The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-06-02
"A gully conscience 7vho can Jear2o

There is now confined in the Jail at Salem
N. ]. man named William Sayre, shoe.
maker by trade, who has just confessed tha,
Is years ago he murdered his wife. A,
the time the murder was committed he liy
ed in Callowhill street, between second and
Third strects.-"On the night Of the IAN
of October, 1870" says the Salem Messcn.
ger, "his wife having been about FIVE weeks
in a state of i'll health, that required at.
tendance and broke his rest, after assisting
her into bed he choaked her to death with
his hands, \ child of theirs, about FIVE wears
old was the only other being in the house
No one suspected but what she died natu-
raj death. Sayrc continued to reside in Phil
adephia for more than year, when he en-
listed i'll the army, III which he continued
upwards of 4 years" He has since been
rowing about, his conscience continually op.
pressed with the burden of his foul crime,
till few days past, when he met stran-
ger, on the road, to whom he confessed his
guilt.
An insane man, named Alfred Rowe. es-
capped from the Asylum for insane per-
sons III Hartford, (Conn.) short time since
in most surprising manner, through an
upper window, the aperture of which was
less than eight inches wide, and he man of
middle size. AS he was considered to be re-
stored to his health and reason, and was to
have been discharged on the following day,
no search was made for him-he having
stated that he was coming to the State Of
New York On the evening of the 18th
instant, however as we are informed by the
Connecticut Mirror few days afterwards,
he went to the house of Mr.. Goodrich, in
Pennington, and SO frightened the family that
they went to the house of a neighbour, MIR.
Bird-he, having been used to the manage
ment of an unfortunate brother who had leng
been crazed, offered to so, and did 60, with
his wife and anotherman in company, to take
care of the intruder The two men entered
the house; Mr.. Bird went first and the oth-
CT held Il candle and followed after him.
On opening the inner door, Mr.. Bird rccelv-
ed blow from behind it, with an axe, on his
scull; the candle was extingushed by the
draught Of air, and the person who had ac-
cumpanied Mr.. Bird, fled. After some time
people ventured in, and found the body OF
Mr. Bird dragged near the threshold of the
house. his scull split, and his head partly
cut of The next day party went in prr-
suit of Rowe. In the evening one OF them
seeing a man, who from his dress he took
to be the object of pursuit, fired gun and
killed him. The person thus unfortunately
killed, was Mr.. Drayton Bodwell. Rowe has
since been t.lken and secured in gaol.
.aewfouadlond, March ST. On FRIDAY
last, was lodged in the Jail OF this district,
James Power, for the murder OF his wife,
at Carbonear, on the 2d inst The par
tculars which have come to our knowledge,
of this shocking murder, are rs follows
On the day Of the murder, Power, who hat
been in the habit of quar- .elling with ms
wife, rose early and went out to walk; he
returned about o'clock his wife was then
at breakfast, with the servant girl sitting IN
the chimney corner; he asked :" that was
not pretty work, to be eating and no mon
cy coming n?" His wife said, "never mind
James, we have plcnty--st down to your
; breakfast" He accordingly sat down; but
almost Immediately rose up, went into an
F adjoining room, from thence he broushE
out hatchet, which his wife did not observe
he again sat down to the table, Keeping
the hatchet behind him, and watching All
opportunity, he jumped, and graspns inc
hatchct with both hands, struck at the Slrl'
when his wife caught him, and thus prevent
| ed the blow from striking where it was NJ
. tended. The girl Immediately hcw pa,,,,
him into the street, calling" Murder heiP'
, &c. 4 person who lived III tho same house' ,!s'
ran in, and beheld Power, with the upi'ia
: ed hatchct, ready to make Il second ch'l'
, at his wife, who lay on the floor, betweet
+ his legs, with the blood flowing from ne
t head; he threw Power down, and TOOK t''
Z hatchet from him; the latter made no y
sistance, and looking at his wife, sac
"There she lays, it is all over with iier,
!, Mrs. Power, was taken up and carried y
\ the Doctor; she lived ten hours AFTER !"
!, continued commissions; the hatchct hau GU
|. tered her head; just above the car; inc en'
v was about four inches long and one deep
+ When they were taking her out OF the hous'
: to go to the Doctors, she waived her NAN
and said: "It's of no use, and never spoN,'
after. As Power passed the buiial Grou'N,
t ON his way from Carbonear to HARROW
S lie was permitted to look in: he cGul1 uls
e tiaguish, by the freshness OF the np,tuihie, rs
: clay, where the remains Of his late "iic i"'
d buried, and on beholding which, he was ~ ~
+ served todrcp tear. He has three Gh,,
:, dren, and the parting between him ana W" !"
of was, we understand, very effecting. iie ap
4. pears resigned. In coming from f"i.us'
h Cove, on descending a hill, the horse SUN ~,
ID bled and fcll-Powcr was thrown over u; ~;
r horses neck, and pitched on the bacE oi H.
ID head. When picked up, he was asked WIZ. ,:.r
lie er he felt hurt or not, to which he reP,ia. P.
Or "No:" and added, :" l wish to God hao D''
ig ken my neck"