Western Statesman, Volume 4, Number 14, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 14 June 1833 — Page 1

D. S. HAJOR, Editor.) Our Country, our Country's Law?, and our Law's Supremacy. C. P. CLAKKSOX, Printer & PnMishcr

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From tht V.osl-m JTorning Post. TRIAL CF K. K. AVEKY.

ciViNuen. ; Renjamen Manchester taw the bothy the direction lie took, at a quarter be- cembcr i before G, a cenllcnian came lo ' 1 t0 Htt,'"il tLt' '"" .fthe examination. Foster Hooker practices medicine in saw the cord round the stake-1 fore 10 that night, witness being in bed, ! the bar-room door, and called for a sup-! r'er."! it 'to vA'&Sn'ZhuX Fall River; saw the body of Sarah M. ! four strands cf three; stranded marline; and asleep was waked by a noise, got; per, went into the sitting room and j road it betbi a third meeting of ill cbiLi, Cornell on Mend ay fallowing her death, j two half hithches round the standing; up, went to the frontdoor, found nobody thence to dining room; look his Mipper; j with comments by himc":"; at tha s .;'. footing in Durft;es barn; round the neck wasiP0SM tied very snug to the stake; 20 j there, went lo the backdoor, and found ; the house irirl came into the bar for a I """lotions wc-rc passed autlu.rizit.s Kirthcrin-

nn indentation i lo I inch deep, and j non.o;:,;.!, an inc. l and an eighth below ! eac i ear; skin in the indentation drv like parchment; neck net broken, under j right er.r the skin a little ruffed, as if j pinched r-elwcea two strand? nfth ccr; f!-,- c'-:., .;r.nr i i,:.. .... :r scaled ( a deep print on right cheek and temple; skin n t broken, as if it bad ' 7 ecn prt-ssed Bgainst some hard substan lunt ;s n eoi ed w ith blood, sevo!i knees, stained several scratch green by the grass in spots; dirt on inner part of the knee; abdomen discoloured; ! had the appearance of the incipient t state cf ruircfaciion ; a contusion above ! left hip; a foot us was found, nearly half grown; features cf the corps net distorted; tongue protruded between the lips; paie pau ness might Imv e been induced by t; c tightness of the rorj i round the neck, did not examine the lowrr part of the abdomen. j On Monday, January, exam-: liicu tin ootiy again; body was fresh except where U:e incisions had been made at the first examination; found that the j discoloration extended lower down: two: bruises c:i the hack, "2 inches long on i each side ol t!ic spine: bruises on low er part of abdomen extended so as to rJmoit meet; os frcttii-i open and black; ! upper part cf vagina dark and lived different color from other parts; foetus! o ir.ci-.es lon, and weighed o cz: when thc head was turned back the indenta tion was horizontal is of opinion that thc rope was tight enough to slop the i circulation ia the carotid arteries.1 j Cross Examine J: The luncs nrt-sen-i ted the appearance as if hung, strangled ! or drowned; cculd not draw anv con-' elusion from the appearance of the i womb whether violence was done or ! not; neither Mr. Averv, nor any of his friends, had cny notice of this second examination. Witness had delivered an anti-masonic lecture in ywanz ; while there he sdaicd in a tavern that i lie had heard that Mr. A. was a mason.! and abo Juticcs Howe and JIaile, and I that fears were entertained that he had j met with labour; object ct second cx-i nmination was to see if the arm w as bro-! ken wa? net. j Dr. Thomas Wilbcur, pl-ysician in : 1 all Rivf r. saw thr Lo.lv in tun stark- i

yard, on Frid iy, 2 1st December; lliei't when witness returned to .ik up his c leak hooked, except about 12 inches I tools: saw the man in a lot north: no

opposite tae abdomen; livid aoout t i i;g i moutht not o rnrnle r.nir-!iff rr ' abdomen taller than commoa: on Ainr.r ,11,... .i "xt ' h day following an examination of the 1 hedv took rt.tre: witness confirm T)r.i

