Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-06-20
TRIAL OF CLOUGH.


menced at Mount Holly, on Friday, 3lsl
ult The court house was filed to over
flowing, ono half being occupied by ladies
and the avenues leading to the court, s.
its immediate neighborhood presented an
almost solid mass of human beings. The
indictment was read to him, and to the u
sual question as to guilty or not guilty. he
replied IN faint voice, scarcely audible
TO half those present, am not guilty"
Clough was dressed in suit Of deep black
well BETTING his most unhappy situation,
his appearance was pale and emaciated,
no doubt the consequence OF sleepless
nights aud equally apless days He was
only twenty eight years OF age in oeptem
Der last; and is a native Of Unity. Ches
hire county. N. II. His personal habits
were reputable, his manners delicate, but
sociabIe; and was particularly partial to
the society of the ladies.
The prisoner has mother living in Or
leans county, New York, now sixty years
old, IN very feeble and infrm condition.
None Of his relations are here to attend
his trial, as he has particularly desired
themno TO come, except il be such whose
testimony it was desirable TO obtain. Mrs
Hamilton, the victim, was about twenty
seven years old when killed She was the
widow Of DR.. Hamilton OF Bordentown, a
practitioner Of deserved respecta biity in
point Of character and talents, and brother
10 leading member Of the New Jersey
bar. Those who were personally &C
quainted with her, represent her as having
possessed, in a superior degree, those gen
lie and indescribable attractions of the sex
which win upon aud factinate the heart
charmes which, alas, too frequently entail
mlseryon their possessors and th:ir slaves.
THE TRIAL
We annex from the report Of the Phia
delphia Gazette the following testimony
in the case Of Clough II is that the mo
thsr of the murdered Mrs. Hamilton, and
the most interesting part Of the evidence
yet reported. II Is said that the strongest
excitement against the prisoner prevails 10
the neighborhood of Mount Holly.
Elizabeth Longstreth afIirmed-I am
the mother of the deceased; | knew the
prisoner at the bar [Clough here stood up
as she looked at him, and bowed very res
pectfilly Mrs l.. did not notice The sa
latation.l | keep boarding house IN Bor
denlown; Clough has boarded with me
near two years; 10 the spring he went to
New York for a week, returning on the
9TH April. waited on him al breakfast
on the 9Th did not see him afterwards un-
I'll the deed was done; deceased was all
that morning in the parlour with her sis
ter aud the seamstIess; told the deceased
/ was unwrl, she told me to lie down on
the sofa, and she would send me a pillow.
and then see about the dinner; she then
left The room sen! me pillow b, her
daughter Caroline, and lay down; in six
or seven minutes my daughter Elizabeth
came to the door, screaming dreadfully,
saying, ego to sister Mary" immedi
ately ran, and when | got to the door
OF the stairs, saw the deceased coming
down, about half way, with her hands
raised and her hair disordered; she came
TO me and said, "Oh mother why didn't
you come. screamed and Clough's muir
defed me" asked for what; she replied
"becausc wouldn't say I'd have him, and
you know that coudt mother" She al
SO said. Il was in his room, he sent for
me, and has killed me-" took her in nv
arms, carried her into little roo down
stairs, placed her on a settee, when she
SAID. Oh mother | must die, must. J,
They then took me away from her; can't
tell whether there was any one on the stair,
with her. Clough's visit to New York |
thought would be his last, as he had pack.
cd up all his things and closed bis business
and | understood be was going to stay
lie did not tell me where he was going
To- When | saw her coming down stairs,
saw no change 10 her dress, and had no
idea she had death wound
Cross examined by Mr.. Brown.-Did
not you know the prisoner before he came
TO live with me; he was pretty regular
there the first Summer; he lived with US
in entire kindness, was a pleasant boarder
respected by the whole family. There
was no uacOgamon kindness from him to
US or from us to him. lie paid particular
attention TO deceased, but she was not
willing TO receive it, Il frequently bad
conversation with deceased, on the sub
Ject OF these attentions. He frequently
wrote TO her and she threw his letters in
the fire, and requested him not 10 write
ny more:-Dont know that she ever ac
cepted any present from him, except an
album he got; aud then got several Of her
friends 10 write IN n; he then offered il to
her, and by my permission she took If; she
refused his immature, a large breast PIN i,
anu other things not now remembered
Deceased gave or sold prisoner dirk-it
belonged to her brother in law-she had
one also that belonged 10 her late husband;
he SAID he wanted it, he had a number OF
rough men under him on contract near
the ochuylkhl. | did not know when he
started away for New York, as it was
busy day; knew oil no unkindness offeeling:
he wrote once TO deceased while he was
gone. lie was man OF mild and com
posed manners, except when angry, lac
was violent, though not often angry. Ne
yer heard any thing said against him ill
since the death of Mrs III: / had thought
ne was ardentiy attached TO her; she dld
not receive him As An adrnirnr. II. I.na...