Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-04

pedlar. Smith had previously sear,ked 81
his desk and on the shelves l"r half shpe, .''''
out fndin; one. Smith testified wa, y, ''@
~ was in his shop IN thr s,h Of Dceenb., ",
appeared from the testimony Of Smrh. oei ~
Rowland, who was IN ms shop at II. "a, w.
he had preached the dav before al r.
and came in with Mr.. Bidwell, as he VS..
to the stage otiicc, 10 take passage TO R -,
" bile he was there the stage pa -sea by H.
was conversation between min and a., D., rs
about writing to the editor Of the Y,lIs,e p'
der. on account OF piece IN MS paper Ss W.
thinks Avery called tor paper. [isw,pd N'" ANY,
be saw a piece IN his hand neither recoi,s'' ."
he wrote. The driver Of {" stage frs, s,wW S'
Avery, coming toward the stable wh.rs ~ >"
hnchins on his horses. lie was about ,,a. 70
the post office, Oh the opposite silr Of r y
He went from the stable to the door of IN. L,,.
where he got on the stage and rode 10 B,.,I'
On this evidence, the white letter VA, ,r,I
follows:
"FALL RIVER, Dscemb,,
I will BE- here on the 2Oth at the pIaee , ,m
at o'clock. # not pleasau, the next MOud,r',
say nothing"
| Afterwards, Just al the close of the ev,oi..
ton OF the witnesses Tor Government, a NJ, +.
sure, swOrc. that IN December last, he va
sistant Post Master at Fall River, that be ,..
lected having on one OCCASION, delivered 8 n
Cornell. a one cent letter, and that the s,n.L,
ter was dropped into the bux, BY a man aim I,i
previously been puin.ed on, to him, as Mr. a."
~. Moreover, that he had lived at Fall Rr,,
that he had frequently talked about these lps.
but had never mentioned to any body hi, k,a.
ledge on this point. ill he mentioned i, ia Il,
COUNSEL for government about an hour before Ii,
examination.
Seth Darling testified that On The 18Th Of Y,
vember he aeted as assistant postmaster a, "a
River. That the mail TO Bristol ,ha, dsy r.,
tanned but one letter; that 1t was the n,pie..io,
Ut his mind, that letter was directed Ia Rev ",
Avery. Bristol; that he had Sort OF rrco.,
ton that il was druGprd in at the same time vi,
another letter directed tC Grlud,il Rawson Wo7J
stock. That ne ,lli not kruw either Raw,po =,
Avery. That When first examined a, Bristol u
rccOllected nothing abou, The B.istol letter BEN,
dropped in at the same time with the other 70
Rawson. That when he heard Ras,ua's lame
al Bristol he reco!iected ibe Circumstance
The Bristol postmaster testified that il ,prs,r
ed from the beck, o! his cfice, tha, one lr,,e,
only came from Hrstu on the l9jh That ny
cents pustase charges daled the l2ih aud l9a
were founl IN his books asains, Mr. Avery
One 10 his hand writing. srd one IN thai Oh hi.
SON. The sou sasnre boil, charges were IN hii
handy That il was his custom 10 charge letter:
when put into the boxes.
: 1t WAS proved. that when Mr.. Avery frs, can,
to Bristol, there was a young woman residln.
his family named Betsey Hills. Mr. Aver, va
proved to have been day or two al the ir
days' meeting at Fall River in October, aud soas
evidence was offered on the point that he WI
seen walking with s. NJ. Cornell, after the c'a|
Of a certain Saturday evening meeting, at hf|
time. 1t was proved that Mr.. Avery erus'edt,|
Bristol ferry to the Rhode Island side about
o'clock on Thursday afternoon Dec. 2Othl AID
that he was lighted to bed at the ferry house at
quarter to ten that night it being too late to eros
to Bristol.
One witness saw q tall man. that ailern"t
wi III dark clothes and broad bummed hat eros
ing the fields, behind the ferry house. tOwaTd'
cross road leading to Howland's bridge j"
. young men in wagon, met such sort Of na
about 5 o'clock on the road to the bridge u
leg Cranston, the keeper Of Ho~land' Ed's
~ o. that man Of the same descr ptIOn passed
bridge, on the way to Fall River. about ~"
that afternoon. and that when he saw Mr. ~
~ at Bristol, it struck lin that he was the ma
lie also testified that the gates OF the bridge II"
shut about nine in the evening; but that P'i'S'
Gao get dawn on the beach and 90 round h'''a
and that on the morning Of the 2Ist he oo:s,"
tracks apparently made the nIght before III
other witnesses living near The bridge "a" iH'
, of the above description coming from the oN'1
on the Fail River road A tall mon win d"
surtuut and broad brlmmed hat was seen 10
! vicinity OF the stack ward by three si'hs''.''-
by one. about sanset;-by t~o Others 10"
, hour later. When first seen by these "ln's'
: he was sitting ON a wall in the FIELDS; he '''pf
from it. and walked slosly Of, in direction u
} wards Fall River. A tall man. win oan !"
tout and Eat fur cap had tea at La"'o'' "
yern in Fall River, about six that eveal's
Two witnesses were introduced WHO ''s
screams tina. night in the direction Of Tie w.,
yard, one about quarter to eight ana '"s .s
about quarter to nine. One witness T',
that he had walked from the stack !a'u
Bristol ferry in an hour and twenty nine p'a's
tro,tlng about half the way. and LEAVING NV.
on the road. The distance from The sa''!
to llowland's bridge is six miles. I'D
1t appeared that the prisoner had s''e' :"
low ing account Of the way IN which he bao v