The New York herald., 1871-07-08
THE BIRMINGHAM BODCIA.
Excitement in the Village Of the
big Dam."
eenslnsicn Of the Evidence Against the Prisoner
Ugly AdmirsioaS-Kiuny RsJ with ar.
ssaic- no Daath o: an Is-ant-"It
Never E;niei or Spoke Again
BrnxrNenAM. Conn, July 9. 1877.

EIRHfNGUAM Conn.,, July lcTis
mis- place. whcn has Just attained such noto-
efs'y connect on with tue most mysterious m ur-
tcr taa, ever excited the 'aw ocars OF tho
Safe Is deserving OF passing anl hoaoraois men.
tns. It's one OF the three villages IN the town OF
Derby. ana contains population o. about 4,o0
yersons. II IS situated between the Iionsatopic and
rs Nlusatuck rivers a spur OF niyn land that
tsss cut from ana above the vai;eys OF the
zvers tsat JOIN their waters at the lower end OF the
so-a ana al the head OF navigation. Here are
located SON, orteo mot hosp.tabIe OF the people Of
tae "Laad OF Steady Ha5its' WHO pride thcmssiy es
-o7R sNe beauty OF tho village, their manufacturing
tr1sence and tne character Of tue faotics or manu-
fsetare hey Sead to wholesale markets. Tho nsIne
o. sae place u.s. properly sDeaSiny DERBY. which IS
sfc EIe gwen the railway tlile table: but Derby
IS Saown anopy the clsizens as that portion OF the
:owl lying eass o. the Housatoaic aud divided from
Buckingham Dv al ron bridge. Here Is
gHB HOME OF VITALITY orizLNs,
wAo pride themselves upon tie beautiful scenery OF
sas tcwa AMI upon the possession OF nne streets,
S3aerss waisA that oniy ccss one dollar per square
ya-a, ana
TIE BIGGEST DAM IN TIE STATE
soeasIng OF the dam must describe IT, as II Is
sAe great poias OF Interest. stranger on getting
CT lie ia greeted with the word "c.an." re
aears ,or The uexs hour nothing bus "dam." "Have
you seen our damr Is the frsL question pat to him.
l2Fo proane town. Bat let hun the acquaint-
aase OF Mr.. g. Vi. Shelton. who takes pride Ia eX.
bso1ing the dam aad he wl!l sooa have an eXplana-
s.on oi the seeming profanity oi the people.
Last evening Company oi New Yo1k gentlemen,
- tlyitaton OF Mr.. shelton. visited the dam, which
is certainty eli IL is represented 10 About mile
above thc town, on tie Housa,onic, . company,
Snevn in tae chatter The "Ousatonic Water
Company" have erected q dam on the arc OF c.r.
faQ. yN yJir r.0
.alias, wHich throws the water back i've miles up
Eoasstonic valley and alvss ,ne town ths bes, water
pc-er in the Stale. Incy hare expended half q
sc1iiiea dollars on the worGs, wAich iac,uie canals
o1 either side OF The rver, upon Which factories OF
al kinds are beng rapidly erected. The company
AATe purchased leo OF ianl on tue oast side
11s 900 o1 the west sde ani are selling it Gil, with
tss ane water power, TO manufacturing companies,
Add as consequence Birmingham has q bright
manufacturing iuture before IL.
h is mere thas Irs. Lydis Sherman, the Connectl-
ca Bo-sa, Is beng tried ior poisoning her husband
4-d two children, as has already been announced in
the HERALD. AS q matter OF course the peo pie,
WAC have
SENSATION ONLY ONCE IN A CENTURY,
are rrightuly exercised over the horror and,
~Rh the exception OF '.our dam,n nothin.
ease Is colverSed Of at the present time
sness it be our hotel the Birmingham
s1T nigas while sojourntng among the hospitabis
people on business.
lHz ALLzGED AURDERFss.
So much has been plolisaed relative to the career
Of this remarkable woman, who Is suspected OF
eleven murders by po son. that repetition Is useless
Never before have after listening TO evidence been
unable TO form opilion as to te merits o! case
Ect this Is to me an enigma The evidence yes1er-
Nay and to-day certainly shows that her second ms
har nGt N.
