Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-20

evidences both Of homicide and suicide, and the essential difficulty consists in correctly as- certaining or distinguishing between their comparative weight in the scale of moral pro- hability. The only legitimate sources of ev- idcnce, on which the mind may safely rely, are iO be f"Ond in the circumstances and situ. alton in which the hOdy was found, her phys ical ability tW have committed suicide, and leave her body suspended in the manner it was. taking into consideration the state of her dress, shoes. C0n1hs. SIc.-the motives prOmp- ting her to the desperate act, and her expo sure to the attacks of others, and the induce-
 nenis which were operating upon their minds to destroy her life.
 If then we suppose that she was murdered, the enly remaining inquiry is by whom On this paint we have no dOubt--by the father of her child, either personally or by procure ment. IE therefore, the evidence enables us to select her paralnOur, and identify. him az the father of her child, it will satisfactorily point cut the murderer of the unfortunate and guilty f:'male, and onerate him with all the blood. guiltiness of the horrid deed. Whether the evidence, given at the trial, conducts the mind to Mr. Avery, must be left for every individual to decide for himself.
 
 the ith inst.) that when Mr. Avery arrived at Bristol on Sunday, in slOOp. from New port, the Methodist meeting in that town had just closed. No one of his friends had heard of his acquittal, and many had serious doubts as tO the final result, ihe last intelligence re- cei, ed having been that ten of the jury were, on their first leaving the court room, against his inaOcence. This intelligence had been ] conveyed to Mrs. Avery. While some of his friends were discussing his probable fate, as they were walking along, one exclaimed to the other, as slOOp neared the wharf, ".There is brother Avery now !' and sure enough, he stood in the companion way lowing to his friends. The news spread-friends fOcked round him from all qua rters-and before he reached his house, he was surrounded by crowds Of his brethren and acquaintance The first news which his wife had of his arri- val, was brought by her husband himself, as he opened the door, with welcoming throng hehind him, and announced his escape from the ihrall. The shock, a friend informs us. was too great for his lady-and she sank in- to a swoon on the floor, from which some time elapsed before she recovered.
 Sentiments like the following, from the Providence Herald, we sec in good many of our exchange pa. pers :-
 " The trial of Avery. which has been, sO long the all expressing subject of public spe. culation. and the cause of such fervid ex- Citement, has at length terminated, and verdict of acquittal has been returned. The Rev. gentleman has passed the ordeal of a le- gal trial, aud come forth to the world again, we wish we could say unscathed. A jury of his country has pronounced him innocent and let the majesty of the laws be so. far re- spected, as to preserve them from abuse, and protect him against violence. But still, there is another tribunal, before which MT. Avery now appears, on tho Judgment of which he must cast himself; thetribanal ofthe people ; and the verdict of their opinion, he cannot possibly evade. And we are perfectly satis- fled, from what we hear and from what we learn from eyery1quarter. that in, ,l9 cases out of2O, that verdict is against him. The long protracted trial, and unprecedented efforts that have been put forth tO produce the ver- diet. the strange and contradictory. and in some instances, evidently false testimony that quent arguments of the prisoners counsel, have all failed to satisfy the public mind, and produce the conviction that seems to have ac- tuated the jury in making up their decision. There are many important questions to be re. piled to in definite and satisfactory manner, before public opinion can be changed. Where was K. K. Avery on the goth of December, between the hours of 8 and 10 P. M.? Where is the man with his gun. and the boy with his sheep, who saw him on Rhode. Island ? How came so many persons to have seen man, they were confident was E. K. Avery, be- tween Bristol and Fall River, at the very time we speak of, when no one saw any per son they can say was him, in any other direc. ton What account is given Of the letters which ninety nine people in hundred believe to have passed between him and Saria Maria Cornell The people no more believe that that unfortunate girl put an end to her exis- tcnce: than that she conferred that existence upon herself originally. For what purpose was she murdered? Evidently to conceal the fruits of guilt. Who could have had motive for doing this. but the person accused of being her seducer? And who did she per- sist in accusing! These. and questions like these. are put, and will continue to be put. by the community. until something more satis- factory shall appear; nor can Mr. Avery. gull ty or innocent, expect iO meet a favorable re- ception in society. until the mystery that hangs over this dark transaction shall hase been cleared np. We do not pretend to con stit0te ourselves his judges nor dO we wish to reverse the decision of the jury. He has been acquitted, and we are glad the State is
 not to be saddled with the enormous expense
 of another trial. It is believed that, general | y speaking, the verdict has neither disappoin.
 ted the expectations of .he public, nor chan