Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-09-18
Confession Of Henry G. Green---the Aur-
dercr Of his Wife.

We coPy from the Truy Budget q Saturday the follow
ng article RELATION to ,hs 5rteoing eoness5u os The
aurderes Green
Ghr1s's CoUEssIox AsD TriAL CorrsctiSas.--Ths
confession II Henry c. Gfeen, announced BY The
Rev. Mr. Van kleck. the time 81 the exfcutton.
mace The Rev. Mr.. Baldwin and himself Il sasd
b. the gentleman drst named. that Green MADE
tins couisssson fully, freely and anks In regard 70
tins MASTER, the PShc very materially vel rrry prop
efF, feel Intense interest In hs coniesslon, Green
only eoness-s h guilt aud ihr ustes d the sentence
he has suffered bet be Gv1iEca matters Of thrilling inter
eat which have not yet Appeared before is Paha eEe-
tie acknowledges The motive uieh prompted hii 70 CON
Mt The seti He states The circumstances winch hst ed
bu TO The Thought q uurder Here we Nnoid site that
me coieriures that are geteraiy ipffnra na ms point
wrong They have 1lfeady bnrroUrd up The feelInEs
q entirely innoeen whose acts etir prior sutse
qurnt TO has naFrnge sseofdng 70 Gfesn most soie1n
assevrruiions. hau no nfuence Thalever upon hiin-
We rejoice tins disclosure, FOE the sake who de-
serves tie deepest sInpshv the co1nmuaiv sue Who
ALREADY Suffered sti continues suffer the krrr
anguish Grrsn STAKES be feelings he en1srainea To-
Wsrds wife bfure well SITTER ha marriage and up
70 TIE prriod Of toe Circumstances Store anosd 70 sih
led ham tink q dong Terrible seaiso MS feelings
aiteT that event. nHd curing TIE awful ifioa 81 her ck
We gllo say, thai be does toll justice The
1eey o. NE poor Wolnan who vas sent b. ms act into
eternity. He states what he administered hs siie
s'des srsenie-aud Whea, snd under what circumstances
he procured he arsenie Tie staea that place
dErny tAaf fafct sistEkrde Haasirk He 1taes when
he had the rEt feelings q ios his Bui
T the corrections
TnE NorTvE-Creen states that as arst tlourka of
murder during the Hoosiek sleiEh-Iide. iat
Circumstances wtleh gave that thought
ttng anid 70 am ~ tie
declines eniIonsng The Of The individual, bet the
unrquivncal manner, exeupaes her from all blame
What she said 10 han sad IN oeo.e manusr, apaa
which be put altogether wrong construction Here thru
We the whieA sctnated him From The
tins serrd upon him. he last nEh Of every
thing but The fell purpose Of zAlning through the
bis vile. the hand q the young lady que4tion
He folly persuaded h's nind that sle would
have MARRIED h the Of ms becoming Eloower.
lie that thought took such perfect possession %
is entirely precuded all feelings Of
while he performing The deed The thraght o. dtec-
for entfrtaine BY hIm tor the
be that be did know The stomach oouid e Hnai-
yzed The first eelinE Of that he had, ~hen
bis se refused take medicine his h1nds- ThuS
Will Be seen, that Of the circumstance 0f oeihing
sad him By giTl. during the oosiek zsgh-de, grew
The which prompted him 10 the thought % lanEcer
OFuu PILLsThe iiTsi that Green administered 70 his
wife was two opium pills. Tins entirely pni IN
the case Il was disclosed the testimony. Il a
Be rernembered that he Dr.. Hull after pills 10 give
has we-hai he procured pills from Or Hu-and he "a
q ziVng her these ps. he gave her two opium
pills-ihzt these pals contained arseeiAt IN
qoenee Of there being large do~e to arcomPia The
fell purpose he had IN vieW vomiting produecd and
they were thrown Of the alonseh.