Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, August 24, 1870
Marriages
NICHOLAS - FITCH: In Emmanuel Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 17th, by Rev. E.Z. Lewis, Rector, Mr. Charles G Nicholas,. of Duluth, Minn, to Miss Sarah Fitch, adopted daughter of Mrs. Sarah M. Fitch, of Norwich.
VAN CAMP - MILLER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], August 9th, by Rev. A.M. Totman, Mr. Eugene Van Camp of Norwich, to Miss Emma Miller, of Utica [Oneida Co. NY].
NEWTON - BOYDEN: At the residence of the bride's brother, in Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], August 19th, by Rev. Mr. Brown, Dr. Charles G. Newton to Miss Amelia Boyden, all of Plymouth.
SHELTS - PECK: At Beals' Hotel, August 17th, by G.S. Graves, Esq., Mr. David Shelts, to Miss Alice Peck.
PEESO - DUNHAM: In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] August 11th, by Rev. Nelson Palmer, Mr. J. Peeso to Miss Mary S. Dunham, all of Rockdale [Chenango Co. NY]
Deaths
GODFREY: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], August 17th, Isabel M. [Godfrey], only child of John H. and Adelaide Godfrey, aged 3 years and 3 months.
LUTHER: In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], August 16th, Nancy Luther, aged 73 years.
ROBERTS: In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], August 16th, Martin Stevens, son of Dr. C.G. and Mina Roberts, aged 1 year and 11 months.
MUNGEN: In Washington, D.C., August 16th, Kate A. [Mungen] wife of Theodore Mungen, in the 20th year of her age. The funeral took place from the residence of her mother, Mrs. J.S. Allen, No. 723 Fourteenth St., on Wednesday, the 17th last, at 2 o'clock P.M.
McLAGAN: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], August 16th, Lillie May [McLagan], daughter of Thomas and Lavon McLagan, aged 1 year and 9 months.
Farewell, Lillie, thou art gone / To a land of life and light, / And our hearts are sad and lone, / Though the day is long and bright.
Long we watched, and hoped, and waited, / Watched thy feeble, flickering breath, / But our prayers were unavailing, / Now we see thee cold in death.
Gentle Lillie! patient sufferer, / Meekly bearing all thy pain, / Suffering on in silent anguish, / No relief until death came.
Ah! we tried so hard to save thee / From Death's old and chilling hand: / But we know that thou art singing / In that bright angelic land.
High above in heaven's portal, / Robed in pure and spotless white, / There's our Lillie, crowned immortal, / In those realms of pure delight.
O'er thy little grave we'll scatter / Sweetest flowers in fragrant bloom, / Emblem of immortal glory / In the land beyond the tomb.
Farewell, Lillie, sweetly slumber / In the lap of mother earth, / While with angel's bright rejoicing / In thy new and glorious birth.
Friend. Sarah
Chenango American, Greene, NY, August 28, 1870
Marriage
In Preston [Chenango Co. NY], on the 21st inst. by Rev. A.W. Coon, Mr. Luther J. Purdy, of German [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Emma J. [Rogers] youngest daughter of Nathan Rogers, Esq., of Preston.
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], (Page Brook) on the 23d inst., Mr. Joel C. Winston, aged 68 years.
In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], on the 20th inst. Rebecca Carritoton, aged 72 years and 10 months.
In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], on the 12th ins.t Lucy Ella [Robinson], aged 16 years.
In East McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], on the 14th inst. Dea. Elijah H. Thompson, aged 70 years.
Delaware Gazette, Delhi, Delaware Co. NY, August 1870
Mr. Delos W. Roberts, of this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY], was assisting Mr. Gad Pease, a neighbor, in finishing a new barn, on Thursday of last week, and while handing a stick of timber to a young man overhead, the stick slipped from the young man's hands and either pushed Mr. Roberts off or he stepped back to avoid it and fell about ten feet onto some loose stones drawn into the basement. He struck upon his head and being a heavy man, weighing 225 lbs or upwards, his skull was badly fractured, and he died in a few minutes. He leaves a wife who is in feeble health, but no children; also, a brother, Mr. J.C. Roberts, of this village, and a sister. His remains were taken to Andes for interment. Mr. R. resided on the homestead formerly owned by his father, Mr. Amos Roberts, and was about 55 years of age. He was esteemed as a worthy man, citizen and neighbor. [Aug. 3, 1870]
At the residence of Andrew Brown, his son-in-law, in Bovina [Delaware Co. NY], on Monday afternoon, August 8th, Mr. Thomas Hymers, aged about 74 years. Mr. Hymers was a native of Scotland, but came to this country about fifty years ago, and has most of that time resided in Meredith [Delaware Co. NY]. the funeral services will take place at the residence of Mr. Brown in Bovina, at 11 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning and at the Church at "The Flat," in this town, at 1 P.M. [Aug. 10, 1870]
At the residence of her parents, in Waverly, Tioga Co. N.Y., on the 4th of July, Mrs. Sarah J.Wheeler, and daughter of Alexander McDonald, Esq., aged 22 years and one months. [Aug. 10, 1870]
Married: At Lansingburg, N.Y. [Rensselaer Co] August 11th, by Rev. B.J. Hall, Mr. Will H. Peck, formerly of this village [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY], and Miss Blanche H. Lodewick, of Troy, N.Y. [Rensselaer Co] [Aug. 24, 1870]
"I saw two clouds at early morn, / Tinged with the rising sun, / And in the dawn they floated on / And mingled into one."
