Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-29

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wi.e, and VI cf peculiarly harmless add ,aorss.
sve character, which sppesrs TO have been the
general opinion OF hun. lie 10 sasd 10 have b..
longrd 10 the rtesby ier,sn church, and 10 have
iief~ird ihefs the day of the murd.t
Robinson hs. resided In New Brun.wich be.
twr.p " sad "a years lie has t~o brothers
the elder .rnak.r residing in the same plac.
the trade Of the other 70 not stated soa,r,ime
since, he bought tn. loi of land upan witch HI.
house stands Of Mr.. Sudan for Also, secured on
bond and mortgage Mr.. suydam also ad snesd
bm money 10 build the bousr Though but mart
ly finished, be has resd, d N Il with his wife and
a child about Eve OF sta wear, old. The tvo bro.
ih.u aud the a IL. o. the prisoner have sl.c bee.
arrested. His wfr, " IL stated, left home on the
MONDAY before the day the fatal deed wa. com.
mitied, and did not return ulI SATURDAY Tn.
prisoner, Il IL said, has ne yer silent IN the house
since his wife l-n but has resided at his brothers
where his wife also went on her return.
The YOUNGER Of the two broth ~ Of the suppo.-
ed murderer, testified upon examination that late.
ly Peter had appeared very low spirited aud ask.
ed him the other DAY if he would do lob for hin,
! but that he mnst saw nothing about II, lie then
told him he would give him $50 sf he would burn
the house Down, for he did no, like T. eileen in /,
and NJ lie had the policy OF insurance, ali would
/ be risht The elder brothcr uron whom strong
suspicion re,t. that n. wn, connected with the
murderer, prcvar,cated very much In HE tss,usr
ny, and states that he went 10 the house ON the
morning Of Thursday. the day of the murder, but
Peter would not LEI, him come ia The town Of
New Brunswick is in q great state Of excitement,
and the AUTHORITIES have had great deal Of d Hi
Guilty in preventing an outraged community from
taking summary vengeance upon the pr,son,r
| The circumsiances which led to his arrest have
already been stated The prisoner told nm ac-
quainiance that he had paid the mortgage on his
house and .ot but was afraid 10 get his bond can
cslled, lest he should be suspected A gentleman
named Edmonds, 10 whose son this story was
told, was naturally very suspicious and upon
| communication with the ma or on Monday eve
ping they determined 10 go Ia Robin.on'. bou..
which they did on Monday evening. lie was
asked when he paid the bond, and said il was a,
the bank a short time after il was executed. TO
on producing the bond and mortgage, which he
did with much reluctance, the seal was found 10
be torn from the bond bot was not receipted.
| Robinson was then conveyed TO a ma gistratc' q
Office for regular examination, and party mean
time proceeded to search the house. The place
where the body was found was the last examined
every other part Of the building having been
previously searched. One oi Rpbinsons work
men, who had been but recently employed upon
the house, said that the floor OF the front cellar
was laid by Robinson himself on "Wednesday
light. A plank was turned up. a stick forced
down the earth and came in contact with some
hard substance about three feet below the surface
. they Immediately con menced digging and soor
drew forth the mangled remains OF the unfortu
The body was completely dressed, except III,
hat, which has not been discovered. The corps,
was in doubled pos ton, the hole not being suf
ciently large Ia lay it at full length The hea,
: presented dreadful appearance; there was on
i deep wound on the back, as though given with
, ham mel or the back OF m axe, and two large cut
g across the top, evidently made with the edge O
e that instrument. The intelligence WINS conveye,
. TO the Office where the prisoner was under exsmi
$ nation, who heard II without moving muscle
J. coroner siDqurst was then called upon the body
d but being unused to such examinations, the Jnr
. did not arrive ut any definite result, and ysster
Y day tie who" case underwent an examination
8 be fore Justice Conover
Inquiry was made at the bank, but nobod
. knew anything about prisoners payment OF tn
bond. ii was remembered that day or two be
fore Mr. Suydnms disappearance, he withdrew
: from the hank a note Which he held against pris
f oner of $75
d Mr.. Evans, of Newark, jeweller, produced
e watch which prisoner had exchanged at his store
I tbs IDENTITY of The ,yo,cb ,rod,c.d ms on. wb,c
h. Ind rens;red far mr. SuvJ,m and had ire
, ouentIv seen in /. ross.s.,nn Tbi. on. IN
nr,ncio,l audience ~ IN. .hoi. If mich IN
. nrisoner listened unmov.J md m,,Led "a h
va, conveyed h,cL "a !, II ,,b,, .nnoos,no ,h,, h
4 did I'M mr. Snvd,m .',hav could no, n,ev. i,
:, I, IL ,ecollec;ed no. mr.. sn,Sa,n ,hs, no, I'm,
md told her he ba3 an sono;n, men, n, Ten on IN
e morning Of The ,nu,d., ate, which n. wonId :,
search of the house marks Of blood were ds,inctl
}. visible on The floor and stairs, although they hs