The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-09

whose word no one who knows them would !
think of doubling Besides, as have said,
Mr.. Preston, Mr., Ryan and Mrs. Button
are neither of them believed to be capable
of leading themselves to deception.
Was this poor girl SO chagrined by the
doubt expressed by Mr.. Preston and others
as to be impelled to take her life by means
of poison? This is now really the only
question that persons not admitting the idea
of the miraculous are discussing in solution
Of what is undoubtedly n most remarkable
case.
| shall complete the narration of facts and
statements before taking up the theories.
Nothing was known to the general public
until nearly u month after this occurrence
Mrs, Button remained all the time with the
body, proving extraordinary devotion and
faith, watching twenty days, with only
few hours sleep daily. Mr.. II. b. Sim
MONS a wealthy and esteemed gentleman,
residing here, with a prominent physician
from Rochester, we're admitted to see the
body under pledge of secrecy. The ply
stefan declared that the woman was dead,
but admitted the strangeness of the pro-
truding eyes. Mr.. Preston has declared in
writing-in which assertion he is supported
by members of his tamily-that ut different
times in the first five weeks the strange
tinkling of bells was heard by all in the
house. Mr.. Ryan declares that at one of
his visits TO the room where the body lay
his arms and legs suddenly swclcd to such
enormous size that he was unable to put ON
his coat or his boots for several days after
ward All these stories are believed by
many of the crcdulous, Spiritualists and
others, who thronged hther from all quar-
tiers to view the body. The strange watch
went on weeks unchanged, the body of Miss
Bonney lying without breath or motion but
apparently without decomposition, although
the room was all the time warm. She had
said that her body would fall away fifty
pounds in flesh. So far as appearances
may be taken this had long ago been real
lied. The confident assertions of the Spir-
itualists that the body would quicken into
life and that great revelations would be
made to Il hitherto benightod world were
spread far and near and the case became
soon after first being made public the theme
of conversation at thousands of flrcsidcs in
western New York. There were many wild
stories circulated, but the fact that the main
features of them all were based upon the
direct uttcranCes Of men against whose YER
acity none had ever made charges brought
the matter into Il region Of discussion quite
different from that in which it would other
wise be treated
1t was not long before the local news
papers took the matter up, and presently
that Acknowledgement functionary, the cor
onnr was urucd to investigate Ono Dr
RissoU nf Gnnosno was until thron dovs
oon the nf,iciol in whose boiliwiclx thc bo1v
l9v But nlthou"h many nowsnonrrs o:.
serted that there was Il corpse in Mr.. Pres
tons house that had come to death by myS-
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and Mr. II r simmons I1non nntor;na,
tho room thcv detected what thcv dcscrihe
as the "odor of a disscctine- room" Thc
bodv law on thc hack. sliChtlv incIincd IN
thr rioht side. The head and taco hal
swollen. and were of n lark vcllow color
the tonrue and ewes protruJino and thcrc
were some white and some liyid snots on
the limbs. 4 copious discharge of blood
from the mouth Ii I'd saturated the inflow.
The coroner after making his examination
went away convinced that ,he boy had
long been lifcless, but that there was moth
ing to Justify him in holding an inquest.
On the first day of this month the term of
Office of new coroner commenced and it
is said that he will soon order post-mor-
TEN examination unless the famili cause