The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-03

icss that I mgsfJ Gione fopt M Hr,s oJ n,y
min anil hr0 chAi.eu, Dn tho m0fuiup at fh,
eleventh NJ ApHl, lHfB, between tho bour.
~ iWn and four O'clurl This b. the tur
when ! did ~, ~ nearly ~ I can rrrnl-
lcrl-1nd these are tho principal crcumstaiI
rrsi--
On the tenth of April,haying drunk ale to
rFrrsa went a. my brother llunr,'a iu
lirumhrld street. took an umbrella, br-ed
mt daughter Mdissa, lpld her was mHuu tp
l'n'idrnco, and parted, Then I went dpwn
fremont street aud l'ruplr place a. q Clui-
house and got n pack nf Caug- then I Won't
down fremont street, struck over a. po,I-
deuce drpnt, inquired when the rars startrrl
aud lgti- lheHl went % lioylsion street, ol-
i1iurd q Hhoo knl ~ q shoemaker -hnpnud
thrn obtained vill ~ hudauuu ~ an alnih-
crary's store Then ! went a. Mrriinark
street and got q bottle of giu then | went do
the Lowell dopoi,and len IN the car, for wa
Wlnaion' thiuk al-put'hiA OclV J. iu tho owe
uIn0
LIN arEiallsH - ANil,,,is- a-L4-l l-,-,
tAp rafa len ia t'' lHari,iHe i,,t li't-luu suur
iiiit ait-wrtf-'l, mud it1utrd me ri'dthhUiCr"
! ihru lrit inr my house, where uiy wife and
twu children were living I went over thru'
the The wunl-, and, slnreGrd with tho luuor
NJ i,d IL wa q Mud PUyi,lonrc a. hnld
lArk, Not knowing where I waz when i,pt
through tho wupls, I ln0kod round inr some
time, and cav NY harm, I went a. tho barn,
aud looking ahuut | saw u light IN ms hou-r.
! went and tapped Oi the window Martin
cnmc and rnquryd. "Who BE- there 2" "Dan-
icl, q" answered Shr enmc 20 rilc door and
let me iu, Aitcr shaking hands with hcr,I NJ
down She g"i me cup ol tea, and lpnk
supper shortly ait"r, she retired, I tt tlp
= TITLE while hy the stove, and then went Ia
bed with NY wifr, l,lruwscl q little, nrp-t',
went uui, and rrtururd n!niu a. bed. ~,
tween two and ipurFn'clsak did the fatal
decd. A0or the Grt thrust, which thitik
did not wound her, Mtfiha 1nt the kuif' b.
why from me-, know not ls,w, and hcd IL
hy the handle. 1T was hard tn rct 70 aYniu.
and IN the dark I seized ilc blade in n,v
hands, aud wrcnrhng, split the handle, anil
pot ih" hlnlc frum her. II the handle hli
not broken the decd nirht not have Lptu
dnuc W. doing This ms hnuds wcrr cat hal.
ly, then over amo hci. and in the struggle
She cried ont, "Oh, Daniel, Dtuirl Dauiul
don't muulor -murlrr,murdcrl pirrI-
~ li,-r ", tire t,i,.y,.-i
she got on the lnor from the bod. She cried
"Oh iny Col" lilrcliue, ,hc Gll on tho
tlpur, Hud died, dp not know how the p'l-
low tluc under her Sarah nrIt on the bed
with m, wifi. She nWuko and cried. | pierre
ol her alap la The neck and shc died. l-Ndin
nvoko, crnwlcl upon the bed, sl,ing snite.
ihing and laughing, | believe, put niy huhd
ON hcr head, and mrrrrd her in the ncckt-
md this lamcntahlt decd was finished. How
could have done IL
Now | acknowledges nave often and rc-
C,r doinr tins ltrd. wa. NOT icaIous oi MY
wife. Al her children. without doubt wrrc
iuinc She was q p'pi woman, and d'srrNrd
we'll eff me-. cannot tell why ! did the decd,
except thp' wa, kd away,
Before leaving the house, hudlcd light
to dr,., me- lcii my wife on the llonr,hnv-
iu, plac,.l tho knit. iu her hand, the chilli
rru on the bed, the laudluum %, her ON the
phlc, with the carl. and notes; one of Whirh
I signed, intending tn make thv impression
thnt Martha. nncr destroying the ch'ldrvn.ln
hri-rlt committed suicide Then guinr uut
NJ tl,. h,sk dear, crntErd tifr wup,l |. NJ
fir11t, ;Tilf tfcrr w1sHCd nv person h,m i,,
Wife aud ,chidrcu'y blood. | then changed
any hitwhch was torn in the struggle, and
hlocly. tn, blood un my clean slnrt-slccNc
wa. n,y own blood. Aiirr v-ipin. mN.clt
with the shirt which took ud. RULED it ,p.
Carried 1t to BOSTON, aud sunk II 10, the water
iust below ilD rpyid no tCTrt.
Spprdl DANIEL H. PEARSON
The ,iournd speaking OF the ahuvt'- -ronl---
sion says: II will bc seen that the only cog.c
hc a,,gr- tor the murder in his final cont,
sion i, that le rH ioi 0r1y Thcrr IS deep
meaning ia this expression, it We are not mis-
informed Il confirms statement which has
been rrrvou-l, made, th"t aHoih'r,a - IA
malc-was also connected with the mnrivr
Her own conscience will br the punishment.
aud scared and hardened it must be-, il lhc
npparilion oi the murdered wife aud nnocent
babes who persisted through her instrument
tali,v does not haunt her through life.
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