The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-01-22

TR,AL ~ rnE REv. Ma. AvEsy.-Wr
have b-rn kindly permitted Ivy VII.
LIAM r. ST. 'pLEs. ESQ. comnsrl f"r 'hs
State. ~ ths Ia,s examination "f the
Rev. Mr.. Avery, m- puhiirh from his
mites MI abstract of the Testimony. ~m.
hrarina every important fac, clici'ed.
We sI'uuld have presented this before,
bad We "t hsea requested by Mr.. STA
PLxs Ia refrain fr"'n giving is publicity.
until ether rrp"rts-if they were pub.
Iished. ~ had b. -n iuiimaied they would
Ibe--sInuid i's placed b~fprs the is'l.lic..
Judge DRURY's rrp"ri having Appeared.
his olj-cti"ns no i"nser exist. Tho in-
tense excit-men, which preyails in rrla.
t,o,. to q . examination, will justify the
s,ace which We shall devots to the mat
ter.
'n JouN DuRrEr of Tivrrfon. SAYS that
ON the morning If Dee. 81, passing
n Il" with bis tenn. sl,mt 90
r..,ls from iiis house. he say the body Uf
- female hangiD. "o tie Inside us n stnrk
ward. H. s,"pI.rd his team nnd went
To see whether she WAS dead ar alive,
aud Iuund her dSid. II furn~d from
the body anh called 80 ,wo men m sigh,
three were with" hearing. aud came.
A knifr was handrd To him, with which
lie cut the lln.. aud ln,d the tods Wn the
ground. He thea went aud brought
the fonrr a. the body. ~ jury was sum
inontd. and the bndy takest IL his !iudsr.
Her na ne aud place where she bonr"a
WAS ascertained. lie went to her board
ing house. g.d her trunk. hand.b"x. aud
wearing apparel, aud carried them to
his nwn house. H.. got them 6 r tl,i .gs
"a lay her "u, in. He WAS told the key
was in deceased's p"cket and the wiz
n,am delivered the key tu him. tie mn-
inckrdthr trunk, found four letters. three
nl-n aud que srnl..d examined these,
opened ant.rrad them. The contents al
these letters led Inn, IT, suspect the pris-
ourr. Hr handed he letters I" the jury.
win, .et.rned iI,em To- hIn,. aud he i,wk-
ed ti,rn u I, ~ the trunk. The inquisi-
ti"n WAS adj urn-d 10 next day. when
the j"ry agreed nlrn "a verdict aud he
then buried the body. On the 22i. his
wife mud slater examined the trunk to
ssr~rfan her re-isiencr. They found
u letter from brother of the deceased
aud u strip of paper with her name in
pencil marks. lie disclosed contents 10
the cornner who issued a warran, for !
Jury. This jury with the exception 1T
tw" were the same ~ before. They met
the Monday following Mt his house. The
body Was taken up ny cr'lrr oi the cor =
onrr. Drs. Wilbur nd H""per examin-
~d the b"dy without tie presence of the
jury, and after reporting to them, thn
jury insisted that the doctors should
evanine farther, and the b"dy was re-
hurled. The papers f"u..d in the trunk
were delivered by him to the eoroner.
Tie body wssfund more than 60 rods
frnm his dwelling housr. Stiing WAS
hemp iwine doubled. The IMniy was
suspended to a stake an inside of the
yard, which st"d perpendicular in the
.rund. The cord w.s fastenrd to the
stake by sup knot. He did not take cord
FROM her neck aud cauu"t say what KNIT
was around her neck. Her tOrs were an
the gronnd-her knrrs were bcnt for
ward near to the gr"und--hrr shoes were
on her right side Slnut l6 inches off,
standing side by eide. One had some
mud or the ins.-p--ler picket hAndkrr-
chief lay alnmi the same distance on the
other side-right l,and ON her breast, aud
i-fi haaging dnwn--i"'h under her CLOAK.
which was ll",ked together mesrly the
whole length l,e III, ugLi. She had Gu
lasii an her lirnd; her hMir wns much
siIsl'-vele,i, So tina, i.e had Z" part II from
her face Ia ascertain whrii,er she was
dead or m'ive. Tie length uf the cord
frunn the knot on her neck n he kma on
.lIe sinke WAS less than six inches. The
three persons called frs, i,y him were
Rrlaid Durfee, Bel; min Nrgers, aud
Willian Allen. The rignt cheek and
ear lay agarusi the wi,he, that connrcied
the two stakes could discover q" signs
at her i,nsii,e sirdnglrd T; Nui n scratch .'n
her lace "r mark ON the hay Or grass un-
der tret.
ELiHu Hicks il The coroner who cnll.
ed Jurs. 'lnr cord roumd the neck ~ss
ucarI, even wnh the neck o"e eye quno
ci.'seai, the "ti'er nsarly ro she wss quite
c"id; hps were very red. saw n0 ma'ks
oi struggle ;grass not broken ar hmy re-
m"sesi. Oh ses,ng hody alter dug up.
tue .rck was vr, red where the cord had
been. 'rbe .r,Iers mud i'sI ers m'w pre-
srnie.i Ivy h,m to ,l'~ cuust were deliver
e.. himSi,y JOIN Duries. a riltN ~ ~
Inn OR-wELL tes,,fe ., that the letter