The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-11-01

he saw morgan y ktuF d1sO uI august IdsL ne
has boarded with me,neVer knew that he had
the small or kline pox, does not recOllect any
scar about his body when witness first saw
the body, day before yesterday, he observed
some long hairs in the ears, some Of which
fell out. Morgan informed me about three
wears ago that hetSas then fifty years of age;
he had hair upon his breast and a grey beard
witness then declared he had no doubt bit
this is the body orWitiiam Morgan. -,
George ". Hdrris--testifed that he knew
William Morgan, and that he has seen the
body. Witness is a silversmith in Batavia,
and Morgan used to shave at the glass in wit
ness shop, and witness remarked that Nor
gan shaved higher up his face than any other
man witness ever saw this body has hecn
shaved, as appears by the beard, almost up
TO the eyes does not recolect particularly
about his hair; saw Morgan the day he was
taken from Batavia, and had known him for
more than year previous. His dress when
he went away was blue frock coat, hlnc vest
and blue pantaToons, and old boots. He new
pr wore flannel shirt, as Witness ever saw,
but he might have worn flannel wrapper
The size and shape of Molgans fingers and
nails :;ere similar to those of this hody-Mor-
gan had a double chin, and though the face
of this body is much swollen it has the APP
pparancc of having double acknowledgements
| had firm set of teeth. and had lost some, the
vacancies of which he showed when he grated
his teeth or laughed; he had an extreme full
chest and his bosom was covered with guam
THY of grey hairs. The color of his hair was
the same as that of his body; Morgan was
not far from fifty years ofage should think,
and he was about 5 feet inches in height
don't know that he ever had the small or kline
pox he had tapering arm and hand and
! small wrist he had lump or pertuberancr
| on his head little above his forehead, and
observed a similar appearance upon this body;
witnesS feels satisfied be60nd q doubt th0t this is
| the body ofWlIiam Morgan; he had q short
nose: was a brickayer by trade, aud lived o.
yer my shop-before he went away he used
I to be agitalpd in conversation, and when CON
versing ahont his situation, would walk the
shop in perturbcd manner, alld occasional
ly grated his teeth.
Lucinda MorgG3a--testifed,th that she was the
! wife of William Morgan, of Batavia. The last
( time she saw him, was the 18th of September
| 1826-he had on then blue coat, bue vest,
and blue pantaloons-the pantaloons ola diff
! ferent kind of cloth from the coat--he never
wore flannel shrt,b wore flannel wrappers
| he had on boots and wooden socks, the boots
were old and worn, and thinks they were of
| calf. skin. He had on white handkerchief
something worn-she thinks she should know
the clothes if she saw them-he used tobacco.
Witness has seen the body and finds points Of
resemblance between it and her husband
the teeth, the hands, the breast, the nails on
! the fingers and toes are similar-he had been
innocuated for the small poX on his left arm
he had double teeth all around-two teeth
were gone from the upper jaw-Doct. Strong
extracted both the teeth which witness had
with heron the right side Of the upper jaw
| the teeth next to one of those which were ex-
! tracted was split Of-the suspenders he had
on were cotton knit--hls coat pockets were
| White--coat was bound and faced with cloth
similar to the coat itself-the lining Of the
pantalOOns was white, and she believes of lin
en-. My husband was bald on the top of his
head, except small spot on the centre, which
was covered with thin, fine hair. He dresse d
his hair, latterly,by combing it7down over his
head. Witness had no doubt but this vas the
body Of her husband. The Joint of his big
! toe on his left foot had been frozen, and the
bone had become so affected, that the phys-
( clan made an incisOn into the flesh and scrap
ed the bone, which left scar similar in APP
| pearance to scar on the same place on this
body. He had good al of hair on his breast
which was gray: he was very full breasted.
He never had any broken limb to my know-
edge. The coroner then showed the clothes
which the body had on. when found. and the
tracts and scraps of writing found in his peck
cts; when witness testified, that she had new
er seen any of those articles of dress before,
or the tracts; she could not swear to the writ
ing on the paper exhibited, though one or two
letters were something similar to her husbands
hand writing. Witness then stated in answer
to question put by juryman, that she was
fully convinced in her own mind, that this
was the body of her husband, William Nor
gan.
Henry Henderson-that he knew VIM. Nor
gan when in Batavia, and that he had exam
ined the body. The upper part of the head.
the beard, the teeth, and the hair on the breast
resembled similar points on Morgans dead
body. Morgan used to comb up his hair to
cover the balding on his head, and often used
a handkerchief for that purpose. The height
of Morgan was about the same as that of the
body: witness has no doubt but this is the
body of William Morgan: saw Morgan short
time before he was taken from Batavia; knew
him for more than year previous: had
played whist with him often, and saw him at
least once a week: he had heavy gray
beard: gray hair: did not notice hair in his
ears: he had short nose: don't recollect a.
bout his double chin.
DIR. Ezra Strong testified, that he knew