, 1840-08-15

S"ee.JoCteoH VI IN Liuiti
tude,i
MI. Whicher conten led that the effec
was serious in its consequences, inasmuch i
had a dHsct tendency to credte drukeHnesS
and add 10 the number of that unfortunat,
class to a fearful extent, which, said he
every christian, who sought the glory o
God IN whatever he should do ought firmly
and cautiously to guard against"
The confession Of a Murderer.-The fol
lowing case is one of SO remarkable a char
acter that We are induced to reprint it, from
the Cataraugus, N. Y, Republican, Of July
|, with all tile minuleness IN which il is there
given:-
"The grand Jury, in session last week
found Il bill OF indictment against Joseph b.
hall. for the murder of Richard Brown and
wife. No bill was found against the son-in.
law, Mr.. S~cip'es-there did not appear Ia
be anything against him TO warrant his be-
ing arraigned iur tnal-his only misfortune
was being a son-In-law OF BohalI, AMI resi-
ding in The same house.
On Wednesday afternoon, after our paper
iad been worked of, Bohall made som ,
statements to the sheriff, which induced him
TO arrest a man by the name of Niles, living,
we believe, in the town Of New Albion
Niles was brought in town, and underwent
an examination before Israel Day, ESQ.,
While the wife Of Mr.. Niles was on the
stand testrfying. the sheriff come into The
court room and stated that the prisoner DO
halD was in a very high state oil excitement
in commissions. On account of having &C.
cused Mr.. Niles Of the murders-in irving
TO implicate an innocent mah, and that Boz
hall acknowledged that Niles was not, in
any way, Concerned in the horrid translc-
tion. Several witnesses had already been
examined, and to make the matter still more
clear, one more was called upon the stand.
The evidence went con, ~lusively 10 show
that Mr.. Niles was an innocent and injured
man. He was accordingly discharged, and
with feelings which can better be imagined
than described, returned home with his wife
who had been, during this time, an anxious
spectator Of the scene.
We then went down stairs TO the north
west room in the court honse, where BohalI
had been placed during the examination. and
If we ever saw the workings of a guilty c,n-
science, we saw it there. lie was evident
Nv in great agony of m~ind-indeed in con.
WILSON'S. prostitute on the floor, occasionally
aloud for mercy. II it be possible for
the guilty upon earth TO feel the torment of
the damned, that miserable man felt it then.
The crowd by this time becoming so great,
he was renoved TO the south west ROOM,
IN the presence Of n few individuals
ne made a confession of the horrid crime.
We were one of the number, and we give
he facts as near rs we can recollect as thew
ell from his own lips. He stated that he
'ad made up his mind on the Sunday night
to kill them-that on Monday NOR.
ling he arose very early, made up a fire, and
hen went up to Mr.. Browns, found that Mr..
3rown had gone down into the sugar bush
d gather some buckets-picked up a round
'eech stick at the door, about three feet |
Dng, and went down into the woods and
SISTED the deceased in getting the buckets. .
nd started for the housewife on the way. .
e struck the deceased from behind with a !
Tub; he struck him but twice, and he states :
nat Mr.. Brown never spoke after the blow. !
lie then threw the club among the brush, q
started back - BIS house. Q
He described to Mr.. Carpenter, deputy !
leriff from Leon, the place where he threw y
le club. MIR. Carpenter, in company with :
Day, Conewango, on his return home, I
roeeeded to the spot described by the prison .
:, and there found the club covered with :
God and hair. After he had imbrued his u
lnds in the blood Of poor Brown, he then : !
ent to his house, where he found Mrs .
rown partly dressed, sitting in front of the J.
'e, smoking. He told her he was goinr u
kill her. She made no effort to escape, e
ppos.ng him jesting, and only remarked :
at he would not dare to strike her,-!o
Q then STEPPED toward the door and took !,
an axe, approached her in front, :,
ID while the poor defenceless woman was !,
'tIrely alone, unconscious Of her danger, he !,
Mt her spirit to another world, BY striking q
r PROSTATE upon the floor. He repeated
Q blow once-and once only-and. she lay ar
the feet Of the demon a mangled corpse ri
in blood. He drew a blanket III