New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-28

lie SAC be vas BON in 1909 sud il now nsariy 81
Jesrs Of sge. He SAID that vaeu ioLr yeas Of age be
received cut upon The head, wh'c1 Injured his b,an
q .dersbly 10 cons alueaCs of IT'S he SEQ me- IN.
sb's ooll'c' IL idess s. readily re- of.s1tn.,
cesIe9 By jay.
Sy hsd mad, clean breast Of tls whole affair 30
Stfrf Psrnt.Ss il tie morning, AMI Manifested
de-rs to ie til whole to the Jury This decnation
vas sde 70 toe S1eif voluntarily snd without being
6e5ilel o. CO 20.
Ms. Rhoda Wskemsr, tie Pro. ss.ss,, called and
swCfu.
Ttis witpts, Is the founder of the sect called the
" NakemaIltes, aIS Il a wonderful s)ecinen of thu
turan sp5cies. She came in closely vei.si and is the
very pefsonihcstion cf TIE wonderful women tbs,
i.yeG IL Sslen in the sixteenth century.
shall be 20 years old next November; have lived
IN New Haven seventeen yeas. nave had seventeen
q .oten lire Of HON are now living; have been
,te r. We! ysas formerly lived ia Geeenfeld
men ii'oEea to NswHaven; ny bro her hiss Also re-
soeo ere ne's about 20 years OF sce have been
mss s.Isti Ion Cod about thirty years; ex-
IGoioed IeAslol AZ thst time ano walked with
Je.o- chns1 svSt s,lct fret experienced religion
to DE srd he drslly killed ma; after nv husband
ILL., ne dead seven hours snd then rais-d 70
srees atood besice ire when went 10 Heaven AMI
20 ed with Their bright SWORDS ard rose again.
saw lee all ihat was dead, aud there they weT.
under the cloud OF death; when | was there this
ccud parted and my spirit went one way aud
theirs tie Other; tey all then held up their little
tigLt haUcs sid Iejo ced. he two anses turned
10 me srd then went mp TO Heaven there was
req lsht ard msty white clouds there; Christ
came 10 NE when | ws. IN Heaven, with his nails
il lis b7r6s snG spoke peace TO my soul; because
be spcke zee 20 my 5oul | raised up, and another
pint osu,o TO me Snd spoke saving MAKE your
eaCo with God hen Bept on praying; he soon
took ne 70 Foracise a-c told me all abou Adm sui
Eve snd all re ether spirits this light then come on
NE 20 tbst Tad to ook bp, AID ire spirits SAID
rUu befed g. one Of then was taken up 10 Heaven
{ ON this place CT srf ard then Chris, snd ali
the Holy Angels Christ had on tine ihors and boxed
as be was pheu cfuc,ted; then .sy God sitting upon
his throne ia all he glory about the throne all
the argcls in their white robes an they were all
happy spirits there this spirit then and took
back 10 esrih, and when 20: back to earth again l
ssw my dead boy lying IN the floor bad because
had come back 10 tbs wicked world to live again;
soon saw my wicked husband, who said "By God
shes raised :" soon after | ssF Two angels who
csu 10 ire and spoke 10 me kindly, and then Cndst
O. peaIed to me and ftl down betOrs hfm. And oh
bow hadpy felt, and how happy then was went
n Gcd with ny case las night, and had revelation
ON Hin; that man in league with the devil;
he meaning Matthew got his evil splr: from Amos
Hunt Hurt attempted 10 poison me. lShe went on
and gave q long, rambling account et Amos HUNS
poisoning her The first thing knew CT the murder
sts when Il ey came up stains sesrcbioy for hatchet
Lrew that my brother ad sick of witch hazel
IN the houge he sells the BARK aud lives by so
doing; was scA that nj Zht aud expected to die, aud
asked them TO lake Matthews out Of the house; he
sd such bsd spirit that he wCs taking away my
dis liz spirit And killing me by it; Am a uuu vas the
u an OF elN, ara lie put MS spun Oh hitl'n
should Ce lie udg ment would Gomez THE mau Of sin,
cured God when he died there black spot on the
brone Of God in my revelations tr rom God last night
lie ssd il | was uctmned in this case the world
would be Immediately Destroyed; in this revelation
was told BY Goa that my brother did kill Matthews,
and that be cid il 10 save the wctld
This sing uar revelation here c,Osed and tho s. mes
- e1ger fIcm God las she calls herself was taken
back TO Jail.
