The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-16

ment's reasoning from those acts impelled by
momentary dts Of anger, We have the many
acts Of kindness on the part Of the prisoner
and all the efforts she has made 10 save not
only the life. but the character Other husband.
His conduct, too, 10 In evidence. and many
wife has been driven 10 the verge OF despair.
by just sneh conduct - his, and, made - burn
with shame. wounded and beart-broken, have
at last gone to their graves, victims Of hu:-
lands cruelty. Open the doors Of mad
houses, or insane asylums, and see there tho
wrecks Of humanity, made 30 by just such
conduct - Dr.. Swett's-and then tell ne II
you wonder that the prisoner was affected by
i. CoIhtss Esves eles sndiyHia W their
f Dl 81. az :. r - Il: .su. on
Who sits here, CHARGED With bis murisr.. II
guilty No, gentlemen not thus would Dr..
SWEET bid fsyswell 70 her whom he had 0pce
loyvd - Who, By - recklsss eonductv rs
driven 70 hts Of phreniy. and such acts e arc
now soughtto b tortured into proofs of hat
red mot thus would he pronounce against one
Who had suffered for him 81 she had suffered.
@shSped q :se s h.s hoped: - today. Dr.:
above what : thrill Of Joy would 20 to tho
heart Of this poor woman, the prisooss, - 10
hard words, and, sometimes, untisd scts. she
loved him: and desired. above Oh other oSjeefs,
70 ehect hts reform, and thus make her, and
his home, .galn happy. again hlied With the
DR.. SyUttWS Waaktyypuhg Gs pSp and
by them alone. Through oil his years OF up.
fsithfulness, he trusted her, and trusted her,
too, ~ be trusted none other-I would that
could say, he constantly loved her. also, but
esS say that he knew che loved him,-else
Why did BE- llys With her,-why give her his
propertys-vhy no these woris,s "Chesr W /.
Jenny, We win b happy yst,"-.wor,is altered.
The day before his death III Was in,inatsd that
the prisoners attempt to take her own hh,
after the death OF her husband. IL one circum-
stance tending TO shew her guilt, or st least
her knowlsdge OF the deadly effects Of morphise.
Did she know at the time she administered n !.
that tho morphine she gave her husband was q
deadly dosef DR.. Richards told her when her
husband lay there upon the sofa In her pre-.
ence, dying. that the morphine she had 'eiv.n
uss killing him, and the. she Was overwheiu-
ell with grief, and, - she said 1t The time,
she wanted to die too aud 50 she took NOR
gave her husband, 8 |. shown ~ ks opinion
Of Dr.. Richsrds, thst the quantity was 10 largo
her stomach at once rejected u or portion 'of
10. She declared upon the witness stand, that
she hardly knew what she did intend when she
took that dose OF morphine -thousht she want
ed talis, Che du=dil not xantta-sec him .dio.
I-Wbuteu W sleep hnu my earneu DIutner
may here find what ,helRay 1sSgins Is - In
consistency but. gent iensn, do you believe
that the prisoner knsi any we'll defined purpose
in view, when she took that morphine Was
Il, or not. phrenslsd Get; and apnthe msment.
did. or did not, phrensy rise up by the side Of
| reason and dethrone iti Had the prisoner In
tended her husband 8 death she would have pre-
pared for Il but this act OF hers shpFs how ut
terly unpreparedshe was for such an event, and
proves, too, that she did not intend such re-
suit for. whom led TO believe, BY Dr.. Rich
ards, that she morphins shc' had given sss
killing him, she herself took larger ssd desd-
lier dose, and then, with death staring her In
the face, she declared, and called upon her God
into whose presence she believed she was about
to GO, to witness that she lid not intend TO kill
her husband. That declaration OF the prison.
er. that she did not intend 10 Kill her hus-
band, -mde when she had reasons 10 believe
that she would de herself within the hour, and
meet N the spisit world, faee to face. her bus.
band, In the awful presence OF her Maksr-I
cannot treat - talse. Believes ell eIso against
her. you will,-csn you believe that she would
rush iato eternity With Q lie spoa, hey lips ?
No, gentlsmcn, no she did not dars then TO
tell Q lie 1. She told the truth. and rwss pot
afraid to die, calling upon that God who wss to
judge her 10 witness taat what she uttered
Was true.