Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-24

her on toe horse AID started to take her down
to where the girl was, but thought IL Was bad
policy IN as much as they might suppose shs
was killed, he then took her back and laid her
down where she fell. and then wen, 10 alarm
the neighbours. told him there was report
~ circulation that she had been injured with q
stick put into her wombs he said that he had
mentioned that TO The Jury, that she had fallen
on : soaR. Ssid he went down The river in q
boat loaded with corn, in the capacity Of clerk
SAID Kansas report was not . fact. he had
been IN the store shout two weeks before, that
he recognized II butihat X. did NOS recognise
him Said when he was taken he was in a boat.
srmed. asked why he didn't defend himself
ne ssid they did not give him sn opportunity
said they treated him IN Ms they were span.
isrds Asked me IL | knew Whist had become
OF kscheL told him that the last account
We had OF her she vas about Red River, In
Kentucky. lie said there Was where he had
lett her. Col Huston asked him whether she
Vas handsome: said be could not say she was
Colonel said ale must have some magic art
soout her, she set a parcel OF them crazy. J
sad she bad been the means OF separating .
nan ard hrs family at Pittsburgh, q Judge 10
hsrristurg. AND y man in Mercersburg.
The States Attorney here introduced and
resd to the Jury, several letters in the prison
err hand wiring. and admitted by the counsel
tor the prisoner
John Wright was en- the groud on Mon
DAY, one week after the death. thought the
leaves were bloody, had very much the sppesr.
ance OF blood-I found hickory leaves, they
appeared like drops Of blood upon them-thcy
we're on the trail shown us by Hiile ary, near =
crooked locust, they were on the bush; I pull.
eel 'htm Oft myself; fresh, green leaves; seen
no other leaves ike thems examined the bushes
critically to see whether they we're like the
faded zeal IN the fall Of the year, dark red color,
pulled them OF low shrub bushes. There were
Two bushes, enc in an eastern direction from
the other, about three feet from the grounL
not much underground about there; both hushes
we're on the supposed track. fMr. Wright pro-
oueeo ssms OF The hickory leaves that were
found on the ground.
Or Samuel n. SmitA.- Mr. Wright showed
me The leaves after he had been on The around
l thought that the stain was produced nv
blood, and ] was so induced 10 believe from the
issts beng stained through, and The substance
OF the teal not dead below. A dark red. =
frequently examined leaves as | rode along
through the woods, and found them different
from these. lCross exam. I doubt very much
whether there - sufficient gallo acid in the
ickor leafto produce q change OF colour.
doraha'n Johnson - came With tbs cart III
the request OF X k,le. When t,csme to where
The corpse lay. l mentioned il was y very seri-
Gus thing TO have his wife taken away so sud.
den; he answered by = question, asked me
whether Conrad was down there boring them
pipes for hinl told him l did not know. Did
! not see you pass here a little While agoi /
sad no tic said, ! thought I saw you walk ing
by here with q stick in ynur hand. told him
4 d'a not pass that way that DAY, [meaning the
read from the lewis house to The main road
that 4 had been in C~iesap,ewn oil dsy till re
quested by Kiie.
JHafyd'ss C'esap.-Mrs. Swear;ngcn's bon
net was a drawn ~haiebone. bonnet, not caiaKhi
colourcd cambrick. Dark calico dress. Wire
round the outside Of the bonnet, or whslebone.
Some siifeping.
Eiz H,neezs This side of Longs where
the river road falls in the .Cresaptown ROAD we
y. and wife-saw them start out of
town; says y why we thought we would over
taKo you, out you went one road and We went
the other. Mrs. s said Ia me, Mrs. Wineow, n
never saw The river so dsep. \ ney:r saw the
ike before. Said 4 you might have come Up
the fiyer without gong ia the water. She saI
the river was deep the way they came. 4
nothing more.
Evidence below vas adduced to prove the
circumstance of 5. having upset his wife in q
glg. on Martins mountain, in June or July,
1877, and injured her very much; and his con
duct towards her on that occasion
Thomas Ptummer.-I was cut in the yard and
heard some noise and looked up the road; saw
Mr. 5. coming, he beckoned 70 me, and 4 went;
he told me 4 dreadful accident had happened,
said the gig had upset and killed his wife. n
went on to where his wife was lying, and lefl
I was there 8 or 4 minutes before r
knew whether she was dead or alive, being 80
much frightened; she was iyiog 3 or 4 reds
off the rsad-the descent from the road
about IL feet: her clothes were ali neatly ad-
Justed: she was lying on her back. lie came
alter 4 was there ) or 4 minutes. he came down
the bank TO where she was and requested we
would shoot him. 4 think he said he was y
ruined man. 4 discovered that there was lie
by putting my hand on her breast and felt her
heart beat; and abe opened one eye. the other
was full of blood; the gig lying by. one wheel
OF and lying against a tree; the horse was loose
had gone down The bill, no harness on him to
the best Of my recollection: the turnpike 10 AS
wide there as any place along the mountain;
IL he had continued on he would have had
down hill to Streets tavern; better than q
mile to Streets, and about o ! OF a mile back
to my house. She laid at my house 10 days.
and didn't speak fer one or two dsys-her
head very much bruised and mangled; he re
NAMED there, and occasionally went to town
and seemed cool towards her. He left the
child al my house. when he came back 10 where
the acsldent occurred.
Daniel Cresap II put the Inch pins in and
put leather straps through the Inch pins under
the tree, about an hour and a half before they
started. beth nuts were on the axle tree.
George Keaidofer.-Some time after 8 re.
turned from Cumberland, Tasked him how the
accident happened he told rue he was walking
behind the gig, that she had bold Of the rein,
and that she sither pulled the rein or the hsrse
scared, and threw ths gig ever. tie got new
harness in 1928. Don't know any thing about
The gig.
IEllLa,a Bed IL Mas standing by the gig: I