Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-27

speculation on this latter point II now quite
active, and II is the general impression that the
sentence will be COMMITTED TO imprisonment for
life, on the ground that So much time has passed
since his convection that public opinion does not
now demand Nte execution of the extreme pen
atty Of the law. Ih" act, however Of which he
was found glilty most diabolical our. and
this faet will doubtless excite a strong influence
against the convict. Friday. the 9Th of April,
Is fixed for the execution of the prisoner. sum
nons has been in Jail from July I5I9, period
of 81 ght years. The decision just rendered makes
the sixth time this case has been before the legal
tribunals of the State; four times before n jury.
and twice appeal in Columbus Cincinnati
Gazette, 10Th.
Hundred and EighB-Threr Needles ENtraet-
cd from the fie-h OF +" Lady, and She still
Or. Sumner publishes in the Rochester u. y
Union the following account of singular Of
monomanig, on the part of a young lady.
The subject nineteen years Of age, of nervous
temperament very healthy, and the daughter Of II
res pectabe farmer in Butternutts Ostcgo county, ~
J. She first came to my office April 2sth loJi TO
have n needle extracted from her lett arm which she
said got in accidentally as she was removing
bundle OF carpet rags This, amcdnm sized sewing
needle was soon found aud extracted from the ante
rior side Of the fore arm, about midway between the
wrist and the elbow. In less than week she called
again, saying he had another needle in her arm.
examined and found deep in the bend OF tue arm IA
hard substance which proved to lie needle similar
to the first, and accounted for in similar manner-
One week after thu the arm was very much swollen,
painful and presented the appearance of malignant
erysipeas, which continued aboat six days.
After the inflammation aud swelling bad subsidized,
six needles iound deep in the flesh about three
inches from the elbow. May Goth, fourteen tn
ken out higher and more on the posterior side Of the
arm. 3Oth, seventeen were taken from the arm and
shoulders. Some of these were superficial lying just
under the skim but most of them lay deep III the flesh,
and II number entirely under the bCeps muscle. One,
of large size lay with two thirds its length mbedded
in the hrachia artery. One large darning-ntede
found lying directly the bone, at the intersection
of the deltoid MUSCLE this caused inflammation
and suppurstion, which led to It's detection June
Ith, twelve removed from the left arm, from
the wrist, eleven from the left and from the right
breast. The avoe number extracted during the month
ofJune, cghty-seven; September ten; October
twenty-eight; mostly from the left breast and left
side OF the abdomen.
About the Etst of November ls53 she was attack
ed with violent fpasms. These continued about ,hpee
week., and subsequently large number of needles
were found In al parts of her left side, from the
shoulder to the knee. When apparently asleep she
would converse with her mother, and tell where the
needles might be found, but when awake she could
seldom be Undue ii 10 speak of them. Also when in
this sleeping sOmnambulic state she was entirely
unconscious Of pain While cutting through deep
MUSCLE or in the most sensitive parts weneyer could
perceive Notion Indicative of feeling "a number
we're cNrtrted III this sleeping state } GA the contra
~, when wake, She experienced acute pain, even
II IN the l,lst nCisou.
From january, la54, no needles were found until
the middle If the following summer, when she re-
ed II pms, cutting off the heads and thrusting
H. \ into 10 flesh. Subsequently she used hair
pluz. either hightencd aud put in whole the
broken halves These were found deep in the
lu - muscle ofthe thigh Several pieces of wire
aud pnrts oithe largest size Of knitting needles near