The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-10-20
Ffom tae " 7, Com Advertiser Of Oct. g.
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or Of the late May &. Rogerc, wns fund
las, evening q, H,bnkrn. near the wafsisl
Esdse. where ,he body of Miss Rogers was.
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*. .S Two nf,he psahy jour9als add sha. lie
!; wHs fsSAaIsWi.h his ttc.'stt9,t llwss far
sahef isisssei that NJ. Justice Merit, of ikn.
:,,oken, had last cvening:; rmpannellr't an
iing,cH TO sin upon The body 4. / o'clock,
!. HIS msrning. - ~: -"---r'
In consequence Of these publications.
wefepaired 10 lIohokeH this morning. Enil
were 10 attendance. upon the inquisitinn
until ono o'clock, when we. left in. order
10 give the results of,he investigation thus
far. Wehave no space, however, tn give
Ihc testimony e,icited in detail. and very
summary narrative must sniff ce.
Z Ipthe.first .placeit is pnt true that the
throa. of ,hesleceased was cut. On the
contrary there is no wound upon the hotiy
but severe mark up III hisn,se. as though
Il had been scraped bya fall This mark
uaure 've-, was upon his face, according:
80 the Testimony Of his brother--a very
Z respectable looking man--at dinner on
5 Thursday. !:
1t appears BY the testimony of this aHi1-
npss thai The deceased was Sstrdngly at.
,atched TO, Mary Rogers. Since hr, death
he hal been moody, and as witness Thought
!. ndt exactly inhis right mind. lie his moi
.tf,een hatitualIy intemperafe. Witness
had ONLY Sven him in. liquor once during
,heiast three years. On thursday If the
pre<e,, week he di ,ed II, home. H. ar:.
4. peared melln 'hoir. AMI as though he nd
been drinking liule. Observing. The the
scratch up m hi. II Sc. wi,.rs.. asked him
how il camp. H. sail hr di ! nrl knnw
Witness had not seen him after dinner on
that Lav. until he saw his deal b" ".
IL regard 70 the time and manner in
which the lerras" cane I" his death.
Dr.. Griswnl.l. If "fNnw.Y"rk. testified that
he was walking with a frienh along ,h"
g, gravel path towards the gr"tt" at IN" point
when they sa a mar pr"strate upnn one
ofthe seats bv the way sihe,t.nea where
The body Of Mary Rogers was f"ln.
His head was 'l"wnmpon IN" gravel. AMI
his legs across ,he bench. He ran and
raised him -upz-sa 4. .he wasrear- his end
observed a coIyulsion of The chest. He
died in two ar three minutes. He had u"
hat on, but an nld chip ha, lay;near him: =!
This hat.was prodnce,l.
While another wi ness was under fx:
.aniaatinn. bit ieslfying 10 no material
point. ad litinnal interest was; creitrd ny
the arrival of two youag nen from the
spo, where il is supposed Mary Rogers
sas. murdered. brinsi g rith-rhemsa hat.
white packe. han lkrrehief, aud the. frae.
ln,a,.s-sf : vial. the holy "f whichyet team.
,aincJ a tsw,d deops "f"lau'lau"ms II wa'ii
isb,II.sI .Iauis,1 - .,ta, from Place q Soul. !
100. ~-..,.,ts... go 81
Mr.. PAYNE at one:- Identified the hat
a. belonging to his brother. II ptrchas.
ell il in Chaibalp.siseei; a"t--lt~h;d 'he
Grape which the deceased had rIsce1 upon
itin mnnrning Fnr Mary Rogers. ''t the
bandkerchiefih ihe witness knew nothine::
The pocket-bn"k. (,r large waH"t w4A
some papers, together with segar case.
and the sperfacles Of ih deceased, ,were1
identified as his by Mr.. Payne. 80.
: The manner "fthe discovery ofthe hat
was this. The deceased was cork cut
ter.by trade: The two y"n"g men ;wh"
came 10 with the ha,ar Of .he same Il ale,
: Sreing the paragraph in tn" morning
papers, thew went ever in Hpb"ken q
9Iclnck, and surprising that the inquest
wuuld hr held where the b'dy was frun'l
they walked. mp To that plare "A d falling
in, with iastra ggler. proceeded on. and in
quireil' the way to the place where it is
sapnn.ed Marv was murdered. They
wen. u Nick M"ore's house, and Ms
Ln.s, The landlady. directed them /" the
place.
They found it-as has often been de-.
Scfibel-seclnled-,verg row" wirh shrub.
berry, like al srbor. On 10 king in they
saw the hat. andnn g'i ig in discovered
aIsu the handkerchief and the hrnken pie.
Ses of phial. With these they imhediatr-
iy returned. and inquired for the c"r"ner's
Inquest. Th" hat is nearly : new, newly !,
bsnshel. ironei. and quite glossy.
- Ffrm the Other testimony which we
heard, il was fr"vr,r that tn" ars evening
ao1 Thursday. 2 man. supposed m be the
deceasstI, wSeseen by two men. who were
psss;pg bys sizing .by the entrance into
ahsbsWer 81 the murder, apparen,ly@en.
ssyod3n writing. Que of The Passers by
REMARK ed ,-.tbe man who1nuFIered Mary !.
j Rogers ouehtao he hung TIP to that iree."1
,sS Tha persen writing did not look up, or
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