.1Ias exteSt The doctor tsheiton) and the accused
were near hin, and tae supposition IS That
s..E MIXED TIE POTION
ssat planted poor HuGibert IN the Huntington Gene.
.c-y. In his case there IVES motive for woman
TO poison nIi as lie had made Will bequeatnng
property worth 81 900. IN the case Of her o;her
husoands, Sherman aud Struck there was 10 such
ao.ive. as they were poor. Indeed, upon SHERMAN
sae sguanie-ed two or three thousand dollars OF
a1rber's money, and in that ayaIice could not
asve prompted her
TO COMPASS Els TAKING OF;
get In the stomachs OF him AMI his two children
araenca poison foIni. The evidence rea5ive
y TO tue SHERMAN family already showa that the
kceu-ed dspa. ell gres. concern for the deceased;
Wat when tie family physician suggested post
1orem examination of tle stomach OF her husband
ane caeeriuiiy approved 1t. This is
A sTRoNG PoIsr IN FAVOR OF HER INNOCENCE;
fcr guilty wiic, vino had poisoned her husband,
would scarcely have favored an examination that
she must have known wo1d establish The poi sonin1
beyond pe.adventure, and convicted Of the act.
TIE DEFENJE.
SO far the defence has satisfied with a cross
examination OF TIE witnesses FOR the prosecution.
1uDoersia1d ina on tllis examination they propose
be Overwhelming on the ir H. it Is understood tnat
t.e iavorite plea OF Insanity Will be put IN TO save
ker FRO execution.
TIig rEIsoEBi.is AFFECTION FOR SHERMAN
All her rsatlons with Sherman and the children
are matters Oh interest AZ tuis time therefore,
va repe1t sol1e Information obtained upon the
7u1Jec.. Last year am Informed that snermen
anu MS wlie aiten1ed the lair a. woolordge gong
fnere IN wagon. During The day ne became
grossly Intoxicated, AMI about The far grounds
SeaiRg lie a inan.1c. her interest his weiiare
Vas 20 strong that she exposed berself to the
Of the lhroag, followed hun abous tue grounds,
frsnticaly appealing to him TO 20 home with her.
fsiied she threw her arms about his meek,
AID, kissing hin passonateiy, carried her
points, ana calned the enraaed lnebriata who ac-
coMpanied her home. There other facts that 20
3 show her devotion to the famny, OF whlcn 4,
taat. some time sier her marriage, she joined the
temperance organization, and prevailed upon her
srsbana and stepson to 90 likewise. Sneimans
Sci, there Is doubt but she reformed Linn Tor
aiimecut ne fell back into n disJolute habits aud
s"-sA4ed them up 10 MS last ulDess.
THE EyIDEHcE.
The first witness called rrls morning was
onssr aes sase rc ony ass 5es a. n the
p le' u saarman's children, a "a alI tsank.
81 s. seoS he doears snS esme
as oowu 10 the colin .rure ds,urbedfor
trs tine ~ ouei untii opened took
fhe nds 3a the coSn saw Tue remains OF Hurbnrt
hentd had EnoEn huflDust's vile as prsoaer) year;
while hs sick passed informed me
ia<t Mr. Enfluurt sick and shed 10
rer-sine With hiIo Eve nlulss GALE again
ns1t d4y the foil owIng one
Lis WIFE THE CARE HIM;
per vas 10 servant la the houses Ills family consisted Of
eros.-eHsmi led-when entered Hurbut and hi. wife
NRaea doctor; seat Tor f.nney; frat calcs in
flcFe gUsslay rnor1nr; lie complied OF GepessIon
him ' ~ W "~~'
,,..o,sn AZ Loy.TssT As woyAs eoyLp;
DIS confuc towards her tue had known hin for
seafsi Oi lac years ne coulp.sued Q! gravel.
felan tlakenan i Mt Iyurbur y.
en and NE dinteirnt o. the bcdy the remains sin.
tefed were those og HurOir the not hem a a
AnIhod Curl tle time ms ~ " was lsugsled,
hrL May sOnea s.yorn-I the her OF Cherrran's
nist VIC ..d now reside N hconon :, J formerly