IIoopers statement in sencral; adds! ance of any trampling in the yard: the! at low ater people can come round l.ucy Ilathway, daughter of Mrs. II. that there as venous blood in the chest; hue was called marline. the gate by go'.ng down cn one side and Ilathway: worked in the same mill with stomach hcahhy is of opinion she di-j Villiam Hamilton, on the evening j getting up the other; saw tracks next j deceased: Sarah left the mill on the aed by stranding. of the 20th Dec. was in Beoiamiii Hani-! morning; fresh tracks, as the tide wash-j hove evening at half past 5: slated that

On the 2ulh of January witr.e -s at-i tended a second examination of the body I agrees with Dr. Hooper's statement oft that examination in general; witness! had seen .Sarah .M, Cornell several times previous to her death: 7 or 8 weeks before she had called to ascertain her situation; after different calls became satisGed what was the matter, and gave her to undf -stand it. Friday May 10. Dr. Wilbour cross examined. When witness first saw the body didn't think whether she hung herself, cr whether hur.g up; from tightness of rope had doubts: there being an unhooked portion cf the cloak Cop fool at least) she might have hunc hcrclf notwithstanding tl.f! cloak was hooked upwaars; when standing up her neck i as about the height of knot on the f take, and thinks, she could not have drawn the cord so tight when standing, nor could her weight Bnch increase the ndent;is decidedly of cpinion that hodeath was produced by strangling; his suspicions increased by observing the mark to be equidistant under the ears; also bruises cii knees, and small marks up and down on h gn; there are bushes, britrf, and rough stones in the lot where her comb was found, his testimony at rd, and about the end of February was published in newspaper, with explana tions and additional facts; gave it to a man in Fall river for an editor in Provi dence; witness is shown a paper containing it, which he states lo be a copy fif that furnished by him; could not believe that a hard substance had been introduced into the os frontis: may be come open without such introduction; a person would cease lo breathe before the cord tvas so tight ns in the present instance. William Allen, of Tiverton, saw the hndy, &c. as before described in th stack ynrd ; hair over her face one lock

I on her mouth; four strands in the cord; , hair short and bushy behind.

rds N. of stack found a piece of circu- j

mr comb; (ulcnlincd m court;; on vutlijea to

December witness was at work bu rods ; "' of yard blasting rocks; about j half an hour after sunset, having got ; ready to blast a rock, and going from it, ; saw a man get c'JTa wall, and go in the ! direction of the blast; man hailed when ! the blast occurred; canted his he ad to-1

wards us; thought he had on a dark ! tiier Cook's if he had known it was so ! brown surtout, large hat, wide rim; tal- j late: got him some water and he went ! ler than common; thought he bore lojto bed: after the conversation was over ; S. W. part of Fall River; could not I they looked at the clock: wanted J)!

identify him; ground where comb was; founil rough and swampy: there was a :' 'vI5t in the stake winch kept the cord ! rcm slipping. j rs Borden assisted in laying the ' ouy out: saw a dark bruise on the back; ! l,liUl ol migers on siues, wuu laumu pointing forward; one arm drawn up j V0I7 s''l!"5 green slain on knees; did not j wash oil- thought the girl had been ! shamefully absued. j Ivulh bordou coniirmtii the above j testimony. Mrs. Dorcas Ford assisted in laying! the body out; there were two marks on I

shoulder blades; thought that rash vio-j lence had been done; darkness extend-20t ed down to both thighs: did not think

