The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-13

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(From the Iynchburg, Va Republican,
Our Iesd< n will rerO-st that somo two m Dnths
ego We pub ished r statement Of the peculiar aud
suspicious cir un,sfsDces attending the death OF
Miss Phsir, OF Coviugton. by WHOM guilt was at
tached TO D.. Thompson, her fathers family physt-
csn. In makicg the statement public. We did It
upon what We believed to he good authority, and
expressed our opinion that II Innocent OF the crime
I'm u'sc 70 him b public runner, bis owa character
called for an .xaminsiion; n guilty, Justice and the
laws OF the State demanded IL. We We called upon
by DR.. thompson for our authors. and gave tnom
up He returned 10 COvingt0n, and brought suit
against several of The mp+t respectable ciszeas Of
the Place, ling his dau ages ~ high figure; to
protect tn they demanded ihvestig sti IN.
A coroner's jury summoned. the dead body OK.
humed M exnmioed-a full detail Of this examina-
ii We pubeh from the Lexiogtsn correspondence
Of the Rch.ood D,spatch IL resulted In est Ab 81.
Ing the fact that she prego ant, fefMs about
five months cid icing fouod In tie womb. The
stomach has been sent IN Philadelphia u be ana
lyzed and tested TO discover, II possible whether
poison was used ar not
On dir, that susI iccn Of foul play was first ex-
cts by the attendant laid her out for burial,
observing sipns upon bee DEAD body Indicating
preRnabcy, and then the TACT that she diet In fe
hGu 9 with vluent cOpvulsiOnA A box OF ergot
pills, which are used 10 produce abortion, Was
found IN her after her death, and she also
seen with large pill given Der by DR.. Thompson.
which she ke for some time, aud besitatsd about
taking. IL If thought by s,us that the ergOt pills
were given her by DR.. Thompson, To pr0luce al
abortion; but failing in the attempt. the large pill
was given with the danaAble iateat to destroy her
life. On dit iart,e r. that DIR. Thorn pspn had been
engaged to Ter for some time. but 10 some OF his
frien0s that he dill not intend to marry her. This
btaeae lit present The in its most unfavOra6e
light 30 far rs D.. Thompson Is concerned By his
friends il is said tnat IL liz base slandcr orgnat-
IN the Jealousy OF enemies and rival physicians
OF the place.
[From the Greenbrier (va) Era
II tatn nj
daughter # the esteemed p esbyteriau clergyman
ct C'vngton Allegheny county, last winter, was
Iena keo upon by the press at that time. She was
In perfect health ia the mo ming. but died suddenly
IN the ate DocD, under symptoms peculiar to death
from str chime.
Suspicion WIS a, oued and meeting Of citizens
was calico. luto this DR.. Thompson, the family ply.
scian of Rev. Mr.. Pharr, invited. He protested
Innocence and also desire to have the ,dy examin
ed lat re might thereby clear himself Of picioo.
With the uudersta ding thai such examination would
ton took place. DR.. Thompson shirked out Of IL on
pretence tpa' he did wish to wound the feelings
OF TIE parents () Suspicion was not therefore a.
layed II we0t on gathering strength. until there
was scarce village IN the region round in which
the matter was not cauvassed.
About six seeks ago, txo young men wrote to the
editor of the Lynchbarg Republican upon the matter
viii furnished grounds for the article which APP
editors have copied. Emboloened by tho supposi-
ton that the body of the muI dered had 30 far mou
dere6 away as 70 HIDE all indications Of his guilt,
Dr. l. went to Iynchburg, procured the namts of tho
authors of the statement in the Republican, and re-
turIe6 and prosecuted them for Islander. He also
prose :u'ed five other persons in Covngton. Seeing
the editorial in the Era of the 18th uimo he sent
bis brother over to deal with us. He threatened,
but his fulmen ended 10 breath.
