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THE MU'NCTQN MIJR1/41 CASE, sank, inseneiblo aagoinet the oountes,..
«ore, Osborne abstracted the money
axrRAOR eneenv einnE ICoanxa ox from has pantaloon!a pocket, and Harry
't niaL, secured the watch end other articles of
--- value, Mrs. Osborne knew the drug
The inhabitants of the Province of given to lticCcarthey was not fatal, and
New Brunswick have for some months informed her sou that he would remover
bee ceensi.iereebly excited by specula.- and accuse them of the rcbbery, '"If
tions and aliseussione as to the perpet- ; yon think so let us Aniele :flint," woo the
rotors of to ^aturder of a pint iu- ;youth's oral! reply. The mother hand-
Habitant of the Provi.ece, and also as to eti hint a hatchet, with the advice to
the circumstances limier which the al- ""him him hard, and only once.'" The
feed reorder was come-Attea . The deelboy struck the man a heavy blow above
toile of the store are gel foil eve, the eat, and be dropped to the floor,
Timothy McCarthy, the wealthy pro. the blood ►nailing out ftou his mouth
prietor of the NI -melon liquor store, and Rose. Another crashing blow,
left hie home en the 12th of Outober which took effect in the same place.aud
List, with the tuteitticui, as tie stared, of the eau' bad left the body. Mrs. Oe..
visiting Prince Edward island. Ho i borne divided the money in two piles of
had on Ida person, when he started ou equal size, and offered the witness one,
hie festal journey. $1.001, bis a hut she declined to accept it, Harry
weaten, ring and other as bels s of cont- been rice a Bible, and the girt
sitierttble valve. Hie wife appears to swore she would never reveal what sire
have been jeal+sue of him while at home, had witnessed.
eie feted lilted not Itis visits to the is"anal, r case ma TIM fovea.
which, in bet' opinion, hates Pante seaters- ( The rernovael of the body was their
Wm for Iter 1 J,nnd, attar than ire' next are floral; be .tight a horse ante
e igini tta tit a fro:it d aaar. By means
of a bed -!e aril a Roue was fastened
around the reordered trlatu'e neck. An.
nie P esker seaaiated in tying tate st.l:te,
and else in placing the body in the wa-
gon, when Harry drove to the Scad"sac
raver. not far (Latent. The w tnesii
ern bed the blood cal{trued fl for by the
direction of Afro. O llarne. Henry cal•
turned after a lielfdheltr"s febyeuce, and
ort being questioned by the girl,, named
the pert of the river where he had de-
posited the burly. She bad seen both
the over -coats belonging to ltleCertbey
in the hands of the Osbornes,on et' them
being newly bound by Eliza for her
father, but was never wuru bytial.
The eevertaaet cross•exiturivatiou did not
weaken her testimony, which was sup-
ported in seine teoiuts ley other wit:lees-
es. The girl, whe is (pito good looking,
had led a pretty wild life, and
any believed the story wan to fabricaa-
tof her own against the Qabornea
art rcivengo for softie real or fancied
THE TIMES
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natural attrita'tions. Site t• sett the res.
Mutton to prevent, if possible, her hne-
Wind'ae. ►atrial;, arta confronted hire at
tint p (;bene, where he intended to
take) the Moaner for the island. kt
stormy scone followed, and de iriri to
gee away ftotn his wife, he bearded the
train en which be had arrived and re-
turned iroeilewsrd a:s fe.r as Mediae, a
village a bltort dietence away.. Mrs.
McCarthy never sate tier bn baand alive
ether this meeting. When she returned
horse. four days after, she expected
to flub her hueba»d there, but was alie•
appointed. Dieeppointed.but not elerm.
ed, until a fortnight bad alalteed, and
sill no beers of the rniseinl; men,
I,C;al lli0 Ertl; 'rattiG XliNi is
Then began the setive seareb. wide/n
:tried on for ;teach bur mantles
rite, greatest visor, and which bad
alt success. Many were of the
(Tin iair that ha load purposely absented
elf from his wife and Ru.
mars that belied been seen > in t t.Johu
and ether parts of the Province were wrong.
daily reported. The rumors, however, ; A REVS= Fon THE Morax.
lacked confirmation, and the stricicet t Tho Osborites were remauded, as no.
