Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-27
New England Dispatches.
A FOrger and his Misunderstanding
Grimes in Connecticut, etc.


BosToN, April 26.-Gen. Gordon has written
letter, disproving Gen. Buffers insinuations
against him in the latter's late controversy with
Gen. Farnsworth After detailing the grounds
of the charges preferred against him during the
war, Gen. Gordon says: Hln 1865, alter the close
of the war, the proceedings of the court still
lay in pigeon hole at Washington. No review;
no approval; no notice was taken of that which
was then is now and ever will be considered as
frivolous and unworthy of notice. | left the
army receiving two brevets as major general for
distinguished and meritorious services"
The Boston nine played the Harvards this af-
ternoon, winning-13 to 4-and started this eve
ming for New York, on their summer campaign.
MAINE.
PORTLAND, April 26.-It is said that Nutter,
the alleged fOrger, arrived here last Satur-
day afternoon, and stopped at ono of the
hotels under an assumed name. He was recog-
nzed by parties who knew him, but did not
know of his proceedings He probably left here
on the steamer HISTORIAN for Liverpool, which
sailed at 6.15 p. NJ. Saturday or may have gone
TO Canada Nutter, about year ago, issued
note in Nights name, which was settled by
Hight, who was convinced that Nutter intended
to draw draft, Hight owing Nutter for shocks,
and through Ignorance of business customs by
mistake made note with Nights name as
payee. 1t was probably not SO much of a mis-
take as appeared. A director of the Cocheco
bank, Dover, was in town yesterday looking up
the affair. There is some OF the paper in Boston
banks, as in Dover and other New Hampshire
places. Mr.. Nights account with Nuttcr has
been settled by Mr. Nights agent and all genu-
inc notes of the latter have been paid, except
the notes named in account. These forgeries
were 50 nicely done as to blind the bank cash
iers. The genuine notes were upon blanks pur-
chased where Mr.. Hight is IN the habit Of buy
ing his own, but the spurious notes were on
blanks bought of another stationer.
EAsTPoRT, April 26.-The schooner Nellie
Ctaplpc from PrOViupptown Iuhpp poO
sized and abandoned Monday morning. Samuel
Staples, the most prominent merchant of Lubec,
was drowned.
1.-THE Nellie Staples reported above) was seen
on Tuesday afternoon, on her beam ends, with
all sails set and abandoned, 80 miles east from
Cape Cod.
PORTLAND, April 26.-The Eastern Star and
Machigonne encampments, Odd Fellows, cele-
brated the SD anniversary of Odd Fellowship
to-day by a public5parade, in new regatta. This
evening there is a promenade concert at City
hall.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mt. WASHINGTON, April 2G.-Edward Bur-
beck of Dartmouth college, Alonzo Hall of
Whitefeld, and myself, walked up from Marsh
field in less than three hours to-day. There is
no snow at Marshield, and but little at the
summit The only snowy peaks visible are
Mount Mansfield, few submits in Canada
IhIayGIlt duu IDO dOJdCcul w ulle liOuuIdllS5
all the rest of the country is bare. The frost
feathers are remarkably fine, nearly equal to
those of the winter months. Some of the frost
flowers closely resemble the alabaster rosettes
of the Mammoth cave, Kentucky.
c. II. HITCHcoCK.
CONNECTICUT.
HARTFORD, April 26.-In the superior court
for Litchheld county, to-day, Frederick Hall,
colored, was convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, for killing Mrs. Louisa Richardson, also
colored, in Warren on the first of March. The
accused made a confession, in open court
stating that he had criminal intimacy with the
woman, and dispute arose about the price of
the infamy, when she assaulted him with
knife, and he, using clubs beat her to death.
1t was evident that he did not tell the whole
truth. He will be sentenced tomorrow.
Another trial, more sickening in its details,
began in the same court yesterday, being that
of Joel W. Perkins of Cornwall, for incest and
murder. The man was arrested two months
ago, since which time the most shocking devela
opments have come to light. During ten years,
Perkins has been guilty of incest with six
daughters, using compulsion in each case. The
eldest daughter is now twenty-eight years old,
and has given birth to five children, the result
Of her fathers unnatural crime.
Two of these children are living, one having
been born since Perkins arrest The other
three, it is believed, were murdered Immediately
after birth, the girl testifying that she never
saw them but heard their cries before her father
took them from the room. In the case of
another daughter, one child was born and did
not survive. A third daughter is now erciente.
The wife of the accused died two or three weeks
ago of paralysis, FASTENED, no doubt, by the
terrible revelations.
Perkins is fifty-four years old and has always
lived in Litchdeld county and worked as wheel
wright and blacksmith. Though apparently in.
teliigent and capable of holding good position
in the community, he has kept his family aloof
from society, and denied them the privileges of
the school and church, and lived in abiect
squalor and poverty, Isolated as they have been
from all companionShip with others, the life the
family has led has been possible without legal
interference, though suspicion of evil doing has
existed for long time.
A reporter from the Courant of this city inter-
viewed him to-day, and he confessed his crimi.
nal intimacy with the daughters, but denied
having taken the life of bis offspring, and said
that with two of his daughters he has had no
intimacy. He asserts that his wife had knowl-
edge Of bis crimes, and encouraged them, and
that his daughters invited them No one be,
leves these statements. He has read the Scrip.
lures since he has been in JAIL but says he never
read the Bible before, nor much Of anything
else,
He has never subscribed to newspaper, and
says he did not know there was any law against
such practices as bis, nor that there was any.
thing In the Scriptures ccndemning them. The
daughters say that their father has compelled
them 10 accede TO bis wishes, under threats that