The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-01-02 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WITCUCHATE.— AN INDIAN WOMAN' STOWED TO DEara.—An old Indian woman was, according to the New York Herald, stoned to death the other day in Pine Nut Valley, Nevada, for witchcraft. Her name was Az-sup-pee-sh-wy-pa,h, and she was accused of causing the death of many of her relations by her dark arts. No one could dream of her without being afflicted by either sickness or death. Her son-in-law died from the effects of such a dream some five years ago, and but for the entreaties of a few of her personal friends, she would then have been hurled from the top of a lofty cliff. A year ago a young niece of a distinguished warrior of ner tribe died from the effects of her witchcraft, and she would have been then and there despatched by the warrior of distinction, but that she sought safety in flight. Another Indian died at Pyramid Lake from her fatal influence, and an attempt was made to capture and kill her, but she eluded the pursuit of the enraged warriors with singular activity. The m rtter was then taken up in the grand council in Pine Nut Valley, and the result was the appointment of a large detail to stone her to death, which was done by the unfortunate woman being placed in the centre of a ring formed by the detail armed with stones. She was soon killed and let unburied. At first her husband felt somewhat annoyed, and threatened "to clean out the whole tribe," but on the careiunstances being more fully explained to him, he became convinced of the secessity of the del), and joined with the other relations of the deceased in expressing satisfaction with the deed—all of them saying that it ought to have been done long ago. A Iduarreasa's Corrysserow.—Edward Butt, the young farmer who has just been sentenced to ricath at Gloucester for the murder of Miss Amelia Pnipps, at Arlingham, on the 17th of August last, hre made the following statement:—" I shall tell you the truth. On Sum! .7 morning Amelia appeared to be very fond of me, and another time in the presence of people she refused to speak to me, and I helped her to peel beans for dinner, and we walked together on the lawn. In the evening she was altogether different, and walked and talked with Mr. Goddard and Mr. John Webb, which very much annoyed me. That evening we all went to Mr. James Merritt's homes, in Arlingham. When there she would scarcely speak to me, and was talking with Mr. Goddard about driving her to Gloucester the next day, although abe had previously arranged to go with me. When in Mr, Merritt's house Amelia got behind Goddard and pulled his hair, and they both went out into the orchard together and stayed there for half an hour, which upset me very muah. Alter this she walked up the road with me home, and told me many times she should go to Gloucester with Goddard. I told her I wished her to go with me, but she refused. This upset me. I got very excited, and went and fe ehed my gun from our house and placed in on the lawn near the parlour window. After this I entreated her to go to Gloucester with me and not with Goddard. Finding she still refused I became more excited, and when walking on the lawn with her I picked up my gun and shot her. I was very sorry after I had done it. I had no intention of shooting her until she had repeatedly refused to go with me to Gloucester." I COLONEL CHARGED wrrn