Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-22

and his ~visiters.
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THE Salem Murder and Saac,de.-ih odr
lem Register Of Thursday, giving the de!a"s VI
the suicide of Richard Crownlnshieid, 1r' says
his feet were resting ON the floor, from "hleh
his knees were not more than a 1901 distant.
s.The prisoner took his dinner as usual De-
tween 10 and /. and after one O'Clock, the Turn
kew went in to clear away the things, when moth
inc unusual was perceived. \ little before
two O'Clock, Mr.. Brown the saoler, went TO the
cell to carry the prisoner a note from his iatner,
and calling TO him, received no answer. tie then
looked through the hole at the top OF the door,
and saw the prisoner hanging to the grating oil
the window. He Immediately called assistance,
entered the cell. and had the body cut down.
the Waterman stationed in the prison entry, stat
cJ that he fastened to the cell when MIR. Brown
called. and saw r.. Crowninshield, Jr. hanging
Inv his handkerchief from the window crate with
his face towards the n. The Turkey cut HIM
down. and laid him on the bed-there was no APP
pearance of life in him when he was taken down
thought he had been hanging about Is or2O
minuteS-had no reason to think he had any
previous. intention of committing such an act
the prisoner had eaten his dinner. as usual about
half or three quarters of an hour previous.
The physicians stated that they were called 10
the Gaol about a quarter after 2-iound the prls-
oner living ON a bed-could not md any pulsa-
ton at the wrist or heart-the countenance
somewhat purple, apparently from strangulat'on
opened a vein in the arm and he Dled freely ior
a short time-a vein was then opened IN theneck,
which bled more freely than the arm-attempted
to produce an artificial respiration without any
efect-the GaIvanic Battery was also used, but
it had no effect.
- f.o,,oJI lotforc xyrIftpp Inv the de-
ceased, and dated on the day OF his death which
were found in his cell, were read to the jury,
One of the letters was addressed to his father, and
the other to h,s brother, one of the prisoners
rive learn that these letters contained no dis
closures in relation to the murder, or illusions to
any person as concerned in it but that they in gen
eral terms Acknowledged a vicious lille, &express-
ed his hopelesness of escape from punishment,
had he lived to stand a trial. "a
Afer full deliberation upon the evidence pro:
duced, the following verdict was recorded:
I" That the said Richard Crowninshleld, jr.
came to his death when in full possession of his
faculties, by deliberately hanging himself by the
neck. with two silken handkerchiefs made fast to
the crates of his CELL"
The BODY of the deceased remained in the pris-
on until Yesterday at | O'Clock. when 1t was deli
vered to the care of his relatives, and carried to
his fathers residence in Danvers for BURIAL
There was an intense curlousity to view the body,
and great numbers of our citizens were permitted
to see it previous to its removal. The deceased
was 90 years OF age.
The effects of the prisoner, his clothing, SC.
found in the cell, were folded and packed up in
| the neatest manner, and the bedding, books, sc.
left in the best order. He borrowed razors in
order to shave himself only an hour or two pre-.
! vious to his death.
The account In the CentInel oil a conversation
between the deceased and his brother, overheard
bv the keeper. about thetime of the suicide, is en-
dre!y erroneous. The cells in which the brothers
were confined, are not adjacent to each other, but
in different stories Of the prison.
We have heard many doubts expressed from
various quarters, not of the professional class, as
to the legal operation on the prosecution of the
death of r. c.. Jr. on account fins having been
indicted as principal in the murder. We are
Informed that he was not according to law the
onIy principal; and further, that even had he
lived till the trial, it is in the highest degree prob
able that the former indictment would have been
! nol-pros'd and a new one found by the grand jul
ry, framed on the evidence that has been devel-
oped since the resentindictment was found, and
so as to include all the persons accused. The
statutes of the commonwealth %enacts,
"That if any person shall commit the crime
of wilful murder,-or shall be present, aiding
and abetting in the commission of such crime,
or, not being present, shall have been accessory
thereto before the fact, by counselling, hiring or
otherwise procuring the same to be done, every
such offenlr'' &c. "shall suffer death.
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Albany, June II.
Robbery of the MaR-On Tuesday evening,
between II and 10 O'Clock, as the mail stage
was going west on the Schenectady road, about
three miles from this city, the mail bag, contain
ing the mails for Utica, Geneva, Canandaigua,
and Rochester, and places on the branch routes
therefrom, was cut open by some villains, and
all taken therefrom, except the bag contain
ing the Utica mail. The Utica bag was too large
to be GOT through the hole cut in the large leather
bag, and the robbers probably became alarmed
before they had time to make the aperture larger.
The mails which are stolen contained letters
and papers for the following counties: 'Steuben,
Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Livingston. Allega-
ny, Cataraugus, Monroe. Orleans, Niagara, Gen
esee, Yates, and part of Erie. The probability
Is that the letters do not contain money to a
larger amount than $500 or $500. The mail
for Schenectady was under the drivers seat and