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a aud Andrew. waitin; for them. IN, la,-
Ter leaning or The tense, with hii shirt
/ sic evcs rolled up To bis shoulders. AL
most immediately upon reaching tie
sro,. Lucinda seized the eldest chiid, " ho
finding herself 80 roughly handled. beg
ecd Lucinda not 10 buTt her, as she had
never done her any harm. Lucinda
made no reply % this prayer for mercy,
bat eatch,n. hold of the head Of her NC.
,i,n she dew II violently back 50 a. "a
leave the throat fully exposed. aud stand
ing behind her held her firmly I'M tins
position until Andrew with a single .,rol 4
II 4 shoemekcr's knife cut her throat al.
most from ear 10 ear. Lucinda then re-
'linfulshci Der hold and Tie poor h;'!e IN
.noctui With as eyes rolled upwards N
Ipg0ny, and Wiih upIii6d hands. staggered
iio:~ 'sd describing ia her eour.c hall
circle eI'h tho blood -rou,ing tom every
yeia and artery, until sho tell PROSTATE
upon her taco aal expired without a
n an. The other i.l.l1 victim, terrified
tbcvc-d ryp-ess'on Mt tho tiorr,hl. -~cne
which >hc bad iu,i witnessed. Gel into
a Coraer 81 the fence. aul with uut,trctch-
ed arms imIloIed lOr ucIcy. Bat she
ln'gh: ay well have aEgeoled 10 hungry
lh-cts. -AnGr-W rushed upon icf. dta,-
[cd her from her place Il refuge. ana
h,nded her over to Lucinda, who held
lhSr IN The sagc position 40 which her
'islcr bad net her aO;Itiu tate. and A.
drew. with the same iusifutrcn. uf death
10 use TIE language OF Tie witness. raw
I'd at her neck tor some time until the
head vas almost severed tom mo tody,
and shc I'll! dead withou', s;rus.Ie
The witne, stated TINT ,h- ihea r,n
away 10 the house. ana dad ~, Grow
/ hat the pr.'orcrs dat or where they
went for some time Afterwards.
This dreadful naui'v. cf "a. yi,nc,,
was sustained Nv al the citcom-,,nlial
f'vIdenoo IN the Gaze, md hv the t--in,o-
ny ogall tho Ol,rs tines, ., ~ 10 he
irolll'cral facts. -, an examination II
the position 81 The bodir, u the oh,ldr-a.
ani the wounds. and tie arp-sr,ao. or
the ground, /, wa. found that sverv ih;ns
corre'pond.l with the statement of the
wr.ars'. The boy of ne ci1en. ~ rp-
: on ~ face, ond the blood showed ihai,h,
tmust- base-ia.isn Ia that po.i;ion, a. 4
large quantity bad loved from 81. rcsad
and was found immediately under tho
noos Tie traces # blood serc .i.o Dis.
timely visible shcving that ,hr had STAG
&crcG forward and dcscrihci -mi.cir-
{ Gle ~ her p5usrr's - stated - tho VII
ness. The wounds too cu.rcsrond with
her desc'i: ten, tor Wtii>,thc ca,h IN the
iAT'nt It TIE eldest ras smooth. and net
moe than twO or three irchc.in d.,il
That 81 he Youngest w,s ragged and IN
efen anu II much greater depth and
extent.
( Word canno, describe ihs feeling which
vas r-a-igced uron Tic hy"rndcr, \, thi,
lfeai'"' narration VroFr-sscG particular.
IS a 'hr father and the mother II the
murdered children we're obliged 10 tc
present The dscTe,; cr7o,ion peryaGcd
he vh0'r 1"'r~Gcr. Ih- counsel were
- mnc'- affected =, 70 10 compelled from
time 70 tine - 'u'rcnd The examination.
ar! the poor ro',ic- VA, so Ccayrll.-d
with aEouy, tho; she was Obliged 20 bc
'7pp"r'ej ta'ffIin;rng ana ,otbln.m
her he IT would trc,t, from The Court.
house.
y number of other Witnesses vas sx.
'u'n"d and amons-. them The mother Of
BE ch.lfcn She stated thu, on the G.
rcalnc Of The r7uricT The frm-la rrir
LUCINDA, applied TO hcr ~ permission 10
- sad gather tl1c;hcrrics. This VS..
gr'h'ra. and s'r lcii lie hap.o ~ , o.
tIrok. 7ai Was absent until shlr, time
before I'm down. Str thsn rrturpe.!
bringing = bowl 81 L'sckLc5:.e, which
'ho hanicl 20 Der ristc'- y no a:c few
them hll.t.ho W, thus eng.Eed, shc
observed Lucinda Mn lc7 ewes yery al
l'ni'cly fixed uron her, ara she aflcd