We felt conviction all along that something was
wrong Our suspicious were grounded upon the fact
that be was engaged to Miss Pharr-that her death
was sudden with symptoms peculiar to death from
atIy chDm-tbat he showed heartless and brutal
inst nsiblity on the day Of her death-that auony.
nous letters were sept to several of our town ply
si tiara, with many other cOrTelative facts. Hence,
we 81 Cke with greater freedom than we otherwise
should. Our suspit ions were some what conflr ned
BY the al rival Of tao of the prosecuted, who came
hlther TO get rhysiciaps to make examination of
the blu, led body. 81 strong were their suspicious
that they we're ready to prove themselves guilty Of
alai der. BY such course, IL the DR.. Innocent
They failed in their mission hither but they got aid
elsewhere.
The body Of Miss Pharr was dsinterred last Fri.
day, abC q post norton examination formally made
unSeT the auspices OF DR.. Estell, Of Lexington.
Tie xamint ton 80 ~ed q fGtus in the w0ms dive
months I'D, and the stomach gave such signs Of
containing loison as authorized an EXPRESSION OF
hlief in such fact by the board Of examining ply.
sicisns
On Saturday THOMPSON was brought before an ex-
aminibg coutt and fully committed for trial. Large
bail was offered, but properly refused.
That lie is guilty Of cebauch!ng the young wo
man, and Of numbering her and hei child, We have
no doubt.
TERRIBLE RAILRop ACcIDENr-ONE MAN KILL
ED AND SEVERAL WOUNpED.-k becomes our
painful duty to ecofd another Of thosa dreadful
disasters which have been so frequent Of late, and
have filled our country with mourning Yesterday
morning, at 3 o'clock, the up freight train on the
Lexington and Covingson Railroad, comprising
invent, three cars, came in collision with the passen
ger train OF or Morning Side, formerly Clark.
SOM Station, about "a miles from Covngton. kill
ing the conductor Of tie former, Z. Sparks Perry,
and wouI ding severely John Earle, engineer Of the
Same train, who was standing BY AIR. Perry at the
time Of collision, but at the iostlnt jumped of,
hurting his hand severely and otherwise iBjuring
himself. The fireman Of the freight train, named
Wright, bad one of his feet dreadfuy crushed and
must lose II. lady had Ter collar bone broken
and was much bruised. The baggage master on the
passenger train, Geo &c Spillman, was considerably
injured. The Ell gioeef Ct the same train escsoed
injury by jumping OF. One OF the passengers had
on arm broken, and several were baiiy cut and
bruised; but we did not learn any further oarticu.
lars. II is said tbst Mr.. Perry might have saved
bimst II by jumping of, but was intent on caus.
ing the passenger train To stop, waving his hand
to cause it TO reverse tie engine, that he neglected
the opportunity. The last seen of him alive he was
endesvoring to perform his duty. It would have
been mo fortunate had he delayed his train until
the other passed, instead Of endeavoriDg 10 make
up 10 time. The freight train was running out of
time, contrary TO the express orders of the supern-
tendebt TIE conductor was running 1t full O. ecd,
hoping to reach the text turn out before the pas
seDger train came olong. In the curve the trains
came in sight Then every exertion was made to
prevent collison-the breaks were put on and the
engines reversed Notwithstanding all this the
collision WAS very severe enc, crushing the loco
motives ard tenders and forcing the baggage car
half way through thu irst passenger car. Passen.
gers by the express train were transferred to the
accommodation train, on the other side Of the
wreck, and sent on up.-Cineinnoti Enquirer
dug. 10.
IMPORTANT DECJslox-Judgc 8. F. Norris, IN
case recently tried before him In the Common Pleas
Of Clare mont oous ~, decided that when m lster
had permitted slave TO visit Ohio, by that act he
made him free. The case in which the above deci.
sion was made was thie:-A Mr. Anderson, OF Ken
lucky, bad been in the habit Of sending slave,
nam Poindexter, errsnds to Ohio. -Four or
Ave years sin e. and after Pondexter had been sent