The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-02
CaialOsne of GFimss..-l Clergyman lcenud of Anrdrring his Wife---i Mother Poisoned by her Daushter.

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 The Boston nad on Monday, brings us the recofd of thunder of cases of horrible and denonize de. pravity. he details of which would hll volume of horrors unparalleled in enormiy. A correspondent of the Mail writing from Canaan. N. H., April $, states the arrival there the preceding day of the Rev. Mi. Dudley, Baptist clergy man oi snme note m those paris III charge of an officer, O undergo an examination for the murder of hs wife in the neigh bcrheOd town of Grafton, about five weeks siuce. The letter says:
 "The facts connected win this horrible charge, as have been able io eoee, them are these: Aboat the middle of March, Rev. Mir. Dudley took hisw fife out to ride, and after aR absence ot a couplc oi hours ho returned to his bcuse, bringing back thc lady corpse. In explanation ot the tagrdy, be told the family that the sleigh upset, throwing b,s wife violently against stump, aud causing beI death upon the spot. He at once proceeded 10 make | a eoffiH with his own hands, and with as itte as sistanee as possible placed the body in Ii. The funeral was conducted with haste. and marked by a toia absence oi all decent preparation and display
 The version he gave of the manner of his wiie's death appears at first to have been credited, bu the manner of her burial, and something peculiar ia ihe conduct of the husband after the iuseral aroused suspicious of foul play. At the suggestion Of se'e ral of the3eceaseds friends, the lady dsinterred in the early pant of this week, and council of physicians hed post moTtem examination upon il The result was unanimous opnios among the ' l This announcement caused an immense excite nt tn traitor, here the ecused was well know n aDd aside from some peculiar leaning towards the doctrine of MIerism, much esteemed and respected. He was immediately arrested and conveyed to this place, where the affair is now being giavestigated.-
 What adds still more to the mystery ct this ragieai affair and the apparent guilt of the accused is the fact, which has come out during the examination, ot his corresponding for soDe tune previous to ie death of Mrs. Dudley Aith young woman, school teacher ln this town; aud t fs Tumored that h's n tinacy with her has partaken Oi far more efimi- nal character than mere letter writing shc was called as a witness against the prisoner, and IS being questioned before the justice. \ son and 1 daughter of tbe accused have also been upon the stand, and their testimony, well that. ot the school mistress, represented as bearing ieariully upon the guilt Of he accused Tue examination will moi be coacludel before Monday or Tuesday. The most intense excitement pres as in the village. which is filled with people from Grafton and the al joiGing towns
 | Another case is one that occurred in Boston, where, on Saturday, woman named PInkerton died on Saturday, from poison administered by her daughter Susan Kane, who was II years old on Sunday. The gid went to al apothecary on Fri day evening, and procured four,,cnce worth of rats oane, which she gave to her mother, who sick. Not having the effect she intended, on Saturday mornE.5 she called for the like amount al the same store, giving a reason. that she mixed tbe other i too thin, and il had effect the rats. This al So Was given her mother, and proved fatal. An ln
 quest held, the verdict of which was in accor- dance with the above. The girl confessed the crime and was committed 10 Jail on Sunday.
 ] A third ease Is also recorded in the Boston pa ] rers. X seaman name Lyman Lockwood was l brought up on complaint, charging that on the
 18th of Apil, Isl7, at of Honolulu. lie set fire to the ship William Thompson. On the ,ht of said day, fire was discovered in the hohi ot the ship, and eXingulshed before li had done any seri
 ous injury. The proof. both by facts and his own assertions, appears 10 be conclusive asaihsthi He ] Was fully committed for tfial