Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-06-23

4 when the clock strucki He said il was and
Mr.. Hoxie said NE bought that watch for
Il Robinson.
! Testimony was now produced proving the.
contradictions of the principal witness on
the part of the prosecution. -
Peter CollyeT, Waterman, testified that ne
4 went TO Thomas street when the alarm was
4 given, and remained at Mrs. Townsends UNI
3 til daybreak. In a conversation with ner TT
specting the murder, he asked her II sne k wv:
the person who was in the room wltn MS
Jewett the night of the murder, she ailSWelSu
!, she would not know him by dayhgns--ne
had only visited the house four or hys tIiSs,
} and then mufTled up so that sne WSgu ~. "
: able 70 recognise him if she saw nun IA the
!. steel This was said by Rosina Townsend
! | =, The ,.,esence of the girls. She also said
! thas wkes, she went up to Ellen's room with
| tha hottIe of champagne she did not see the
nr;soner. as Ellen took the wine from her, and
She had not an opportunity Of seeing him.
Witness asked the girls it they knew the per-
son who committed the murder, they all but
one said no. That one girl, Miss Stevens,
| occupied the room adjoining the room of the
deceased. She said the murderer attended
a dry goods store in Pearl street out of Chat.
ham, and ON week day she could find him
| in a few minutes. fgig stf6,asI ld
l This Maria Stevens died the oath May,
I suddenly, at Mary Gallagher's housed .sgt
4 Mr.. Justice Lowndes was called to testify
! to the nature of the examination held before
4 him. Mrs. Townsend then positively stated.
that Robinson was at the house on Thursday
night, and also that he was there on Saturday
afternoon; from his face and figure she had
no doubt and Mr.. LoWndeS had no doubt
from that testimony, that Robinson was there
, on Saturday afternoon, between and 6 o.
clock and moreover, that Ellen asked Sa-
, rah Dunscomb, q colored girl who waited up
ON her, whether Robinson, who had been in
!, the house on Thursday, resembled the min
I nature. Sarah said the person she saw be-
: fore the Coroner's Jury was the one she saw
g ON Thursday and Saturday at the house pre-
b yious to the murder. Whereupon, e..5 5s
= r. G. Moulton, fellow boarder with the
W prisoner, testified that he, the prisoner, came
4 home between and 6 O'Clock on the Thurs
le day preceding the murder, and saw the pris-
le oner by o'clock, and was in company with
a him that night until he went to bed, whichwas
e between twelve and one o'clock. ia.
h Thomas Garland, watchman, proceeded to
> Rosina Townsend's on the alarm being given
q was the first Waterman present !; on enter
= ing saw two men and Mrs. Townsend stand
= ing in the front room near the door, in,theiI
e shirt sleeves as if they were going to fight,
,. and he rapt on the pavement for aid Mrs. /.
r told witness, on his coming in, that girl had
been murdered and the room set on fire he
-<. x,rA two ,nafchroon and in about five or ten
4 ,;n,tes thew went mn stairs and IN front 81
70 the door IF Ellen Iaptvett' Il be;no darE he
~ cauoht : vo,no man, ,,ndressed IN his arms
i $780, yce,,t;oneJ Mrs Ire Tou,sand 10 iocL
1e her doors and let none m,t bat the watch
= but she had LET them ali gc,: witness went in.
/. - the ward and looked down The cistern
a there was a steep-ladder near the cistern !: m
4 about fifteen minutes from the time he heard
Y the alarm. he went up to Ellen,s room, and
was fine first who anI1i;ed water 4, extine1Iisf
Z I. the Are II aid mt haze the vo,no man IL
= seized said he helnnged - The other room
le and Mrs. Fownsend aisn said 90 and lot hin
p, s.'''> - es4'ss --'l
e Iames Teu clerl5 and hed .Eallo,t with n.
lev, clS .,. she ~ VIII y. y. ~
u Satrday nioht. ahost 3 Quarter mast II =. =
+, AwoLe as Re fbinEs hetY d o,,e and fwf
II, eecIocs and found he ,,,;so,,er aIsc 4, bas
le with hin sbinEs he a,1ole aoa;n hat,ueeI
az three and fmr. ROBINSON Was sf;Il IN he'd :.
Y When the off;cers came On Sunday mornin,,
witness was aWake@witness cot IN and on
Ell ened the room door. tl,ink;no Ris Comma inr
to was asleen q and told the servant. Rnbinsor
Of was IN bed. and to let in any one who wishef
" to see him. Two men came to the. door
K. witness returned to the bed and shook Robin
s. son. and told him persons wished to see hin
e. in the entry. He asked If il was necessar,
to get I'M. and If thew could not state VIVA
ID they had to say to him, while he was in bed
es one replied he wished to see him in private
A. he then got up-partly dressed himself anf
q went into the entry to them. When Robin
SON returned,s he finished dressing himself