WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF MURDER.
; *' Nature " contains an account of <i re« ' markable discovery of a murder at Bermuda. A nuilhilto woman disappeared in 187S, and her Inisb.-iml wbs suspected of ; i the nimder, but there was do evidence j forthcoming of his suMi, Some fisher, men noticed in L«n;jßuy Clianuel a week ! ] after the worn ni's disappearance a long streak of calm, such jis a c.isk of oil u^iMlly diffuses around it wl>en in the water. Soinc sug»es''cd Hint tbeve mijhi lie a coinci'lw-o between Uiis pbeno* menon fliul the tnuule' 1 tb:>t w*s being talked about, and a few days later the water was dragged aad portions of the skeleton brought up. A diver subsequently found that the body had been fastened by a roue ;o a stone, and brought up portions of Ihe scalp and of fhe skin of the sole of (he foot, and of clothing, by which the Lody was identified. Tbe husband was tried, found guilty and executed. lf< % had calculated that Ibe (Jibes would soon destroy all means of ideniiflalion, but he hid no thought that their ravages; combined with the process of decomposition, would set free the mai'er which wa* to write the trace* of the ciimc on the surface sf the water.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 25 October 1880, Page 2
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210WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF MURDER. Inangahua Times, Volume II, 25 October 1880, Page 2
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