Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-07
From The Pennsylvania hquire,.
SINGULAR CHARGE-THE MUIR.
DER OF Mr.. CHAPMAN.

n SlNGD LAX MUIR
DER OF MR.. CHAPMAN.
The deliberate and cold blooded murder
Of Mr.. Chapman, a mild, amiable. and inof-
fnsive man, by the paramour Of his wife, if
not at the instance and persuasion of that
wretched woman herself, was a crime Of the
deepest dye, and far more hcnious and re-
Voting than the sarguinary assassination of
MIR. White, Of Salem Such an act, so con-
mitted, in the moral community of Pennsyl,
wanna, and participated in by one whose bu
siness through Tile has been the mental and
m 1rll culfiv itiol Of youth. presents a
singular and almost incredible instance of a
trority, and one that finds few recorded pa
r'lIeis, even in fictitious writing. The hu-
man mind and human nature start back,
shocked and appalled, at the contemplation
of such a scene. and seek IN The spirit OF cha
rIty, but in VAN, for some mitigating circum-
stances.
Mr.. Chapman IS represented 10 have been
a kind husband, an afiectiobate father. an ex-
ceIIent ucighbor. of a tractahis disposition,
generous, charitable and humane. Nina is
a diin'nuttye. vi favored, Disgusting wretch,
AMI possesses none of those mental or per
sonal attractions calculated TO fasc,aate or
deiude. lie was under the deepest obliga
ton OF gratitude to Chapman, who bad shell
tered and provided for him in his hour Of al
versiiy, and when the same shelter had been
refused by Others. Mrs. Chapman, on the
other hand. was comparatively old, and the
mother Of several children-a woman whose
thoughts. had they been properly directed,
would haze dwelt upon the future happiness
oi her oiisprihg and her own fHal and Future
condition. Under any circumstances, it was
unnatural TO conceive of any sympathy of
passion between her and Nina; and under
the actual circumstances, such a sympathy
was not only criminal, but abhorrent. The
whole history of this murder presents one of
the blacklist acts on the calendar Of crime,
OF this or any other country, and we
are not surprised that no tear Of pity is shed
Ior the approaching fate of the convicted muir
dcrer.
The partner of his crimes will scarcely ex-
a less rigid penalty; for, although
ot Inc law she has been acquitted Of the ca
ltiai %oiience, and has been spared the ~salIovs,
II one human ieeltng yct fingers in her bosom.
she must, through the reunan ~ her wretch.
ed days. feel the %gnawiug Of the worm that
never dieth, and suffer the horrors OF a living
death.
1t seems, however, that the names Of all
who were accessory, either unkrowincIy or
otherwise, TO the death of Chapman. have
not yet been spread before the public We
annex a most singular article upon this sub
Jet from the last number Of the Doylestown
RepuiiIcan. We confidently trust that a
so dark, and involving such a degree
criminality against a "iniiadelDhie phgsi
c'aa'' may, II it can, be promptly and salts.
i%actorily reiuted.
From the Dog|esto,cm Republican. Man %.
hirs. CHAPNAN-Iho tr.ai Of Mrs. Chan
man and Nina have created an extraordinary
interest Throughout. the whole country; and
much excitement prevails at this moment. in
to the issue of the one being so fatal.
~ different from the other The verdict in
the case of Mrs. Chapman noy have been
correct al least Judge Fox, in his CHARGE to
tie jury. on the trial of Nina, said expressly.
that It had met with his appreciation. No
however, now believes her innocent: and
although NC have no wish to increase the ex.
c'tement which already prevails against her.
we nevertheless feel il our duty 10 iay before
ne public a fact. which not merely proves N.
most conciusively that she had the priacipal
agency IN The bloody deed, for which Nina is
ABOUT to expiate with his life. but which also
EXHIBITS the character OF a hitherto highly re.
physician of Philadelphia in no We.
~ enviahle light. The circumstance to which
'O o''uue Is 'hlS: Mrs. Chapman called up.
'n a ply siclan in the city a short time pre-
nous 10 the illness of her husband, and de.
'ifed ne advice as TO the effect of arsenic.
wished to know the quantity which was
ADMINISTERED IN cases of sickness, and the
,ihallest quantity which could possibly pro
luce death.-she enquired fully and part
'aiariy as to the general properties of arse.
nc; and. as we understand, gave the phvsi
a fee for the information which She oh
ibis physician knew that the person who
'ad thus consulted him was Mrs. Cbanmnn,
knew that her husband had died a short
me afterwards, and that she was eventually I
-rrested aud brought to this county, charged
VIVA having poisoned that husband; he fur
ieF hne" ilat traces Of arsenic rad been
iscoFered by the chemists, in the apary.
'htch was made of the stomach, and tbat
ne o'iltefs oi the prosecution were unweari
" IN 'hetf e%erllons to obtain proof Of her
'"i'' Mhieh was so apparent and mantle. [ IN |
H. SIN with a knowledge OF all these facts,
t. suppressed and concealed testimony. wh;cb |
e wen know was of the utmost importance
, tiie interests Of the Commonwealth. and
h'cl has on,y been discovered since ne IT,.
''"a'ion OF tae trial. If this fact had hef,
own ny TIE gentlemen who conducted n.
resolution, previous TO her trial, tie fate Of !