The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-19


day; he is confident the prisoner was the
person from the looks Of the man, who de-
iivered it to him; he described the letter
to Capt. Borden. who made first inquiry
Of him by color Of paper, hand writing and
smut. He recollected hand writing and
paper, and that the letter was smutted by
his hand having marks Of oil on 1t; ne re-
collected the man, charged him not to put
It into the box.
John DssJee further testified that mar
line twine was the cord doubled together
Ia halC-hitch on the stake-no appear
ance on the stake that the line had slipped
after it was fastened; line right side over
or ncar the ear.
Bsnjamin Manchester, Of Troy, Mass,
testified that he found the piece of comb,
now produced by John Dnrfee, about l8
or 90 rods N. and w. from where the boz
dy was found; was matched with the other
piece; had mark of being mcnded by a
goldsmith looked as though it had been
Just dropped; did not know as the fracture
was new OF not, did not examine; thought
it was side comb; (comb produced by
John Durlee, and identified by witness.)
John Hart, of Tivert9n, testified he
found the other part Of the comb % or "a
rods from the stack, about north.
Seth Darling testified, that William
Durlee undertook TO take off cord from
the neck OF deceased, and asked for a
knife. MIR. Cooke took hold Of the string
& moved it little. 1t appeared to be i'm
pressed deep in the neck. Mr.. Cooke
got one end out and liberated, lifted round
the neck and found it went round twice
was surprised at this; the knot was under
the. right ear; was Glove htch;' thinks
it was got off without cutting. 1t appeared
that the cord pressed in the skin, did not
look to see ifthe cord had run round the
neck to rough it up; cannot say that the
skin was, or was not broken; or the grain
roughed up; the skin looked red where
the cord went; forms opinion of knots
from situation oftwo ends her cloak was
on fastened at neck, and at next ook
below. and at bottom right hand on
breast, and left or. side; calash and gloves
on; hooked eight or ten inches below
neck; one Of calash strings under cord
hair could not, in his opinion, come as it
was while cnlash was or; three persons
were at stack when he came his impress
sion was that there had been no move
ment OF the old hay or litter in the yard
whe-she hung; the cord was about four
inches from knot on stake to where il was
cut of, and two inches from knot on neck F,
if she had stood up she could have fas'en-
cd cord to stake; grass did not appear 10
be matted down under body; should not
have known tIiat any person had travelled
over yard line short of six inches from
knot on neck; no green grass there; no
appearance of scnffling in yard; went on
purpose to look; his first impression was
she hung herself there the evening before
formed his opinion that the knot on the
was a Glove hitch from the situation Of the
ends of the cord.
Leonard Rice testified that he did not
know and never saw Mr.. Avery of Bristol
saw n man, a stranger, who he appre-
heuded he had heard preach at the Meth
odist chapel at Fall River, DO not recog-
nize the man in court-Mr. Horton re-
scmbles the man he say in Fall Rr er;
the man had on cloak Of dark color with
cape he thinks; black hat with broad
brim; saw him Dec. 90, between sunset
and half an hour past.
Margaret b. Hambly testified that a
stranger was at Lawton's Fall River, on
the G, ening of the 2Oth of December, a
little before six; don't recognize him in
court; prisoner resembles him, but is not
the same; had on brown surtout or frock
coat; Drury is the man; on further exam
inaiion says ne is not; had not spectacles.
DR.. Foster Hooper, of Troy, attended
the second examination Of S. M. Cornell,
the first time he ever saw her; found an
indentation round the neck three eighths
Of an inch deep;-on the right side; had
appearance of double cord, the skin be-
ing pinchcd between them; the skin was
red and the blood settled in it; if cuticle
had been rubbed of, could not have known
1.-THE neck was not broken; death was
caused by s,rangulation-lungs were gor-
ged by black venous blood; on the right
side of the face there were indentations
which appeared to have been made after
respiration had ceased; skin not broken
on check indentation round the neck
l-2 inch below each ear; could not tell
which side knot was; on the left side just
above the hip was small confusion caus-