The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-31

Exe1temsnt at Bonnn1eoD-A Man ChaxHed
win Poassnhg Ms We, ChAid and Servant
Hrom the Troy Times, July I'll
Great excumont exlsts atBennngt0n, VI growing out
Of remsSsSie case developed there Which SCI ms 70 in
vove probability Of the murder, by farmer of that
ewn, good circumstances, named Nathaniel spAford,
servant girl In his employ. The circumstances % we
have chained record Of them, are these
Yesterday morning splnord rose q an early hour, be-.
fore his wife had been awakened buta fire ard prepared
she ccee for breakfast. Was something unusual for
hm 70 do this but when his wife, who had awakened
whe offered To coffee told ner not
10 mind, he could make we'll. When broaktass WAS
served Spaford remarked that he believed he would not
drink any ceiee and none Was poured out Tor nun hs
Ghe asked him the reason OF ta Ho answered tna NO
mad been thinking that the beverage hurtful TO him
that destroyed the tone of his stomach And weakened
his nerves. and therefore he had concluded TO gve up
No suspicion Of evil design his part being entertained
this explanation deemed satisfactory Mrs Spaiord,
her child and servant girl employed in the family, sn
Very coon AFTER breakfast Mrs. s. began TO experience
burning pain in the stomach, ana sensation OF fulness
which precedes violent illness from sudden nismmasOry
stacks She remarked this 70 the servant girl, and the
hitter replied that she hsd been similarly Affected Al
NEST 1t the same time the Child complained OF peng uu
we'll These premonory symptoms were almost imne
dAselY succseded BY terrible vomiting painful re;ching
asd throbbng pains In the head 10 each case neigh
bor-Mrs Charles Capp wife Of engineer ON the Troy
and Boston entering the house, Mrs Spaford,
Numbering that husband had drank coffee
IN The morning and coupling with his anxiety - prepare
beverage Mrs Cspp laughed ~ ner fears, and asked
for cup Of The coffee, Of which she drank small guam
thy Soon afer she also was taken sick, and precisely
the same symptoms were manifested in her case.
This morning, the physicians having the pstents in
charge the servant girl and the child out Of
danger. Mrs. Spaord, however, was thought BY them
woold die She was BinkDg rapidly, and the poison,
Whatever may have been seemed 70 have operated with
Attorney took her snte mortem deposition, which
ms1e BY her in full views Of the probabilities or DEATH
her physicians having informed her that she was not
me remaining portion Of the coffee made by spAord
and whch-from what reason remains 10 be developed
seems TO have been the cause Of this mysterious sick
ness was taken Albany for analy zaon this msrnng.
Dr. Coon apothecary or the village, that short
time since he sold speord quantity Of corrosive susi
mate which he stated that he wanted for the purpose OF
killing bsdbugs. He lives in new house, however, in
which there no bedbugs, and his family are not aware
The symptoms Of sickness in all I'VE Of the
precisely such would ensue from tue administration
corrosive subimate being even more RAPID io their ap-
peArance and far violent than N case6 where
arsenic has been taken into the system This crcum-
stance seems 70 be one in peculiarly complete and un
broken chain Of Circumstantial evidence.
spsord is q Of about thirty five years. Of fair
pu,e hitherto and In the epoymensof good circumstances
yecunarily. He has been employed ~ manager Of Nm.
P. Hawks farm. With regard TO the motive no would
have for committing the terrible crime which suspicion
iasens upon hm-h be did commits it-n is stated thGs
he h.s been for some time past paying attentions 70
Young womsn IN Shaftsbury that those attentions have
been OF an equvoca character, and suspicion thus in
euce- that he wanted TO get bis wife of the way IL
be did, he certainly went TO work IN very bungiins
From the Troy Times, July 2s]
Mrs. Spaord, who is supposed to have been poisoned
By her husband at North Bennington Monday, still
tve, but In extremely Frustrated condition. and her
phy,cia1s do feel thai any Symphonic OF her case
varrap. them entertaining hope Of her recovery Mrs
Clap D. who drank le Of the coffee on trial. and who, 1t
vas ii frat supposed was serously affected by IT,
taken very low last evening" with the same symptoms -
accompanied the proeration OF Mrs. Spabrd During the
ueht the ply sians did lot think possible for her to
recover. Tnis morning she very little beer bu.
condition Ia OF extreme danger Even In case the
onould Ia
attendance thai the prosrang effects of the poison
upon would be removed for year. 10 very tena
Of s hold upon the distributing vessels. Spaiord
s remains In JAIL and says nothing. The coffee, which
Albany for chemical suayzson, las not yet
been returned should the result be sent back n time Is
is the intention OF A. p Lyman, States Attorney 10
nepce an examination Of the prisoner this Afternoon. the
excitement among the people on the subject has not 10 the
least abated.