Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-11-24

that he might be content to wait Til the
next morning for the bloody news. Has
he not gone 10 the grave upon the very
ground OF his having exposed himself by
being in Brown strcct-thcn why did he
20; Was he then a c0icGTd rs well as a
rHioia, that he would do nothing 10 aid or
encourage his accomplice? Was he a
miserable wretch without spirit as well as
miserable man without principle; No
hc went to encourage the heart Of the
perpctrator, and he did he Capt. White
TO the eternal world. He went to do
something-hc went by appointment
was the cause Of the felony; and we have
a right to say-thc construction Of the
law bears US out in this-tlat but for this
appointment, this encouragement, this
presence Of Frank Knapp,,he man would
not have gone to commit the murder, and
the aged victim, would for that time at
least, have escaped the bludgeon and
the dagger of the assassin. There are
the cIcarcst indications all dong the con-
icssiun. that Frank was thcaidcr and a
better Crowninshicld wond not 90
alonc-he wanted somebody 10 back him
lie put off the murder because his
brother would not back hinl--hc was ask
ed by Joc, I'd Of \ pril, "ifAc was going
that Mo ht-hc said he did rot feel like it
he would meet mV brofer, another
time" lie might have Tcant to mcet
another time to make arrangements a.
bout IA hacker or another tine to do the
act-cithcr very impolhnt--it was
supposing Frank would do that which
George would not. Again-it was inten-
dcd to murder Capt. White 'hcn he was
ont in the ovcning--the confession says
Nv broiheJ told l.. &. that Capt. White
would take tea out, and / he did not
come home early, sc. it could be done
He did come home cary and they
were disappointed" Who dithcy mean;
So the expression of Frank-'l guess he
will 90 to night 81 think it means
I"Capt. White will 90 to night to another
world" Again, eve contuvcd how it
might be DONE" and 81 thought THEY
would not dare undertake t.o Every
thing shows that +. KNAPP was not Il
common runner, n mere 90 bireen as he
is called. Whatsoever was done he APP
pears to have had main fand in it
| Mr.. W. here again called hc attention
ofthe Court to some points O law which
we are obliged to omit
Gcni!cmcn-l have now got through
with all the points Of the case, relating
to the conviction Of IL princi ipal-it only
remains to show the agency OF the defcn-
dant at the bar--and this brings ne to
his own Confession. Reads it, This
gentlemen is beyond all argumcnt-thcrc
Is nothing to argue nothing To- Prove there
never was a case where guilt was more
manilcst-morc acknGwlcdg cd-morc ccf-
tain. There is no chance of any cror.
! His confession cannot be wrong never
was there story more completely y corrob-
Grated by external circumstances. Mr. |.
w. here again referred to the Icmarka-
bic agrc Cmcnt between the facts stated
in the confession, and those proved by
other evidence and stated particulars. Il
Then there arc the letters, do they not
prove guilt; This was the first act Of
folly no-not the Grst-thc Uenhdm Rob-
berg, so called now styled by himself ga
hoax before it which his own sense
of guilt drew him into, and which led im-
mcdiatoly to his detection. These let.
Itcrs, which with most dcpraycd heart
he pcnncd and sent to the Post Office in
order to ward OF attention from himsclf,
and fix suspicious upon the innocent were
the very means by which his own enor-.
nous guilt was first brought to light
SO true it is that he who is guilty can
neither stand still or move.
Conference.-The confession is so full
that it admits of no argumcnt-you are
not bound to pay i! any uncommon defer.
cncc if it stands alone; but i, is entirely
corroboratcd; and ! have been struck
with one thing-ihat in the whole course
of the argument of defendants Counsel,
when contending that it ought not to be
admitted aS evidence, they did not make
the least attempt to show that it was un-
tue. that there was the least mistake in
it. Therefore it was right in them, in
their earnest desire to help the prisoner.
to struggle to exclude it entirely, because
if il is IN evidence, ii is conclusive and
settles the Gucs'ion.-On this part Of the
case have nothing to say; 1t is as unar-
guahlc on this side as on the other 1t
is full and free confession Of guiIt-of
being the origin and mover of murder,
in all lis circumstances unparalleled in
our age When YOU, and |, and all of
us, shall have ended our urcarthly existence
it will forever remain n strange, sur
prlsing, and astonishing event, that in this
age so enlightened, and in this country
so civilized, in the midst Of society so re-
fined, and in family so rcspcctaLlc. n