The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-29
TIE MARY ROGERS MYSTERY
EXPLAINED.

Th. terrible mystery whish for more than
,.or has hing over the fate OF MARY
p,.ors. whose body was found, as our rca-
,,..s will vel remember, IN IN" Noiih III"
,. under circumstances such as coh'inceu
CRY ore that she was the victim q! bel ish
,a., and lhcn murder. is 4, list r1rinincd-
:, the satisfaction, We doubt moi, OF
al 1t may be rrcoIlccIed iiIai associated
with the tale of her disnrp al c. was Inc
,,,,ne of Mrs Los, the women who kcil !hc
.ac..s,uert hous,, nearest The scene oi her
death.
,bou, furtniei, s;ncc-as We i;n:c NJ
rrpdy sta:cd- this woman Was aceidrhia,!}
wounded Nv the premature dischHse oil a
.,un in The hands of her son; tho wound
moved fatal. ha; before SI;;. 'liei she fer'L
f,r Justice Mcrri', Of New Jersey, and told
in, the following facts. Oa the sunday Of
Miss Rogers disa1- c-ran:c She came 10
Ter hous, from this cay in company with Il
,curg pl> stefan =, "to Undertook Tor her
;.rc,natu.r delivery. While in The hands "f
.hc nhvsiciaa she died nnd a corsalIatiua
ms then held as 10 li,c disposal If her body
II was finally taken nj night by the sea OF
Mrs L,s4 and sunk in the river where ii
Was found. Her clothes were first lied Up
in buadIa and sunk in ronl on the lard
of Mr.. James G King in thai neighborhood;
but it was aricrward thought they we're mol
s.:G, there. end they were accordingly taken
and scattered ihro' The woods as They we;c
Sound.
Tho name Of the phrs;cian is unknown
10 Us, nor do we know whether II was di'uI-
.rr.! or not The Mayor has been maize &C,
ouain,cd with these fac:s by Mr.. Merri', and
NE doubt moi Immediate inquiry alter the
milky wretch viii b. made. Tao son oi
airs. Loss, as IN accessory alter Inc iac''
I'VE supnose will bs-f ne has not already
been arrested. No dolbi, VIC aPprchcnd,
can be entertained of the truth of ihs con-
fr.sion. II expl1ims many ta:ngs connect
cd with tie affair which were wrapped II
laysferv especially tao apathy OF the moth
Is of Mss Rogers upon the discovery OF hei
dudy. Ii will Lc remembered iha she dlt
s,ot even go TO identify ii and mato 10 lnqrn
ries concerning i.
Thus hns this fearful mystery, which has
struck fcar and terror To 80 many hearts
been L, l<si explained by circumstances II
which no one can fail TO perceive frovi'
d,:D,ial agency. Bosi''e$ the guilty. muir
r;,.rer. the secret rested with two persons
Oae Of these, tiisnugi tic involuntary agen'
* Of tho other, i; laid upon her death bod
and hcu CONSCIENCE. no longer abe 10 keep
silence, brtalhes its accusation into ihc cal
oc Iu.,ce. We rejoice mos, deeply at this
r,.vt:Ia;on, and l;ai lie sane OF the unhar'
nv vicl;r's dealt, is rti,vra Of some OF ;ke
horrors with WHICH c"rj 'cru'r, apparently
we'll founded, had surrounded il. If VIC
rec"lirct a7i*h, some physicians Of ihis
city testified sih gIcai P:oGsaionnl conf
pence as to Tie manner OF her tcaiA- des.
cri,;ns vc-y infinitely tie kind and degree
Of personal violence to which she has been
saIjec'ci Their s'a,cmNuis are mow
shp.n :, be basel IS. S1onld not This tend
10 dim ui.h sotaanI,a. '!io implicit rrlian, Z
often placed upol the tc,t:mnny ct Ph, 81
.cians il similar cases 7-Tri5Hae.