Show H HISTORY HISTORY'S 1 STO RYS RY'S MYSTERIES That ti Paula tort tir atiA 1 The Crime of Eugene Aram TilE murder c committed by Eugene A Aram and Aram-and and perpetuated la In Hoods Hood's ballad The Dream of Eugene Aram and Lytton's Lytton romance Eugene Aram was Aram was remarkable not only on account of ot the unusual attainments attainment of ot the criminal who was one of the leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing lag linguists of ot his hll time but also allo because because be be- cause rause of the fact that no evidence of ot the murder was adduced for tor fourteen years ears after the crime was c committed Eugene Aram Arson was a self tight genius lI lie Ile had received only a scanty education from his bin parents parentI but by dint of ot the most persevering energy energy en ergy he secured an excellent knowledge knowledge knowl edge edgO of ot mathematics and an extensive acquaintance with Latin and Oreo alwell as al aswell aswell well as al with the Hebrew and WH teal lean an languages tie lie taught Latin and writing writ 0 ing lag at a school In London and was Wal afterwards employed as usher and assistant assistant assistant as as- to Rev nev Anthony Anthon at Ms Ills boarding school In Middlesex In 1744 1741 Aram AmID murdered Daniel Clarke and then successfully concealed concealed con con- all al traces of his crime until the tile accidental discovery of a skeleton fourteen years later led to the conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- that a murder had been commit com com- mit ed In spite of ot the fact that It was wan later found that the skeleton was WaI not that of ot Clarke Aram was apprehended on suspicion tried at York In 1759 17 and found guilty on evidence evidence evi evl dence deuce supported by the tho testimony of ot othis his own wife Although his counsel fought the case through on every conceivable conceivable con con- ground after conviction Aram admitted the Justice of ot his sentence sentence sen sen- tence and endeavored to c commit suicide suicide sui sui- cide clde by opening an artery in his arm arID with a razor Rut nut despite his weakened weakened weak weak- ened condition ho he was taken to the gallows In York where he was hanged his body being later Inter hung In chains In 10 Inthe Inthe the forest of ot Knaresborough l Durin During a portion of ot time tile fourteen tourte D years between the murder and Its Us discovery din dis covery Aram tOs employed as QS assistant assist ant to Mr who frequently observed ob ob- served that whenever Aram saw a 11 worm or any other Insect In the tho gravel 1 walks of ot the garden he carefully removed removed re reo moved It to a secure position where It could not possibly be stepped upon When tho the murder of ot Clarke was Wol discovered discovered dis dis- covered and Aram convicted it occurred occurred occurred oc oc- to Mrs that the time murderer mur mul murderer mulI I derer had bad evidently supposed that he be could atone for tor his crime by preserving lug ing the time lives of ot animals and that by frequently showing merc mercy and tenderness tenderness tender tender- ness to the lower forms torms of life lite the killing of ot a man would either be obliterated obliterated ob or his guilt considerably less less- ened At length Mr discovered that his assistant was a thief for tor hearing some persons in the garden early one morning the head master Immediately Investigated but found only a sack full of potatoes which hail bad been abandoned upon his approach Thinking that ho he had bad a sufficient clew to detect the thief Mr Hinton caused the sack Balk and its contents tl to be exhibited ex ez- In the the neighborhood and one of the villagers claimed the sack Back as 88 his own stating that he had loaned It to Aram who boarded at his house On this information Aram was dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed miMed particularly as an examination examination examina examina- tion of ot his locker at the school dl disclosed dis- dis closed evidence e of ot many petty thefts which had been going on over overe e a long period of ot time In conducting his own defense durIng during during dur dur- ing his trial for tor murder Aram made madea a skillful attack on 00 the of ot circumstantial evidence In general and the conclusions to be drawn from the discovery of ot human bones In particular particular particular ular quoting several Instances Ins where bones had been found In caves and attempting to prove that the skeleton In St. St Roberts Robert's r cave cave ve was probably that of ot some gome hermit who had taken up his abode there There appears to be little doubt that Aram Arum murdered Clarke for tor he be practically practically cally rally admitted It yet no less lesa an authority au than Bulwer Lytton was of ot the opinion that he was guilty only of ot rob robbery bery Aram Amm was convicted principally on the evidence of ot his wife who appears appears appears ap ap- pears to have been a most peculiar person for tor after atter the execution of ot her husband she not only continued to to live at nt Knaresborough but visited the forest every very day and picked up the bones as they dropped one by one olle from her husbands husband's body boy while the children assisted in her support by br taking strangers to view the tile tree remains had been where lIere their fathers father's hung I c 9 d by br tb the Wheeler wheeter I |