
he was unfavourable to it."
To Prisoner's Counsel -
"He was tuld that the boots
were Donovan's. There had
been a slide of some person
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