The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-16

10 very black and short IL ws matted 60 the IN
gers oy blood the hair Of the deceased VAS very long
JosEPH A. EAMrs sworn-Live In wilmington and
am depot master; don't know the prisoner, hut have
seen him frequently take the to 20 down; saw
him on Tuesday evening about o'clock; he came
up in the cars am sure the prisoners the man saw;
ne inquired what time the went down In the morn
ing and he could get down in time for the early Pro-
violence train; have not seen him since
ROGER J. BREED sworn.-Live in wilmington; am
shoemaker have seen the prisoner only before to-
day; saw him get out Of the 1T the Wilmington
depot Tuesday night; it little past o'clock
ABEL GARTER sworn-Live in Wilmington and am =
iarmeri have seen the prisoner before and his family;
wednesday morning went along the railroad to my
farm the road passes witness, housed and observed
the track Of man in the sand il was fresh track
and there was something peculiar in the shape Of II
which attracted my attention at the time; also saw
track similar to II going in the opposite direction, to-
wards prisoners house THE prisoners boot here
eAh bted and fully for the popularity Of his
track On the sole Of the boot outer side thick
piece of sole leather half inch wide and about four
inches long, coarsey nailed with headed nails
which could not fail Of leaving legible print In the
WIrSEss-That is the boot which made those foot
prints; and my son followed them to-day to within ~
rods OF the house where the murders were committed
and back to within 80 rods of the depot.
OTIs CARTER sworn.-Live in Wilmington; cav the
prisoner going down to the junction railroad about 70
minutes past O'Clock, Wednesday morning; was 40
or 80 rods from him; he on direct line from his
house to the raroad saw the track spoken of by the
the prisoner was walking
TIMOTHY KirrRrpcE.-Saw the prisoner last Wednes-
before O'Clock; saw him walking backward and FOR
ward there some time
WALTER BLANCHARD sworn-Know the prisoner; saw
him wednesday morning, little before o'clock, at
the watering station in Woburn, the Lowell road.
He had the appearance of suffering great fatigue he
about miles from the Wilmington depot to the water
ing station in Woburn. Have known prisoner ever
since he was boy. Have not seen him often.
ABEL HoLpEN recalled-The prisoner came to my
house about II o'clock Thursday night, accompanied
~ two gentlemen who had found him in Boston One
OF the gentlemen said the prisoner had come to talk
with me, held the inquest over his wife and chill
dren Asked the prisoner several questions He said
ne LETT Boston Tuesday afternoon for Providence and
stopped there over night next morning. went to New
port and from there to New York where he arrived on
Wednesday evening spoke Of the wound on his
cheek, and he said he got it in fight with Irish
men in saloon in Providence. He kept his gloves on
though there was good fire, and asked him to take
them off, he objected at first, but finally pulled them
Off found both hands more or less wounded his shirt
wristband also exhibited marks of blood He said he
come by it all in fight in Providence His wristbands
got back from New York Thursday evening (The
prisoners shirt here exhibited with the marks Of
blood upon it; one sleeve was stained nearly to the
DIR. WAKEFIELD rccsned--Wituess was desired to OK
anime the wounds on the prisoners hands and give
opinion rs to whether they bruises cuts think
that they were made some Of them with knife, and
some appear to be scratches made by the finger nails
HENRY A. PEARsor sworn.-I live in Wilmington, and
am shoemaker; live next door to his house about
twenty rods from it. was ut his house on Wednesday
forenoon; when arrived the front door was fastened
Saw Martha first, lying with her head under the bed
lying on two pillows; the twins the bed Knew
the family we'll 1t was between 10 and IL o'clock
when went there.
NATHAN Parsons, father of the prisoner was called
and testified to having seen his daughternlaw and
evening He was the last person. except the there
at the death, who saw them alive All three appeared in
good spirits.
The prisoner signiAying that he was not prepared
then to make any defence he was fully committed for
trial. The will come before the Supreme Court ct
the next criminal term, in Cambridge
REMARKAEE CAREER AND ARREST OF THIEF.
Charles G. Perry alias Samuel ID. Carey, alias
George Rantham, alias &. +. Beaman, was arrest
ed at Lowell by one of our police last night, at
about twelve o'clock, on the charge Of robbery of
gold watch valued at 800, and breast-pin
va, at $780, the property OF Lieut. Renshaw, of
Navy Yard. The stolen property was found upon
the person OF the prisoner, and he was brought to
this city this morning About a year ago, Carey
became acquainted with a respectable young lady,
suddenly disappeared. This disappearance was in
consequence Of his being arrested on charge of
stealing money from letter, for which he was
sentenced to the House of Correction for months.
he had just arrived from England, that he had
plenty OF money, and proposed marriage. Herself
and her friends, being dissatisfied with his account
of himself, declined the proposition. The next we
poyed to drive IA bakers cart. He was detected
in embezzling money, and was discharged. He
then went to work for baker in Cambridge street,
was detected in stealing and was again discharged.
lbs next appearance was at the National House,
in the capacity of waiter. Here he was detected
IN the act OF breaking open trunk, and received
a third discharge. He then shipped on board the
L. ;. receiving ship Franklin, and employed
as servant. Some few days since he obtained
leave Of absence, and went 70 Nashua to see the
young lady above mentioned, and Informed her
that during his foreign tour, Prince Rodolph (see
Eugene Sue,) had made hun present of gold
watch and breast-pln. He was asked why he did
not bring the articles with him, to which he re-
piled that he was afraid of being robbed While
al Nassau, he looked at house, under prctence of
purchasing 1t. He then returned to his duty on
board the Franklin, stole the watch and breast-pln,
and absconded. Singular as was his career OF
crime. his detection was still more remarkable.
Having considerable vanity in his character he
dressed himself with good deal of care, placed
guard tastefuy about his vest and had daguerreo-
type likeness taken. The lieutenant, happening
into the daguerrcotype rooms, recognized the PIN
and guard chain as his own, and ii was through
this likeness that he was at length detected. He
was taken to ChaIlestown for examination. Carey
Is only about twenty-one years of age, and came
from New Hampshire Boston 1SareHer, AprR IL.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN MAEYAsD.-It becomes
our painful duty to announce the murder, in St In
nigoes District, the night of the 18th ult. of Mr..
Alexander Hopkins. The particulars, we under
stand, are briefly as follows: Some four or five
years ago, MI. JAMES IL. FOXWell, VINO resides
near Point Lookout, had a vessel burnt, and sus-
plcion rested upon Hopkins. There was no proof,
however, OF his having committed the act, nor has
anything ever transpired to throw the least light
upon the NATTER until one day, week before last,
when Hopkins went to Foxwell and confessed to
hun that he and free negro by the name of Lewis
Culison, destroyed his vessel, and that they were
instigated TO do so by Henry Miles Langley, who
also resides near Point Lookout. A few days
after this disclosure an attempt was made by Cul-
iIs on TO poison Hopkins by irving him arsenic
niyed with whiskey According to Cullison's
statement, he was prompted to this by free negro
by the name Of William Barnes. The arsenic,
hcwcver, failed TO produce the effect desired, and
en- Monday night Of last week, Hopkins was pre-
vailed upon by Cullison and Barnes to accompany
them TO the house of the latter, situated about three
fourihs of mile from Langleys. A short time
after their their arrival at Barnes's house, dog
commenced barking, and Barnes went out into the
yard TO see, as he said, if any coming.
lie remained out about minute or 30. On his
reiurn, Hopkins walked to the door, and while
standing there was thot, the ball taking effect just
Il. A L.