cd down to both thighs; he had attempted to produce cbortisn. i Susanna Borden identified a small j r'cce f p"rei' found in Sarah's hand "ox u xv"s earned lo Kev. iiv. i cwier; aiso a leuer uom nor inotner. l c I t . : Thomas liai t identities a piece of; comb, which he found i!3 rods from the j stake, among some briars, inabushv! 't, Abner Davii was engaged it!i 1l-i-: jarnin Manchester in bla?;inr rock.-, on ! the evening of the aih December, and j s;uv the man as testilied by him above; ; saw a man in the Court House, at lit is-; tol examination, that resembled the man! he saw get oil" the wall that man was i - - h. Avery ; the man was 2;) rods oil when first discovered, and 10 when nearest, the witues himseif running; the hags which thev set on about there are ! sewed by twine or cord, similar to that louna rounu mc necu oituc deceased: : f'ind one of the hags uidaeed : was in: duced to examine them from an idea thai the strings ndght have been u5.-d in tnc lianir-ntr : nad oec-n taKcin-i aeout; uni L'uailit?; imuM t:ac pa-seu j within O or 6 rods ol cart coaiainiPC the oners. li'uh.ard Durfce saw the body, occ. ' Dec. 2i,as be tore deserib.:d: no appearbley's store, 1:1 1-all Kiver. heard some one reading the Governor's speech: I t00' some drink; heurd seme one say it; wanted 17 minutes to 9; w ent home i then to Tiverton Print works: going home heard screccb.es, just after passing j John Duifeo"shouse:stilled criesseemcd! to issue from the bottom of a hollow, below the orchard back of Durfee's: thought it was a woman in distress: ascended a hill to see what it might be, but did not see or hear any thing: 'twas Mr. Hambley, he thinks, who said it wanted 17 minutes lo 9. Benjamin Hambly saw Hamilton in ! Ids store on above eveninei thinks his I watch 15 minutes faster than the Fall

River factory time his watch had j health; thin shoes on. j to one of the girls to buy an apron, avid gained 5 minutes in 3 weeks: carried his) George Lawton lives on north side of asked the girl to buy her one, and adwatch to be regulated early on the fol- bridge; on 20th Dec. saw a gentleman! vised witness to get one that they might lowing week: can't say what day. tt dark clothes cross the bridge.; had all have aprons alike: was to have lime Eleanor Owen lives in Tiverton: j on surtout coat : had no cane orspecta-j to make the apron while her loom was could see slack yard from her window, cles; thought when he saw Mr. A. at' put in e-rder. Saw the cord that the

when the meeting bell was ringing, on ; the evening of 20th Dec. at half past 7,1 heard screeches in the direction of; stack yard; wind was blowing from! there: expressed at the time some sur-j prise at hearing the noise, which resembled th sereaches of a woman. Mr- Pi.ll. fV.I- , iu.rl Jn la,;nrr mr,. Rutli Cook ass.stpd Kl"S the body out: testilied t the marks. ivC. j on il: prints, of fingers, &c. &c. V ilham Fears, jr. is a ferry-man Bristol carried Mr. Avery across the! ferry from Bristol to Portsmouth on af - ternoon ol Dec. 20th: might be a little . after 2 o'clock: had on a surtout or box! coat: thinks he had no spectacles on: j no cane or bundle: Avery inquired ofj him aboutcoal mine, and witness pointed to the direction in which it lay : i weather cold in the morning, but tnod cratcd very much towards two o'clock;! no other passenger in the boat and Mr. I A. paid doutde terry: more likely to alter than belore - o clock. j Jeremiah Gifibrd, at Portsmouth fer

