Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-08
lFrom the \. I. Herald. 21th.l
Murder at Newmarket, n. ]:

on the night IN question gentleman Dy
the name of Coriell, distant relation of the
Doctor, was awakened by loud rapping at
the door, and on raising the window TO as
certain the cause, be beheld the doctor ser
want girl standing at the door with the doc
t,rs child. boy two years old, IN her arms.
clamoring for admittance. He asked her
what she wanted, and she replied that there
was trouble at the physician house. He
told Der 10 run across the way to the minis
ter's, the Rev. VIM. c. Little while he
got ready to come down. Tie girl did as
she was told, and IN a few moments the
clergyman and friend proceeded 10 the
doctors, followed by the girl, while the
gentleman vino had been first awakened
went out into the man street and rang g
large bell. In a short time the whole vii
lage was aroused. Meanwhile the minister
and bis compauIJBs had proceeded TO the
doctors house, where they found everything
IN total darkness. The door was shut, but
unlocked. Entering On his hands and knees,
and feeling his way carefully as he went.
Mr. Little reached the door OF the bedroom
which lie found shut On opening it q
dense volume of smoke burst forth. almost
suhoeating those who were IN the outer
loom, and hickering flames were seen TO |
be creeping along the bedPos:s and the floor |
strewn with bedelOthe3. Amid the whole, /
with habilImenis torn 10 shrcds and besmear- /
ed with blood, lay the body Of Mrs. COriell. |
With the assistance Of the neighbOrs Mr.. /
Little had the body carried out and the I
flames IN the room extinguished. So soon as /
light had been procured and the smoked
dIspelled, a scene presented itself 10 the eyes
Of the hOrrOr-stricken spectators that made
the blood freeze IN the veins Of the most
sturdy. On every side were evidences Of
fearful s.ruggle-the led, with Its posts
blackened and charred; the bedclothes,
dragged to the flor in the scuAlc, ami STAN
ed with blood and gore; matted feathers
torn from the pillows the kerosene lamp
broken into fragments under the lali-con-
sumrd crib IN which tie little child had Ihat
night been put to sleep by Its mother 9
broken chair, with the splinters smeared with
CALCULATED blood. But the saddest sight
was the body OF the unfortunate victim.
There was not an inch Of flesh from the
forehead to the breast that was not covered
with hideous gashes. The .jugular vein was
torn out, not cut, and the deep ImTriat oi
four teeth was visible in the lei, cheek.
Twenty-three stabs in all had the mur-
dercr made, any one Of which would have
in all probability been cause Of death.
So soon as the excitement had somewhat
subsided, the servant girl, Bridget Durgan,
was questioned as to wha. she knew OF the
matter She SAID that about halfpast eight
O'Clock that evening two men called at the
house and asked to see DR.. COriell, but were
told that he had gone out TO visit a patient.
At half-past ten O'Clock they called again,
while ste was IN the kitchen and her mis-
tress lying on the lounge in the sitting room.
Shortly alter they had entered she heard
Mrs. Coriell scream and call out to her to
take the child away and 90 for the doctor.
Without stopping ~ see what was the mat
ter, she says she ran out and alarmed the
neighbors, and on returning with them
found the bedroom on fire and her mistress
dead.
During the day jury was emp4nelled by
Squire Bears. and the results showed be-
yond all shadow of doubt that not only was
the murder not committed by two men. but
that the doctors own servant girl was the
perpetrator Of the deed.
Rev. Mr.. Little testified to the fact men
toned above as to the finding OF the body Of
Mrs. COriell she was dead, but the body
was still warm, and the limbs quite plable /;
at this time my watch told forty minutes
past twelve O'Clock and twenty minutes
elapsed between the time | came to the
house and the time the FIRE was extinguish-
ed the servant. during the time we were
taking out the body, stood in the kitchen by
the door when she came to my house | OBJ
seved large blood stain on her skirts about
six inches in diameter she was bareheaded,
had but one shoe on, and was IN her night
clothes 1.-THE witness here related the story
told him by the servant) when remarked
that We could telegraph all over she country,
that the men might be caught, she said she
guessed We could not get them.
A neighbor, Mrs. Hilyer testified
was awakened about twelve O'Clock on
Monday night by some loud noise, and on
listening heard sounds as If person were
knocking chair against the floor l after
wards heard loud crying as OF a child oyer
in the direction OF the Doctors house /; | got
up and looked out Of the window and saw
light in the sitting room and some person
passing between 1t and me every now and
then thought once that heard a voice
crying out "0h. my baby, oh, my baby ;"
the crying was ike that OF a baby, but
much louder than | thought a baby could
cry.
Another neighbor, Mr.. Ellsworth testified
saw Bridget Durgan this morning, after
the murder made the remark that no
man. but a woman, had murdered deceased.
from the marks Of the teeth on the cheek /;
she looked at me pretty sharp after break.
fast she remarked to Mrs. Little. "What
will they do with me If know who did the
murder and won tell who did it?''
The girl Bridget was PIT on the stand,
and told her story as above, with impro-
bable and contradictory details. 4 sharp
pointed butcher knife, which lad been
found in the privy, she testified vas used the
night before and put away in a distant
pantry. She had heard 4 man named DOYLE,
say be would be revenged on the doctor,
for killing his Cousins child, and another
named Hunt complain because the doctor
had badly treated his sisters child. Doyle
and Hunt were brought in, and Bridget
pointed them out as the men who had done
the murder. They brought several witnesses
who proved satisfactory al:bis for them.
The servant girl then said that girl named
Anne LINEN, had perpetrated the deed, she
being present when Anne took the butchers
knife and went into the sitting room where
Mrs. COriell was lying asleep, remarking.
IAN American woman's life amt worth any
thing anyhow" She also swOre that Anne
had proposed robbing the house, and that
she herself had not done anything TO pre-
vent her from doing whatever she had a
mind to The woman thus accused was
put on the stand. when her employers and
others showed clearly that she was at home
the.night the murder was committed. Seeing
herself thus bsffled in her determined efforts
to tx the crime upon somebody, Bridget
sprang up, and, striking the table with her
fist. cried out, Who'll dare swear l did the
murder? You've all questioned me and
think did it. What else do You want to
know ? know who did il, but won't tell
you
Dr. Coriell testified that his wife notified
Bridget some time ago that she did not want
her any more, and that when her month
was up she would have 20 leave.
Several other witnesses were then examIn-
ed, one Of whom testified that be had seen
Bridget changing her clothes shortly after
the murder in the yard.
The jury found thai, Mrs. Cornell was will
fully murdered by wounds inflicted by knife
in the hands OF Bridget DuTgan and posi-