Year: 1867

Much Remains Untold.


Yesterday we visited the unfortunate Bridget
Durgan in her CELL in company with her lead
ing counsel Mr.. earned B. Adrain. Petitions
for her pardon have been extensively signed
but the Court OF Pardons has decided that the
law shall take its course. The fact was made
known TO her by her counsel and the only
effect that It had upon her has been to make her
more nervous than usual, and taciturn IN con-
vereatioD.


On our entering her cell she was in conversa-
ton with some ladies who, through feeling of
humanity, had called upon her. She seemed to
be very glad TO see her counsel, and warmly
shook hands with him. She Is certainly not ths
hideous. looking person that has been repre-
sented. True it is, her forehead Is low, and the
eyelashes so hang down that 1t Is impossible to
form q correct idea of the expression of the
eyes, The brews are heavy even to fault and
the upper part OF the countenance indicates
weakness of character. The lower part of her
face is anything but disagreeable. There Is
almost q continuous placid smile about the
mouth, which in great degree counteracts the
responsiveness of the upper part OF the counte-
nance. Sitting in her cell, and considering, as
has been proven on the trial, there was total
absence OF all motive, one can hardly believe
her to be the perpetrator OF the horrible crime
of which she has been convicted.


Her conversations are rational enough until
some leading fact in connection with the MUIR
der comes up, when she will break off suddenly
to some other subject, or remain entirely silent.
Up TO yesterday, she has made no confession of
her guilt. On Thursday she expressed wish
to Mr. Adrain that he would, on the following
day, send 10 her the Rev. Mr.. Rodgers, the
Roman Catholic pastor of New Brunswick.
Father Rodgers called upon her on Friday at III
O'Clock, and remained with her for nearly an
hour. 1t was the general impression IN New
Brunswick yesterday that she had made full
confession OF the matter; whether under the
seal of confession or not was not determined.
Nothing has dropped from Father Rodgers to
indicate that such has taken place. Whatever
has occurred between her and Father Rodgers
and between her aud Mr.. Adrain, is strictly
private, and neither will communicate any facts
at present which have come to their knowledge
in conversation with the unfortunate woman.


Previous to her trial it may be observed that
she was visited in prison by DR.. Coriell, but
since her conviction, although she has expressed
q desire to see him. he has not come to see her.
Long previous to her becoming an inmate of
DIR. Corielrs establishment he had frequently
attended her in the township of Piscataway for
those attacks OF epilepsy to which she was sub
ject; and it was at the Doctors request that
she went TO live at his house, as he could more
successfully attend to curing her disease and the
general state of her health. Judging by her
appearance, she is person easily influenced and
led away by the advice and d,ctatlon OF Others.
Her present advisers think it would be prema-
ture on her part to make any statement just
now, and consequently anything she may have
TO say on the subject might only be propagating
SANDER, without having anv legal testimony to
sustain it, and, therefore, 1t Is, that various
statements OF BRIDGET Dnrean's have been with
held from the public, and which we would not
be warranted in publishing. She will, how
ever, it is supposed, make clean breast of the
entire matter when the proper time arrives, and
by her public confession of her participation in
the awful occurrence, in some degree make
atonemeDt for her crime. When that confession
is made, however, there will be some important
matter added to the record of this cause cetebre.
N. Y. HalndnII N9lDS.