New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-15
Deferred Articles.l
The Maine Murder.

NIrs. Wilson, the wife of the man murdered
by Thorn, has been acquitted. She sent to the
Court what was called u confession stating that
she was in bed and asleep when Thorn killed her
husband by blow; that she was awokc by 1t
and found him dead through fear OF Thorn was
induced to dissembo and tell the story of her hus-
bands sickness, falling out Of bed, &c. which
Thorn made up for her. She owns she had Il
hand in arranging the bed-clohes, trying TO con-
ccal the blood, &c-but was frightened into it by
Thorn. The witnesses did not swear hard against
her, and the Judge stopped the case midway, and,
ans there was no count in the indictment charging
her with being an accessory after the fact, she
was fully acquitted She INDUCED in long and
hearty fit of laughter when the verdict was given
We know it is hard work to convict woman
of murder while the hanging code is persisted IN,
but we must think this woman has got off quite
TOO easily. That she had previously been cor
r,mted by and rendered entirely subservlent to
Thorn is cvidcnt the only conceivable motive
for the crime an ungovcrnablc design TO OBJ
tam sole possession of her. But must not the
crime have been prcconccrtcd with her? How
else could woman, awakened from sleep by the
murder of her husband beside her, have restrained
Der cries : How could she have entered so rca-
dily into the lying pretcnccs of the murderer !
How persisted in those lies, manifcSting so little
emotion at the horrd crime which had deprived
her of husband while sleeping beside her, even
after Thorn in prison and up to the close OF
his trial The hypothesis of her innocence even
of forcknowledge of the murder appears utterly
incredible.
Thorn has been sentenced to execution, but no
time fixed, and he is meanwhile to be confined in
the State Prison--whcncc we infer that there
will he no hurry in hanging him. The crime
was very hclnous one, insngatcd only by lust,
as Wilson was u Very simple, mottcnslve man,
and had IN nothing offended but in his marriages
u LErkvRE, the base scduccr OF Miss +. VI
Woodburn, in Bradford Co. Pa. was tried for The
crime al Towanda last week, and convicted o!
adultery. His sentence had not been passed at
our last adviceS, but ii must in all reason be rig
orous. he not only made Use of his clerical cha.
racter 10 obtain complete mastery over his VIC
tim and her parents, but wrote her piles of letters
filled with the most biasphemouS intermlXture OF
cant and lust telling her that the cause Of Reii-
gioa required her submission to his vile desires
1t appears that Miss Woodbun, though previ-
ouslv of most exemplary character, and beloved
bv all who knew her, was notignorant OF the fact
that he had wife and children living somewhere,
hut he assured her that his divorce would soon be
perfected. THIS mlhgateS the sympathy which
would otherwise be felt for her error and her
wretchedness Her father died On learning her
DISGRACE, and her mother has been for some time
insane in consequence otit.l
I.ctevre's conduct appears to have been one OF
unredeemed villany throughout. HIS conduct on
the trial eyinced reckless hardihood and reH,orse
less vice. He affected to be indifferent 10 the
last. l, appears that this man has run the round
of several Orthodox denominations, conforming
to any that would employ hun. lie had been
advertised as a villain and adutcrer IL the re-
ligious newspapers. Why is no, more care used
in picking up these vagran, pretenders
REPUTATION SrRiplNo-The Vicksburg Sen
tinel SAYS reputation is making rapid strides IN
Mississippi A Wing contemporary admits the
truth by adding, that it is strding towards Texas
very gTaceiy, with the Treasury OF Mississippi IN
its wallet