The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-22
THE NEWMARKET MURDER.
TRIAL OF BRIDGET DERaEN FOR KILLING MR.
coRTEII


Mr Theodore Coriell the first witness who
was sworn, yesterday morning, In the Court at
New Brunswick, N j., testified that about l2R
O'Clock on the morning of February 70, Bridget
DerVan the servant who is accused of the
murder of Mrs, Coriell, knocked at the front
door of the deponenCs abode and informed
house," depOnent accompanied the girl TO DIR.
Coriells, and found Mrs. Corielps bed
room on fire; with the assistance of a neighbor,
exIinguished the flames; subsequently con
versed with Bridget bergen, and she said that
men called at DIR. Corielrs, and departed at
about l015; she was in the kitchen, minding the
babe; Mrs Coriell admiti ed the men, and soon
afterwards bade her summon the Doctor; she
then took the babe and ran out of the kitchen
door, the men, at that time, according to her
noted her behavior while she was giving him
tins Information, and he and Asa Bush OBJ
served and spoke of spots of blood on the petit
coats of the babe, which she was dressing at the
time; she dropped the garment The examina-
tion of Asa Bush elected nothing material be-
yond the testimony of Mr. COriell, which is
The Rev. Charles e. Little having been sworn
said-My wife woke me shortly after IL o'clock;
heard somebody pounding at the door, and Is
cry; saw a woman without her dress on stand
ing below; she was exclaiming, "Oh dear, let
me lD;" L inquired what was the matter and
there was trouble at Mrs. Currie's; 1 asked her
what she had in her arms; she said Dr. Ooriel,'s
little Mary; 1 let her into the house, and in
Quired what was the trouble at the doctor IS; she
said two men were there when she left-they had
arrived just before she left; Mrs. Corie had
6u.
"Bridget go for the doctor:' asked her what the
men were doing, but she did not know and made
the remark that she did not know whether
the house was on fire or not; after had lighted
the lamp Bridget put the child on our bed and /
seated helselt Dy tne oe9shide; h; the hrst thing
which was about four inches from her waist, on
her left side; the skirt looked new and fresh,
and was somewhat muddy, as were her stock.
ings; the bloody spot was from SIX to eight
inches in diameter, and in one spot the blood
looked fresh, as though not yet dry; when
Bridget saw me looking at her skirt, she folded
II under her and sab on II; said would 90 to
Mr. loves and obtain help, and then 90 to the
Doctors; Bridget went with me; 1 told him
there was trouble at DR., Coriells; John Lowe,
ST. and John Love- & Jr aSc99mpanied 9lpo me TO
friends outside; don't be afraid" there was no
response, entered the sitting-room and
Mr. Lowe brought some water, which l threw
into the room, and then crept in on my hands
five feet put my hand upon the corpse of Mrs
Coriell; when brought her body to the light
much blood on her neck and the upper part of
her chest; the body was not yet cold when
dragged it out, the blood which had flowed
her cheeks were swollen; her hair was parted
and my impression was that it was torn from
feathers were adhering to it; Mr.. Lowe and
myself took the body to Mr.. Hillyers;
we then sent for DR.. Decker, and returned
to the house; went again TO Mr.. Htllyer's, and
felt Mrs. .Coriell's pulse; that was about i2I
and found the fire still raging; some men
brought water and threw it upon the fire, and
it was extingushed; the fire had consumed a
part of the bedstead, and burned part of the
wall partition; all the blood appeared to be in
the wound on the right hand of Mrs. Corieli:
there were three deep cuts from some sharp in
were sevsred. noTiced marks OF bined ggTs ngt
decreasing leading from the bedroom to the
sltting-room; the m marks appeared TO have been
teeth on the body at Mr.. Hillyer's house:
they were on the right t, side Of the face,
not know who the men were; 1 told
her that we would very likely catch the men
9uired how she knew; She THepiied, .6h. be-. be.
cause" during the inquest on the Goth we sent
for wax to take an impression of the teeth: |
told her to make the prints of her teeth in the
wax very lightly; she made it through the wax;
nSt succeed in getting the impresson' nnG s di3
impression taken afterwards 1 spoke with her
the day following the inquest in the morning.
have required great struggle in your mind TO
resolve to kill Mrs Cortell;" said, "When you
thought of Mrs Coriells kindness in taking
care of you in your sickness, and of her little
child being left motherless, you must
SSve SoT Vent ve SGor or tSs kn ng when
and when Mrs. Coriell took the knife in
her hand to defend herself. and you saw the
must have failed you. Bridget; and when you
saw her driven from one room to another, and
her; and when you took the lamp and threw
it in the bed to fire It, and thought of what you
was DO vo ssv gS yoS her reply
it, and raising her voice, said, "If you know /
did it, make your affidayit;" she said she
knew we wanted to hang her; her dress was
soiled at the bottom; saw a skirt In her room
having spot of blood on it, and three feathers
attached to the blood IL was lying on the bed;
when saw her at my house, my first impres..
sion was she was insane; after heard her speak,
knew she was not.
Mrs Elvira Little, wife of the Rev. Mr.. Little.
corroborated her husbands testimony, and after
MessTs Cyrus Lowe, John H. Lowe, and Mrs
ba
adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning N y
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