The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-26

Ine Court House st Hempsteed 10 an euetentlo looking
wooden building standing sloEe the pains. at the
junction Of three roads with not another hsbtstisu
within several miles This building is occupied by the
sheriff Of the county. The court room Is situated
the second floor capable Of holding ave or six hun
sred persons. This WAS the place dssigust
ed by the magistrate to hold the the
Of J. Miller, who stands charged with the murder Of
his wife and three children and then firing
with view supposed to destroy any trace Of the
murders This horrible affair has created an i'm
nense excitement for miles around Hampstead. Al
O'Clock the hour appointed for tbs court to meet tbs
roads each way lined with one and two horse
teams, loaded with hurrying down to the court,
with anxious expectations Of finding out the psrpersor
Of . deed foul and horrible The farmers wives and
families for many miles around the of oonaagra
ten ard MURDER unusually excited fearful that
their turn might next Many Of the farmers have
been unable to bring their hay to market from the ex
cited state Of their wives aud families, who
willing to b. left alone before dayliyh IL 10
tsry tor them start 1t O'Clock 10 the morning
in order get to market in good One of thss.
farmers the other day felt determined to bring load
OF hay to market, and getting up at O'Clock for that
purpose, the wife got up also woAe up her two chill
drsn ond sid John II you going to leave us aud
go to market, will go TO for not going to
stay here and be burned up" John, seeing the deter
IMITATION Of his WIFE very coolly said, Well, guess
chant CO." Embarrassed his team and snt to bed
again We give this of the incidents
discovered and tho suspicion reeting on the accused
Jonathan Miller. The outside Of the Court House, ct
nssr 10 O'Clock thronged with sturdy looking far
and others discussing the many rumors both for
and against the prisoner All the Court House
were teams, made fsst to the fences, and q number
Ct wagons were fitted up like bar, with dscautsrs
Of brandy. gin, and whskey kers OYSTERS cakes
gingerbread, pea nuts, and apples, ana they all
appeared all to be doing pretty good business The
Oldest iDhab tants reoollect seeing large q
collection of persons Mt the court house any former
occssion On the sherif opening the court room door
q perfect ruth made, and IL filed by the
multitude. eager to obtain good seats AS soon IS
order restored Justices Bradiee and Pessa took
their seats and opened court The prisoner Jonathan
Miller brought into court by the sherif looking
very pale, and apparently laborin g under much
tai depression The moment he entered the cours, all
eyes were fixed upon him. He took his scat by his
counsel, Metsrs MADDEN ana Ralph, closed his eyes,
gave slight groan and then buried his face red
silk handkerchief The court now being ready, Mr.
Jos. phi Darcp, whose evidence was interrupted on
Friday by the unsafe building, at Smiths tavern
continued. His testimony was only the crsss.sx.
ami patien, and ELECTED nothing OF any Importance
var, ing from his direct testimony.
DE-. EDWIN WEBs called and sworn i am . prsc.
Using physician In the town Of Hampstead made
. post moriem examination Of Mrs. Miller; | sx-
ahmed the body of Mrs. Miller at the house
OF Mr. BeIran the 18th inst at the request Of che
Coroner he desired to take charge of the EXAMINE
ton; DIR. Snedicor oemme need ths examination; he
began by removing the covering Of the bon Of the
head hs coon informed me that fracture wa, on the
skull found the skuil fractured, and broken in
pieces about the Left temples some portions Of the
bones loose the fracture extended tho lower
part of the temple bone below the ear, upwards aud
the top of tho forehssd nsar the middle Of the
right temporal bone, nearly on . line with the fac-
arising near the more, running obiquely across tho
forehexd on raising the loose bones aud those more
slightly attached, large quantity OF extrava.ated
blood fou nd covering tho brain; 1t appeared ra
ther Of pale red color as II had been frozen; on re-
moving the integu us Of the bone the back eide
Ct the head saw eight efusion OF blood tho
right and at the bare OF the skull at the back OF
the head the bones appeared to be but little injured
tha nlQ mad fhQv hrOk hv
heavy instrument from one or more blows; from the
fresh appearance Of the blood, and from the
was inflicted before death, and while the blood was
in ciTcuation; the right arm, think was drawn up;
or S. On as s
muscles and nesh nearly burnt or the back of the
body but little burnt; the abdomen was shrveisd up
and burnt the leg. we're very much burnt the lover
part Of bom the lower part Of Of tho legs bone
was bare; looked black as cinke or charcosl from
the confirmation of tho head and size of the body,
said to be tie children but they were much burnt
- to render any examination use!ess; there was
enough left to IDENTIFY them human beings and that
all II the wound had been received after death,
should look for much blood, because 1t could not
blood vsses would be gone; the marks Of pressure
from blow tho brain after death might be peroep
Cross Eaamtnatiom.~A young man was with me;
think bis name was Theirs, from New York, Ut the
post norton examination; ne was ono Of the jurymsn
supposed he was . physician, being = medi.
