Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-03-27
TRIAL ron MURDER.
STATE or ISDrasA,i Indictment far tie Murder ef
GEORGE KEM} RACHEL UHTT.3KER.

excitement among our ctzcns NOT merely the fact
that of ther neighbors, aaigned before Ify Of
his countrymen for MURDER for the unPrecedenedy
act-:he brutal murder of defcnceess
female. The whole catalogue Of crime, which has seliei
an enormous List during past years. does con-
tain case, rey0ting-moEe bideoas, and hrua!
than the which E indicted ana tried.
lie was. however, acquitted and has been liberty
jury of intelligent pronounced him ''Not Gull
" and iii Of the laws o. our country, he here
after to be regarded innocent Time viii yet 'unol the
tale'-and be the murderer whom he may, let him not
think thai stho innocent blood thus split will sink into the
sand heaven cry aloud for
vengeance desoyer's head.'' FAIurler VIII
out, either through the lahings goadings Of guilty
SCIENCE or the hardened impudenec Of the murderer
The trial commenced, Tuesday, and continued
throughout the balance Of ho week. On Tuesday but lit
tie done, the selection of the jury which was
difficult the tha many Of the persons
called upon jurors, declared incompetent from
The fact of theif having formed and expressed opinions
reference the guilt of the prisoner Several members Of
Society Friends excused from serving.
OF holding conscientious scrupes in respect setting
jury case, where, crime. established pu
ment is death.
On Wednesday morning examination OF Witnesses
behalf of tho State commenced.
Mr.. Teiherington, the brother-in-aw Of the de-
ceased called first who said he had been &C
quainted with the deceased about twelve years
that she had lived his house during tho past
summer-that the last tine he her, when a.
live, on the evening Of the 2lst Of February
last--ii about I of an hour before sunset when
she left The house, and passed near witness whilst
no was standing in the yard. The deceased told
witness wife that she would take walk; bu:
made no remarks she passed witness. Was
dressed in black satin, a pocket handkerchief
thrown over her head, and dress handkerchief
around her neck. She started in o north
direction, and towards CLEARING. She was also
absent from the house about an hour in the morn
ing; but witness did not know where she wenf,-
was in the frequent practice of taking walks.
Deceased had been engaged in reading and sing
ing through the day-was professor Of religion.
When witness last her, she was on the usu-
al path to clearing or deadcnsg, which is a
bout 40 80 rods from tho house. About dusk,
witness became surprised at her continued alb
on far ee lee e q @
in tho upper part of the field as il frightened-re-
turned home and waited until bed time, and then
went out and got high stump bu, could nei-
Their see or hear any thing. Retired TO bed, and
about sunrise-started out to the clearing
Jaw her tracks III going out that way, and into
the clcaring--went to where there were some old
remained there any length of time she would
have been around the fire-saw no indication Of
Of her having been there-wcn, to work, and
split a few rails before broakfas: timc--went 10
brcakfast-remained at home some time, in hopes
she would return. The deceased had been III the
practice of visiting Miss Turk--witness went
down to Turks, but concluded not 10 say any
thing abou, tho absence Of his sistcr-in-law be
=. t.
Off 10 get married, --howev er, from The informa
ton received was led to bcIieye that sho had not
been there--reiurned bonneville Of the witness
blew the horn-witness then went to john kem's,
and asked Mrs. KEN if she had seen Rachel.
She replied that she had not, and witness thought
she appeared amazed. Witness then went home
ngan-then went to Mr.. Cheesman, asked ifthey
had seen Rachel They had not, started back,
met Mr.. N<51ake in The road, travelled with
him TO Mr.. Cu16Sftson's -witness stopped there
and enquifed if they had seen Rachel. They re-
piled they had not, bu, suggested that probably
she n, Mr.. Epperly 's-witness then went to
Mr.. Epperly's, and inquired, but they had not
seen her. He then concluded to go 10 Richmond,
thinking ii probable she had gone TO town. When
near home, his running TO him, and
said that his "dunt Rachel ,ras laying dead orer
the hW!'-he went to whore the body lay--found
IL TO be, by subsequent measurement, 251 steps
from the door,-ihe body found In the woods
--shc lying with her face to the ground her
head little inclined 10 the left-one hand under
her body ,-handkerchief about two feet from her
head-appenred TO have been torn Other head
was to the south, her feet straight. out.-Forty-
seven steps from where the body was found near
the corner of the fence, blood was discovered, and
the leaves were ruffed if there had been scuf-
file, and they there found her combs--one side
comb broke IN three pieces, the other in two and
the back comb with one or two teeth ou,-a pool
of blood found there, and considerable blood found
around in the space of three yards, Ne, found >