The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-04-10

Eddy, upon the individual recently con
yicted Of murder:
l AMAsA f. WALMsLEr, on the indict
ment found against you by the Crane
jury ofihs County for the murder o
John Burke, you have been arraigned
and tried by a respectable jury of Free.
men ofth;s County, Of your own selec.
ton. You have Ind the aid of able and
faithful counsel to defend you before that
jury. You have also had the aid Of the
government in procuring for you, at their
expense, the attendance Of such witnes.
ses you desired, with all other means OF
defence requested, by yourself or counsel
You have had every indulgence in tho
power OF the Court to give, that has been
asked.
by the Jury by whicl, you have been
thus tried, you have had patient and
full hearing. In all respects you have
had fair and impartial trial. by this
Jury, under their oath to render true
verdict in your case, you have been pro-
nounced guilty ofthe crime of murder as
charged upon you.
The law declares, that every person
who shall be duly convicted of the crime
OF marder, slThll suffer death.
1t also declares, that the punishment
of death shall be inflicted by hanging the
person convicted, by the neck, until dead,
You having been thls convicted nnd
adjudged by this Court to suffer this pun
ishment it is my duty 10 announce the
sentence of the Court thus adjudged.
Previous to which. / will remark, that
though my duty does not require, nor
have | any wish by placing before you
the enormi,y of your offence, unneces-
sarily to excite your own feelings, or to
excite the feelings of others against you,
1t may not be improper to say, that it be-
comes you seriously to reflect OH the sol
! emn event that awaits you and the more
solemn consequences of that event. by
placing you before another tribunal,
compared to which this is less than moth
ing. A tribunal where no witness, either
through ignorance, forgetfalness, or de-
sign, can anything "extenuate or set
down aught in malice" A tribunal
where no witness is necessary to prove
either fact or motive. hut where oil
hearts, and all things, are naked and o.
pen to the eyes of Him with whom we
have to do 4; and where all will receive
according to their characters.
Commencing you to the mercy Of that
tribunal, declare the sentence Of this
Court to be, that you, the said AMAsA l..
WALMsLEY, be taken from hence to the
prison from whence you came, and that
you be taken from thence on FRIDAY,
the first day of juno next, to the place OF
execution, to be appointed by tho Sher-
iff of the County of Providence, in said
County, and that you there, between the
hours of nine and twelve of The clock in
the forenoon of the same day, he HANGED
BY THE NECK TILL YOU ARE DEAD! and
may God have mercy on your soul.
| RAPE AND MURDER.--The body of q de
ceased female was found lying in the wood
on the residence Of Mr.. Montgomery, oetwscI
two and three miles below this village, on ih,
forenoon Of Monday last. The name Of th,
female is Cat1arine Taylor. She had livct
the past few months in the family Of Mr.. 10
seph Allen. On the afternoon Of Sunday, she
remarked that she would walk out towards
the river, and gather win,orgrecns ;and tying
a handkerchief on her head, she proceeded
Evening came, and she did not return. In
the morning the family made search for he'
in the direction she was supposed to have
taken, but without success. About eleven
o'clock two black men from this village, on q
cunning excursion, discovered her body. She
was found lying on her back, md near beI
were u couple Of lunches Of greens she had
apparently carried in her hands. The ground
was not much disturbed around her, but !,
was evident sho had been drawn by her feet
some distance 10 the place where she was
found. The body was brought 10 this village
and coronor's Jury assembled. II was cvi.
dent from the examination Of tho body by
physicians, that rope had first been commit
ted, and by marks on her body it appeared
she had strovc mnnfuly against tho villain.
She was then murdered by strangula,ion.
The deed was done by the left hand the
deep print Of the thumb OF the left side Of the
throat, md tho marks Of the fingers on the
other. could not be mistaken. Two men,
both EngIishmcD, living with Mr.. Monigome.
ry ns laborers, were Immediately arrested on
suspicion ard brought before the coroncrs
Jury. An investigation Of some hours was
made, which resulted in the comnitial Of the
two until yesterday morning. In the forenoon
they were brought before ono Of our justices
aud the supreme court commissioner, and
we're under examination at the time OF writ.
jog this article. yesterday afternoon al ioas
O'clock. Whether they will be committed
or discharged we have no means Of knowing.
The female, Catharinc Taylor, has lived
in two or three iamlIes in this village as a
servant, and we learn had sustained in oil 6
fair character. She was about thirty years
Of sge.
We can scarcely think Of this occurrence
without a shuddcr. In broad day, on the