Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-12-06
MYSTERIOUS.

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A very short time since, our readers may
recollect, the press, generally, noticed the
circumstance of young woman in New
Boston, N. f., having disclosed murder
which, years before, when quite child, she
saw her mother (now an old woman in the
poor house) commit upon peder as he
slept upon her hearth rifing the body and
afterwards sinking il in pond, &c.
The story is one of singular interest, and
we have waited for further Developments
watching the account, in the meantime, as
il has spread about the country far and wide.
No further information, however, appearing
likely to be elected, we shall even tell what
zee know of the matter. The following
will throw much light upon the subject-it
was published by the Picayune ftp years
ago.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE MYSTERY.
The remarkable history we are about to
relate, occurred within our recollection, and
near a certain locality in New Hampshire,
the exciting event will be recognized and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. two miles from small
town in the State we have mentioned, the
road crossed a hill of considerable eminence
behind which valley of a mile broad, call
ed by the people an interval lay extended.
This piece of land from over-tilage was
worn out, and belonged to man who kept
a tavern on the roadside. Near the top of
the HILL on the side nearest the valley, was
deep pond-a strange place, it is true, for
such thing to exist, but the nature of the
ground made permanent lodging of water
in the hollow OF the hill perfectly natural
Near this pond stood little rude tenement
in which lived woman unknown in the
neighborhood, and looked upon with great
distrust and suspicion. She had little girl
with her. child of FIVE years old, whom
she called her daughter, and who was her
only companion in the hut in which she
lived.
A farmer who resided upon the outskirts
of the town, upon opening his door one
morning, discovered this poor little girl,
barefooted and ragged, crouched beneath
the cave of the house, and seemingly very
much terrified. When he questioned her,
she said she had come to tell him something
dreadful, but she feared her mother would
kill her for doing so.
%, good SIR she said, Il think it is right
that | should tell you, for it is something
very bad, bat my mother will kill me if you
tell her.
The farmer quoted the child's fears, and
then learned from her the horrid relation
that her mother had last night murdered and
robbed traveller who had stopped at hen
house. 1t had stormed desperately during
the night, and strange man, she said, hac
come to the little lonely hut looking FOL
shelter. He had gone to sleep, stretched
upon the floor before the fire, and hearing {
groan in the night, she woke up and saw
her mother killing the stranger with knife
She lay still, in great terror, and saw hel
mother take money from the mans poke
and hide it, and then drag the body into
narrow space behind the chimney and cover
it with the brush wood used for fuel, aftel
which the miserable murderess crept into
bed by the child's side.--The poor CIR
could not sleep, and at the first peep o
morning she saw her mother rise again, drag
the body from behind the chimney TO thu
pond at the back Of the house, tie stones t.
it, and with long pole forced it down into
the thick mud at the bottom Terrified
pale, and almost speechless with fear, thu
little girl fled from her mothers habtation
and ran mile and half to the farmer,
house to relate these horrd details
Ofcourse the alarm was instantly giver
and terrific excitement flew through the
town and among the neighbors for miles
i around. An early hour in the morning
found constables and large crowd Of per
SONS assembled at the woman's dwelling
J The unhappy wretch instantly turned pale