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GREEN'S CONFESSION AND TRIAL.


CoaRecrtoSs The confession of Henry q. Green,
as was announced by the Bev. Mr.. Van Kieeck, al
the time Of the execution, was made 10 the Rev. Mr..
Baldwin and himself II was said by the reverend
gentleman frat named, that Green made this confess
sion "hhlly, freely and frankly" In regard to this
matter, the public very naturally rs well as properly,
feel an intense interest In this confession Green not
only acknowledges his guilt, and the justice Of the
sentence he has suffered, but he divuees matters OF
thrilling interest, which have dpt yet appeared before
the publc eye. lie acknowledges the motive which
prompted him TO commit the act. He states the cir
cun,stances which first led hun to the thought OF
murder. Here we would state that the conjecturcs
that sre generally formed upon this point are wrong
They have already narrowed up the feelings Of one
entirely innocent, whose acts, either prior or subse
q,ent TO his marriage, according to Green's most
solemn asseveratons had no influence, whatever up.
OH him.
We rejoice at this disclosure, for the sake Of
who deserves the deepest sympathy Of the commun.
~, and who has already suffered. and It'll continues
to suff.r the keenes angus h. Green s'ncs the feel
ings he enera ned towards his wife before. rs well
as after his marriage and up to- the period OF the cir.
cumstdnce above alluded to which led him TO first
think Of dong the terrible deed-aso his feelings after
that circumstance, and during the awful period OF her
sickness. We glad to say, that he does full Justice
To the memory ofthe poor woman who was sent by
his act into eernity. He states what he administered
to his wife besides arsenic-and when, and under what
circumstances he procured the arsenic. He states
events that took PLACE during hat fatdt sieigh.rid,
TO Hoosick. He states when he had the first feelings
THe MorIvE.-Green states that his first thought
ofmuider was during the Hoosik sleigh ride, and that
tho circumstance which gave RE TO that thought was
somefting s1id tohim by girl IN that uccasion.-
He declines mentioning the name Of the in vitiun, hui
in the most unequivocal mannrr exculpaies her from
all blame What she said To him was said in jocost
manner, upon which he put altogether n wrong con
striciion Here then We have the motive which actu
ated him. From the moment this motive seized upor
hun, he lost sight Of every thing bat the one fell pur
pose of attaining. through the death OF his wife, The
hand Of the young lady in iesfinn He was full,
persuaded in his ow n mind that she would have mar
ried him in the event of his becoming wi,ower.-
He saws tina, ih's thought took such perfect posses
sion Of his mind hat il entirely pre;uled Nil feeling
Of remorse while he was performing the deed. TIT
thought of detection never or once was entertained
by him; for the reason, he says, that he did not know
the stomach could be analyze1 The first feeling q
iemorsc that he had. when his wife refused Il
take medicine a, his hand. Thus will be seen. tina
ont Of the circumstance of "-omeihing said to him b.
girl" during The Hoosick sleigh ride grew the mo
tive which prompted him 10 he thought of murder.
OPruM PILLs.-The first that Green administered
10 his wife was two opium pills. This is entirely
rev point in the case. 1t was not disclosed in III
testimony. 1t will be remembered that he went L
Dr. Hull after pills TO give his wfe-,hat he procure
pills from Dr. Hui = and he SAYS that instead of Civ
ing her these pills, he gave her opium pills tina
these pills contained no arsenic-that in Consequence
Of their being too large dose to accomplish the fs
purpose he had in view, vomiting was produced nm
they were thrown off the stomach, ii was after thi