iugtnriea failed to Provo that lio had thing could bo done until the recovery"
ever left Shedise after returning thereof the body, for which the G,svernnteut
• ,from the Port. It was after nightdnll offered ati reward of $5500. Little could
when he arrived in tlhediae,and lie !, be done in than way of searoh during the
proceeded to the \%eldon Hotel, where muter, as the raver was frozen over,
he suet soultl friends, and they anent a Some mouths age,McCarthey's hat was
good part of the evening in the bar found floating on the river, and near
E tutu of the hoasa, While there he the end of forst mouth the booty itself
elytted that he intended g•topp,tti; at the wos discovered by two French mon,
Ueborne House (a neighboring hotel) who were rafting logs and keeping a
as the wag en terms of iutin Hey with I,look-out for the b• dy. The idetetifica-
tuu reimily of that nave who kept it. i tion of McCarthey's body by his wife
Ile waa at Chu latter hotel about ten and family was a touching scene An
Q clerk. fart left again in the company I eexaamination proved beyond doubt that
of rho pnntntat+tor of the place, After the elan had been murdered and not
Strolling through the quiet street for a drowned.
some time, they parted, IlleOarthera ` mouse eseerenr.
conlpauion leaving flim standing on the This discovery, however, did not fut.
corner b"attveen the two hotels named. ly clear up the mystery C"aunected with
Where ,he went and what became of the ease, but ou the contrary, only
Lith after this, was, for the four tnouths served to snake it more perplexing,
alluded to, an unaanswored question. When found it was clothed in the over.
Suepiciou fell upon the Osborues. who Goats rvitieb A.unie Parker swore had
denied that he had returned to their been left hanging in the hall, and which
hotel after ,parting with the Patinas- she had seen iu the hands of the Os-
ter. bornes after the time of the allged mur-
der. The watch and nearly 809 in
notes were also found in the pockets.
A coroner's inquest was at once held,
and the prisoners were brought from
the jail in order to be present. All the
witnesses previously examined were
again put on the s and. Mt.a't specula-
tion was indulged in as to how Annie
Parker would account for the finding
of the coats, watch and money on the
murdered mau'a body, and new dia-
closures were confidently expected.
None came, however, for her second
statement was a positive confirmation
of the first. She expressed no surprise
on being told of what was found on the
body, and said that the change could
have easily been effected by the Os-
borne» (who knew where to find the re-
mains) while public " suspicion was
aroused against them by the first state.
meat of witness to the Sheriff, which
was published some weeks before their
arrest, or though the aid of friends
since their committal. Site recognized
the binding on one of the coats as the
same which she had seen ElizaOsborne
attaching to it. Mrs. Osborne had al-
so asked the advice of a witness as to
whether anything could be done to them
should McCarthey's body be found with
the watcn,clothes and money described
by Annie Parker.
4.
THE FIRST CLLrw.
One of the Osborne girls, however,
in an unguarded moment, adinitted to
a friend that 11eCarthey had been there
for a second ti:ue about midnight.
They also seemed to have more money
at their disposal than was usual for
thetas. Matters were in this state when
Annie Parker, a remarkably 'intelligent
girl of about seventeen years, who had
been employed as s domestic in the Os-
borne House at the time of \1eCarthey's
ellsappearance,left the family and came
to Moncton. While here she made a
sworn statement before a justice which
resulted in the arrest of the Osborne
family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs.
Osborne, their daughter, Eliza, and
their son, Harry, (the latter an ever -
gratin boy of seventeen), who were
charged with the murder of Timothy
McCarthey. The first examitiatiou
took plaoe en January last. The girl
Parker was the leading witness agai ist
them. 'The substance of her statement
was as follows :—McCarthey returned.
to the hotel about midnight. Duriug
the time he was there in the company
of Smith, the postmaster, a dispute
-arose between McCarthey and Eliza
Osborne, during which McCarthey pro-
duced a roll of notes,and offered.' to bet
that the was in the right. Witness after-
wards heard the Osbornes plotting to A DOCTOR'S TESTIMONY.
obtain the mouey. When aicOartleoy But by far the strongest proof that
came in he hadou arobber overcoat over the body had been tampered with is
the two coats which he usually tvo.re. fnrui-Red by Dr. Allison, of St, John
After he. had hung the outer coats in who examined it immediately after it
the hall •he went into the bar -room. was foiled. He found blood on the
Wituess, and all the Osbornee, with front of the inside coat and vest. bio -
exception of the father, who was sick, Oarthey only bled from the mouth and
wers in the room. MeCarthey treated nose on receiving his death wouuds,and
the party two or three times, and at the had his rubber coat been buttoned to
last drink, the girl observed Mrs. Os- the chin (as it was found) it wonld have
bore,e putting n white powder, which been utterly impossible;for the blood to
she stirred into the glass. She tried Neve penetrated to the inner coat. The
to waru him of his dauger, but he had inside garments, too, are thickly coated
been drinking pretty freely all the even• with mud about the waist and breast,.
iug, and drained the glass, regardless" while the overonts are tightly buttoned
of her signal. The drug quickly took and reach below the knee. It was the
effect, his heed dropped, and calling for opinion of the doctor that the body had
.his wife and son, iu a feefale voice, he been raised and replaced. If such is
the ease, it bee not been productive of
much good to the bold schemers.'
rue JURY RISA ne%.
