Washington telegraph., 1849-10-24

SUICIDE OF CRIMlNAL.-Some time
ago we stated that criminal had jumped
overheard from one of The Ohio river
boats and drowned himself The follow
ing account of the affair is given by the
Cleveland Herald:
In April, 1847, George Adams, young
man at that time in the employ of Messrs.
Oviatt q Porter, of Rchfield, Summit
county, Ohio, stole from their safe $4,000,
to-wit: $1,000 in bank notes and $1,000
in Eastern drafts. He made his escape;
he was pursued TO Louisville, KY, from
which place no trace could be had of
him. A few weeks after the transaction
he probably went to New Orleans, as
papers were mailed at that place that
had been in the pocket book, and directed
to Messrs. Oviatt & Porter, the drafts
were also sent back by mail from Louis
vile, KY, as he could not use them. Last
July, Gen. Oviatt. of this city, one of the
firm of Oviatt & Porter, received a tele-
graphic despatch from Quincy, ILL.,. stating
that Adams was al times at Quincy, and
harbored at Keokuk, Iowa.
Messrs Oviatt & Porter obtained a re-
QUESTION from the Governor of Ohio.
Adams was arrested by Deputy Marshal
Mills, of Akron, Ohio. at Keokuk. on the
3lst day of August, aud on the 1st day of
September Officer Mills started with
Adams, we'll ironed, for Ohio-Adams
declaring TO the officer that he would
never see Gen. Oviatt, and that he would
rather see his Maker The officer kept a
strict watch over him, but, notwithstand-
ing his vigilance, on the Sd of September,
while the boa. was making her way up
the river, near Cumberland, Adams
sprang from the officer and leaped over
board into the river, with his irons on,
and was drowned; he rose once and cried
tor help, but before assistance could reach
him he sunk to rise no more The way
of the transgressor is hard.
REVIVAL OF ToRTURE-The Liverpool
Mercury gives the following account of
most atrocious outrage:
On the 4th of August last the Rev.
Richard Chapman, chaplain of Coventry
Jail, visited Mary Bell, then under sem
tence of death for murder, and, in the
presence of the matron, by main force,
held the woman's hand over lighted
candle till it was burned and bIistered,
telling her, when she exclaimed from
pain, that he wished TO give her some
idea of hell. When she at length snatch.
ed away her hand, he asked her what
that would be compared to the torments
of hell, when her whole frame would be
| burning hundreds of years. The faithful
matron applied soap to the hand TO re-
move Inflammation, and on the return of
the Governor. informed him of what oc.
Cured. The Governor Immediately visit.
ed the poor criminal, and found her hand
blistered as stated She said she was
glad he had come, and complained of the
chaplain's conduct. At subsequent in
vestigation before magistrate, Chapman
admitted that her statements were correct:
and that what he did was to facilitate
her notion of pain. Also, that the prison.
er was a woman of abtuse intellect, and
that he thought her mind would be more
likely to be acted upon through the
medium of the senses. The result was
the suspension of the too jealous chaplain
| from his Office, but that seems altogether
too mild a punishment for such an atroci
ous outrage.