The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-02-01

to any sum Of money he shall demand. And we
hereby ezonerate him from having any hand IN the
Transaction TO which the said secret refera.
''He then signed the paper with his own name,
and that, also, of the other and delivered IL to
me, with great many cautions about Keeping it
from every eye.
I'VE then had some conversation about the deed
itself, and the man they had thus put out of the
way. And in the course OF this conversation,
learned that the was a foreigner and Il Scotch
man, and he having stopped at their vilIage, they
had brought him into the vicinity of the pond, to
look at some valuable horses also gathered, that
he had trunk which fell into their hands ,contain-
ing about twelve Thousand dollars mostly in gold.
latter tins, he having talked over the matter
much as lie wished, and advised ule how to shape
my conduct, we left the tavern aud went home"
e. having thus far, gone on uninterrupted thru
the main part of his astounding disclosures Mr.. g..
now began to take part in the DISCOURSE, and Il
long conversation the subject, ensued between
them, in which C, further disclosed, that he had
since frequently seen and eouversed with these
two men, and had receIved from them at various
times, toward Thousand dollars in money, " HIGH,
together with goods, they always paid on the spot,
or very short uce when asked for. At one
time Of them took him into his room, and
showed him the trunk. which they took from the
murdered man, as we'll n large and richly flow
cred silk vest, which, among other valuable arti-
cas, 1t continued, and which was now urged on
his (C.'s) acceptance. AT other times, one or both
Of these two men had urged him to take journey :
with them to the cities, which they assured him
should cost him nothing. This offer, however, he
''dars accept, lest they should cou,rive, when
fl.
happen to him" He further stated That they very
soon. became extremely uneasy about the paper
one OF them had given him, and were constantly
importuning him TO give i up, which he had as
constantly refused to do, knowing that they would
not dare to any other than entreaty to
obi:n it. He also told MrB that this secret '.had
been perfect hell to AIM the affair Aap-
I pcrsd," and ha fnared it would wear hIn down
( Till he died. f. had already destroyed his health
so far n to induce him give up farming fur the
hghtcr business Of siore>kGeping.
| After finishing his revelations, G. offered to tell
I MIR. B. the of the two men, whom history
| had deeply implicated. and show him the paper
which he had received from them, AMI which, he
said, he bad IN small pocket, or bag worn next
his skin But Mr. B. telling him he did not wish
to know who the men we're, begged of him to keep
both names and paper to himself c +, however,
| persisted far give such descriptions of the
men, as left no doubt in Mr.. BIS mind, as to their
/ identy.
/ The next question discussed between C.. and
Nh b. was, what course, under all circumstances
ought to be pursued And as Mr. b. strongly
opposed to punishment of death for CRIME and as
his sensbhties touched az the thought of be-
ing the means of plungng the innocent families oil
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ing them to the galIows, for a crime so long ago
committed, it at length decided, ,ha: the affair
should not be divulged but be kept, it had been
profound from all who did now actu-
ally know it. And by way of appeasing Mrs. N
whose suspicious before stated had been arous-
ed, it was agreed, that C. 3 related a Grim
con. case, or something of the kind, which would
not only ease her mind, but prevent her from pres
sing her Inquiries
] When they had reached C. s destination, Mr.. B
( left him and returned alone his sisters residence
:. where be remained ill c. came back a visit
And during this VISIT the matter made the sub
I iect of still further conversation, IN which C..
\ showed Mr.. Is. some hundred dollars, which, he
said was n part of the hush money he had receiv-
ed. He, also, at this time, proposed to Mr.. b.,
that they both should go into the swamp, and he
would show Mr.. B. the spot where the corpse was
buried, when they would dig down to the bones
\ Mr. q. however, declined going; when C. gave a
minute description of the localities Of the spot, and
l path and courses be taken to reach il, thai
! Mr. B. if alterward disposed, might go and find II
alone. And Mr.. B. did, once, after e. had lett
gum for his store; concludes he troald 60, and
ally took hoe, and proceeded some distauce tn
ward the place fbut feeling that he kHslD he should
I find the bones there so that additional informa
ton would be gained and not knowing but his Wis
it to the place might lead to inquiry, he finally
i turned about and back, without entering ths
n vamp.
n Mr. B. now returned to New Orleans ane
a correspondence between him and C., was com
commenced, relating, principally, to the murder
aud matters growing out OF it, In all his letters
j and he wrote sevcral--which were received, G
,. zteadlv and with no inconsistency of state
\ persisted in affirming all he had communicated II
\ Mr. E. while i'm Vermont In one of these letters
/ Of late date he expressed great anxiety respect
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