cal examiner to life insurance Dr. Snedicor removed
some Of the bones with knife before began. The
extravasated blood immed ateiy under tns broken
bones. found also. some extrsvssated blood under
the scalp near the right the hair left the
back OF the head don't Tecoeot seeing any blood
the blow given would have the temporal artery
the blood possibly came fl ON the minisea artery,
ated between the brain and tho bone the blood or
wstsry part OF it would fow after death, possibly /
acquainted with Mrs Miller before her DEATH she
was large, athletic womao opsidsrsoIy above the
average size OF there is metimss sxtrsvaa-
ted bISod found in dead bodies = post morien sx.
animation, only In small quantities, but never so
much in thi. case-for instance in apoplexy and
congestion OF the cheet the temperature kept up
the bIoed will cosguate sooner think there
piece Of muslin rag around the left arm cannot say
that saw blood about the hair appeared to be mat
ted and was possibly FIVE or six inches the wsuud
could have been inflicted by rome instrumen Mt heavy
properly applied; bat | think 1t very improbable; a
piece Of timber might have done it but [
think not. ss it would have broken tina bone,
into larger pieces one end of piece Of timb might
caute the wound; but would have driven larger por.
tioDs Of the bone into the brain brick falling from
the beiehth OF twenty feet might possibly have caused
such wound Mrs Miller could have inflicted the
like wounds by falling down hard su ostsnce
Mrs Miller was about fsrty years OF age the wounds
d. ath and would, should think, cause death imme.
diatey; | fret raw the bodies In cofins the body
OF Mre. Miller was taken cut to be examined.
DR.. MoRRrs SNEDIcoR was sworn and examined-I
am practising physician Ia the town Of Hampstead;
took part in the post ortem examination OF the body
Of Mrs. Miller, on the 18th inst the face mucn
chsrrei tho intesuments of the face noss add eye
brows were nearly burnt off, the outer table Of the
frontal bone directly over the eyebrow exposipg the
caneiated con.trucure, or honey comb work between
the brain and the akul the rest Of the eku appeared
to be but little affected by The hre proceeded drss to
remove the chsrred portions the eye and face,
and removed the scalp, and soon Uncovered frao-
ture across the head; on tracing that fracture
| found burnt jntesuments or skin; but on exami-
nation fousd It to be large mass Of brain, appa
rently mspged and bloody; large piece OF the tenn
ytral bone was driven in and fractured into peces
this fracture bounded by . line commencing d.
recty behind the left extending upwards and for.
wards oppoite about the left about two inches
above it: 1t extended downwsrds to tho eye and
backwards to near where 1t commenced; the cheek
bone was frsotured the opposts side OF the wound
on the right eide Of the head, large extravsss
ton OF blood; extravasstions we're also discovered
under the scalp near the right ear . wound Of that
DESCRIPTION might produce instant death and IL might
not my imprseson IL that the wound was inflicted
before death for the that illusions Of blood are
not common after death; | could not say pssitively
the wound could net be produced after death; have
read Of cases Of extravasson Of blood after dssth
have not known read Of any like the present
one to occur where Of blood took place