The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-05-05
FUNERAL OF MRS. PEARSON
AND HER DAUGHTERS.


We copy from thu Boston Evening CIV
cite, tho following account of Tho funeral Of
tho victims cfiho late tragedy In Whining
loiI---NlrS. Pearson mud her Twin daughters;
al nn cHrly hour ll,is morning, wc pail
visit To the hose Wilmington, aud while.
couycrsiug with tho father mud other fcla-
lives, lvnrnt come fhcls which II may not he
inappropriate to sinie. II nppenrs tint Dan
iel ~. Pearson now arrested, mbrricd MARTINI
u, Foster Of Townsend. some Giieeu yrnrs
since, md While They Mere hnpry IN
cuch others society, but litlr 10y lillle The
confidence in one another, whrI' Is rrgui-
rio 10 dnmcsllc Happiness wus found wnut<
ing. aud preyious 10 tho birth Of their first
clild, he publ her lNo hundred dollars TO
lrnvc him, which she did. \
Tho child wus born, bat subsequently, sick
cned aud died. Aeerond child, Melissa, now
The only surviving child, nPcd 10, was AZ the
time Of the murder, in llnslOu, whurc she
has for Some time resided with relative
From lrr birth 10 tho present time, there
las constantly hecn trouble. md for several
years past tlG unhappy couple have not lhrtN
Together tOrnny lengh of Tine, though Ahs
RCcdSCN lms tupplled their wants. Mrs.
t'anrsou, with ono of the twins, during the
| pnst winter, hns resided at South Boston, Ia
| capacity ofn nurse to friend, aud returned
| 10 Wilmington "uly week previous to tie
murder. The very night previous the father
Of the accused visited her, and she then suid
TINT her husband during Tier stay IN tho city
had been unusually kind, aud had boon very
generous ia biz gifts OF clothing. II appears
that the murder must hnvo been committed
some time between nine O'Clock thar night,
when The father leli, md the next morHihg
tFor the Particulars of lhe murder.sce Gale
DOMAIN OF the 2lN AWiLJ The hearing of
the accused at his cXHuuniiOU was HAT of
one perfectly Indifferent md his whole he
mud character has been ono of singular addi-
~. Tbs housr IN which The murder was
committed is in dilapidaied condition, aud
only two rooms wcrG furnished, mud present
ed this morning picture OF poverty rnrGly
eq,nllud. For the lust few days thousands
and thousands have visited the spot, and htt
express wonder HAT tie cries oflhe murder
cd did not rcnch the cnrs of the residents of
house which stands but three rods from u.
There nre those who think from the ficI that
tho stains Of blood were found on his under
clothes that ut late hour lIc went TO tie
hoiis,R, mud wns let 10y his wife, and retired
before committing tie foul deed; but this is
n supposiiion, though n credible ORG.
About ono O'clock to-day the coffin which
contained Tho murdered wife aud the twin
gifls wns placed on the hcnrsc,nmid the tears
of many who had gathered, and were mclied
byIhis spCCtuctg, unit wax conveyed, followed
by nlnrge concourse Of carriages aud persons |
To the front ui the orthodox chnrch, in Will |
mington, where those WHO visited were all
lowed TO view Tia. sad sight OF "A murdered
wife aud her twin babies, as lovely children !
M we ever recollcci 10 have seen. There 7
was not II dry eye among the thousands who
were present, aud even then wiped sway |
tears ns they gNzed upon the rempins. The /
interior of the church WINS filed with the rel |
ntives Of The dcceused, very rcspcciabc and
highly verify portion 6rthe community, who
fee n desire that the accused should receive
full justice, mud tho towns-people. The SER
vires commenced by reading the twenty
third chapter Of job, by Rev. BlrnRLas NJ. |
Fay, and was followed 10y hymn, when tho
rovercndfc gentleman n,ade u short address. |
he suited lhat lie occurrence Of lie sad a. |
vent which had brought Them together was
40 recent that h6 had mol prepared, nor 1wHs
he ready to speak NJ length, for during the
TlTstrirrr &c llle lighlniug and the rolling. of
the thunder, 40 voice IL fTUgrt.- had CONC
upon him 80 sudden, TINT he had been lost in !
Of The magnitude OF The crane, |
md no words Of consolation were more mp |
tlrat4iaie ihan those nr Scripture "l If tie
IorCt,1et Him do whni seDme,h him best.
For three days The dren'lful tragedy had
his mind, overwhelming him wiltd
grief mud il was moi for him 10 say aught That
might increase the pnngs of those Nresem.I
lie alluded 10 the affection oithe h\her OF
the nccused. whose house had or late NIiecd
become the hoHse ~ Tonrniiig, for haat a
shorl Tine had elapsed siHrE he followed TO
the grave his partner in life. mud news Ind
siucc reached him that son while abroad ~
ilistttrt Iui,ds had met with sndden death.
For The daughter 0r that mother, aud sister
pr those hnbes who had 6hlen, ho exprcsserl
leeu sympathy, aud prayed thai One who is
n failler 10 tie ihtl,trlAss would protect her.
tie aEladrd TO ihc fret meeiing Of the father
4apn xuli lnne2 Has the devil taken pos.
session, ofltlty Aeart 2n +" Isathgr, !" TrtrIie5f
Inc son. "tlo tloSh sometimes docs such q