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

laitended a camp meeting az thompson,
: lin the vicinity Of Woodstock-the last o.
y last August, and just before leaving her
e sisters On the first Of October, she stat
O ed TO her and her busbad, that she beIiev-
8 ed herself with child by Mr. Avery. She
;. stated bat she had met him at the Thomp
son camp meeting and named particular
:. day, wiz. Thursday, August 29) hour, &
place. where the thing happened ONE
very delicate enquiries were gone into, for
the purpose Of proving that her pregnan
rlcy did originate at this time
AT the time Of her death she had been
in Fall River since the first of October
She was employed as weaver m one OIL
the factories there. She boarded at first,
at a Mrs Coles, and last the three or
; four weeks at Mrs IIathawsy's.
II appeared that she left her boarding
house, on the afternoon Of the Goth Of De
Icember, about six O'Clock, before the mills
closed work She had said, some days be
fore, that she was going out that afternoon
1 She seemed in better spirits than common
and said she was going TO Joseph Durfee's
1 This is direction quite opposite to the
stack
| Her trunk and bandbox were brought
from Mrs Hathaway's, on Friday morn
ling, to John Durlee's house, when the ia
quest was sitting.-rhe key was found in
her pocket. 10 the trunk, four letters
were found, one sealed, directed to Rev.
MIR. BidweIl 0he Methodist minister at
Fall Rivera and three open, directed to
, herself. One was yellow, or straw color;
one red, or pink. and the other white. On
Saturday afternoon, while searching her
bandbox, a strip OF paper with piece Of
pencil was found by a Mrs. Burden, a
moDg the clothes, about half way down.
doubled up, and containing these words:
elf | am missing, inquire Of Rev. Mr..
Avery, Bristol, he will know where | am
! gone
Dec 10th. S. NJ. CORNELL"
John Duriee, thought he saw the same
piece of paper. on Friday, while examin
ing the bandbox 1t was at the bottom of
the box, with piece of pencil. He re
cognized it by the size, and its soiled ap
lpearance; he did not unfold it, or think it,
at that time, of any consequence. The
writing was pencil mark, and Rawson,
brother in law of the deceased, thought il
her hand 1t was read TO the Jury, on
this evidence.
The red letter was directed to Sarah NJ
ICorsell, care of Mrs Cole, Fall River.
Mr. Cole, swore that while the deceased
boarded with him, a letter. which he thinks
the same was handed 10 him, by a Mr..
Oswell, the engineer of the Fall River s.
Providence Steamboat. He gave il to his
daughter, who testified, that she gave it
to the deceased. Oswell swore, that he
received the letter, which he declared was
the identical red letter, handed TO him in
Court, at Providence he could not tell ex
lactly when, but he thought al the time Of
Ia four days meeting there, from tall
man, IN cloak, about O'Clock, in the
morning. That on Christmas day. he
went to Mr.. AveTy's house, at Bristol, s.
, there at once recognized him to be the man
!, and told him so That at the time when
the letter was given him, the boat run to
Fall River, on Tuedays. Thursdays, and
Fridays only On this evidence the red
letter was read as follows.
PROVIDENCE. Nov, 1882
Dear Sister Il received your letter in
due season and should have answered it
before now but thought would wait Til
this opportunity as | told you am Wi
ling to help you and do for you as circum
stances are | should rather you would
come TO this place, VIZ: Bristol in the stage
Oh 18th December, aud stop at the
Hotel and stay till in the evening s.
then go up directly across the main ST. TO
the brick building near to the stone meet
ing house where | will meet you and talk
with you-when you stop at the tavern
either inquire for work or go out 10 the
street in pretence of looking for some or
something else and may see you say no
thing about me or my family should it
storm ON the 18Th como the Goth If YOU
cannot come and it will be more convent
ent to meet me at the methodist meeting
. house in summersett just over the ferry
on either of the above evenings will meet
. you there at the same time or if you can
not do either | will come to fall river on
one OF the above evenings back Of the
same meeting house where | once saw
you at any hour you say on either Of the
labove evenings when there will be the
least passing | should think before the
t. mills stop work this ! will leave with YOU
fl come | will come if it does not storm
very hard If 1t does the first | will come
the second write me soon and tell me
which when you write direct your letters
to Betsey Hills Bristol and not as you have
to me remember this your last letter am
afraid was broken open
ware your calash and not your plain
bonnet you can send your letter by mail,
s. Nj &. Yours, SC. B.
let me still enjoin the secret keep the
letters in your bosom or burn them up.
During the examination at Bristol, there
was found in the shop of a Mr.. Smiths,
at Fall River, half sheet of paper. cor
responding so exactly in every respect, es
pecially the edges where it had been torn,
with the half sheet on which the white
, letter, found in the trunk of the deceased,
was written, that no doubt it was The other
half of the same sheet. According to the