The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-30
FRlDAY-IOURTH DAY.

Scion Burroughs was called BY the
prosecution; Received two bottles from
DR.. Arthur, which were the arscnical
solutions; gave them TO Prof. Collier;
Smith told me that when he was stand
ing by his sinking wife he asked her
how she felt; she said somewhat better;
when this was said Smith and Mrs.
Champlin had hold of each others
letter from Ansablc Chasm, Oct. 18th,
from Mrs. Champlin TO Burroughs, is
as follows:
DEAR SE:-l received your long looked for
letter last night. You must know have been
over anxious la hear from YOU. have looked
daily for You, thinking You were coming instead
of writing. II seems Ia me II takes long time To
decide the matter, but suppose II does take some
| time 10 analyze Il stomach Now God knows am
| innocent of any and all wrongs Of which they
have or may accuse me and do not wish Ia he
| made any unnecessary trouble, 80 il YOU think il
necessary for me 10 20 away nom here do rot fail
| to inform me as early as nNcnieht, not that |
would be al all afraid Ia tell all | know concern
ing Mrs. smiths sickness and death, but should
feel terribly to be arrested under suspicion of 40.
ing anything criminal, hut Will trust myself in
your hands Ms true MEND 10 both Mir. smith and
myself Father says tell Mr.. :. that he will come
| To Ncrgennes if necessary any time. have been
at the same place Ia where You saw ne ever since,
\ and will renlain here til hear nom You or see
| 10 know how things turn out.
Please tell Mr.; smith 10 keep up good spirits
| and pray that all will come oul right
| i've my love 10 Mr.. smith and family, and tell
| him win ever be their best friend. will not
write more this time.
Hoping to hear from yeu s,,n. remain YOURS
| MARY f. CHAMiLIN.
| POSTSCRIPT III had Tie money / think it
would Ire n good plan 10 go on among entire
| strangers and stay II while. What ito think about
III Write soon or Gene. NJ. L.. G..
The following is from the Daily Free
Press and Times.
At the opening of the court in the ai'-
ternoon, George II. Chapman, Esq,
opened his argument for the state. lie
made the points that Mrs. Smith came
to her death by arsenic poison: that the
criminal intimacy between Smith and
Mrs. Champlin, which was clearly prov
ed by evidence, and their passion for
each other, furnished the motive: that
the presence of arsenic in Mrs. Cham
| plin's house furnished the opportunity,
and that subsequent acts, such ns anX-
| iety about examination of the remains,
and attempts to bribc Prof. Collier 10
stop the analysis, proved That they COM
miited the murder. lie closed by say
ing the evidence abundantly proved
| that the respondents, Smith and Cham
plan, should be committed for trial.
Mr.. Ballard, counsel for Smith. claim
med that the respondents should be i'm
mcdiately discharged, because the state
has failed Ia make out n binding-up
case. Prof. Golfers finding arsenic
in such small quantity was matter OF
conjecture as 70 its fatal results, there
| fore there is no proof in the case that
/ thp woman died of nnisou If en IA
might have been administered by mis-
take. DIR. Arthur admitted that he
gave her five different kinds of poison
in ten days, and possibly more mcdi-
cine containing poisons. There is no
direct evidence TO show that either OF
the prisoners administered a portion OF
any kind Fit to the dead woman, and
nothing TO slow, beyond the single re-