Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-25
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AFFIDAVlTS.
We pBhIished some days since, brief state
inent Of Important developments recently made IN
regard TO of the most obscure points IN tins
cas- BY Il Mr.. Spencer, East Greenwich, Il. l.
TIL, Providence Journal of Tuesday contains his
uIiIavt Oh the subject together with the alfdaylts
Of Two Il les brothers corrobo atfng has statement
SO flr a. ther knowledge extends, They are as
follows
/, Nathan NJ Spencer, Of East Greenwich. IN
the Cuoriy Of Kent, ahd The Sta'e Of Rhode Island
aged hjlt}s one years, cur!wuiner, on solemn oath,
declAic and say, That was born N East Green
wich, and with the exception OF Il tsN years, have
ever resldcd here; dat early in tho morning OF the
27lh November aSt, according To the best OF my
r,colire,ou and be,lsf and according 10 bill and
note hereinafter namel | LII homa III one horse
wagon, t. 20 TO Ptayrcnce to hay stock that
went by ;hc 0ay Of Ga Narwica and took a raw
cow hide 10 Mi Waterman, OF tlu place tanner ),
lhaln few nj. 5 before | arrived At PawtuXet,
overlook Young man on foot, a stranger 10 me-
took him mio the wagon with me, and carried HIM
to the tdte of Providence whore he cot out, and
went un his way ia the old rond, believe, while
kept on the new road INTO Pos douce. According
10 the bcsi OF my recollection II on this day,
when, ll+t Al the edge Of pawtuxet mcttwo gem
lencu ou foot, one OF = HON came up 10 the way
o., aEtld nuc = liter, requested me 10 hand II 10
one of lle hands nn board tue Fall River steam
boat, tank he ted me the boat left for Fall Raw
er at ten clock and he wanted the letter To 90 there
that night don't think should know the man
again. | think he was youngish, and had cloak
on. took the hitter, and put it into my hat
Afct riding some distance, took the letter on, TO
observe umorc particularly, WHOM t,c gentleman
in the wagon with ne said why You have got "A
yellow Letter there | observed, no, II is not GLOW
il has cast Of rcd After my arrival at Proyi-
dcncc, ] went down to the Fan River boat the
" King philp," stepped into the boat and delivered
sad letter 10 u man, who, from his dress and APP
pcarauce, supposed belonged to the boat. This
VAS between and 10 ocloc:;, a. Nj. do not
rccoilect the sersuion between the on board
tho boat a., myself thluk hc at h,st hesltateu
to take it,
In relation to the letter | recocct distinctly i:
was reddish paper, directed TO some person IN
Tnl River, and 10 the care of some person IN Fall
| River, butte whose care cannot say, nor should
| l. probably have any recollection as TO the person
to whom it was ditcctai, but ior a conversation
with my brothers, altel my return from Proyl
| dence, in which conversation spoke OF the letter
before alluded 10, & inquired if Mr. Benjamin Cor
neil, formerly OF E.,s Greenwich, had hot daugh
! tcr, or daughter ia Fan River, OF over that way
have little or doubt, that II was on the 9Th OF
! November last, that received ard delivered said
letter. II the hll and note alluded 10 are correctly
! dated | know il was on the 2ith November lLst
that went to Providence by the NaY of Old " at.
wick and to k tie stranger into my WP9gon, and
am confident he Was with me when ; receive the
letter as aforesaid. 1t was he, or one ofmy broth
ers, Richard or Thomas !. | seldom go 10 Prov
idcnce. Did not 30 there within Il month On SIN
weeks before or otter sad day, When went &c
Providence, on the above mentioned day, had Oh
blue camhlet cloak dark under clothes, and Il
| black hat, with a brlm much wider than the brIms
Questionable hats. | have been shown, by Mr.
Geo. c. Mason, the Clr,k OF tho Supreme Court,
the letter produced 10 the Court Mt the ira, of MIR
| Avery, as the one handed The engineer of tho
steamboat, and the color ard appearance of SAID let
ter is the same as the one handel mc, and winch
pu, on board the Fail River Boat,
Soon atlct the tria, OF Mr. Avery at Newport, q
conversation was had between myself and some o.
my neighbours, respecting the tral OF Mi Avery
aud particularly the testimony Of the Engineer o
the Fall River boat and his Identifying the person
Of MI Avery when he doltrercd the letter to saic
Engineer stated Ivy him III his testimony.
then mentioned the Circumstance of the letter afore
said being handed to me, and stated thought i
difficult to identity person under such clrcum
stances as the Engineer referred to, for did no
think should bc able 10 do So in the case of tn,
letter handed 10 me-. Twas then led to examine
the bill Of Sheldon and Mason, of articles which
bought whsn went to Providence by the way o
old Warwick and took he stranger into the wag
on with me, and when as suppose took and de
lvered tie letter aforesaid. This bill, aud also
note which gave for the articles, and which
have since taken up, are dated on the 9th of No
vcmber last. Before this the circumstances abov
related never occurred TO me as having bearln.
on the case of Mr. Avery
knew Mr.. Avery when he resided in Eas
Greenwich am not member Of the Methods
Chu,ch, but have usually attended that meeting.
(SignelD NATHAN NJ. SPENCER.
KENT Sc Az East Greenwich, July 9th 1883