, 1866-03-22
TIE EYANS.NENLANp TRAGEDY.
&1atfr TsrH Of the rcase.-Atroei.y OF
= F1Aa murdek.TnaComfnx Trial.

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It b 4. pretty vel settled fact that NAN
he 5educeF 81 bis vie, sister or daughter. IN. IN
less 1ndes unusual circumstances. aud the te-
,coEds Of aug criminal courts beag nurne1or,
prcceGCnts. But there arc several features in
the case of Dr. Hewland, which seem to fustt-
f. the feeling against him The theory Of the
defence is, that the doctor, uladdened and In
.furiased By the knowledge Of his daughters
shame, and acting from 4 sudden II not m
and shot him deNn.- But the fActs, 81 can
learn them from all sources, do not justify this
assertion It appears that DE, y. had = let
ter from the Principal Of the TeT1e Hanta
school several days before the occurrence.
Just What 1t contained / an unable to state;
but It's contents were evidently Of such a
character as to seriously alnrm and distress
Terre Hante. Hedepies having had IN inter
views with his daughter, but says he saH-the
Principal of1he school, aud learned that some-
thing. Was -Erong, Ehereupon he returned to
Bedford and sent for his daughter. It Is
hardly psobab1e that a fhther who loves bis
daughter wotlld thus 1eaye without harinr m
iuteTyIeW with her. knowing that she was In
trouble, aud being In the came town sud be-
neatlr the-same roof With her. Therefore,
many persons believe that he did SEQ her, and
learned the nature Of the trouble This, II
true, would do away With the theory of i'm
pnlsire fnsanlty-=s
The manner OF the killing and the une1am-
Piled ferocitY- which 80 horribly gashcd and
mntilated the body OF the dying man, plead
ins p1teonsly to BE- pernltted to 60 homo and
die beneath his own root, Is urged against the
doctor. Evans lived on the HeltonTille road,
about ths fourth Of a mile notth Of Bedford,
and the killing took place in little ravina ut
the foot o. tho hill-a dark and lonely locaIf-
Is, with q few contiguous shantics, inhhtitcd
BIZ persons In humble circumstances, From,
tie time Newland called at the house 10 the
time Of the killing, period Of thirty minutes
is sa!d to haSa elapsed. The ravinc il not two
minutes waik from the house, and the infer
'enee is Irresistible that New]and must have
here lain in wait for his victim nearly q half
hour.
The doctors previous character also con-
tributes 10 the feeling against him. He il
ia kaId to have been somewhat notorious on
account Of hIa in.fixues With tbs opposite
sc1, and to haEe been In the habit Of publicly
boasting Of the number Of women be had de-
bAuchet.
An atternpt vii also be made by the prose-
cution to show that more than one person
was implicated in the killing. It Is alleged
literally cut to pieces, bears the marks Of dig
ferent knite-holes- long, two-edged cat.
Ing, and heaTy sing1e-edsed knife, with q
thick back.
There are other facts which will be attempt
ed to be shown By the prosecution, of which
1t is not proper to speak. A large number Of
wItnesscs haye been summoned. Nearly every
Newland, has been suhptenaed hs the defence
or prosecution, and the trial will be an inter-
estiug one. The best legal talent in the State
has been employed On each side.