Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-01

ed bv her horse falling with her in the man
road, but 10 some he stated that she was kilied
dea 10 others that she was killed by falling
from the horse after he had put he: on Tor the
purpose Of taking her TO some place oil saie'y'
To some he said she fell whenth drove came
in view, to others tha, the last OF the drove was
Just getting out Of sight when she Tell.
A end inquest was assembled on thursday
nigh, The body was disinlerred and examin-
ed by physicians, who at first ,hot that from
the putrescent state of the body, IL was impos>
sible TO assign the cause Of the DEATH and gave
such an opirion irf writing TO the inquest hey
afterwards came 10 The conclusion that hei dea'h
was occasioned by suffocaiioD. There was also
difference Of opinion emong the physicians
examined One Of them giving I, as ms de,
cided opinion tina, no judgment could be FORM
ed as 10 whether she was KILLED by sofoca'ion
or not, without an examination oil ,he lungs anu
brain, neither of which were seen by the eAam-
ininp ohysicians, the others thinking that The
swollen and turgescent state Of the neck and
face su Efficiently indicated death by suiiocauon
HIS flight was proved 10 have taken place
immediately afler the second inquest was con
vened and after summons was ISSUED Tor MIN
by The Coroner.
TWAS proved tina, the knees Of the horse were
injured, and several witnesses swoie positively
thatthe injuries were not sustained by the horses
filling but were cut with knife or some sharp
instrument.
During the argument, and while The last OF
his counsel, Mr. Price, was speaking, letter
written by the accused in prison TO Rachael Cum
nineha was read by the prosecutor 10 The
Jury.
The final sentence Of the law was pronounced
on Monday last by the Hon. john BUCHANAN
who accompanied il with some PREDATORY re.
marks. with copy Of which we have been pc
litr1y furnished, by particular request
Upon full and minute investigation, be-
fore Jury Of your country, CONNIE nsura'e With
ihe character Of the offence with which you
stand charged, and the awful consequences Of
conviction, YOU have been found guilty oil the
horrid crime of murder Of the FIST degree, and
i, has become my psinful duty as the organ OF
this Court, TO pronounce the solemn and appal-
ling sentence of the law.
80. your guilt, no, shade Of rational doubt
Is perceived 10 exist
Three diff req, iures have pronounced you
The murderer Of your wife; the jury OF inquesi;
ihs grand Jury that found the indictment on
which YOU have been tined, and finally the petit
jay Of your own choice, after an attentive ana
pl,ien, hearing Of the elaborate arguments OF
lne CDuDStI CHSdHSu youi ~ "'O'''
nothing was left undone, that zeal and ingenul-
" could suggest.
"Far be it from me TO entertain any. the re-
hottest wish, 10 insult, or unnecessarily offer
violence 10 your feelings-lhey must be alrea>
dy sufficiently narrowed.
"Bul am constrained to say, (would 10 God
i, we're orherwise,) that wilful, deliberate and
premeditated purpose, though essential 10 MUIR
der Of the first degree, does no, give TO the OF
fence of which you stand oonvc cd its deepest
die; does dot constitute its blackes, atrocny.
Murder is shocking to humanity under any
circumstances, and well regulated mind, one
not Gallons 10 every proper and correct teeling,
always turns from the contemplation oil it, with
shudering and adherence.
wet there are degrees Of turpitude even in
murder Of the first degree, and that perpetrated
ny you mounts 10 the highest grade oil enor-
unity
"Yours is an Instructive, bnt melancholy
lesson; practical but shocking illustration OF
the awful truth, which cannot be too often, nor
too strongly iueulcated, that one false step is
ever followed by an other.
"Reared and educated in an enlightened so,
ciey, surrounded by respectable and numerous
friends and relations and enjoying in high de-
gree the esteem and confidence Of all who knew
tim at boarding school, young, inexperi-
cnced, innocen, and guileess girl;-'he daugh-
ter Of wealthy parent, who had sent her a
broad for her education.
"Ala, he Ii tie thought, he was sending her
to her destruction; and thai wha, was intend
ed for the advancement of her responsibility
and happiness in this life, was destined soon
to prove her ruin.
Departing from the path Of rec,itude, in
whirh until then you seem to have trodden, and
uninfiaenced by any Of the finer feelings OF the
heart bu, attracted only, Gas il appeared in ev-
dence) by the allureniens Of wealth, you sought
and won her affections and with no correspond
ing attachments, made her at an inauspicious
moment, the conEding partner Of your bed
but an alien from your bosom.
alt was false aud vicious step; moral
fraud prac,ised upon the creduliiy Of a fond aud
ursuspectng girl.
That one false step soon bega, ano'her.-
Scarcely had You under the sanction Of holy