New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-21
Nep11ork DAILY Gribnme
THE POLAND TRAGEDY.
EORRIBLE MURDER.

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inson before Edwsrd l. Lite esq " aso. If
Joserh En- eman and Ssmael r. W af'rhou-., eel,, =.
Polsnd-c W Goddard esq, Attorney ior Tue p 9un'i
Of Audrosc, se IN appearing for the Stale, anu ps.t
Dunn e,q Of Poland for the pr'sorerIhes oeen IN
nitled 10 Jail, without bail, Ia await his tial y" ~
holden In this place on the fourth Tuesday o JshuAr
next. The examination occupied from fricsy noon o'
lsst ia Monday night of the present week lne ia.S
which have been elected 90 70 show that nos. 10
bic and cold blooded murder has been COMMITTEE oy
.ome per.on. and that there are sufficient crcl1l-
stances To warrant the holding CT Mr.. George hnish'
10 suswer To the charge. .
Mr.. Knight is farmer abou, iolty, and his VIE
was Dot tar en- sixty of see. SO far ~ any
thing that was publicly known before this trsged hey
bsd lived togeii er pesceaby. Mrs. h. was the widow
81 an OLDER brother If Mr. Knight and has large tam
lily by Ter former husband, all of whom men and
vCmt grown. Size hsd been married to Knight thir
teen Yeas. Mr. Knight hss 70 children He lives no.
far from Poland Conner, and has fine farm and house,
which was the property of his wife, ard LEFT her
ty her first husband.
The facts SO far Is elected are as follows: Ga Mon.
cav evening, about : O'Clock, Mr.. George Knight
yoked up bis oxen loaded ieE shingles which
ct the door, On hs cart and gave h. family TO under
stand that he was going 10 neighbor Mr. ueucksl.
about mile 0.sisIt 70 complete his load, preparatory
10 going TO Gray Corner early the next morning. The
road 10 Mr.. lkrricks was very circui,ous, and Mr..
KNIGHT TO distance bad made private way over
ms own ler D. which passed through piece Of woods
and entered tie main read leading 10 Gray Corner a
shor, distance below Mr. Herick house and between
rs house and Gray. Mr.. Knight. soon after clock
CT MsDiay oyerlng, was seen with his teen gu this
Ms' Kucht expected her husband home, and COZ
seoncrtlv the roeh door le unfs,e ned Previous
10 Going 70 bed, little .irl went down 10 the celia
sId brough. uv some canoes and laid The m IN the cell
isrvsv. AT TIE usual time the family went TO bed
Mrs X in room in the front part of the house which
was connected with the porch and with the front eny
by Il, ors. Tie mother of Mr.. Knight al old lady
about eighty Yeas Of age and quite deaf went to bed
al,Io in ba k room off from the psrlor; lte g!rl
ian sdouted chd some thirteen years OF age slept III
smother back room adjoining and little by about
ton in stll another back room. These three rooms
eronrd into ebch ether About II clock the old lady
was swcke oy Mrs. Knight coming into her room ana
SAVING that she desired to get into bed with her she
did o. taking the back Size Of the bed
A tw minutes before L. O'Clock, the old lady and
the te boy-beirg with the exception OF the gir al
tie persons in the house-w were both awaken-d oy.
