Litchfield enquirer., 1847-05-13

and made him oaCn ,rhere ihe na 2ney iS !n'- Judge K. p,occ ccded 10 the house of Mr. w. and inquired where Mrs. w. was.-- He was ;oid that she was in her chamhpv but did no; wish to see any one. Without , ceremony, Juigs K. ascCn led thu stairs, in no careful mannrr, aud knocked! nt the door pointed out. He heard rus,liHg within l but no Slrp. H. called, but no voice was heard. In Iavc he set his f,nt againS, the door and burst |; open, and entered, Mrs. W. was sitting on the he'd. He in 'ncdia'"ly exrl'incd ,h" object ofhiS vis- it, aud concluded hy telling her that !hp money must tc forthcom'Ng Seeing thc "hIack trunk" he proceeded 10 open it and examine he contents. wnsn shc OK cllimrd-" It Is not ,hcre.''
 Her position upon the bed, a; this mo- mrn', excited suspicion that the money must be about her, and he immediately commence! pulling otf the bed eotheS , il. total disregard of all she could say of lho imp7olric,y of such conduct in q lady's bed chamber. Dccorunl was out of the question. Sho next attempted to accomplish by fnrc", what sAe could no, " reason, but with the ease and strength ota giant, he lifted her from the bed, and removing the covering, he saw quilted garmcn, that appeared as though i, might contain the money. He scizr.i it. when Mrs. W. exclaimed, You have got i, !" He immrdia,ell left the house and pro- cceLed with his prizo 10 q nrighhnr'S house, when the whole amount, $33. 3.0OO, was found quilted between two pairs ot gcn,leman's drawers, the property of the officer who died at Mrs. W's q few days hefore-anh, to use tue words ~f Judge. K |" When he seized ,ho drawers, in her brl chambcr. she seemed tn be more troubled about the namc on them, than tho men. ry, and that would furnish abundant cT~ iIcnce of her guilt, in the death of the cfiicer."
 Mr. w. wns released, and returned to his home; but his wife, she who had ins,i> gated to the commission ot tho crime, was nowhere lo be found. Search was made in all the apartments of,he house, bu, in vain. As ss2on as her absence bccame known, p gence was orough, that a neighbOl had seen her cross the fields, with hurried step, in the direc' lion of the rvcr-Uhc Black River.) The truth flushed "t once upon tho minds oi all, that she had in all probability found Il wutc>y grave. The river was searched nnd li;t!e Gisthncc below where she was seen crossing the fields, her body was found with such a look of unuterablc an- gui>h depicted on tho coun cnancr, as plainly told tho depth of the struggle thai had taken place in her h"som. Home she had rcudorcd dcsoatc-a husband < reputation she had Llaslrd-and with a hand more whitening than ,ho touch of nn cnvruompd serpent, she had pluckcd from the nsscocin,cd name of hoih, eyery thing ihat was worth living for. Shr could bear :hc thought of existence no longer. The dreadful act is mcdltn'eA- ,Ac discovery "f her guilt drives her ts dc<parn,ion - desperation hur'ies her fo"i,ieps. nnd as rom Il projecting cliff she casts herself ino the decr and rush ing current below, the scene closes over being who, kn, f,r tha, frs. fatal yielI ing ,o temptation. might havo shonc conspicuously in the hul,s of earth.
 LisJtn.N N. Y, Nov. II, lS46.