8TAFFonD, Vt, June 10. Mrs. William
Sloan has for several months boon extremely
jealous of her husband, and the affairs of the
family have been the topio of conversation
among the villagers. Mr. Sloan returned
from work at an early hour last evening. His
little four-year-old boy, who always met htm
at the door, failed to do so. On going into
the house he inquired for his son, but tho
only reply be received from his wife was that
he had gone on an errand. As the hours
passed he grew nervous, and Anally ho
aroused the neighborhood. A large number
of neighbors assisted him in looking for tho
child. All night and the next forenoon tho
search was continued without any clue to the
boy's whereabouts. r
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon one of the
neighbors happened to look into a muddy
drain at tho back of the house, where he discovered
tho body of tho missing child. There
wore several bruises on the face and bbdy,
and there was other evidence that he had
been murdored. The body was removed to
Sloan's house, and laid at the feet of Mrs.
Sloan. She did not show any signs of emotion
or surprise, and when spoken to merely
said: "It served her husband right to inflict
such a punishment on him."
Tho cool way in which she took tho matter,
ami also as she had refused to join in tho
soarch, led the neighbors to believe that she
had committed tho murder. A constable
took her in custody, and shortly after being
locked up she confessed having drowned the
child. Her only reason for doing so was, as
she said, to spite her husband. The shock has
mode Mr. Sloan insane.
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