The Jury then adjourned to , 0 clock p. IN.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Tie Jury met at o'clock puf suant TO Adjournment.
Before proceeding with the testimony statement
was mace that the vault If the pryy hsd been searched
where Sly affirm ed that he hsd thrown the hazestlck
" It'll which he killed Matthew'S
Sheriff Parnalee stated that Mrs. Wakemsn, the
messenger, desired to inform the Jury that II any
At these men were convicted of the crime of which
they were charged, the world would be immediately
& stToyeO. 1900
The hazel stick in two pieses was exhibited e ths
IEy: 9It1Sae Blade OF this krite not quite two
inches in length Hair was discovered on the hazel
Fl af3iieIon Sanford recalled wish to state tina.
Jscb son ssd to Matthews " You know that you are
il killing the messenger, and you know that you
oue ht 10 be killed for you have this evil spirit, and
" your I'o ought 70 be taken he fur her said, You
- kIOw YOU should die AMI then went up stalrs
er IN about five minutes | heard this noise; Wood
IN 2 was ,htn away then tried,to &c INFO the room,
but they pulled me back and Paid "StOp, stop, if he
e killing himself tell be raised mstrusted tina
be was not committing suicide; nave family IN Ham
Mrs. Alreron Sanford rocaed-I have been in the
sil in tle same room with Ms. Wakeman, the tines
ger She told me last night that she had revela
Ton from COD and what IL was.
Justice Bennett here discharged Mr.. and Mrs. san
fori and told them they could 90 home and adyi'ed
them OF to 60 70 the house OF sly any more
Thankful B. Hersey, recalled saw samuel sly
tear of the sleeves from bis shirt and put them Ia my
stove: see bin have stick in his band that night;
rever heard him say anything about the hazel stick
b. fore that night did not know tina this stick was Ia
The drawer: told him where be could wash hls hands
that nigh; rad come conversation with Sly about the
stick: canrot tel whether / advised him 10 bury IN
he cellar or not do not want TO say
81 ytbing against that poor msn-unce sammy;
ibrk, however, had some conversation
with him about putting the hazel stick in the cellar;
seen bis hands were bloody and some blood on
tis shirt; saw Io knfe Ill his hand at that time;
got the wash basin for him and no then went out OF
he door; what have stated nov did not come 10
NV recollection yes.erdsy-no. even the recollection
Of the bloody hands OF Sly and hi. bloody sairt
sleeves; DO not Wish TO crimnate nim or say any
tbDg 2ainst hin; think | heard nm say tnat no
was going down after the stlck; supposed max ne
vas ycipe 10 silence that evil split with the STICK
e nsked me for GIT 10 go into the cellar with, aud
gave him one thought heard groamng in Tue
ROOM but Mr.. Sanford made so much nose cOud
rot hear dis nctly; think Jackson was 10 tie room
v hen | was talking with sly but no one else was
present; DO one was in the room with me when sly
csue in with bloody hands had nay tears het by
had killed Matbe rs; We theo went up stsuS 70
rray and there prayed that the Millennium would
come: We also prayed for the evil spir. in Mathews
our prayer for him was Just tn game a. though be "a
alive; The messenger was very ssk up s,aa' ana
o,,.ids,ed her life very precious Mathews ntWus
IL eviI sririt we were Oh afraid Of hm-and were
arcpIaIIy afraid of his eyes, as be always enchanted
tSronoh hia eyes and or this reason we iadioded
him: when Sly came out II tie room aieI kiii'ns
Matthews, be gave me the ldes tLdt no y" d" ~S0A' ~
tha, re lSly j had Killed him ...o.o,
rte Wines here hestated sad DID not seem dsPosea
10 testify sgsns sly but Justice Bennett told heI tns'
gly lad confessed tie crime ana to!d eI Tue Glenn d
stsnce.l. Wit,oss was then sens back 10 jan enu
.sfmed somev 4at sgitated and aher nervous;
The sfots belonging TO Sly we're here eIaolea 10