Tragedy in Binghamton
Chenango American, Greene, NY, August. 28, 1870
Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], was the scene of a terrible tragedy on Wednesday morning of last week. The following particulars we glean from the Binghamton papers. At half-past two o'clock three burglars entered the dry goods store of D.M.&E.G. Halbert, murdered one of the clerks, Frederick A. Merrick, and escaped. Gilbert S. Burrows, the clerk who slept in the store with Mr. Merrick, gives the following account of the tragedy:
The two clerks were awakened, and looking around they saw three men in masks, standing near and approaching their bed. They both jumped out at the same time, and as Mr. Burrows struck the floor, he received a blow upon his head with a box chisel or "jimmy," which staggered him back two paces. Mr. Merrick had one of Smith & Weston's revolvers, with which he endeavored to shoot, but he could not discharge it. Burrows then seized the burglar with the "jimmy," grasped his weapon and threw him down behind a pile of goods which were piled upon the floor. The other two burglars frightened by the pistol, rushed downstairs, and the clerks as they remarked, endeavored to make "quick work" of the one who had fallen into their hands. Burrows struck him several times upon his head with the "jimmy" he had wrested from him, when the burglar cried for help, and the two who had run downstairs, rushed back to save him. The clerks then left the burglar whom they had down and stepped to the head of the stairs to meet those who were coming back. Burrows threw the "jimmy" which he held in his hand, and supposes he hit one of the burglars with it and stopped him. Two or three stool tops were also thrown downstairs at the burglars, but without much effect. The burglar who was hit with the "jimmy" drew a revolver and fired at Burrows, the ball striking the edge of the banister and lodging in the wall overhead. Splinters from the banister flew in Burrows' face, and he stepped back, remarking that he was shot. The other burglar rushed upstairs and clinched Merrick, and as soon as Burrows stepped back, the one who had fired at him also rushed upstairs and ran to the place where Merrick and his confederate were tussling. When he came up, the other, who had hold of Merrick said "Be careful, Pat; don't shoot me!" That was repeated twice. By that time Barrows had stepped around in rear of the banister and could see one of the burglars hold Merrick's head over the counter, while the other placed a pistol to the back of his head and fired. The two burglars then ran down the back stairs, and Mr. Burrows went out into the street to give the alarm, without waiting to see what became of the wounded burglar.
The three then fled, and in the bright moonlight two or three persons, supposed to be the burglars, were seen to go toward the Chenango River.
The scoundrels carried nothing, or next to nothing, from the store. A package of silks, valued at from ten to fifteen hundred dollars, was found ready to be taken away.
The burglars wore masks, that in the struggle they lost, and these are now, with the tools, etc. in the store. The alarm was given, the fire bell was rung and in a quarter of an hour, a hundred men or more were at the store. Such a time of excitement has rarely if ever been known in Binghamton. If the murderers had been caught, they would have been torn to pieces by the infuriated citizens.
Merrick lived a short time after he was shot but was unconscious. His home was in Walton, New York, and his age was 18 years.
Entrance to the store was effected by boring holes in the panels of the basement door in the rear of the store, sufficiently large to enable a man to put his hand through and remove the bolts.
Friday morning the body of a man was found in the water just above the bridge, and it proved to be the lifeless body of one of the persons engaged in the murder. Search was continued in the river, and not a great while elapsed before another of the bodies was bro't out. The last one had on the mask which he wore on the night of the murder. The first man found had a string around his neck, which held the mask on his face. The faces and heads of the men were terribly hacked and show that the fight in the store was a desperate one. After the robbers left the store, they must have attempted to ford the river and exhaustion from loss of blood, and the excitement was too much for them, and they were drowned before they could reach the opposite side of the river. The bodies are very much changed, and it will be difficult to identify them.
The discovery of the bodies created the greatest excitement. On the bodies of the burglars were found bits, chloroform and other burglarious instruments, besides letters, of which the police keep close control, in order to prevent anything being made public which may lead to the discovery of the other party implicated.
Many of the citizens have identified the dead bodies of the burglars, as persons they have before seen in town.
A man has been arrested and lodged in jail, who is believed to be the third person engaged in this tragedy. He refuses to answer any questions or give any account of himself. Whether he can be connected with the affair is yet in doubt.
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