New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-17

z.k... psy che Of The Coroner's jury, Wa hrough.
I'D 10 prove sly's ,sstDoIy ., The Coroner
alter they fosbe out so1neihIng aeoa ne a. Aa ~
cood ak Nrs. Heney direc. questloa- she osned ap
ttst ,be had earred he hgt; iOT sly to se' the eao
Iyn %. porrnan. the nan VITO oaul ih, 'as v'n
Sis,,.. Ke.ler verified IT, krs ~lisA be ius om
TIE rro-ecu.ion was res'ed. 81.
NJ Sheldon read q LIT - foaTte, . n tncescs az AZ
offLern VITO were preseDt were sworn.
Pr J.w.tt recalled have hai frequent inter
xi.s. v III tie par-.es VIA r,irren,c % s~cFtaliAS
,heir state of ld. lave 10 doGo; ihsi ~ j. an m
l4cile. = mrd seems 20 b. gooi deal shattered 90
.,-r.reiy f.ebe: don'i deem hn iussne bu, ~ ar
a. ri r1rd - IS can D. deiuced III =; have no
ou.,or trt Tat b. though. be VA dong God sryice
y va. Le DID. have known lin 7eviou-iy haYe
ted fre9usIt III. TveEs with Mr. hersey and believe
that Re = lgb1n- 1ncer 81 insane dclu>lOn she =
uoJ-sn Of good education according 20 her Own state
rLert sle Ia beer Ml.eTIte; ! tnInk Il might be
SAT-. To ssv hat Mr. Wekem6n = lsb5ring under
fer a-ca delUsorso much % 3, 20 render her an IN
sa rl,on 20 5e a; large an not certain tha. she i
,ircere: presume that by some phygcans Il would
he called irsanitv NY reeson f)r no; believing Der 70
he sincere j. that have detected her IN one or Two
falehoods can't sy that she bad io.i any OF my o"n
krowJedge A letter was reac 10 her and she denied
the truth Of = and sterwaTd aid Il al true with
The exception 4 one single circurnst2Dce.
ross-e1aulination-Sy's celusiOn Il coex'enslve
with biz mind | think Mr.. Hersey thought she was
i
Wskemsn T. sincere; ] think SIZE may believe her
.torv very much a. an old sailor believes hs yarns
after telling them many times that be has really for
gotten how much n true.
Mr.. sheldon read the affidavit Of Ephraim Moore
giyir1, 81 account Of Miss Hersey while she was
tcbool teacher in Worcester before she joined the
Ni.riies: he liked 10 read u Revelations, end was
forc Of the marvellous Up 20 the time Of her joining
tie Mill rtes be did lot think that her mind was IN
souId th6re was then SUCH a change that be wa sur
IT-ed az II. -
Tie AFFIDAVIT Of Hulda Baylis was read to the effect
that Mis- Hers4y was ~ exemplary gil, and Der own
brother was crazy from religious causes. Sac gave
away nearly OIL her property 20 the hilente- oeiors
lie left Worcester Levi Chapin's affidavit was
reed; lie purport was similar.
.Josiah )acksOD cOlOred, afiiuned.-Hsve been ac-
Ouairted with MTs. Wakeman about thirteen year,
ete lived little ways from me, aud had heard Of her
being a doctress woman; / had a feyer-s0re on my
ankle: she came and looked at II, and says she,
Somebody = put complete trIck On you; well, che
put poultice the bottom Of my foot, and in twelve
hour the pain had left me, and for three year, she
dressed my foot every day she aid that was Tucked
witch il the a. enchantment suppose; she has
alwaye treated very kind, and read the BlD.e 70
ne Which was very fond Of heain'; Mr.. Wakeman
told me one day not 10 shake hands with Amos Hunt
for he had power 20 kill me; bot when be came IN he
cane ard shook hands with me- and il did Mt hurt me
bit. however, ! began 20 believe il, and soon !
would nj a went into Hunts houss sooner n would
into houfe all light blaze; Amos whitfield with
Natthew vs. knife; Mathe VS. told this, and when he
went home his wife was taken SICK sudden, and she
said that if the knife burned II would perhaps
bring m the millennium: So night was there and
Matthews made up f!e and burned the KNIFE. MT.
Jackson then went On TO speak of witchhazel sticks
and the occurrence Of thu evening before the murder
At O'Clock the Court adjourned until O'Clock On
TLursGay.