Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-10

Benjamin BUnichsr who lived adjacent to Mr. C.'s house, testified that the night pre- ceding the death of MT. Chapman, Mrs. c. called at his house and requested him to go Osrr and stay with Mr. Chapman-witDess said hs would, and soon followed; when he arrived at the house he found Mrs. Chapman and Nina sitting in the 2arlOr preparing for supper and talking cheertully tOgether.-- When witness entered the room he spoke to Mir. Chapman, who merely pressed his hand hin reply. He appeared almost insensible, hut occasionally tossed himself about from one side of The bed to another. During the night Nina entered the room three or four times the second time witness said he would not live till morning. Nina replied that he would be dead before morning, and added "a ne be one very good man-he go ups" ' he then," said the witness, |" put on a crooked face and pretendcd t0 cry, but looked in his face, and he did not shed tear" The witness wash ed and laid out the body of Mr. c.
 Frederick Fritz, one of the Philadelphia police officers, who brought Nina from Bos. ton, testified that he acknowledged to him that he and Mrs. c. had frequently had crm- inal intercourse while her husband was living.
 Willis H. Blaney, high constable of Phila- delphia, who had Nina in his custody from Boston, testified that he made a similar ac- acknowledgement to Tim with that made to MT. Fritz. He further confessed that Mrs. Chap man had taken the poison from bottle which he had, and put it in the soup, and that he knew it at the time.
 Colonel Questa. the Mexican Consul resi-. dent in Philadelphia, testified that about the 17tl, or 18th May, 1881, Nina, in company with Mrs. c. called at his office. Nina ad- dressed him in Spanish, and said he was an aE..> sad his name, and asked the witness to hear re- cital of his misfortunes.
 Witness then asked what part of the city of Mexico his mother lived in, and the an swer satisfied him that he never was in Mex
 leo. The witness at the same time told him that there was no Governor in California; Some days after, Nina wrote to him and ap- ologised for the attempt to deceive him"
 Mina-We learn from inc Philadelphia papers of Monday evening, that Nina, since his conviction ol murder in the first degree, has made full confession of his crime, and duplicating his accomplce, Mrs. Chapman, who, it is well known, has been recently >ted for the murder of her husband and acquitted In the case of Nina the jury were out nearly three hours, and returned with verdict of Guilty the first and second counts of the indictment. The prison ers conduct throughout the trial generally displayed evily and indifference, although, we learn, when the verdict was explained to him by his counsel, he ] evnced considerable agitation. Mina in his confess sou, declares, that the wife and hinsel jointly, had despatched the deceased by the administration of arse nic It should be recolleced, says the Philadelphia Chronicle that the evidence, on the first tra was not as conclusive as that produced on the second. Minas confession 10 the High Constable Baney, made on the road from Boston to this city, could not be given in evidence against her, though it have operated fatally against himself; and as he had become her lawful husband, he could be produced as witness against his wife.
 IntamoMs Attempt0t Seduction.-On Tues day afternoons. highly respectable gentle man of this city entered the Police Office in company with his niece, beautiful young la- dy of about 20, and with much emotion com tO Justice LOwnds. the sitting ma- gistrate, the following particulars of a most infamous attempt, by some depraved villain, to destroy the innocence of his niece, and the peace and happiness of all her friends. The gentleman stated that note had been delv- cred to his niece in the course of the morning by a female habited as lady. the import of which was too obvious to be mistaken. The note was as follows:
 Dear -,
 Do not be angry with me that have talk en this liberty. have seen you and admire you much. May ask you to call at No. - Mott street. this afternoon, at half past 4 o. clock. Iwish to have few moments con- versation with you. The bearer of this letter will inform you soho and What am. There shall nothing be said or done that the first la- dy in the land would not be proud of hearing.
 Your friend. affeciionately."
 The gentleman further stated that his niece handed him the note as soon as he came home, and that he. having made inquiry into | the character of the house in Mott street whither she was invited to repair, had ascer- | tained that 1t was notorious house of assign. | ation. Justice LOwnds requested the gentle man to attend yesterday morning, and gave directions to several of the officers to proceed to the house and bring down to the office ear. ly in the morning. ail the Inmates they could lay hands on. Accordingly yesterday morn ing. the keeper of the house in question, was conducted before Justice Lownds. and exam. ined in regard to her knowledge of inc cir cumstance complained of. She admitted that she kept house of fassignation that the nOt0 addressed to -- was written there by one of her male visitors whom she did not know, but who was waggishly nicknamed "Me Governor cf Kentucky." that she saw it and knew its import and that it was carried to the residence Of the young lady and deliv-