New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-27
A BLOODY TRAGEDY.
MORE WTCBCRaFT IN CONNECTICUT.
MURDER or !USTUS MATTHEWS.

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IT, fopea lie tois Is he ss cre we sh 81 1e
te.iea 10 cL-olic.e in We yssr l5J5-l- ttEee have
eI soy ;aten plsc, 10 New Haven sitce i4si Phi.
| s.sDs that llets tIiss in be uppoi psIt % the
civ &c ulisr religion ssct klora as 20 .ls-
mo-, ~ VII havi de their doctrines kno ~ ~
-,,g n tttings tue house of = 81 Siiuel : "
20 i've, IN iare or alley between Dixw,n All
Tiis Nj slJ blsnowie OF family, bu ms a NO asa
liviny In ;be hou-s nth hi usmeo Ghoia WAke aa7
uto = tie founder Of the acct cs'lel jhe " Wsksmq1
ties" Tbs woven siiirns that she vas murderer
bbCSt 80 years go drc ~SIt 10 nssYeh, aod r 50 ne
f,sfOn Eti,1 s. G,fs IO- ttste ctrie cA On ca =
r. roulded 10 e ell ajy sllud - II prescass
ard orsvs snG ho'cs e'inge a, be- hone gly0g -
those xho slsein0le 10 AZ her pc s,oriss DER
VI cd u ~ Bible anc her experience 10 the s}i1
"a yord. Among her believers soi f7l!osa-S are
many fao lies VITO live ia itnden, spd they Ia
H. asDt Of oOaing down - ter nous ev,sy Sunday
70 attfra mte.iug. She held msetios a. her house
les Surdty tvsu' 2, snd there present. a. the
meeting AlIeTon Sa ford snd hil Nif-, Ju'-us Nat
thess Re sew heelar Me- ID Ivi' a-d O',rei 70
Jaued Josieh Jsckelu They net shout o'clock
Sr1dsy afternoon con inIed tteir meeting unit
eLcu1 in he Ii. h. About click On Monday uDrn
irc The Wilov Wskersn (tbs liOphs'tss "a that
sbe !. ard nose ~ 'he room ba,os. Sc occu pies
email room in the Stic OF toe house lhe house is
common sc' yaLc -a-hsi house 9Th thin psr itiOns
ga a noise l. the 0wsr ory could be easily heard IA
the rooms sboyt. The widow says thu, she tod Bet
~ Wa no, rig br beloW."
Although - idow WskemaD sfirms III At she thought
all vas not sht bsl,w' at occck in the norolDE,
m "A It vas mace By her 10 ascs:ta az t1i0g con
cfrnirg the tupposCd froub e.
Abopt o O'Clock Yesterday iMondsy morning,
young con OfJUs.u7 Mathews bessa 10 search for his
istftr, sosctuDg vi he bad not ua'e his appear
erfe ~ SO lac an VT ia the mouinE tie 10
the door o. one Of the f.sot and found II ockei
but ertsted IN brt ing open t1e he looked
mo tie roon aid there behsld his fat lyiag dc2f
vDcn ne floor, ruth poO'5 Of b0od surrounding his
heaG!
qtebov WA struck almost dumb with terror, and
inrnsdistsiy mo the street and went to the mex.
house ara got MI Lewis pOrmsn TO come 10 toe
beuse and set The cody. Mr.. ID. dd not 20 into the
house bat imne dis'ey went ami notified Justice Ben
nett OF the facts Mr. Bennett snd number Of men
repsired Immediately 10 the scere OF blood They
toVDG the body TO be thai OF Jgstus Die he"s wac Is
a pistoI maker. and works At WhLeyyi.le bat lives
in n suCep He was one of he 10 ivdu ss pres at az
the eeting het st the home Sunday evening. When
fret discovered he booy lay upon the ii0of, with the
cad tOyaIu bed in h, room; and was found with
lie face tur1 cd toward the window lying the lt
si e. and lsy very Iesry in he mi de of the roam
Clo,6 blood hnd fair lay upon toe floor around him.
a. sevt raj pools of blood were uId near nis head
Ii wes truly awful scsLe 20 witness. The throat
VAS GU neG-ly from car 20 eir aud his head saeG e1
70 be us arly eTtd biz body. II Ia evident ths
ne could lot have committed tho deed himself from
the uaiBre Of the They were doubtless made
by q latchet Or sUmr OtEeI Instrument beaver aud
more powerful than 3 sni'e o. rszor. snsu rope
wss found on the floor AID marks OF rope we're dis
e,ertG on bis wrists, AID Il was eTident that the
wrists h6G been bOuno b! this rope,
jury Of Ipquest Tss summoned, who visUet the
horse ard vie@td tn body and to5n 20 rned to
O'Clock OF MONDAY pOstmoLien ex Aminsuon wss
he'd at 2 U'clCck on Monday afternoon Tbe body
VIII examined and the GOuucs pTobed and Gle insed
BY Dr.. Knigh, Jeweti ard Das9ett.
