The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-19

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Was suSn as 70 renaern my auuy 70 INFORM .hs Keeper
lnat iesreu sne iisn. oo. suioae III oiue' al .hey
1oIee .le poPe ineasules ~ Pie'eht ~. s con
Vn nsS inc Isl Oh november 10 the pre-
sem uMe. -
Q-has inc prisoner during TINS time attempted to
commit suicide andh So relate all the circumstances at
tendhg III
Inc prosecution objected but the Court admitted the
question
WITNESS know nothing Of the actual attempt on her
part saw the machinery that had been erected Tor that
IN contiguous cell to the one In which she was
ms me accused had the privilege oil walking about the
corridor at my special request in cell of the female
prison. saw that she had access TO two hunks which
naa oeen placed upright and STICK placed across saw
IN me hands OF Mr. Wheeler piece oil cotton cloth, plat
t tea IN the form Of rope with slip moose ON the end
.nhk was on Monday morning; on sunday on visiting
her cell found her in particularly depressed sate like
every feeble emae she appeared to be particularly ex
ctabe
to the state of her mind Judging from physical appear
an s,s wnich he =, C 20, overrniea -
IN th<ourse OF the argument Alr; sANpfenp responded
10 some severe remarks made by Mr Graham relative to
ana slaieo tha ne as IN at.ehuaice as witness
only and should receive the protection OF the Court and
NOT De SUBJECT 70 snch scuriiious attacks.
.; "a snai urea. WIN eonenP. any aiusiom Iea
ce na 70 hs r ss
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% IL rem i wiz pea,se so"per their re'
"S O. - ahu not iha9iSe IN Pelsonanues
ASos tnlIw pasx niy eone'nP. ior any one
can use 9ch as nave passed. coming as hey
more questionable. -.
; nn, s,onn COME perSoha''es
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bs frt e'oss,e1ammea ~ sa w men ts
sne INST came IN understood That constipation OF the
bowels had existed for three weeks; was
hours before she was relieved by medicine; 90 not MINK
a. wa more S an ~ o %d nn from tha a
M a sT pnd suicide
odoe o. neI EYER h III; = ,ha rsyovs da, h
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A 90 not t w . !, has 9 b od th,
% will sn1 10, u c ic tho a
Will oiuss - e s y -; ~ -. anan NJ ' Ih
nosn are APP 10 ioi1w IN ,ne Ah
was IN .he cen win aed NORMAN On tine a'ea
"os d , ne ar ,h NJ, Wn b ny re-
sal ia .Tt h a. M Ip,mda last ",ung - otber an
,a, "a @ mel Ias o., % u.s. ows ~ V'nea en-
gagsmens and therefore she needed COUNSEL u was al
| ,r ny ISIS o. t' WI ioPP'i '"e"s' " ~ ~ "
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n couIl mere d. oocioch' ooh rocess uh'i nan
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The Court re.assembied at ocIock.
Mi' asked tor ah auacIhen. loI Tue appear
ance Of William II. Knapp who had refused to attend
Ans a''achment was issued. ne ueehce .neh caiiea
Mrs. ELIZA MERRIAM, VINE deposed as io,ows II re-
ae az o. beekman street; am the wie OF francis Mer.
nan" nave known the accuseu since she was chua sue
rom sparta, sussex Couhty ~ D.; she resided win me
four or five years and came with me from New Jersey;
male vislters when she lived with me; she lett me and
went 10 I'VE WIN MT Elsler VINO resided IN .he same
house WIN VT Caendsr; sue theh returned 70 my mouse
ana renamed with me about hiteen months ana then went
ne Win MI. Caenderi sue mas 1eSn Intimate IN ny
me- once she was taken in church and was sent for
CrosSeramned oy f'osecuiton-ohe was perfectly hei
n mnen pn Ia .mese MS ,o, nina .,rs arm s;rce
| DHeet f1esamea-it Is ABOUT nine years ago since
her 10 this city then ABOUT teen years
od shc mas no moher Dut mas slep-notner er laher
iarher hsNe" jersey ana Is aoou' oo years
oiage
mrs GRAY was called, nut did no, answer. c.u
| Mrs ANN riERsoN' cailed ana opposed as ioiloWs,i
Know me accused; hved az - thompson street, she
once boarded WIN me; thIs was Two years ago last WIN
ter have seen Henry s. Balard he passed by the name
| OF Mr. Brown when he came to my house
MD mr.. ballard VISIT her when az our house'
| Objected to by defence and overruled.
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JOEL bhHREsk called ana dePosed-i reside at % west
Know .he accused; she Ived win me IN NO.
/
o ws d. he WORKED lof me, ironing s,s she
son a mes would loase her WORK very suddenly anu De
ga H. ,nS pelore ne w @ III, s iau'
anu tneh aqgneo and doh, Know wia she ma 70 en-
v her er ge e ' ad 'f 81 P S MN
ar. rnhnaa III ,.LI .a - "a 80. h os ~, ,
ta1"ea me .so'e WIN .ne coaoh; sne was very uon
wifi, She was cray NV ;So and Pie coIored how we're
h .e az r ar -ns
the store the nrev;ons w. her met Green
wcb st she Ind bundle eating them in the street
thought STRANGE N 900 her m nc sbe was cenerv ve
~ iadS lie che vailed hacIyards and Ia1wards seve
raj times went home to send nv wife after her my
she was home ~ J;nnr th.t da snote n no, h~ she
did not answer me- she had large bindle Of cake ner
h IT, t @, h; me snu t r. n =. d H. S ea
nor What uas ths matte s Ala not answer me- I'm, RI
ad She was mors axc,,sd thar aver saw her beiora
although she had been with me about three months re-
ma;ne5 in The house until near ocIocL nv w;S. aaye
her some work which she threw on the door toId NV
wife not to permit her 10 20 ont that as she might
fall down in a. or some injury hannen her Che had lad
fits in the house told nv wife two or three days before
thought she was crazy. ~ WV - '|''''
| b, A rfa1v
norson not in ,h.;r aht nnd Gov, o,hayy dco,ons Of
her not heng in her s;abt nind sh. wond taL sb;r,
that had been brougbt Prom the store m he ironed and
vine The tsars from bar With n and Tho sbrt had 10
be washed over again She done this several times we
had negro how and he would laugb. she would initiate
him some tines for half an hour t6is wonld &C.
cur after she had been cry,ng The how wonld lake mic
ure and laugh and she would laugh also the night be-
fore She w a arrested she LAUGHED or half an hour: was
AZ home the night before size ,yas arrested She was N
home all the evening until went to bed; did not OBJ.
erve this CRYING nt after che had heen boarding with
me four or I've weeks: have en- persons in hysterical
6ts her ,nore lilo mad II was mi
hvsericaI as think that arises more from contraction
OF the nerves. she appeared To laugh not
Knowing H. She to know When she cried as she
60 as then consciors generally go out about o'clock in
the morning and return about Clock TO dinner and then
come home at about6 o'c lock in the evening; used the
plates for nv own gave her the
plates clean the night before the negro boy might have