The hesriug of evidence was conclud-
ed ort Thursdity last, ::nd the oris eras
given to the jury, who, after they had
been absent for a considerable titno, re-
turned and reported that they were On*
able to agree. They were discharged,'
and the Osbornee were sent back to
jail to nwieit the July sessions of the
Supreme C ort,, t . which they were re.
mended after their first exarnivatjon,
Five of. the ...even composing tate present
jury find that the murder was corninit-
ted by Harry Osborne, at the desire of
his Mother. The girl Eliza is held
equally guilty, being present and offer
ing no re,-otence to the brutal cringe.
The father received the money, and
gained, foiltisoaccount of how it waeltherefore a sharer in the TIN iDEPOT'
STOVE
ANA. STOVE
crime. T.te two remaining jurymen
could not decide who committed the
murder.
H.ensali
FURNITURE Rooms
WING to the very large increase of trach, I
have been compelled to enlarge my premieres,
and have just received a large stook of alt kinds 01
FniniEnr. in fact, one of ;be largest north of Lon.
don; Thone in want of a Srat class artiele nine the
HouseFurnishiug Cross should call and exnIeimy
stock and ascertain nay prices and be convinced that
I can sell cheaper than any other Ilousein the trans,
Wool, Straw and rx•".ted ivattresses, and spring beds of all
kinds 1 have also opened out a first-class stock of Olocks
V, .teliea and due Jewelry, in fact every article found In
a first-cleasestah'lishment. Jfeel conadet,tthat Jean eel
at prices that will satisfy the pnblie, and as low ea.cen
be purchased anywhere. (dock's and Watches repaired
at teoderat., rates, and satisfaction kosranteed, ty cow
patent workmen. Alto Organs and 8iusical instrument..
t3pecial attention to Undertaking,
Buildings contrasted for.
S 'airbairn.
THE EXETER:
ANOTHER QUIOKENI A CON
SCLENCE,
Deriug a lull in the conversation ysa-
terday eveningegraudtather Liokshiugle
startled the Wally by relnerkiug
"" I've liver. Iver a huodredyears by
the watch. std never felt this way be•
fore," anti he blinked in a very sorrow-
ful manner,
"" What's the matter F" a.died mother
who was at his side inan instant.
" I don't know," he said, " nurses I
have a ;quickened onuscieuce," and be
blinked and stared by turns in a very
filarlrting manner.
"I feel sort of lot around the ear,"
Ito went en, " au' mebber I'd better
confess."
Iiia whole frame trembled like a leaf,
and a deadly pallor overspread his face,
A window was thrown open which seem- G 0 D
ed to revive bila, and ha gasped :
" wrote 'Bean Viral Snow r" "
" You did nuthiug of the cart" yelled
father ; " I wrote it myself and can
prove it 1"
Grandfather went on with his con-
fession : ENG
" I killed old. man Junius and the
Nathan Letters 1 Bind up your horse 1
Give me another wound 1"
Another window was opened,.
" I voted rot Tit--"
Something rose iu the wretched
marl's throat and eltokted off tbn dread.
fit! sentence. Summoning his streugth
again he whisoertd t
"" Et was I who struck Billy Patter
son—struolc him twice ; mace for a V.,
next tune for twenty," and grandfather For sale cheap—Seoond hand Boilers and Enfiires Stave and
fell bnolr in his chair exhausted. Shingle, and Heading Machinery.
Repairs on Boilers, Eugines, Mills, &c., promptly attended. to
OODERICIT FOUNDRY and ISTANUFATURIlitx co.
GODERICH, Ont.
o
TH 'bar begs to announce to the it habitants of Exeter and the strromladiog colla •
try, that he has oprnect a TIN end 4 t OVE DEPOT in the store nearly opposite Mr. G.