slarr cry and by gIoans proceeding from the room IN
which 'ierandmuther and Mrs. Knight had gone 10
he'd The little boy in the adjoining room te'tihe'i
TINT be heard the voice of Mrs. and distinguished
the words, Hannah, let me alone. In, 9I' laoyi
b.irp deaf beard nothing but groans, which lasted
oply moment, but felt what she supposed were the
eins of tie deceased thrown upon her Ter ihed sue
sprsng out of bed and rushed INTO The ADJOINING room,
where the little boy was already out OF bed, aud whee
tle little pil avn encd by the boy, immediately
cane As 9hc opened the door, the little girl thought
he caught a glimpse of a shadow pas-ing by WIN
dow which the room WHITE MIS- N. ""'i :" :"
line with The door and heard noise in the paror
The old LADY, much frightened, Immediately asked II
Aunt Mar, as she termed Mrs. Knight, ever had
ia A. r,,,o
,lwas near mjnieht-tbe old lady and the niue
how and Girl stood in the adjoining that whence
such terrible groaIs Lad come. what had ociuIrei
,h,y knew not yst il was certain hnt some eVh oad
bel:ltn Aunt Mary" The door leading into her
room YVES shut and they dsred not open u. Acr
some difficulty lamp lighted, and the little boy
wrs dispatched TO nes hbor - some forty rods OTIS
t,nt-t6 procure aid. A neigh Mrs. Rice) soon
in, ard they proceeded 70 INC in
Of the rect turned his eyes TO the bed behe
Mrs X. lying on il in pool OF blood ana mu edia.ely
crew back crying out, Aunt Maty mas h,i.su hen
sCf,7 Trey AL started back aflrighed, and the boy
vas again se,t for neit hbor Ga their ret irn hey
went 10 the bedside when the most horrible sight pre-
! ,.piod n.ell Mrs. knight lay on her side, win
pillow thrown over hef bead az iuougn ~ . 81 ,h
Ind with her threat cut from hw inches front Oh tne
.,i ear 10 the slme distance behind the other est
The wudtipe and both carotids we're severed Ine
bed wss COY eied with blood Other ne'ghoors were
Summoned physicians were sent FOR ana as YET DO
.usp,ios we've entertained that there Lad been any
toui MAY Meeseugc rs sent to Mr. Herrick Tor
Mr. XII. ht who informed them that he had gone 10
To return 70 Mr. Knight. Al twenty minutes before
ten o'clock. On Monday night be left Mr. Heulcks,
with his (, am and shingles, for Gray Corner Between
ten and twelve O'Clock, Two men Parsea .lc NI',e
L. 9th Of this read that Mr. Knight must travel to
Crny and they met no team nor any person. Where,
then was Mr. knight during these Two hounl About
four oclo, Oh Tuesday morning, Mr. Knight called 40
n man who ii, cd eight miles from MIR. Herfck !, ana
r.kfd Ia warm hmself remarkiLg that he was cold
and had been waiting there some hours. thus IN s'f
ho ars lie had gone eight miles of bic journey AT seven
oclock ia the morning, nc entered Gray 'inage "nu
his team ard shingles having been but trce hoars go
ipg the last six miles of hs journey AZ he was enter
ing village the messengers who had been sent afe
INN from the scene Of the tragedy, overlook him, and
inf I'M. him that they had bad news to communicate
that biz wits
! merely Tema ked that he couldn't believe H. W uncut
intiua ii desire 10 immediately return nome, nc
proceeded on with hs team and sold ts shingles ana
Il was opy at the requctt Of the messengers toa ne
| concluded to return home with one OF them IN the
wagon, aid leave the other TO come back with the
team Some time i'll the morning he reached nome.
| His coat was butiOned up.
7, wss morninq-Deiehbors had assembed--a cor
oner had been mt forLere great excitement ia
Tat uualy quiet neighboThood Asyet was supposed
tint Mrs Knight had killed herself TN examining toe
hed razor was found tie foot OF 1t. IL Was shut,
blcodless end on examination iOund 10 be dusy.
Other rooms in the houso were examined. The can
dies that tie little girl had brought up we're all gone
The matches were all gone only haviug been lett
II a co,ner of the box. Tits had been used the
niob, bc1ore for lighting the lamp. Three pillows were
found on the bed on which lay the dead woman. On
examination pillow was found gone from the psrlor
bid The front parlor widow was out and rested on
air and table and one OF the casiDgs torn of.
Spots of blood alt distinct prints Of bloody hands we're
Esnd Oh tie window sill, a. though some person IN MS
hurry 10 escape had stepped ons log under the vino ",
ard slppipg had grarped the window 10 prev nt his
Ling. AL Low wtre confident thu; Ms kasht had
ben nu-dered and suspicious began to be whispered
nst h,r husband was implicated lie, however,
81 wed Lo slgbs Oi eaI. 49,
Tic Curoaet's Jcry retained seael verdict Too
(rniy Attorney was notified, and Immediately Sc;
sb,ut ienctnk u, the myst rious trag edy Drs Carr
and KIl sell o Mechanic Fsls d.. EvCeth Of Poland,
H. S'e'uan ard DIS. Gsrccion snd Fessenden Of
I,wistou examined the wound, ana gave 1t as their
uii,n llst Mrs. X. could lot have male such