Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-13
Another Strange story.

tor received in that city from the notorious f.
k Avery, who. it will be recollccted, was tried
some years since at Bristol, for the murder of
Sarah Maria Cornell which letter contains n
full confession of Miss Cornell's as we'll as o.
ther murders! The story goes that Avery has
lately died in Ohio, and that on his death bed
lie made q confession which he desired might
he Transmitted to that State. By this confess
sion he, not only acknowledges the murder Of
Nlss Cornell but oftwo other females likewise
This is given upon rumor, for the letter has not
been seen by the editor, nor does it appear to be
known who has received it. The following,
however, is given rs It's substance.
"lc says that he went to the spot ofthe mur-
der, in Tiverton, for the express purpose of MUIR
dering Miss Cornell that he mad resolved, If
all contingencies failed, to conceal his guilt
long before he undertook it; or that he only de-
layed taking life, after his determination, in the
hone that the drugs which had been admins
tered 10 produce abortion, might relieve him OF
the crime. We learn lie further says, (recol.
icct this is but rumor,) that Miss Cornell beg
ged hard for her life when she found what was
lis determination but that, seeing nothing but
disgrace in the birth o: her child, and counting
every thing upon sustaining the adventitious
reputation which he held in the community,
besides feeling a hcllish desire TO continue libl-
dinous course, under the cloak Of sanctity which
he then wore, and which 20 much favored his
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then left his victim in the position in which she
was found, in the hope that it would be belle
we'd that she had committed suicide. The sto-
nv further goes, that since the moment of his
first murder, Avery acknowledges that his brain
has been covered with Goals OF living fire. He
has wandered about from place to place, but G.
very where the images of the poor victims have
haunted him. Now, all this my be true, and
appears probable. We are confident, however,
that the confession is not in the possession Of
any leading Methodist III: :werc, they would
at once see the necessity Of bringing il to light,
because coming ont, as it must and will one
Of these days, the fact of the conceament by
any body of Christians would not reflect much
cridit upon them, and as they are perfectly GER
tain that the assistance which that denomna
ton rendered to Avery was based upon con-
yiction on their part OF his innocence, and hence,
when assured of his guilt, nothing in our view,
could prevent them from making it known to
the whole world"
1t seems improbable that such confession
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vdcnce only have the facts in his possession.
The crime which Avery was charged with,
was well known all over the Union by the noise
and excitement it produced and his death, and
such a confession as attributed to him, would
have been caught up before this by the papers
in the neighborhood where his life terminated.
THE RoRBERY OF PoMERoys EXPRESS A
number otrumors prevail in New York, relative
10 the arrest of Mr.. Rust 0: the Syracuse House.
One is that Banks, the supposed accomplice,
is Thomas Banks, who was some tine ago a
large mail contractor that he was first arres-
ted in Syracuse, charged with this robbery, aud
bailcd ont in the sum of 5000. by MIR. Rust
of the Syracuse House !; that he then left thai
place ana was again arrested in Buffalo, where
he implicated Mr.. Rust, who was thereupon
Immediately arrested. Another rumor is, that
when Mr.. Rust was arrested, four or FIVE thou
eand dollars Of the money packed in the TRUNK
was found on his person or in his house. Ano
ther is, that both Rust and Banks were in New
York on the day of the robbery. And ano
thcr Is, that they and Cobb returned to Alban,
together by the same train of cars, on the morn
ing of the robbery The next Albany paper
will probably give something more authentic
The Atlas, OF Saturday evening, says Mr.
Rust was a passenger in the boat which too
the stolen trunk to New York. 1t was trlCel
or supposed TO be traced 10 the hotel at whlc
he stopped in the city. lie promised gentle
man of Albany, passenger in the same boa
to return with him on subsequent day, bt
came up suddenly on the same day, brngin
with him the news Cf the loss Of the trunt
The Knckerbocker OF the same morning say
that some of the Union Bank money was oun
on his person. PuJ. ledger.
ARREST oP A GovERNoR.-Governor Tia
mas, Of Maryland, has been arrested for threa
enng DR.. Wm Tyler, of Frederick. III
Herald ofthat town states that DR.. 1'y Ter, OF
of the most influential and respectable ctIze
of Frederick, for many years enjoying an e
tensiye practice and also President of the Fa