The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-18
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70 winch the poison had been taken. Jackson
hurried out OF the apartment, bur was gone g
long that Morgan. becoming impatient. scssued
quantity Of plaster Of the wall, and adm;ois-
tered 4 with the best effect. Al last Jackson
came back, and said there was unfortunately
not particle of soap in the house. A few
minutes afterwards the young wife, alarmed
at the woman-servant's tidings, few into shc
room IN an agony of alarm and grief. SimuIa-
ted alarm, crocodile grief, Mr.. Morgan said;
Tor there could, in his opinion, be no doubt that
enc had attempted TO destroy her husbsnd.---
Mr. jackson, on being questioned, perempto-
lliy denied that he had ever desired Mrs. Reg-
eIs 70 procure sulphuric acid for him, or had
| IscsNed any from her-a statement which 80
son'Jnnoed Sn., the young woman that she in.
| pity Iainted. The upshot was that Mrs.
| prison. a1a 'ouseu ~
fhi. terrible news Few through Fs,nh.r
mne wnd-nIe. In few minutes 1t was upou
| everybody.s tongue: the hints Of the onsrrsi-
| some life the young couple led, artfnlIys srrssa
by Jackson, were recalled, and no do,,l., -.
Peared to be entertained Of the trush ~ ~.
dreadful charge. Il had no doubt e;siss -
1 my consictioa Was not that Of the Farnh..ss
folk. This, then, was the solusion ofihe sfrrs.
| gle had seen going on n Jackson's mind;
this the realization Of the dark Thought vh;e1
had imperfectiy read in the sInister elances
of his restless eyes. He had intended to de-
stroy both the husband and wife-the on
/ by poison, and the other blythe law. Doubt.
/ less, then, the L.1500 had been obtn,ued. ana
/ this was the wIetched mans internal device
for retaining it! / went over with Morgan ear
i ly the next morning to see the patient, and
found that, thanks to the prompt antidote ad-
ministered, and DIR. Edwards's subsequent ac.
tive treatment, he was rapidly recovering.--
The still-sufering young man, was glad to
| find, would not believe for a moment ID hin
wife's guilt. l watched the looks and move
ments of Jackson attentively-a scruiiny which
he, now aware Of my vocation, by no means
appeared to relish.
Pray said l, suddenly addressing Riddet,
the woman-servant-'pray how did Il happen
that you had no soap in such house as this
yesterday evening
mo soapp echoed the woman with stare
of surprise. Why
Mono SOAP hastily broke in her master
with loud and menacing emphasis. There
was not a morsel in the house. bought some
afterwards in Farnham.'
| The cowed and bewildered woman skunk
away. l was more than satisfied and judg-
| ing by Jackson's countenance, which changed
beneath my look to the colour Of the lime
washed wall against which he stood, he sur
missed that was.
My conviction, however, was not evidence.
and felt that should need even more than
my wonted good-for-tune to bring the black
crime home TO the real perpetrator. For the
present, at all events, must keep siIence-a
resolve found hard to persist in at the exami-
nation Of the accused wife, an hour or two af.
forwards, before the county magistrates. Jack
son had hardened himself 10 iron, and gave
his lying evidence with ruthless self possee-
sion. He had not desired Mrs Rogers to pur
chase sulphuric acid had not received any
from her. In addition also to his testimony
that she and her husband were always quar-
reliing, il was proved by a respectable person
that high words had passed between them on
the evening previous to the day the criminal
offence ives committed, and that foolish, pas
sionate expressions had escaped her about
wishing to be rid of such drunken wretch.--
This evidence, combined with the medical
testimony, appeared so conclusive to the mag
istrates, that spite of the unfortunate wofndnse
wild protestations Of innocence, and the rend-
, ing agony which convulsed her frame, and ~
most choked her utterance, she was remanded
to prison till that day-week, when, the magis-
trates, informed her, she would be again
, brought up for the merely formal completion
of the depositions, and Re then fully committed
on the capital charge.
was greatly disturbed, and walked for two
, or three hours about the quiet neighborhood
, of Farnham, revolving hundred fragments O
; schemes for bringing the truth to light, with
4 OUT arriving dt any ituSiDic CUuCiusiOus Ous
only moce Of procedure seemed to offer, and
> that but dimly, a hope Of success. 1t was
however, the best ! could hit upon, and di
rected my steps towards the Farnham prison
( Sarah Purday had not yet, remembered, beer
removed to the county Jail at Guilford.
, Is Sarah Purday,' I asked the turnkey
more reconciled to her position than shs
wasp
4 'She's just the same-bitter as gall, and
venomous as VIPER
This woman, should state, was person
of fierce will and strong passions, and in early
life had been respectfully situated.
ITO be Continued