New-York tribune., 1868-04-16
THE CANAAN CHILD-MURDER 4RIAL.

STRONG CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE AGAINST
THE PRIsoNERs-THE DEFENSE CLOSED.
HUDSON, April 15.-The trial of Josephine and
Joseph Brown accused OF the murder of Angie Brown,
continues rapidly and the crowd in attendance today Is
much larger than noticeable YESTERDAY AS the ease
lates though as said yesterday Do ~ an
sydney H. Carney, Boston Pysieani enPVyra az
r'nti,s' of AWade BroWn at West Granby Conn.,
remains oA AIs ufonov taken on the OCCASION IN,
II occurs the following; Body naked, ana az OF y,
except PARTON OF the mater and the bottom or the LETT
foot backencd by heat and parts much charred; top OF
the head both scalp and bone, down To near the eyes
destroyed the dld mater covering the eectrH@ entire
but d;coored portions OF the eeeJcm were toand out
side the d,Wa mater the tongue protrudcd abont
and its extremity black; the remainder
was slightly yellow, ana ss3neWnM sn @ sMynen h"nS u;
cloth which was tightly applied as 10 leave wei.
marked indentaton. especially on the front ana rlght
Spner part was slightly Injected the trunk body
Was much severely burned on the right SIDE ah on
= stcarns NJ D. aud s. II. Carney NJ d. In addition to
the autopsy DR.. Carney testified that the heat was mp
Piled after the cld's death; the body Was buried m
Sitting position aud it retained that P position ION
present time The Doctor further SAID that the cI, tea-
SON he had believing that the heat was apprd ater
death ensued was that the Dody was pslegty n,y %
that If IL set upon the floor now, u Mou leia @ 80
without support The chin was on perlenul'UiIr uhe
Win the body The impoSsi6ty OF enila dy's re,au %
ing the position this child did, cause NM 20 iiihA 'aa Ia
heat was applied after death The Doctor sad tha tue
band discovered about tine meek was used evidently 70
hold the body In position; but whether II was nsed 10
srngie the child he could not say In relation To the
poStion OF the child Doctor wished 10 be positively
understood to say that person eo4d tO' y Ve "is - @ "
death aud rdin such position lie asserted ths peeauae
he had great experience ana had seen """! p'iso"'
burned before and after death -, -, .,o ros,
The Pembcrtou Mills were burned and from the posi-
on of the bodies of OF the victims they must nave
died before they burned as soon rs eoseiVuhess
is taken away from person the muscles le.aN tne e
son tins body was fo4lnd in the Doctor sau thst ne
made dissection OF the neck under he Daa iounn , o
H. but discovered nothing except an lhueht"loh Mn'.n
showed had been applied the neck WaS hoe 80
much charred as to prevent ms seeing that vIce 'u
been applied The next TWO wneSSes, co,rnhor,ied fiy
the very important testimony gwen py Dr Ialney. NM
This morning the testimony for the detSise wus pe
sented the counsel for the prisoner saying ne snouu
make any extended remarks but should leave that uht
the summing up The testimony whch nc wou , q, he
duce would be merely eHpsnaso' s Mrs. E Lya Fox the
mother OF Mrs. Brown, who testihed hat se ,, asa ~
CRANKY Conn. she said her daughter Was ,,"r
wears ago, she did not attend tue wedulb2i sho
ward sent letter to Mrs Brown, her daig 1ef i mn nv
she said that she did not believe she was haII'"
never saw Brown tIll he came 70 ts ner puins of the
house at Canaan. She testified 10 lecelhs w o., rne
her daughter by express the SATURDAY picni, aiSnin
burning which contained some magazines Doohe r.,
half ward of woolen CLOTH and few other ~
brothers named Drown. paper 49,, sy OF the
testified that Brown wofAca LOT ~ I III ~ noon: they
SUTnq PaDa,ss, S,Ss sses so%sla Ssae
other witnesses were then lnirOducS,u. , ,.k recess
many was unintercsing The Court then tvyn E,ny
sor 1ipncr Alter dinner Frank Tyler of Ch.h, s, S
Corners swore that he had seen Mrs ,s. and ON an
Office the day Of the burning VI she bought nlaga
occasion two or three Weehs Pi'''
To the surprise Of many the defense sne % ,rose
& 10 ,ad 70 fhc Court for time 70 arrange anu CLASSIFY
the testimony adduced before saist ar r,ha " cn@rt
"as ,.ss Of Testimony, ana asked thit ttc N"'
.eLc ,, % d,rn rl tomorrow morning The Court hhai,
| consented,