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8THE MA WIDOW MURDERED BY HER SON IN-LAW.The Murderer Commits Bigamy with hisFirst Wire's Consent.—The Murderer Lynched.(l+om Ole* loyrtt limn. May If )One of ibe most revolting sod heartless murders ever chronicled in the annals of crime has recently como to light iu Jasper County, Mo , which shows to whatdesperate straits some moo will go to aecare money. Theoircumstanccs o» the present case reveal the fact that a mao giving the name of Captain A. 0. Ilutton settled in the village of Saxcoxie last fall, and shortly after formed the acquaintance of a widow named Margaret M. Fullerton, who possessed a marriageable daughter, whoso good looks and gentle disposition oaptivated Hutton, and pasniug himself off as a single man, he began a courtship which resulted iu marriage. A short time previous to the wedding, Hutton's first wife, assuming the appearance, and wearing the garb, of a boy, took up her residence at Mrs Fullerton's, he claiming that she was a poor, sickly youth, whoso kind disposition and infirmity had won bis sympathy.The widow believed the story, and treated the youth with great kindness. In presence of his first wife, thus disguised as a boy, the wedding took place, and sho herself assisted in preparing the bride for her onptials, claiming as an exouac that she so loved and feared her husband that she dared not deny him in any request that be might make. Mrs. Fullerton being a woman of large and valuable estate, Hutton of course determined upon aecuring it. He was unable to obtain her consent to pass it over to her daughter, now married to him, and resolved upon a most foul and bloody manner of gaining ouutrul over it. ' now to decoy the old lady, without exciting her suspicion, was a subject of much consideration ; but he finally ooncocted a plan whioh his first wife agreed to, and tho twain set to work to put it into execution. He aaid that “ Tommy—which was the assumed name of the first wife—was so ill that it was deemed advisable to send him home to bis parents in Ohio, and, as he nooded a female osoort to attend to his numerous wants and give ■uoh nursing as only a woman oould render, he desired Mrs. Fullerton to perform the mission of meroy; agreeing to pay all her cxpensos and give her 100 dollars for her trouble. He also desired her to oolleot some money on cheoka he held on Ohio parties, f »r which he was to pay her an additional 100 dollars—making 200 dollars in all. To this she consented, and on tho 15th of February last, Hutton, Mrs. Fullerton, and “Tommy” left Surcoxio for Scdalia, whence they were to go to Ohio. Several weeks passed away, when bo returned to Sarcoxio alone, and when asked where the widow was could furnish no satisfactory response, alleging that ahe married in St. Louis and remained there. Her sudden disappearance awakened considerable suspicion, for she was highly respocted by all wh • knew her.In a few weeks Hutton began to sell the personal effects of Mrs. Fullerton, which ouly tended to increase tho suspicion* of foul play, and when asked what he meant by this strange proceeding, be promptly produced a power of attorney, purporting to have been signed at Sod alia, Mo , March 29th, by M. M. Fullerton. On the 4th of May a number of the citixen* called at a hou«c where Hutton was visiting, and demanded the whereabouts or fate of Mrs. Fullerton, at the sama time assuring him that he must give a satisfactory response. In a blustering manner he jumpr-d into bis waggon and started for homo, refusing to give a response. Ho was ordered to stop, but refused, when one of the party fired a shot at him, which did not impede his progress, and sovcral other shots were fired. One ball took effect in his shoulder, which disabled him. He refused to divulge anything, and was placed in a house under the protection of the citixens. He was afterwards removed from the boose to a piece of woods about two miles distant, and, still refusing to confess what he Lad dono with the widow, ho was hauged to a tree, and left there to die.Hilbert Schooley, postmaster of the place, in looking over the mails, noticfd a letter and several papers addressed to William Lee, and not k(jewing any person of that name in the vicinity, ho opened it and found it was signed M M F., the initials of the missing woman, and was postmarked at St. Louis. Thinking the letter was from the widow, he came to St. Louis to seek her out. He called upon the Chief of Police, who detailed detective Oarlick to assist in working np the oase. They visited thu Ii.jUhc where ho was directed to send letters, nod, riuging ibe bell, inquired if Mrs. Fullerton wiB iu. A girl giving that nsme, said she was the pert on ; but Mr. Schooley insisted that she was not tho Mrs Fullerton he was in search of,.