MURDER WILL OUT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 283, 2 November 1883, Page 2

MURDER WILL OUT.

A murder woithy of Eugene Anna lsreportel from Amecioa. la 1864 a New York (syndicate sent a representative to Afetamoras, m Ohio, .-who, while staying: with aoiaa named Ward, suddenly disappeared and was never heard of mare. thereupon became much richer, but dropped dead oae day, and nothing more would hare been thought of the matter ; had not one James West, who had also coa,e into possession of money, suddenly felt coa* strained to make adaath-bed confession. Ward had, m fact, planned with West how they might murder the rich stranger from the syndica!e.\ They en* gaged the services of a butcher name! Kirkbridge, who out the unfortunate cran's tbroat with knife, one dark night while: the other two held him . I'uey ; robbed; him of 30,0Q0do!s. and his jewellery, except a goli rins, which they could not pull off, and they erentua.ly put him m a well m Ward's place, and filled it np. -Jt was givau out that the veil had ■« caved m," and the three dmded the monef;} West died after this confession^ but Kirkbridge, the sprnvor. of ; the three, denied and ridiculed the Btojy. Howerer.-tho well wa 8j dug out and , searched, and a skeleton with a ring on its fingar >«»§ found. The town went wild, ,wd Kirkbridge is nader arrest. -,■--.