The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-09

TRIAL OF Miss HAMBLrs.-The trial of Charlotte
Hamb'n for the murder of her husband has taken
place IN Mobile. The following Jurors were sworni
l. M Wilson, II. A. Barclay, VIM. Magee, J. Sand,
John IA. Elliott Stephen e Murrell. Augustus Mes
Hagan, VIM. p. Carter.
kcBEKr w. HEcKLE, introduced as a witness
on the part OF the State, states that on the night
OF the twenty fifth of March, ISl2 after the
first act of the comedy of the ''Old Woman" had
been informed at the Mobile theatre, he was in
formed by a boy in attendance that the deceased,
Ewing, wasted hIu', and upon descending The
stdlfs mat led 10 the dressing rooms, he Miss
Hamblln at the loot of the stairs, holding in her
hand wenpon of some sort. She exclaimed "Mv
God what have doae! why did he strike me?''
Upon proceeding further, wi ness found deceased
lylug acrc the Threshold of the dressing no. m.
speechless, with two wounds in his right arm
Miss IL and deceased were reputed 10 be man and
we; her dressing room was separated from his by
the whole width of the house; witness knew of no
al'erca,ien on that day, although Ewing had left
MS wife on that day, and aid he would moi 90 back
ana had heard OF no previous threat by Miss H.
against ceased; but a note from prisoner IN
deceased, requesting the return of certain articles
and threatening hum that he would rue or regret II
1t he did not return them. Witness further stated
that when he FIRST saw Miss IL after the occurrence
she had IN her hands what he took to be dagger
and that IN the part OF a page, which she performed
that night, n dagger was not an essential part of
costume. Witness had known deceased for two or
three seasons; his health was excellent; excepting
slight attacks oil sore throat, &c HIS run of cha
racters required great physical exertion; and wit
ness never observed that he suffered from these ex.
ertons Deceased played frequently in the play
and afterplece, and always without Inconvenience:
deceased occupied the same chamber with witness
Tor week after parting with his wife; then re-
turned tor short 'lme TO his wife, and then
ed to his former lodgings day or two before his
death. His general health was then good
as witness had an opportunity Of observing.
he mad pa'ptatron abOnt the region of the abdomen
as witness could see from frequently witnessing him
with his clothes of, and appeared TO have no diff
Guilty OF breathing after considerable muscular eyer
tion, such AS he orn put forth. Witness states that
prisoner had been in the habit of going to the dress
ing room OF the deceased but had not been there for
week or tea Gays previous To his death Her
dressing room was separated from his by the entire
width OF me house, and access TO his apartment
could only ne mad by going In roundabout direc
llon Witness saw at first Two wounds upon the
right arm OF deceased-bu upon further examina
ton discovered another wound on the left sde-de
ceased was not dead when witness first reached
him, but shortly after perhaps ten minutes died in
witnesses arms. Prisoner and deceased were NOT
together more than ten minutes at whole even
ing e-r'
Cross En- Witness went to hurry Ewing IN his
part did not see Miss hambn going TO the room
OF the deceased, but met her on the staircase No.
dearns quite distressed, and asking forgiveness Of
ner husband Tor what she had done. No one was
IN the dressing room OF the deceased when wi ness
entered
Ma Jovxs saw Ewing that night before the pIsv cam
mencsihe was quite excited by liquor He spoke Of his
wiie an used very abusive language towards her some
few minutes before curtain rose Witness nl,v.d IN
the same piece that night with prisoner and dec. asrd
ana excepting the language previous " menoD ned wit.
messed display OF i'll will part of either ards
thee her. on the stage Oft He no threat by pri-
soner towards deceased and knows nothing of their re
vious separatlon-in fact nothing OF terms OF their
social intercourse. She very secre,ive as TO her
family mattersbu witness thought he could from the
manner OF both that they unfrendiy. Ewing and
Katcfe used the same dressing oom and witness as in
his own chamber when he heard voice from the room
oil deceased crying out, my God what have done!n
Anaut week before the death Of Ewing witness saw
Miss Hambn in his eceased') dressing ROOM but does
not knew II sne was in the habit OF visiting il.
MADAME THIEI in her d. essing room and heard
loud talking, and then scream from the direction Of
Ewinss Witness went to her door, and pom look
ing out saw Ewing upon his eshold in the ACT of
allng-afe few steps OH she discovered Miss Hambln hold.
ing something in her hand, who exclaimed "He struck
me and called hard names" Prisoner endeavor,d
times to 60 to the body but hnered by those
around she appeared frantic and entirely beside her
ANDREW why did you strike mef She would thea 90 IA
the mirror arrange her dress and announce her rsS
ness 10 go through with her part Prisoner wore the
dress OF page aud had dagger with white handle in
her belt when the performance began. "
Dr. LEvERT examined body and at first bouub, ,h..
the wounds were the Of the death Jrnon onanir
the sbdomen he discovered much boodbui tracing the
course OF the knife he saw blood vessels cut on 20
ing further, he found the remains of an apeursm ~ ~
abdominal aorta which had been ruptured-whjch run
ture suieisnty accounting for the death of Ewing wit
ness proceeded no further in his examination There
are cases on record existence of aneursms whon
the attendance OF serious mptoms their
my IN ns instance the aneurism was very large and
atenuated to such degree that witness wondered ~
near'y had hVeu SO longas any slight Sc such m
apiow or even sneeze might have its rupture
and SO have induced death. The probable cases ~
rupture would be anger blow grea. ever
uon Aneurism disease OF the arteries in the progress
OF which the inner coats bs ing the tender are the
first destroyed while the outer being quite tough last
much longer. Wounds OF the stomach are slwsvs dan
gerousdeath does not usually, however super vene i'm
medatey upon slight puncture ofthal organ but II the
result oil subsequent Inflammation In this case n T. ros
sible that Ewing might have died of the wounds alone
without the presence OF the aneurism not Immed
ately-snd only after inflammation had taken place Wit
a cas- pofu pdod.
the injury 20 that organ greater in this instance
and the patient recovered Alter finding probable cause
Tor the death OF wing, witness ceased his ex
The knife entered the opposite side 10 the aneursm ana
did not reach it, II was ruptured by other
there was sufficient cause in the excitement under which
deceased abored induced by the liquor he ad and
the mt OF anger into which he suddenly thrown 10
account for his death.
The case excited an intense interest-and the
court room was literally crowded, from the com
mencement until the conclusion OF the trial
There was some difficulty in empannelling iurv
but i was finally effected, after challenging about
a hundred persons.
The evidence was examined with great care. and
was closed about dark; after which the solicitor
Percy Walker, and Messrs Chandler Childers and
Dunn, addressed the jury Judge Bragg then bri, ay
and clearly summed up the points of the case-im-
pressing the jury with the TACT that the merits Of the
case depended entirely on DR.. Leverl's testimony
which went to show that the eurism Of which il il
alleged Mr. Ewing died. might have been caused by
any extraordinary excitement.
lbe Jury then reilred for moment and returned
with the verdict Of not guilty.
AS this was announced the de PENDANT
who was tagued by remaining in court all dav i'm
mediateIy failted.--Atabama Paper.
a SURGICAL OPER.TroN of some interest was
performed last week upou a Young woman of the
family OF Mr. Henry Hartung at Oxford (Warren