Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-02

vas 'n't ct 1smoell, OF DOcherty which had
been doubled up and compressed iaso N ola
Tea chess The porter. Joha MeCulIocb. WIN
Carried u from Wsstpou, tor Ave sh,iiiogs
having assisted IN Stating and packinv.- Thr
body was received on SATURDAY evening and
81 part OF the price, then paid; but no exam,.
natIon took place on reeept Ton, such ne ooght
10 DC done "a every case where the medical
man IS deslrous OF satisfying bis own mind. that
there are no indications Of violent death on the
oodes received by him. On sunday mornipg.
the oox stu roped IN the same state IN which
u hAa oeen received, Was opsBeo in tie pre-.
sence OF ~ officer Of the police, when the DO
dy was found. apparently fresh and aever in
te're0, TIE appearance indicating sIaagulaflon
or sifocaHoa from pressurs. THIS is sworn
to b! Paterson. who also gives evidence to
oott Hare & Burke, "6aogng |rsqi..nf!s brought
SUBJECTS didt had not been iaierred for DISSECTION
The following are the horrld details gwen
oy re: Was IN spubic house along with
Burke on Halloween day. Nobody ese WAS
with them. Burke tod witness 10 90 down 10
his house 20 see the "sho," he had got tia, he
wss gong to take to the doctors; that there
was an Old woman there he bad 20, uf The
s'see; aud he bad left some whiskey 10 drink;
and wished witness to see bow they were
Coming OH Wtness understood by q shot.
that Burke was gong TO murder her. wasin
Mrs. Conway's betwIxt eight and nine O'Clock
Besides Conway & bis wre there were Burke
and BroRan, and another chap he did no,
Know. WItness and wife, the old woman and
M'Dougal were left IN Conway's where they
had some dGnk Was there tl rather late
and then went TO Burkes, having the old Wo
nan III Conveys. Burke came Ia after with
the Old woman. They had some more wills
Key nd they all got pretty hearty. Were
dancing and singing IN Conway.s. q arrehed
win Burke afterwards ia his own house, who
struck him, aud they had fight together-
The women were trying to separate them
Witness was pushed dawn ON the bed twice
The Old woman was sitting at the fire She
rose and wished Burke to SIT down; tpr be bad
used her decentIy while in the houss, and she
did not wish 10 see him IN used She ran
twice out OF the house crying either murder or
pohce--c0uh uol say ahicii--M 'Duug al fetch
ed her back both ines.
When witness and Burke were fighting, wit
| ness pushed The old woman over a little stool.
aud she was so drunk she could not get further
than TO SIT She stiu Called to Burke to quit
| hghung. He did qdit at last, snJ witness la,
still IN the bed. Burke then got on the TOP OF
the old woman who was on the floor and laid
himself down upon her with his breast al her
head. She cried, but not loud; but he held in
her breath and she only mosned little after.
he put one hand on her nose and mouth. and
! the other under her chin. He continued this
| toe ten or htteea minutes. He SAID nothing
while doing this. lie then got UP from the
( woman, who did not move attei. Burke put
bis hand across her mouth again for two or
/ three minutes, when she appeared quite dead
! Witness was sitting on the char all this time
| Burke then stripped off The clothes aud put
them under the bed, and doubled the body up
and Pu, the straw on the top OF Il, and cover.
ed ii up When MsDougai and HAre's wife
| heard the first screech OF the old woman.
! they leaped Out Ut bed and ran into the pas.
! sage. lhey did not come in again TIL the DO.
| dy vas covered UP under the straw. None of
! them uied to save the woman Whenthe wo
| man came IN Burke went oct and returned IN
about ten miuntts The women asked no
questions. They went to bed again, Never
! asked tor the old woman when they came
back. burke brought che doctors man with
h,m Patterson. burke asked HIM 10 iook al
tue aodys but he would not do it, and told him
10 get box and put it in Hare confessed
that he bad frequently known bodies taken to
the surgeons winch had never been buried and
IN which cases, probably, the persons had been
murdered
Hare's wife admitted tha, she had witnessed
many str,cks' OF the same kind; and Hare hun.
sell. when undergoing the searching cross ex.
amnaton OF Mr.. Cockburn, burst not deny,
thar he had been concerned in other murders
Besides that OF Docherty; that a murder had
been committed III his own house IN the moGth
OF Oclooer last; thai he himself was murder
er, and hls hands stepped in blood add siaugh.
Ter; and took refuge IN declining TO answer
the questions put TO him; which the Cour Of
course, spprlsed him he was entitled TO do, in
regard TO The questions that went to crmnate
himself. Daft jamie was murdered in this niis.
creant's house.
The facts having been proved at eat length,
so as TO put an end to all doubt as TO the guilt of
Burke, and the trial having tasted all The night,
as we'll as all day, the jury was charged by he
Lord Justice Clerk at 6 O'Clock on Tbursd.y
morning. At hat pas, 8 the Jury retired. and
after an absence OF So minutes, returned ver-
dict finding William Burke gully OF the charge
and in regard to Helen M'Dougal, found the
charge MOI proved.
A more ffightful instance of human furpi-
| tude never, perhaps, was detected among
Christian people; and the mind rendered ere.
cuOus BY the magnitude fthe crimes already
| dyulged, broods in horror over those scenes
! OF lniquity which veil, lnterposed by the nice
distinctions OF the penal law still shrowds 10
| mystery. The criminals were indicted for no
| less than three separate acts OF murder; but
the Conjunction OF the crimes enumerated IN
the Indictment was beld TO be pTejudcIa', and
the cuiprits we're tried only on one charge.
| with the understanding that the others were to
| be discussed sersairn. lhs', OF course, is now
unnecessary, as the law has already maxi
out It's victim. Burke and the wretcRed ~o-
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