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9, 1871.J. Chinn, | tic Com-hat there ; in this i o'clocky) doter-ing dele-;ntion, to idance isL appears ige, had There is ’ Depart-msibility s ol such a time, that the , a fraud le collu— t offices, to show i the re-heir at-1 n, use, Iditional officers to pre-S'S ANDlal trainreturnir, com-Trainsirrive inat 5 F»J P. Mhe fair.11 meetiction ofc, sayslour on■!'s store,cted to and as rowded | t waironThe Harper Tragedy—That Dream.—On Saturday, while coming from Lexington, we met with Mr. Wallace Harper, whose wirc was said to have had that remarkable dream on the Saturday night preceding the Harper tragedy', in which she saw the murder and I he murderers. Tn a conversation with him he informed us that it was not his wife, but his sister, who had the dream, and that it occurred on Sunday night, the same on which the tragedy wasenacted. He added that the parties seen in her dream were a stout man with side whiskers and a young man. At first she was inclined to think they were negroes, but her latest impressions were that they were white men.We are not of those who attach anyT importance to dreams except as sometimes showing singular coincidences, but having given currency to the first report, regard it only light to give these modifications as communicated from the reliable source, especially as there has beer.*a disposition to place more stress on the incident than it deserved, and to cast suspicion where it might be unjust In this connection we will state that no new developments have occurred tending to solve this most mysterious affair. The five negroes in custody upon suspicion of complicity in the murder had an examination in Ver-siil.es on Friday, and were all discharged except one, named Will. I’ryor, the youngest one, who was in the habit of making fires in the house, and was found in the room o Miss Betsy when the murder was discovered. Nothing further, however, was elicited to indicate his guilt, but he was held over to await further developments. A good many rumors are constantly springing up, but all such should be received with distrust. There was one on Saturday to the effect that one of the negroes had confessed, but there was of course no truth in it. Another found its way to the papers that the pocket-bo k of Jacob Harper had been found, but this also was an error.J he one in question belonged to a neighbor, who had dropped it in passing from the house to the stable a short time before it was picked up. Detective Clint. But»s is still in the neighborhood working up the case, but, as ho rightly keeps reticent, it is not known whether he has found any clue to aid him in unravel^ ling the mystery.fJot the Efollow the clt;The horse: No sigual the Ik to be horse(K7wasmeet itwentnine,ibeingis lool all thiRides place, be kn have city, iThi smith Minne a victc in thre and 2:Ma:formerwas ninornirBarth,6out aithree tautumindicatat this slowly,n icon vtt'.res. prom is
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Frankfort Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
Frankfort, Kentucky, US
Tue, Sep 19, 1871
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