The New York herald., 1845-04-10
NEW YORK. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, lS45.

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Correspondence Of the Herald.l
PRovIDENcE r. April g. 5P. NJ
Tridio Nicholas s Gordon.
The empannellng of jury the trial Of Nicholas 8.
Gordon, charged with being accessory to the murder
OF Amasa sprague, was concluded yesterday afternoon.
The names OF the persons composing are-Isass saun.
aers foreman, Ebenszec Fsks, Ara Hawkins Pardon H.
Al minson, Nathan A. Brown, John A. Wood. Adm Bar
ker George King Almond o. Whipple Joha Potter ID
Thomas Hill, Jonathan Hill I'd.
These were duly sworn to deal impartialy between the
prsoLer and The State and then again the reading
OF that everlasting Indictment which occupied the time
up 10 about O'Clock.
Iha cause si ths government was opened by w. H.
Potter who appears this he did in he case Of Jshn
and william Gordon at the request Of the Attorney
General He stated very briefly the points which the
gvornment would attempt to prove, and the kind Of
evidence they would rely upon to prove them They
would show that Amasa Sprague left his Grams
ton, at ao ut O'clock p sunday, the Ss. day Of
about mile distant owned by him, and known as the
Carpenter place j" that he was last seen alive when
about half past o'clock that no was found dead and
butally mangsd at about O'Clock, only short distance
beyond where he was last ave that the silver OF
gun stock and pistol were found in the immediate vicn-
ty of the place of murder that tracks discovered
leading from the place Of murder over meadow and
across pond, known as Dyer's pond thence low
ground and by way partially concealed from view, to
the house Of Nicholas Gordon These tracks they would
prove to have been made by John Gordons boots which
found wet the Mondaynght following the murder
They would show that short distance from Dyers pond
and close by this track gun was found from the stock OF
would prove this guD from several peculsres have
belonged to Nicholas Gordon They would show that
farther along this track in the low ground and among
right arm, and with human hair adherng tsl and that
this coat belonged Nicholas s. Gordon some pow
der was found in pocket Of the coat, exactly CORES.
ponding with some taken from the store Of Nicholas
the next day; and that piece paper which the pow
part Of the
ber They would finally show the existence of the worst
feeling between the prisoner and the decessed that the
former had threatened the life Of the latter frequently
and in the presence Of his brother John who committed
the murder; that John was dependent upon Nicholas
fore the murder committed; that he frequently wore
the clothes of Nicholas and that only before the
~"rv snot where Il was committed With ,ho wsrv @ .ne
which wos afterwards found in the vicinity ostensblg
the pursuit OF game that the deceased was in the fire.
dence to the carpenter place." and that this fact
we'll known to the prisoner. Mr. Potter here produced
OF the road or path leading from the house of Amssa
Sprague the place of the murder and of the country
the vicinity and occupied the remainder Of the time up
the Of adjournment in explaining it to the jury.
On arriving al the court room this morning at the hour
which the court had last evening adjourned was
ken aback at finding there neither court jury counsel
prisoner Witnesses nor spectators The clerk alone
his desk old man was warming his feet the stove
the candy and apple man asleep his box and bask
in search of his master his breakfast could not un
derstand sat down to muse awhile BY the reporters
table and If possible unraysl the Of the smpty
cd me, beyond reasonable doubt, that the court the
Jury the counsel had gone Cranston to look at the
grounds in the vicinity Of the place Of the mzrds with
the view to better understanding Of the forthcoming
evidence felt more at after learning this, and
might possibly for aught that recollect have Joined
the candy man in short snooze.
At halt past H. the Court in and the trial pre-
cccded the first thing in order being the examination Of
M.oH..l co..sn1o~ was the e,Tii ~i;ne.. sworn. H.
worked FOR Mr. sprngue, about euse, at the time Of
the Sunday, on which he was murdered In going from
Mr. Spragucs house in Cranston to his own house in
towards evening OF that day. he discovered the
body Of Mr.. sprague, near the end Of small bridge
which the that divides Cranston from John
He cid sop 10 recognise It, but hurried OF,
the Carpenter place. and informed a who draw
ing water there o what he had He then went to
other places and informed all he met with that he "had
seen man on the dr,way near the bridge j. bad way
where the body was Several had arrv there
and Doctor Bowen arrived after The he did
not examine the body when he it first was, he
afraid to- There much blood about the body and
the snow where it lay.
the body from the time ho first till he returned f
teen minutes or less CanRot say whether it
or not when he returned.
Docroa BowEN-was called to the place Of murder a
little after sunset that evening The man Costelow saw
drawing water was the who informed him. He exa-
mined the wounds the head OF the deceased once
stsy himself and again after the arrival of the Coroner
He described these wounds to the jury thinks either of
two Of them would have been fatal alone One OF them
light have been made by smooth cub-another by q
more jagged or SHARP instrument The wound in the arm
examined by Dr. Miller in his presence, after the
body was carried home
Cross Found blood oozing from one Of the
wounds when he arrived there. Thinks wound Of that
indicted cant say how orr would pesd
ROBERT WILsoN-Was Coroner fthe town OF johnson,
and examined the body Of Mr.. sprague, At the place
where he was murdered He called by Doctor Bow
Ell at quarter before o'clock in the evening. While
the Jury examining the body, he found pisolyng
snapped He drew the charge, and preserved IL (The
pistol, powder, ball and waddng, were produced in
Court) The wadding was piece ofnewspaper and ap-
The Court hero took recess till Bpm.
This afternoon the Court met accordngNo adjournment
and proceeded with the examination Of witnesses
ABNKR SPRAeuELives about 100 rods south of the
place OF murder The drift way over which Mr. Sprague
passed, thirty or forty rods from my house; saw
Amasa Spragus on the DRIFT way going towards johnson
halfpast three O'Clock the day Of the murders he
in the frequent habit Of passing this way and
the Carpenter place. and walk over the farm he went
oftener on Sunday than on other days
WALTER BEArrE Visited the place Of the murder the
Sunday evening after II was committed Noticed blood
The snow was disturbed, ss though there had been
track leading from the dr wy, near where tie body
was found t. Dyers pond followed II crossed the pond
swamp and lost Il, on Tuesday went sssn to the swamp
in company with several others, to search for the
tracks Of the men, after got there sung
he had found the track then David Lawton sung
that he had found coat" found box in the pocket
of the coat enclosed frat in piece Of newspaper with
MIR Dooey, Tipperary," written on IT, and then in q
brown paper wrapper the coat was an old blue coat and
bloody the breast and right sleeve. THE coat
box, paper &c brought in and identified by wit
ness We carried the coat to Amssa Spragues house,
and started again just then toll gun had
been ownd and wtpess went to at the place where
it found, Dyer's pond; the next day he was
again on the ground and piece OF the lock of the gun
was found near the place OF the murder in the snow;
fitted the other portion cfthc lock found the day before
Cross.esaminsd There track that noticed
Dyers pond From the west side noticed tracks
the cost side and steered for them They were much
lsger than ths first had traced and led from pond
towards Rodney Dyer's house. I followed them only
short distance and then LETT them and searched for the
continuation Of tho smaller track This found
rods east, and traced into the swamp 10 rods
Here my report nnst close for tonight, the mail
closes in few momontsl