|.|| »u. aliinf tn laaiTA n't.an tl.A nft.’ar tin.how frequently women, in tho madness of devotion, will cling to men cvoq in the committal of the most revolting crimeB. Her statement is as follows44 My maiden name is Mary Williams; I was born in Sciota County, Ohio; I went to Oxford to school, where I made tho acquaintance of Daniel Springer, with whom I ran away, and we were married at Ironton, Ohio, in 1866; he has since assumed several aliases, snob as Joseph Lee, and A. G. Hutton ; shortly after o*r marriage we moved to Kansas, where, s year afterwards, a child was born, whioh lived but a short time ; my husband was gone from homo a great deal, and frequently compelled me to accompany hire in male attire; from the Cherokeo country we went to Lawrence, Kansas, to live, and finally took up a rosidonoo in St. Louis. Ho want to Jasper County about a year sinoe, and two months after sent for me to assume my male attire and join him ; I went, and found he was paying his addresses to Miss Fullerton, and afterwards he married her in my presence- In April my hu-baod, Mrs Fuller, ton, and myself started for Ohio; on the road the first night we stopped for supper, when he made sorno coffee, of whioh we partook, after drinking which I went to sleep, and 1 am convinced that it was drugged. I did not wake up till the next morning, when I discovered th*t Mrs. Fullerton was missing. I inquired of her whereabouts, when be abruptly bade mo to ask no further questions ooncerning her, as sho bad gone back. His manner and subsequent behaviour convinced me that he bad killed the widow. When we reached Sedalia, I assumed my female attire, and he gave me directions how to sign tho name of Mrs. Fullerton to a power of attorney to sell her personal effects, which he intended to have drawn up, and at the office of a Mr. Wilkinson it wsi drawn up, and I cxeouted it by signing the name of M. M. Fullerton. 1 then left for St. Louis, aud saw no more of my husband.Mrs. Springer is now an inmate of the Jasper County Gaol, at Carthage, and search it being made for the body of Mrs Fullerton. The murdered womtn was thirty-five years old, and leavesfour ohildrco.GREAT VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT WINDSOR.A grand review of nearly 27,000 volunteers of all arms—Cavalry, Engineers, Artillery, and Rifles—took placo in Windsor Park on Saturday afternoon, June 20, in the presence of her Majesty and all tho adult members of the Royal Family at preaent in England. The review did not oommonoe until 5 o’clock, owing to the delay of the troops travelling from London by the South-Western line, whioh seems to have discharged its duties, both in going and returning, with considerable want of attention and punctuality. The marching past was, on the whole, not bo goid as usual; but os this is not requisite iu actual warfaro, and volunteers are looked upon as irregulars, it may easily be pardoned The only wonder is that, considering the heat of the day, and the distance the 27,000 men had to go to reach the review ground, any of tliem could march at all. For any defect in this respect, they however amply made up by the sham fight which followed, in which, both skirmishing and forming saaare, they showed the utmost precision and alacrity. The review did not tormiustc till a late hour. On leaving tho ground the Queen was very loudly ohccrei both by the volunteers and the spectators, who assembled in great numbers. Tho weather, which had been threatening in the morning, was all that could bo desired while the review lasted. It is just eight years since tho Queen last rcviowed a much smaller number of voluuteors in Hyde Park.A statement has been submitted to the Metropolitan Board of Works of the moneys which ore required for the completion of tho works now in progress, and for the carrying out of whioh powers are sought by tho Board, which lias been forwarded to the Government on an application to that effect, and is as follows New street from Blackfriars to tho Mansion-house: Compensations. Ac., X227,000; engineering works, £50,000. North and south embankments: Compensations, Ac., £250,000; engineering works, £790,000. Additional works: Park-lano improvement, £125,000; Chelsea embankment, £280,000; Thames embankment approaches, £230,000 Total, £2,020,000. Deduct cash balauoe, loan, and payment from St. Thomas’s Hospital, £244,759. Net amount, £2,026,241. The estimated amount to be received from salo of land: Thames embankment, north, £76,250; southern embankments, £31,612; new street to Mansion-house, £2,01*7,862.Mrs. Isabel Thome, of 18, Chsrlcs-street, Grosvenor-square, presented herself for the
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