ry, say Mr. Avery when he landed on ; wharf, about half past 2: did not know j

: 1 1 . t.i . : Mr- Avery in the sink room: he wish-j cross the ferry, his family not be-: ing well, and would expect him: the j wind blowing fresh, and witness said there were piiysicians in Bristol, if needed: A said that brother Warren had told him that he might cross at any time: said he had been on the island on :i business, and would .have stopped at minutes to 10: saw no bundle; does not recollect if he had spectacles on: nighest j road from ferry to Fall River bridge is : to walk to Robert Hicks, and pass over j in a boat: going north side of witness' , house, and rrossing lots might gain the j uiuerence oetween i-o anu i-i ol a ; mile in reaching the main mad: a pond ! and creeks intercept the north road from 1 his house to the bridge. Cross Examined. Thinks A arrived j at bis house aoout naif past 0: does not recollect what he saul at his cxatnmatier, at Bristol: surtout same colour as that which Mr. A. has on now. ' clo Wi'iiarn Anthony, of Portsmouth, on - c. saw a tall man. Wti ll:(l hes between his house; swam?) pond. traveling S.; w is in Ull 1 not notice hitn again till he saw him at S end of the pond, was 90 rods from wit ness; thinks it was 2iii had reference ; j t t i .1,1 .. 10 a receipt ne loorc on luru dav: wind ; was X. W. that dav, cd i: wanner ! towards middle of the day. ' Vil!iam Carr lives .-t Pc: (f mouth; ; 1 .-darted on 'Jinh fro.n Fai! River Isome 1 o'clock, P. X Charity Bridce 15 or 20 rods 11. of,' c i a tall person, with ; dark - clothe. Hack broad litnmed hatj walking fast ; witness's brother Charles : with him; when first heard of the death ! of the g;r! remembered meeting the! man. Cha les oroili her cf and in com-;

pany wilii preee;:nig witness, said the! till IV tor her, then went to bed, leavman had a hand kerchief round his face ! ing the door unlocked and a liht: Sarah

and mouth, the man did net lor-k round, ' and v, itr.tss said to his hrctuer, lr.e i ranier rroun net lo .ock round on us;; about 3 o'clock. Wiliiam Ci anston , keeper of t he Fall i hiver to.I cnoge; on 'JOtu Dec. 11 ' -oi p: a gentleman ; '. up, hat ra-; l -is crossed with dark surU th.sr l;irg : and at no t. x ni six feet high,; i'1-, t- n . it in win n nns uiu..i - : ''tr tlav ; had his moncv in I. is nana;: rwvlninorkii i : ; I ( .2 hand : did not enserve ; any cia-ot-; told v. itnos was going i to i- all iuvei; shut a!cs at sunuown; cs cut use ci.i ones; noes not tnow or more t'.iia one track; was a witness at j lhistol, and if lie had known A. to have j been the man he saw on the 20ih, would j j have pointed him out. Robert P. Fee walked from Fall Riv-1 cr to Newport on the 20th; started 12 : o'clock; got to same bridge half past 1 ;: crossed to Oliver D. Green's, 6 miles from the bridge; stopped of an hour, : did not meet anj person between Green's and the bridge looking like a minister; arrived at newport at half past six; at! two o clock weather comtortablc. Isaac Burdic was 1 hour and 10 min- ; utes walking from 1 all River to Captain j Lawton's, north side of bride; in good

the Bristol examination that he was the deceased was hung witn,it is similar uutj man; could not point out anv difference larger than akind used in the factory. between the two men: will not swear for hanging the harness on: Sarah said that Mr. Avery is the man. she had been unwell since she went to Annis Norlon livcs at lhe t ofikc, Thompson camp meeting: had taken nPHrn jrlh fiaeofthe bridge; on 2Jthi TiIls from Dr. Vilooiir. i)pr in .ft(irnonn .1W a nvm rorn-mT ,,rf n"'ln, of tall R.vor, .vs rre- , , nwiicommg oh , Bristol examination, as onp of a comthe bridge, w.Mking very rapid; witness ; Inittce from Fall River. On Satunh.y .renin, I observed to the f imilv. 'if ho walks :it Lf fii -. f k .f examination, called at Irani

i tiiaj ra((J jie xvill reach Ohio before! atj nirdil;' as the man drew near thought it micht he the Methodist minister Iron,! . . ...... j Bristol, or the island; had on broad brim hat, dark mixed box coat; saw Mr. A. once prior to this at Bristol, in the street in the evening, walking from, her; did not see his face then; the man who crossed the bridge was of a dark complexion ;had acanc but nosnectacle; - 1 it occurrrd to witness at the time that it was Mr. Avery; all witness ever said was that A. resembled the man she saw bcifrorr the widow: when first saw the man comine towards the house, thono-ht he - j wns coming to the post office. o . 0