While the post N, rtem eAsmAat on vas being held,
al afO throughout the day crowds o. people astem
bl,o in front OF The house 10 learn the i.crs and par
ticusrs coucer ing tho murceT but seT Persons how
! ever wore sdmi ia INTO the house
The hOuse wss thofoJghy searched, and bloody
| clothes were found, and marks OF blood upon both
sdes cf tie door leading 10 tie room ia which the
! body was discovered. \ common butcher knife WAS
found in box or small chest, well shsrped and hav
ing the appeaIsIce of being used recently, bur 40
Ia shet yes found except one 80 Gull a-d f1'' 'nS'
The 70 loving persons arrested during the AZ
! teruoon snd LOGGED ia jai, charged with committing
in fone way being accessory % the crlne is[asi
| Wedding An1eTOn Stafford ans site, A0lgah Saoe5,
! rh,tk'nl 8. Hersey, the WIDOW Wakenan, the
! prophstess, Samuel sly, and colored man named
| Josieh jackson.
Az O'Clock Monday syeoing the Jury of Inquest
! NJ; puri uiLt 10 sOjouILa ent.
Ztlotes Day Was chosen forem2n of tire jury, and
| the ,Iury then proceeded To hear TIE test'mo y:
Dr. Jonathan KrighC WAS called, aod testified he
was calico t. tie house about 10 o'clock N tue fore
room: the bcuy xas found lying the left side Oh The
Fl, or on the lef eide of tue neck one wound three
inches long az ircd below aud beginning an inch be-
hid the ear, forward not quite 70 the vindplpe;
AT other wourd was found half al zach below both
parallel win the loser jaw the lover wound ~sS noi
ctep: tiarsyeise ncifiOn TaJ found al inch long
over he tburd cartilage ssin deep; ragged wound
in the upper lip above the angle Of the mouth In
10 h sides pass ing Il rough .De lip there was large
" una beginning ODE inch forward OF the spine aud
sbopt AZ ch below the put; small scale OF bone
y,a seated Of ire occipIt on the night sde-'he
wound corning forward cutting of everything to the
le side II TIE sire; tie large wound cpon me neck
was of tuch nature that it was impossible Tor h'm 10
make u G ound himself; my own impression Is that
I Gf.srA hN II
were doubtless ads b. large or heavy knue;
the iusne OF the forefngeI was cut oil, IRON tue
hand which piece WAS found on the moor near MN.
JOSIAH Jsckton, co.orsd sworn Wsat 70 the house
shout O'Clock in the evl ing With the iGtehton oil
going from there 10 another meeting; l stayed there
u1 o clock this morning; found there samuel sly
At G Miss Abby; about oclccE M and MIS- oAa
| fold GENE IT,; Justus N2"AeNs cane ~ the mouse
shont 10 o. rlofk in the evtniLy Israel WOO1Dg was
tbels when hstthews csme; Matthews VS. Ia the
focm below aud We w-Te II The room up s'ars; NJ
ard Mrs Sanford Samuel sly Woodmg aud myself
went down AID found MsnoeTs IN me ioTer Toem
biirGfoced; ,olj Matthews be was tiilios tie old
VCu A. End that | wouli rot let hin io.o my house
! sooner ttsn would msd COZ | ssked MN II hs
knew he had bad split In him and SAID INST ne olgn
to reIounce this evil fpnit Ne SAID IN ne OF u91
he would rerounce Il; Ar OF Hunt gave the old aty
widow NskerDapl some posor Gus cakes, s1h ertenlc
| IL tenn and wanted 70 make wsy with her; thiak
! Matthews got the evil spuIt ON Amos uuhi WIDOW
Wa tmEu Is oInsn who proesstst 10 nave uleu ana
! ristr again end ceme ear 10 teach the way 20
Heavtp; believe tfat she is q prophet, and she Is
What she plofesse.; tie ssc"nd time we went doTn
! into the room abou. an hour ater We WEN GoFn
frs,. | wet dozen and told Sanford to take Matthews
swsy fom tie Lou.e u Ne. Wakemaa would ee'
,s.nN die ,oor card d mise in the room, AMI heard
SANFORD benung the ouisice door sanford ana 1' VIE
,Lfn came no stai and seemed much ex.ited heard
soue of b. 10 cav + al Woo-il bad zone no ne; DID
not know I'm II his morning TIA, Mstthsws wss dead;
wien went own tie second time Samuel > ana
Woodug, end Mr.. sId Mrs SANFORD were win me.
IeIieva fbst If he idoN Wakeman should Gle the Mil
leriUm would come, ard he world be destroyed wheni
can I'd Sanford said ne has murceeed