The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-01-22
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as.iver~d a The same dny he received IL ;
omlrrsiood that there was q putracis,i
- tiiSg "fths ms,hodisls il, Pr~idt nee,
4 =. NE time he observed the .aan Ear,i-
issslmrly, lsrausr ofhss asking him to cur
sy n letter; hs urged hun vssy hard. and
gave him niaspeucs = THINKS hs hnd a
blscQ hat an and mo cans No lss xnrw I;
! hy conversation ,unE notice of his fare.
litter ~xs sealed; did mat tell ~hsiher
letter was ff0m lin, az Wos shs lsss time
" saw the person was last nsghs. he tllan
rscsl slnized hip, ms tlse gentleman wh0 de-
jisrred him this letter aevsr sxw the let
ter from the time ls deliverod IL. t'li the
t&ysvsent time he THINKS he v~ceived this
letter an Tu~sslay Y he IL confident the
pris"ner was the prrson fr"m tho l""xs
nfthe man, wi,o delivered il "a him ; he
d-scrihrd tue letter Z" Cspt. Borden. WIN
made hrst inquiry ofIim ~ color ofpa.
per, hand writing aud smut. he recol-
lrc,ed l'nnd writing and paper. aud that
she lsii~r WINS emitted :,y his hand hsv-
lug n,nrxs of"il an il he rec"llected the
man, cI,nrged him not to put IL into the
hox. t'-fi-- ii1 hf1A sif ff i fi
Jo N DuRvw. further testified that
snaslinc twin- wnr the cord doubled tO.
gs,arr - hali-h tch om tho stake --n0
spperr ince on the stake thai the line hnd
shipped after i, was fastened line right
si,le over ar nrnr the ear. e iN Nt
BENJAMIN MANcBEsTER, of Troy.
MISS, testified that he found the piece
ur romb, nav prnancrd by John Duriet',
about i8 or 20 rods N. and W.. from
where thc b.dy was found was matched
viii. the oli,.r piece had max &c being
nended by a goldsmith looked nv
ii'ongh It had been jus, dropped did not
knOw as the frncturs was new or not. d,d
nm rxanimr thought il was side comb;
(coInb pr,nlucrd hy John DuStes, and
identified by witnrss.)
J"HN HART, of riverton. testified he
found the other part of the comb % Ut
"a rods frmn The stack. about north.
SxTR DARLINa testified, 'thmt William
Durtee undertake to take uff cord iron'
the neck ot decreased, aud asked i"r n
Knife. Mr.. Cn,ke took hold t,hs string
aud n,uved Il u Iit,le. !, appeared m be-
Impressed deep i" the neck. Mr.. Cooke
got que ~nd. ouI and liberated. lifted
round HE ,.e:k aud found II went rbund
twice was surprised ut tins; the kn"'
was under ihe iigin ear; was Cove
J,itch;' thinks It was g.d ut without cut
sisx. ~ appeared that the card Ii~sred
the .kin. did NOT look too see II tho
cord had run round tie neck IL rough u
up; cann"t say tlint the skin war. Ur wns
ma hrnkrn. or the grain rougi,ad w the
skin lOked red where the curd went /;
furrns "pinion of knots from SITUATION Uf
twu ends her cloak was OD f; fastened at
nerk. aud n, next hook below, and ut
b"ttom /; right hand on breast, and left
on side calash and gloves on !; h""krd
eigh, ar ten inches below neck one If
cslmsli strings under cord hn,r could not,
in his opinion come NJ il was while CT
lash was ON three pc 'sons were NJ stack
when he came his impression was that
there had beeu nn movement Of the Uld
hay or litter in 'hs yard where she hung;
the curd was nbnut four inches fram knot
0n stake To- where il ives cut Of. and ,wU
inches FROM knot ON. neck; if she had
s:"pd mp she could have fastened cord To
stake grass did not appenr to be matted
IL VIZ under lm.dy should mt have known
that any person had travelled over yard
line short of six inches from knO, Oh
stake (" Knot on neck NO green grass
there no appearance of scuf1ing in yard;
went On purpose to luWk his first in'-
preston wns she hung herself there the
evening befnre formed his opinion that
the ka.a ON the neck wns a Glove hitch
fr,,m the situation "f the ends "f the cord.
l.E"NA"p R,cx testified that he didDo,
know aud never saw Mr.. Avery Of Bris-
hl--saw n man. n stranger, VII" i'r mp
prrhended hr md heard preHc, Al the
m,rtnodis, chapel at Fall River, do not
recognize tie man in coMrt--Mr. Horton
resembles the man he saw in Fall River;
the man had an cl@k of dark color
with q ~npc, he thinks; black hat with
broad briin !; saw him Dec. 20, between
sunset mud half .o lnmr pns,. iig
MARGARET r. IAMBLy testified that a
stranger wss Mt LawioD's, Fall Isiver, ON
the evening of the 2J,h Of December, a
luiIe tefore six don't rrcogsixe h,m in
cuurt /; prisoner rrsrn'l'les him, but is not
the same; Ind on brown surisut or frock
coai Drury u the nan on further rx-
sminni"n rnys IL NOT; had not spec'n-
cles. s3sn pa fat .sl.aab ir
, Dr. Fpri 4 iImrra, ofTroy. attended
the seeO,.d -xan,naiiWn offs. NJ. Cornell
the frs, iiInc he ever saw her; found nm
indentaii"n round the neck three eiei'hs
II Az inch deep; on right side had np'
I,rarancs os double cord. the ski" b'inE
ia.ched he,w een sl,em the ,ki" VAS red
mud the blrd set'Ird ~ IL II cuficir had
l,sen rubbed If. c,nlld MT hn.r kn0wn