Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1853-04-16

'e prisoner purchased 1t, and remained there after
got possession, eleven days; that she Jesse
Mainard's; on the morning of the 9Th of December,
little yellow girl came fter her 10 90 opfsoners
she went, and saw the corpse-saw the water wind
| lass and slaves of the we'll bucket. The tongue of
the corpse was not ont. Prisoner said to witness,
= 1t it was done the Lord knows who done it, for
am as innocent of it a young baby" He made
thls declaration great many times, and at different
times. Said g he sent his children, Fanny and Liza
to the pasture to put up the fence; and they were
gone so long that he after them he had under
stood that Jo: Edwards horses had torn down the
fence and he sent them for to know and if it was
SO, for them to hollow" Witness further testiies,
that prisoner got up and shut the door, and his
chair close by the side of his deceased wife, and pre-
tended 10 he grevlng that she told him hi:n-
self To the Kitchen which he did. She further heard
prisoner Say, that old Rams had gone to town. and
he hoped that his good n-ghbuTs and friends would
not think any thing of hat that old negro should
Say about him. He wanted his buby taken care of /;
exhibited affects for it.
WnrsS further testified, that Polly Lassiter came
with prisoner home, when lie moved there she first
occupied the kitchen, hut moved into the house on
Thursday OF County Court week; she up two
; OedS-prSontr slept In one and Polly LaSSller the
other {; deceased pulled something out from under the
sted, like budget, threw il down the fnor, lay
on II, and covered with couple Of quilts Her he'd
ing was exceedingly black and dnty-if the bed
then before her Was the one, it had been washed.
Rams was all old negro-lhe worst looking neg 70 she
W.
| MOURNING ATKINS testified that she lived about
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saw ihe dead body of Mrs. rry; her tongue was
| not out OF her mouth-her mouth nearly shut; |;
eyes nearly closed. Sine old wounds the
body, not yet cured up; looked if they had been
cut round with a switch. One Heard
prisoner say he his girl Maynard's for ham
mer-Fdnny and Eliza to the field, &c., he
no ching CRIB poles; that tho old negro throw
ing corn trom crib the other; his wife and child
he had left in the kitchen that he heard the largest
child screaming, and Went to zee, when he ound the
child al the we'll, but did not where the motner
was, and spoke TO the negro girl who WAS coming
up with the hammer 90 and take the child, and
that he didn't know where the mother was without
she had fallen In the well-dldn't know what TO do,
bet he dtler the neig hbors that he didn't know
but she had gene off, and got lost, being in strange
place.
Witness further testified, that in the course Of tie
day, prisoner said :" no could tell how strong
she was-that she was distracted and deranged. and
he had To take hold Ut her" Witness further test-
fes, that the clothes of the deceas were muddy
when She of the well, and looked 10 her,
II they were muddy before they went into ihe WELL
The corpse warm, and The wounds continued to
bleed. She blood the door.
Col. WILLIE POPE testified that he at the
house of prisoner the day OF murder, after the
cominttal OF the act. He the beam wndiass,
the wagon spoke, &c. Learned from prisoner that
his wife had got into the well that he had sent to
about The tence being down, &C.; witness Saw no
blood, curb looked If it had been taken down
and put up again water in the well feet
deep. He present when deceased was drawn
of the well prisoner made some alarm, like gret;
| the body when layed out. W hen witness
stepped Of the house, prisoner stepped and
amlned the wounds-the skull bune looked white;
witness told Perry 60 and take his After
supper Perry continued going On in The same way;
he had looked upon the Col d friend, but
he now found him his worst enemy. Prisoner asked
Witness - w here have you my mules ?'' Reply
was, '' have sent one with old Rams TO Jail, and
would send the other for the prisoners brother"
This seemed 10 enIiVen the prisoner. line SIS fur
ther testified, that burial cIutheS coui1 be found
10 bury that the rope wrapped thrice around
her, when drawn out of the well, and loop thrown
over the windIass. The nails with W hich the curb
ing was fastened, looked old, but there marks
Of recent moving Of the curb. Three pieces OF tke
curb appeared II they had been taken oft.
GREEN Fl. Afford testified, that he got there in
the morning the we'll curb had evidently been
ed an inc inch and halt he went In The house,
where he saw the corpse; heard Perry say, " he
loved his wife, and thai he absent with his little
daughter down in the field at the H.e ii occurred y;
got his mule the side OF the way and went after
help but did look into the we'll if his wife
was ihere. Made same statement again 10 Witness
Rams was a very old looking man, thought he might
have heen 20 or 80 years OF age--the most pItiui
looking sight he saw. Witness thinks
strong tnan might have lifted the whole ut tie Top
ri:n of the well curb if II had been continued
piece
SARAH OLIVE says, she lived within 800 yards of
the prisoners house. but was not ut hUHe on The
morning "f The 9th ID Polly LasSIler
Carried away from prisoners house, Saturday even
inU before Mrs. Perry killed. Prisoner
ddI hTOW coat, ilSHt pdhldIoOIle-.idu
Iitm on hIGn otten-idenuAed The clothes as us
that Law before her the court house. Had heard .
cries of amentalion prisoners, three diie
rent times-pnce Monday night and on other times
not long before: found the clothes the kitchen
with the nrgrp's rays they were bloody, with clay
rubEed on Inem. This discovery made three
four weeks alter the murder: no clay The }
hreechps, bnt spots of blood. " iness Was absent
from hun.e-iett just about sunlIse. The clock struck
9, uSt bef0re Fanny Came and told her that MIS-.
Perry was in the we'll.
EDWIN II. SANDERS testified that he had seen the |
cloIhes-he found them In the kitchen, aud thinks
There was blood on them When Mrs. Perry
draw n out of the well, the clothes not the
prisoner H. got there early found Perry there i
heard him say great deal, llmenting his Case.
Foudd blood on the pants, but did recognise any
on the cont. Found in the house, and bed /
like the one in court. Dad net particularly examine
the things picked them up and threw them down
again. Witness left Mrs. Olive there.
MANY MAYNARD lives about hhlf mile from the
prisoner. She going over 10 prisoners g. and was
met by Fanny. who told her that Mrs. Perry was in
the we'll. On arriving, prisoner was gone, and old
Rams was in the kitchen. Saw Mrs Perry's shoe
living in The house and cape far from it.
ness went to the wetI-saw Mrs. p. in the well al
So the windIass and bucket. When Perry came, he
said he had not been the we'll to whether his
was there or not. On drawing Mrs. Perry from
the well, she very muddy-muddy up TO the
shoulders. Clothes appeared to have been muddy
before she was put in. In the evening. Perry told
" illness he could prove himself clear by his daugh
Ter; that he the field with her and came back
W iIh her. Prisoner talked great deal. " iiness
saw mark her thigh, that ently had been done
with a whip, hut were healing up.