Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-06
The New York Murder.
Close or Tng INQUEST.

Il tLOsE OF THE INQUEST
The coroner's inquest in the case Of the
murder of Mr.. Corliss was closed on Tues.
day Of last week. The jury retired for few
minutes ond came back and reported the fol
lowing verdict: "That Chs. G. Corlies came
To his death by means of wound in the
head, caused by pistol ball, fred by some
person or persons To the jurors unkown."
II Mr.. and Mrs. Cotton, and all other prison.
ers in custody Oh suspicion, were then dis.
charged.
Il The New York Evening Mercury gives
the following uccoun, OF the
1 Origin Of the Intimacy JefweSn Corlies and
\ Mrs. C0liOn.-Wc have received from M IN
,ima,e friend OF Mr.. Cotton, some pnuicu.
ars IN reference 10 the intimacy between
Corlics and Mrs Col,on. which have not ap-
pcnrcd in the New York papers. We state
them MS we received them. without vouchlng
4 for their accuracy:
i The acquaintance, it is stated by our in
II formant, conne need about eighteen months
since. Corlies, at that time, boarded nj n
house opposite 10 that occupied by Cotton.
On several occasions, rs he was entering his
boarding house. Corlies had observed Mfs'
Col,nn sitting at winduw Of her house. aud
had frequently received from thence tokens
of recognition. such ms n bow. or n kiss md
salute of her hand, though ms vet no other
intercourse had existed between them
L About this time. os Corlles was one day en-
t"rlng his boarding house, PRAYER book was
dropped from the window Of Mrs. Cnlton
upon the side wnlk, in which Corlles, on
pckipg it up, discovered note addressed To
himself, requesting an interview, TO which he
paid no attention.
About two months subsequent to this, Cor
\ Iics received another note from Mrs. Cotton,
IN which she expressed, for HIM strong a.
'achment and proposed an elopem"ni To
this he replied Mat he was poor aud for that
reason could not comply with her request.
soon after Curllcs received third letter
from Mrs. Cotton, enclosing two bank notes
of $1,000 each, and requesting him to meet
her on board the Philadelphia boat at u speci.
fled tlme. The meeting took place, and they
proceeded together to Phladelphi where
they remained, rs rnn md wife, for twelve
days, Mrs. Cotton having LEFT home with The
proicssrd intention Of visiting her friends a,
Providence, r. l. Daring their visi, to Phil.
ai"lphla, nb"u, $3.50 Of the $4,000 were ex-
pended, and the balance WAS retained hy
C"r,Irs wIih ,hc cunirni uf Mrs. Coton.
AT the expiration Of the twelve days, they
returned 10 New York. and The intimacy was
kept up for some time afterwards, Cotton rc
naming entirely ignorant of The conduct oi
his uniaiihful wife and her guilty paramour
In the meantime. an arrangement was mnde
by the guilty pair Tor an clopenen, 10 New
Orleans, but u friend Of Colion'S family bay
lng become npprlscd OF the intimacy, the
plan was frustrated Cotton was then ~
formed by tins friend of all the circun,tan.
ces, The asionishcd husband. however, very
naturally, was unwilling then 10 give the
statements Mat crrdcncc "a wh,ch they were
.en,ulrd bnt he was told that If he wou,d
TAKE position at the corner of certain
street, at certain hour, he would satisfy |
hlInsclf as 10 the truth Of the development.
lie did go. and soon afterwards his wife, IN
compony with Corlics, was seen to enter an
asslgnaIon house opposite.
Cotton returned home, ~ n state Of mind
which can easily be imagined. lie, how
over, concealed from his vile the information
he had thus obinined, but called nj once or
Corllcs, who. greatly agitated, confessed all
that had rrarsplrcd. At this interview, O"I-
ton stated To Corlrs, that for the sake of his
children, he was deslrous that hls wlic'S m
fanny might not be made public, and proposed
To pay Corlies such reasonable sum rs he
might stipulatr, op condition that his iniimn.
Irv with Mrs. Cotton should forever be broken
of, aud all The circumstances sacrcdy con
cealed. Such an arrangement was finally
agreed upon, the price being fixed q, $4,000,
apd Corlles was uccnrdIngly paid SlCC0 ~
addition TO the $4,000 already received from
Mrs. Cotton.
The conditions Of tho arrangement TINS
uttered into, Co,nn supposed were rig'dly
observed on the par, Of Corli"s, until n short
time previous to the l0'h uli. when he re-
r"ivrd satisfactory proof Of ih" contrary.
rhe inrtf"ctua attempt of C"lton TO shoe,
CorIcs, was one of the cons. qu"pces Of this
dis oYery, The subseqncn, events are al
ready known To thc public.