A, maces Grocery and Lulnor store, &twin street. Exeter, where he is p.epaied to fill all orde. s
sur:
Cook, Parlor and other Stoves
,.t Manufacturers Prices.
in re, chewer than the cheapest, and made up by practical
workmen on the premises.
e-Treugltlug done to order, Carriage Plating a Snerialty. Coal ell Chimney!, the
very hest and none Cheaper,
c -
Intending purchasers will always end me at my post, ready to attend to my own business
and prepared at all times to treat customers courteously and supply them with a good and
sap artic e. llopend upon it that nowhere eau you get better value for your money.
The very highest price iu. Cash paid for Hides and Sheena skins,
.h'. H, SPACKATAN,
zeta 1' 0, October Iu 1 77.
Founders, Engin
er
FOUNDRY
and Machinists,
MANUFACTURERS OF
AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST AND SAW MILLS
STAVE AND HEADING MkeliINEIitY
Middling Purifiers of improved kinds.
,Agricultural Irzplern ents
COOKING, PARLOR AND BOX STOVES
Potash Kettles, School seats, &c.
Iron and Brass Castinfrs to order
LT KINSMAN, I). I., I). S., IIAS 013-
• tamed his ntjee is and License to prac-
tise Dentis.
try and will
bo on hand
so of old. on
Mondays,
Tuosdays
Fridays ami
Saturdays.
Office next
Boil's Bakery Main Street, Exeter Ont.
Shingles
for
U.nderta kor -4
Sale WOULD SAY TO
F1a031 $1 TO ei.Ge PER SQIJABE,
At G. & J. Brooks' &awmill,
TWO MILES WEST OF TM?. LONDON'
ROAD, TT OF RAS,
f?oetsc d applly ty o hand look Lumber and Cedar
DO NOT READ THIS.
1 cuing received a lot of new machinery, I
would inform the farmers of the sur-
rounding country that I am prepared to manu-
facture all kinds of Horse Rakes, Barley
Forks, Grain Cradles, Suaiths, etc, and having
secured the services of a first-class Turner, I
am prepared to do
ALL KINDS OF TURNING
on the shortest notice, and for style and price
II defy competition. Always on hand a first-
class stock of Fork and Shovel Handles. Mill
half a mile south of Exeter.
A. OOTTELL.
ST. M t.RY'S LtMEWORKS.
our drawn kilns being now in full operation and
turning out daily a Cargo quantal of
LIME
that for all purposes
cannot be surpassed in the Domin•
iou.
Partiesfrom a distance can always beet '.plied
either at the kilns or deliyerd by teams at low
est remunerative rates. Ordersfrom o distance
promptly attended to.
WHITSON & SCLATER.
MILLINERY
MISS GARLICI,
Has now in stock a complete line of
SPRING HATS, BONNETS,
FEATH:HERS,'FLOWERS,
and Trimmings of Every Kind, in
Latest Style and Lowest Prices
A full Stock of Fancy Goods,
Berlin Wools, tionitoii Lace, I3raide,
Patterns, Cardboard Mottoes, &c,
a,Tackets•cut and made to order.
MISS GAELICK,
Main St., E retcr.
theme who intend
purehasIng to do so from
the manufacturer. The
dealer who buys to sell
again must necessarily
have a profit. Wo claim
to give the' purchasers the
benefit, which cannot fail
to meet the views of the
Grangers. Our expenses
a^o less than those of city
manufacturers consegnent-
we can sell cheaper.
Emblems
C. & 8. GIDI,EY
and Flarniture Man of curers
TE WOULD
callspecinlattention
a' -- --•^^ to our undertaking depart,
ment,which is more tom
pleto than erar,as we have
added several newdesigne
of late The best cofilns,
/ caskets shrouds,and every
nneral requisite at the
lowest prices. Our new
Hearse is pronounced by
competent judges to be
second to nor.e in the
Provinces
of all the Different Societies.
MUSIC HALL AND
Sowing 1Ytachanc Emporium
Pro.
MHII LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OF
1 Silverware, China and Dell ever seen in
the West, at
E. DRE` XT'S ST01321.
Mr. Drew has just received an excellent stock o
Silver Tea .Setts, Butter Coolers, Double and Singio
Pickle Cruets, Cake Baskets, Card Receivers, Oom-
munion Setts, etc.,of the Best Quadruple and Triple
Plate, and is offering the same at prices that would
ASTONISH YOU FOR CHEAPNESS t
Re has just opened out a new and complete as
,sortcaent of China, Glass and Stonewares. Gal
fiend satisfy: yourself as to quality and cheaaess.
Come and try our instruments- Music 'reacher
still on hand. Services at lowest fdguret.
E. DREW,
DOMINION LABORATORY
PARIS GREEN!.
PURE.
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