Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-23
Fran The Frederick Examiner.

n,s-,vss,ss Acc1pExT.-On Thursday, the
to,h Instant, Mr.. George Gather, a man of stea-
dc Industrious habits, came To MS death IN a
riirst melancholy manner.
The deceased was a laborer in the employment
q, Mr. Frederick Smith, near New Market, and
s,s in the act Of watering two horses. tie was
ridinq one and leading the other. The horse he
,,,s isahino had a bride thrown over his neck,
md i, j, surpassed to have become frightened,
and, in his eH'mt to escape. to have drawn the
deceased from the back Of the horse he was rid.
,nr. Ia falling. the rem of the bride appears
10 have passed oy sr his foat aud become twisted
around mis- ancle. Ia this situation, he was drag
red from the mill Of Mr. Smith. through Bush
Creek. and over a very rough. road, a distance
Of about one hundred and ittv wards, to the Rail
Rad; from thence, along the Rail Road, a dis.
lance Of one and a halt miles, passing over the
end, of the ,leepers Of the road the principal
p,rt Of the distance. The horse was there stop
ped by persons who were engaged qaarrvinS
stone ON the side of the rnad, aud the lfele>s
body released, but so shocking'y was it torn and
mangled. as not to be recognized by the persons
who released il. although they had been acquaint.
ed with the deceased. Mr.. Smith had the DO.
DIV taken to his house, where every attention
that humanity could suggest was bestowed, an
inquest was held, and, on the following day, his
remains were inferred in a decent aud respect
able manner.
A Report eftie Examination eff Mr.. Ephraim
4. .3rsry, charged wih the. murder Of Sarah
Maria Cornell. pr, "a. David Fl. Ella, 62
Cornhil', Boston. We received this pamphlet al
too late an hour last evening 10 be able Ia notice
it at length. but copy the following paragraphs
from the decision Of one Of the magistrates, with
which the other concurred:- Boston Post.
"In IN, opinion, clearly, ne homicide has
been committed at ali, but the deceased commit
ted suicide The evidence OF that To my mind.
is irresistible. drawn from circumstances and ap.
p~carances at the scene Of the death. II the de.
ceased were stransled, as pretended, and then
hung up, there would have been two distinct
marks around her reck. The string of the ca.
lash was under the cord. and the cord then must
have been put on over the calash, which could
not have been done against her will; for had her
struggles required the use Of one arm, a person
could MT with a single hand have put it on with.
oar rcmovin, the ca'a>h. There we're no marks
OF violence Inconsistent with suicide on her per.
sun, or dress, or on the ground.
ihe marks ~ violence, as testified to by the
noGen who laid nut the corpse, could not have
oeeu those OF another person, because the RICH,
hand OF one person. applied to the right side Of
a%nn'Aer, Mi. present the appearance in this case
not uNless the person stood behind, aud then the
prlnts OF the fingers would be below as we'll as
behind the print of the thumb
But n tins were a rase Of homicide. there ia
not sufficient evidence To fix a legal suspicion OF
guilt upon the Respondent: aud there is some
part ut The testimony that appears to me who'll.
"reeone''ahie with a reasonable suspicion Of hi.
guilt.
must repeat nv concurrence with my Brother
Howe. that there Is not probable cause To- sus
pect that Ephraim K. Avery is guilty of the
murder OF Sarah NJ. Cornell"
IT Is supposed that the marks alluded to. were
made BY the deceased, in an attempt to produce
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