Gardner L. Coit tends bar at Law - ton's Hotel, in Fall River - on iJOth Dc-

. glass of brandy ; the man soon went out and witness did not see him aL'a'm. the man came alone, took tea alone: was tall, had a Hat fur cap on, no bundle, witness thinks he could not recognizj the man. Cross Examined. A clock pedlar was at the tavern at the time, witness

bro-lwent to Bristol durinc the exareination

theie. to satisfy himself whether Avery was the man he had seen; Margaret P. Hambley was the girl who carried the brandy to him; Dr!" llooncr asked him to go to the bridge to see Mr. A. when brought hack from New Hampshire did not see him. John Rurden of Tiverton, 3 miles from Fall River village on the main road, 2J minutes after 9, on evening of "JUtn Jec. nalt way between his Iiouss ai d Fall River, met a tall man goin south at an ordinary rate, William Clifford", son of Jeremiah Gilford, ferry-man, carried Mr. Avery over to Ihistol from his father's house, : on morning of twenty-first; had spcclacles cn; witness asked him it he hnu been at a meeting on the Island the pievious evening; A. replied he had been on i.ii own iiUsinciS. Jai.e Giflord, sifter of the precedin wi tries?, ing abo! ry told on morning ol :.'lsu v. inle tahcit hU being on the I-land, Ave-v.-itucss he had Imsinesj with brother Cook ; wanted to have got over ..... i i. ri'Mit before because his wile was sick: nirlit betbre thought she heard her fa--l.cr say 'twas half past nine, when A. looked at the clock: he had a cane: said it Bristol examination it was a 1 nc: now ooes not rcmcmocr tne Sli cf it. Harriet Ilathway, of Fall River, Sn rah M.Cornell hoarded with witness: en evening of 20th, about dark, Sarah went out, and said she was going to Jos. iDurfee's and miirht return perhaps irnmediately, or not till 9 o'clock: waited had her supper, by re iuest, before dark: been ciite cheerful through the day: wore h;:r best cloak: had boarded with witness three weeks: wore a shell comb, identified two pieces shown her m cour rt: hair short: saw her have three letters, 1 pink, 1 red, 1 white: did not co out lat. exc pt at ( hiss meeting on Sabbath evening: she apppcared to be i ,ivt i iui ?usucui:.'j, .iiiu junuuiin: nut. at times was not so cheer. ut as on the dav on which si .e left: Mr. Joseph Durfee then belonged to steam boat plying between Fall River and Bristol. Mie wonted to zo home eariy uecause u threatened to storm, adding tin did not care how much it rained cleared off next week, as she was aauitm mat sue d, if it going somewhere cn Thursday: identities the comb as belonging to Sarah, by rivet ; more cheerful than usual, sometimes sad, cspcciallv on Tuesday evening before her death; knew her one week be fore she came to board with witness mother. Did not know till after her death what her situation was. knew her to receive a white letter on Saturday ifternoon following her cominjr to beard with Mrs. H.: witness identified three j letters found in Sarah s trunk: on alter 'noon of 20th, Sarah lent some money Smith' storp, in Fall River, for t!. remaiuder OI B rem ' p i , , , ' : " i n ii . i. Icilinu a nun iiiiti, con k? duiiuimi; ,;iiv.iii every respect with the half t heet on which the letter dated 8lh Dec. was written, lountl tu Sarah! trunk; compared it at Bristol, wilh a micraseope; indciitilii,s in court the two half sheets. Col. Harnden then related tha man ner in which he apprehended lr. A. in Rindge, N. H. Cross examined. Was a member of th l committee of investigation, appointed by citi- ! zens of Fall River on the 21st. After Mr. A. I W!" charged, at Bristol, heard Mr. Bullock "".' a?.;,fi ti,- .....i i .t,i trial t nrnnosition -"1- . .. waialao made to gvvo bail, if Judge Randall

