Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-11-23

utes from the first intelligence reachin,
the house, the murdered man was brough
in. Medical aid was quickly procured
for people fled here and there, winged b,
terror AMI wonder. as if the angry spiri
Of the dead still ruled them; but It needle,
not the experienced eye ola surgeon L
see that all skill was fruilless--the SOU
was gone. On the temple was the onl,
mark OF violence, yet that was enough
TO account for death; heavy blow dealt
by some blunt instrument. had shattered
the skull, and the brains were mingled
with the gray hair There appeared to
have been but slight struggle, il any,
though the clothes of the deceased were
wet with the blood oozing from a severed
vein.
80 can do no good, said the surgeon
after carefully examining the body
who can have done this =
80 His nephew, Mr.. Charles Wharton
who else so likelyP
"' Hush womanp exclaimed the start.
led doctor, as the nurse, who had entered
the room, replied to his question, DO
you know what you sayp
"' Yes sir--'t is horrid deed, bad as
the old man used them: and it will have
horrld payment I wasn't for nothing he
swore to-day to have blood
q" The vul gar are always lovers Of the
marvellous and to her eager listeners
the woman recounted Charles visit few
hours before, with her comments; till all ,
even the cool-headed surgeon, unable to
separate the true from the false, decided
he had done the ruthless deed they look
ed upon. Before night Charles was ar
rested and the whole country, far and
vide, had heard the hideous tale that Col
onel Wharton had, been murdered, and
that his nephew was III custody for the
CRIME. Al a game-keepcrs cottage,
where he had been al first denied to the
officers, Charles was found; and upon
the breast of the velveteen Jacket he had
worn IN his visit TO Mnnie's sick room,
were clots of blood. scarcely yet dry
the right wrlstbaud of his shirt, too, was
stained and torn. When first told of the
murder, he seemed paralyzed and horror
stricken, and at once accounted for the
blood upon his clothes, by saying, that on
lns way from the Abbey to the cottage
where he then was, he had been attacked
hy dog, which he had stunH ed, if not
klllcd, by blow from the buu-end Of
a gun he had with HIM and this explained
the fact Of his fowllng.plece being IN the
brew-house of the cottage, sticky, and
red with gore. Upon going to the place
he described, the dog was found, and so
much Of suspicion was removed still
the magistrates did not think themselves
justified in setting him at liberty until
the inquest had sat, and he vas detained
Il prisoner at the Abbey.
"Angrily, almos, defiantly, he repulsed
The accusation OF being the murderer
bnt when he saw the suspicious OF his
hitherto friends, and their constrained
nsnncrs. he wr,pt himself in the armor
Di his own pride and confidence, and
neither answered nor asked question.
" The jury met, saw the body, the
p'ace where it had been found, and then
heard the evidence. | was in the room,
and closely watched the proceedings and
he prisoner. His arms were folded, and
MS teeth set not a nerve moved and
{ was by the starting muscles ofthe hand,
;au-ed by the grasp he held upon book,
Ae knew how intensely he was feeling
,utwardly all was cold, moveless as mar
ne. OI"o. only, he showed symptoms
If suir7in! 1T was when the nurse re-
'eated, Yfh eyaggeratlon, his visit to
'linnie's Calmber then the pale lips
lulyered, and the eyelid. fell lower over
he eye, but that was all. His solicitor
vas IN attendance and when all the |
evidence had been apparently given, he
that no case had been made
III, against his client: at any rate, moth
ng to Justify his detention to custody.
Iust then, lond sobbing was heard in
he hall, and the door opening, admitted
constable bringing in young girl, a.
,out twenty, and man not much older. .
On seeing them, Charles started, and
his lip slightly curlcd.
Oh, Mr. Wharton, do not look so
indeed ! could not help comng-~indeed,
could not and her tears fell faster.-
Aher much vain questioning, she sobbed
put, that she was Miss Wharton's maid,
md that she was engaged TO the young
nan beside her, one of the colonels for
'stcrs; that early in the previous morn
NJ she had gone out TO meet her lover
n the park, aud that they had walked
ogether for some time, when at some
distance they observed their master COM
ng towards the spring coppice. where
he body was afterwards found; that they
concealed themselves until he should
ave passed through, when. just as they
hought themselves out sight, he turned
nd walked beside the coppice, instead of
ntering it, aud the trees aud brushwood
Intercepted their view the next time
hey saw him he had been joined by the
prisoner. Aud here the witness sobbed
% pteously that it was with great diff
uIty the coroner could induce her to
'rrcccd. They were very frightened,
he said, 'when they saw Mr. Charles,
pr they knew the scene likely to follow,
IS it was she who had taken Miss Minnie
rom the floor on which she had fallen.
When her father had cursed her so sadly. /.
lhey were too far off to hear what was