> ) Peculiar Episodes In The Community Of Brockley THE CALLAGHAN MURDER The Callaghan murder was a particularly nasty and brutal murder that took place in the Sherwood Cemetery keeper's home, May 20, 1855. Even the New Times saw fit to print the following story about it in its May 28, 1885 issue: A Cemetery Keeper Murdered Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , May 27. __ The community was startled this afternoon by news of the murder of the keeper of the Sherwood Cemetery, four miles from this city. The victim was Patrick Callaghan , 67 years old, who lived alone at the cemetery. He was not missed until his dead body was discovered today by Brenton Longworth , who was visiting his father's grave and wanted to see the keeper. Longworth entered the keeper's house from the rear. Entering a room he found Callaghan's corpse concealed under a mattress on the floor. He reported the matter to the police. Coroner McLeod summoned a jury and viewed the body and will hold an inquest. The body was found lying face downward in a pool of blood on the floor, one arm around the leg of a table, the other twisted around on the back, and the body stretched with the head toward the bed. There was a ghastly cut across the windpipe, evidently inflicted by a blunt instrument. One eye and the face were considerably swollen. The skull was completely shattered, exposing the brain. On the left side of the head was a large wound. There were no marks on the body. The walls of the room were spattered with blood. The surroundings indicated a terrible struggle. The in¬ strument used besides a large butcher knife is supposed to be a large iron gate bar. The victim was a miserly old man with $4,000 in the bank. It is believed he had money in the house, and that was the object of the murder. Another theory is that he was murdered by two roughs he had sent to the penitentiary for breaking into the cemetery. The murder must have been com¬ mitted four days ago, judging from the state of the body. The Charlottetown papers were, of course, much more detailed in their reporting of the matter, even to the extent of publishing what amounted to complete transcripts of the coroner's inquest. 50