Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-14
THE TIvERTON MURDER.

dark trsLsac tion, which are much more favorable
to the Rev. Mr.. Avery. There are some por
tons of the testimony in his behalf, however, that
seem to Us not little curious. One particular
item is, that the girl destroyed herself IN order
to take revenge on Mr.. A. for discussing her
from his service This is carrying vengeance
further than human nature is apt to pursue IT.
A Young woman, usually, will not rush into eter-
nit,, to crafty an Indifferent p'qne. MIR. Avery
has denied the auhorshipof the letters.-sut, u
they are truly his. his language Is any thing Out
that which would be used towards servant whom
he had dismissed from his empio, ment The aiJi
spoken o, IS much more satisfactory than any other
part of his testimony. 1.-The was in Methodist
meeting house. at the time of the murder, aud nine
miles distant from the spot where it was perpe'rat-
ed. the establishment Of the fact will be conclusive
In his favor. We know not whether his o~ house.
hold can be procured to testify respecting him;
but, If the interval between the time at which he
left the meeting house, aud the period when he
reached his home can be proved to have been
short, all suptraddei evidence against him would
be doubtful. A cloud Of mystery still fingers
over the deed, but it must sooner or later dis
solve before the light Of Truth and Justice.
Phil Gas.
The Rep. E. K. .3uery.-The examination Of
this gentleman il not yet concluded. and he still
remains IN custody in his own house. As We
have given tn the public from time To time, such
statements in relation To the unhappy affair with
which his maine has been connected, as have APP
peared to be well authenticated, notwithstanding
their unlavorablr bearing upon his character, 1t
is but Justice to hun to pursue the same course
now that there are hopes that the serious charge
against him may prove utterly "lthout founda-
tiVn,
We have obtained the following favorable facts,
gathered from the testimony in behalf OF the com
monwealth, from gentleman lately returned
from Bristol, whittier he went with full con'ic
ton Of Mr.. Avery's guilt.
In 1850, while Me- Avery was stationed, at
Lowell, he VAS obliged to dismiss the sul, whose
mysterious death has gwen rise to the present
trial, froIG the church. in consequence ut her il
Iicit PRACTICES and he refused 10 admit her again
az Bristol. Since that time she has been heard
to vow revenge against him, and II Is now cOnsi
dpred possible that she has not only destroyed
herself but contrived to fix suspicion on him. -
She gave doctor % understand that her oonnex-
ion with him took place at a camp-meeiing IN
September. after which she be- ame G. cetn'e; but
the maturity of the fcs'us Indicated an origin at
least two months prior 10 that period. she also
said Mr. A took her 20 the meeting, where she
q, knowledsed her sins. and desired the furs i've
ness of one Of the MINISTER'S but 1t appears that
she went IN company with another individual -
has also been proved that at the hour when the
engineer stated that he took the letter frtirn him.
,l,st al n af
h. had made an appointment with a man To visit
the coal mines. across the ferry. but being dsap,
pointed in his company, he vent alone; and fur
ther; that late in the same afternoon. he was at
the house Of Me-. Pierce. nine miles from the
spot where the supposed murder happened.
On the other hand, he must have passed a toll
gate in going To, and returning from Fall River,
but neither the tol-keeper nor any of his family
observed him to pass; and the tavern keeper at
Fail River, who supposed that he saw him, en-
tirely failed to identify hlm. The engineers
testimony as to his identity, was also very ~.
que and contradictory.
With respect TO the letters which have been
published it is sufficient to state that thew have no
signature, ard are no, in his, Mr.. Avery hand.
writing. Boston W0rni's Post
Since the above was in type, we meet with the
following paragraphs.
By the Providence Journal Of Tuesday. we
learn, IN relation to the examination Of the Rev
MIR. Avery, at Bristol, that the Court decided on
Monday that he should be discharged; the testi.
mony against him not being sufficient to justify
his committtaI TOR regular trial.
Journal e. .4du.
This should, but will not, be solemn lesson
to fhe conductors Of newspapers to avoid, in their
desire Of catering for the public appetite for hor
rors, the publication Of untraced rumors and de.
tails lmputing. and seeming indeed to prove,
guilt, against any individual suspected. Here
Is a clergyman whom the competent authorities
cannot, upon investigation, even lind cause to
commit on suspicion, whose name is nov circu.
lating throughout the Union charged-with all
circumstsntiaiity with the deep crimes of Sc.
duction and nurder.-NeW York american.
There certainly must have been the most un-
founded statements published in the Rhode ISL
aud Newspapers. or there can be no excuse for the
release rf A.ery, The whole business strikes
NJ a. In,si nv ,rsrious and singular.