The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-05-08


house on the 2Ist, Junel lGin the morning
he was much better, and in the evening
much worse than he had been before
He was also at Mr.. C's house when Mrs
C. and Nina were absent Mt Philadel-
phia three days. Mr.. c. told him that
lie then suspected an improper intimacy
between them, and swore by Cd that
1 if he should discover it to his satisfaction
he would take Mina's life.
! Frederick Fitz one Of thO Philadel-
phia police officers who brought Nina
from Boston, testified that he ackppwl-
edged to him that he and Mrs. G. had
frequently had criminal intercourse
while her husband was liying-and that
she used tn come into his bed room.
! Willis II. Blayney, high constable Of
Philadelphia, Who had Nina in his GUS
tody from Boston. testified that he made
a similar acknowledgment to him with
thai made to Mr.. Fritz. He further
confessed that Mrs. Chapman had ta-
ken the poison from bottle which he
had, and put it in the soup, and that he
knew IL at the time. II was with the
greatest reluctance thnt the witness tes-
tilted to this last confession,-- deed
not until the court informed him that they
would have him bound over tn answer
for concealing it. The reluctance arose
I from promise Of secrecy made by him
to Mina in consequence of receiving at
the same time other information of val
ue to the police of the country.]
The next witness was Col. Questa,
the Mexican Consul, who stated that Mi
na, accompanied by Mrs. c. called on
him at his residence in Philadelphia,
about the 18th May--when the former
detailed to him in Spanish, what he
called a recital of his misfortunes--rop-
resenting his father to. be Governor of
California, his grandfather immensely
rich, his mother residing in Mexico,
&c. with long narrative Of absurd cir
cumstances, the falsehood of which the
witness was enabled to detect on the spot.
The following letters, from Nina to Mrs.
Chapman, were read by the counsel for
the prosecution we copy them as illus
trations of the consummate audacity and
hypocrisy Of this abandoned impostor.
His ignorance Of the English language
obliged HIM, in conducting his cores
pondence, always to employ an amanu-
ensis
baltimore, July 10Th, 1881, Tuesday
evening.
! My Dear Lucretia--I embarked on
board ofthe steamboat this morning from
Philadelphia for Baltimore, where ar
rived in safety. In the deepest affliction
for the loss Of my friend, and feeling
most sensibly our separation, hope the
Supreme Being will soon restore me to
your society. My intention is to proceed
to the country tomorrow afternoon, TO
arrange the affairs of my friend, and on
1 Saturday morning at o'clock shall be
with you at home, for my melancholy
will not allow me to bear the pain of
your absence longer, and have come to
the determination Of never absenting my
self from you any more, as ! find your
presence so necessary To my happiness,
that to be without you, even 70. short
period, is insupportable to me. Besides
l am tired of Baltimore already, and am
not at all pleased with the city, having
treated myself for the present with a
boarding house which utterly dislike.
Tomorrow am to receive the money
which my friend has left for me, amount
ing to about $45, 1000.
Embrace your sister and your children
for me, and kiss them for me--and be-
l'eve ms to be your constant and ever
loving husband.
LIMO AMALIO ESPOSIMINA.
Endorsed Mrs. Lueretia Chapman,
Andalusia, Bucks County, Penn.
Cry OF WASHINGTON. Goth Of July, 1881.
Translated from tho words Of Senor Lii
no Amalio Esposy Nina.
My Dear Lueretia.--Is is impossible
to resist the burning volcano which is
burning in my breast, which increases
with my miserable absence from YOU
The profound grief of my soul finds n
vent in the silence of the night in the
most heart-rending cries, at each mo-
ment invoking the cherished name Of
Lucretia. Oh cruel absence, which
thus rends asunder two hearts united in
the sacred ties Of conjugal and fraternal
affection. Oh ! my Lucre,ia, ! knew
not half the love with which my heart
yearns towards you, until this absence.
have now been satisfied by cruel expe-
rience that it is impossible TO live disuni-
ted from you. My imagination contin-
ually finds itself fixed upon you. There
is not moment of rest for me. And
more, when remember the devoted af.
fection Of your heart, scarcely survive.
have indeed now double causes Of
love for you, since you have neither fa-
ther nor mother. nor sister nor brother,