The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-09-17
oct, We refer to Mr.. Emor Angel, the wit

oct, we refer to Mr. Emor Angel, the wit
sess himself.
ScIrUArE, July cath, 1888.
Mr.. Ssmons. Having some business down
the road the other day, in company with one
or two others, being abont halfa mile from
the Richmond Factory, and about l3 miles
from Providence, we net mr.. Emor Angel,
at the gate of his fam; we entered into con-
versation upon the case Of mr.. Avery. Mr.
Angel said he had lately read the report Of
the tria! Of Ephraim X. Avery, and he says
that on reading the testimony Of mr.. Ofs-
well, it came to his mind, that ho was on the
wharf alongside the steam boat, being 10
town to market, at the time of tte four days
meeting, in Providence, and the morning that
mr.. Orswell says he received the letter, Mr..
Angel saw q man deliver letter 10 mr..
Orswell. dressed in clothes Of dark color,
with broad brimtned hat. lie thinks he
stood about a minute in conversation with
the engineer, and he heard some one ask
who that man was. who delivered that letter,
and another answered and said he thooght it
was q methodist minister. Mr.. Angel says
lie then took particular notice Of him, and
that he could pick him out among five hun
dred or thousand men: and that he exactly
answers the description given Of Avery, and
that he knew the profile in the published
Report, as soon as ho saw il. Mr. Angel
is a man Of good standing and respecta.
bility in society, he is Justice Of tho Peace
Of this town, and . man Of undoubted
verscity, is willing to make oath to the a
bove, and this publication has his npproba-
tion. L.
With respect to the other letters, found
in The trunk Of Miss Cornell. but little is
required TO be said Of them in this place.
They arc, all Of them, asserted, by the
friends Of Avery, to be a conspiracy Of the
unfortunate girl, against the man she accu.
ses Of seduction. repeat what has already
been repeated thousand times, if this state.
ment be true, never was man more unfortu.
nate than he. For had the girl herself been
possessed OF the art Of msgic. aided by the
cunning Of the arch adversary, and controlled
the movements Of Avery, she could not have
placed him under circ umstances, better
suited to her purpose to fix suspicion on him.
Does she wish letter, pretendedly from A.
very, to herself? She has but to write it,
Send It TO Warren to be mailed, and 10! her
incantations have brought Avery 10 the spot
at the proper period to favor the Cheat
Wishing TO avoid the trouble of sending an
other distance from home, che dates il ut
Fail River, and procures some one to drop il |
into the depository at che Post Office in the
same village. Beholdhow obedient is Avery
to the wi,ching charms Of this cunning sor.
ceress. lie appears at Fall River at tho |
precise moment necessary. -he causes On 9TH.
or person to procure wafer for him, which
is afterwards recognised from i,s color, ss
being Ike the same. lie says he is going to
write TO certain Editor in the village--IIe
is seen to pass the window Of the Post Office,
at the very moment letter is dropped into
the box. That letter is found to be address
to Sarah NJ. Cornell and not 10 the Editor of
the Fall River Monitor, and who, by the by,
never received one from Avery. This letter
II written on half sheet Of paper, the mate
to which, without solitary doubt, was found
afterwards, in the store where he wrote
] ask it now, how could Sarah NJ. Cornell
have bropgh, oil this about, without the ex.
creise Of supcrhumsn power? And deny.
ing her possession of this power, what cir
cumslanees could more fully end firmly fix
upon Avery, the authorship Of these letters?
Has suspicion ever pointed i,s finger at any
other person? Have his friends, after all
their researches, found tho slighest trace of
asolitary being, but Avery himself, whose
name they dare whisper, % having had the
the least possible connexion with this affair?
Have they presumed to offer to the public
the least shadow Of evidence that Avery was
not their author, or that a circumstance had
ever transpired, during tho whole period,
that could 60 TO exnonerats him from that
charge. No--not q lisp of oil this hes been
uttsred--Not shew OF proof has been Offer
ed--Nothing has been thrown ia even by his
learned counsel, in his defence but mere le.
gal quibhIes. No attempt has been made,
even BY them, to prove him innocent. They
have done only what they knew they could
do--saved him from the gallows- Tbev ha ve