Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-06-13

be turned black 10y the settling oil the blood
and that the test of-washing is no safe
guide TO distinguish thed iscoloration caused
10 this way. from that produced by bruises.
That from the elasticity Of the abdomen,
Il is very difficult, even by the severest
blows to produce bruises on IFS exterior
surface, and that no pressure ofthe fingers
could make black and blue spots upon it
That the appearance of the uterus and the
ueighboring organs, relied upon Drs
Hooper and Wilbur, as proofs Of an at
tempt to produce abortion, were the usu
Al appearances which those organs present
ed in a short time after death. That &C
cordlng to the best authorities, fetus
eight inches long would indicate pregnan
cy of over five months That according
TO the calculations Of Beclard, a fet1s
might attain the length Of eight inches at
four months, but that he was singular 10
this opinion, all the others, and some Of
them better authorities, holding the frs
mentioned. That their experience coin
cIded vita thi, first opinion, and that they
should consider a fRtus Of eight inches al
three months and twenty days, out of the
ordinary course of nature. That the con
stitutioBal charge relied upon by the gov
ernment to prove the commencement oil
the pregnancy of the deceased TO have
been about the time Of the camp meeting.
was by no means an invariable indication
Of the commencement oil that state, but
liable TO freqIent exceptions
The history of the deceased was then
very fully gone into, for the purpose OF
showing that the infamy Of her character
and the constitution Of her mind were such
as might perdispase her to suicide.
1t appeared that at the time OF her death
she was in her thirty first year: that she
was born in Rupert, Vermont; that she
served an apprenticeship as a taioress in
Mo wich, Connecticut. But little appear
ed as 10 her history, till within the last ten
or twelve years. Since that time she was
proved TO have been at Pawtucket, Sla
tersvlle, Lowell, Dorchester, Lynn, Do
YER Somers*orth. Waltham, and severa,
other places, generally as a weaver in
some factory, but sometimes at service In
family. While at Pawtucket, ten or
twelve years ago, she was detected in
stealing goods from number of shops in
Providence. Afterwards she was at Sa
tersvllle under the name of Nara Snow.
which name she kept till visited by bro
Their and brother inlaw. when she resumed
the name of Cornell In some places her
name was Sarah NJ Cornell, in others
Maria ). Cornell She joined the Melho
dist Church at Slatersy llie. and was bap
tlzed by the Rev Edward L Taylor. AZ
ter year OF two she was expelled for tor
nication andlying The account she gave
of herself to several witnesses, was thai
the man she was TO have married, married
her sister, (Rawson denied ever having
paid bis addresses to her or ever having
thought OF marrying herr that her sister
was SO jealous Of her that she could mo-
1--we at home That her disappointment
had strong effect on her mipd; that she
left home with the intention to drown
herself; that she afterw ards concluded &c
change her name and never to return e
her friends. She seems to have been o.
a strange, unsteady temperament, occa
slonally indicating something IKE insanity
always anxiols, even IA the mi list of pro.
lhgacy, to figure as member of the
Methodist communlon; artful, as was pro
we'd oy several singular pieces of testimo
ny. and totally regardless of truth II
seems sufficiently proved that the thought
Of suicide was familiar to her.
| When Mr. Avery came to Lowell in
1880, he found her there member of the
Methodist Church Soon after she oh
tanned from him a certific ate of her mem
bership, stating that she was going to a
camp meeting on the Cape, and thence to
her friends in Connecticut. Bat instead
of going TO Connecticut. she returned Ia
Lowell, and retained the certificate in her
possession. Not long after, charges Of
tornlcation were exhibited against her
She confessed the truth Of the charges
and by the advice of Mr.. Avery, left the
town. She told him she had lost the GER
tticate he had given her After she was
gone she was read out Of the Church
She went TO Dover, and attempted to use
this certificate TO obtain admission to the
church there. A correspondence took
place between Mr. Avery and the minister
at Dover, in which the former gave an
account of her expulsion from his church
and the reasons of il. He also wrote &c
her demanding the certificate, which she
sent to Somersworth, whence she wrote
/ two or three letters of confession and pen
itence to MIR. Avery, Of which he took nc
notice. II appeared that al Lowell shC
was severely afflicted with luts uenerea, a
fact which came to the knowledge of Mr.
Avery. and that the disorder continued at
ter she went to Somersworth Being full
of anxiety TO be again admitted into the
Methodist Church. she came to Lowell IN
1881 TO get signatures TO sort Of a pa
per, by which the church at Lowell con
sented to her being admitted to a proba.
ton at Somersworth She got some sig
natures. Whether Mr. Avery signed i,
did not appear. But it did appear tina,
at Lowell and Somersworth. she express
ed on several occasions, great anger al
his agency in keeping her out Of the
church, and threatened to be revenged
upon him, even at the risk OF her own
life.-She returned to Somersworth, and