; would bum a w.irrt; position not aocoptp(t l,-v Wltnp. vSi deputed by Mr. Sta

vc.-tiLjution. Vitno38 hero reh;.f! tiia ler.l tU-jis he ti)ok too't-iiii uuthurit to arrest .'dr. A . iil.-j U'-kiunvIeded tliU !'i'ilicatiou of his "Narrative," stutiijg that lie l.u. oi Jcu'J 1.1,000 copies to bo printed . William I,nvl:'i', iivr"a ia Bristol; on morning of 21ft brf'ir" e-iairisi', sur Mr. A. walking north witii a ri.li in his hand, 12 or 15 ii:chtj loii.;, v.'rnt:-u ,.i j i!;irk handkrci.it'i, cciuinj from the h.-rry ; witness aiked 1 i 1 1 . s'Ihtc ha had been, he rejdictl on tho Ii'mnd, s-i.d ii.? would have t ro-d i n ;:rpceiliii;f itijrht, out the wind was iiih, did nut iticnliou his business on lhe Island. Zuriah lliii.'j'.y, l.ve-i Rt corner ol" a street on Tiverton ti.lo ol i'uil Kivtr villtije; about 7 o'clock on cveiun- of t'tli Dec. saw a tuil pentloman and i!,ort Indy go do-.vn a lane by the side of her house, and pass by Mrs. Owen: lady had a cljali ou : f,ot uithin tsa loot of Ihuni, but did not overtake them. Aiuey Purfce wor!:ed ia u; xt aliey to S, if. Cornell : Sarah as'rrd her in the raoininy to tend her loom in the evening, as she was froiny I to Jostt h Durfiiw'.-; fc-arah le It the mill betwi.'.en 5 and C;wltucss related tho conversation, &.c . about an apron, as testified abave ; had setn the pii;k a;i 1 f'.r;nv coloured k'tttrs, and identified then. ?drs. r aucy Gladden, lives in Bristol : knows Mr. A. Ou Tuesday preceding 20th Hec. witness called atA.'s houso and requested hi:n and housti to visit l tr in the course of the week; witness propored that bo should come ou Thursday, 20th, but Mr. A. preferred to put it off 'ill Friday, becausa both his wile and child wero not very well ; on Friday they came; hearing; nothing in the course of the viiit of his absence lrom home on previous evening; "his whole deportment on the visit w-as becoming a christian and a tsentlsiiian, and just as usual;" had visited witness before. Rebecca Diamond, lived in the house with Ur. A. on the 00th Dc; that time Setsey Hills did not live with Jlr. A.; ehc went away sometime in tiie fall; cannot remember when; Mr. A. wore at that time a dark camblet cloak. Did not hear any conversation before or after his return from the island : witness was at Mrs. Gladden's party, but heard nothing about the island; A. generally wore a cloak on the Sabbath, and on occasions when he went to preach, but at other times a furtout, the same which ha has ou in the court ; made a prayer on the morning of the 2lst in his usuaj manner; lives in harmony with his family ; i9 a kind and humane husband and father. Sylvester Luther, of Bristol, saw Mr. A. one morning of tha above week, before sunrise, in Main street, with a handkerchief round his hand. Iram Smith of Fa'! Uivrr On the Sth Dec. 51 r. 13idew"l! and Mr. A. were in his store; thinks Mr. A. risked for some paper; thinks he saw Mr. A. t.t his desk: about that time thinks he went out to borrow a wafer for somo ono; identifies the half sheet of paper referred t in Uarndrn's testimony; found it in the middl? of the ream, at the time he counted it out to Col. Iiarndcn; had looked for it before, by reeucst of some one, but could not find it; heard Messrs. ISidewcll and Avery talking nbout sending to the Villas? Recorder, and also about the Bristol stage; while in the store, tha New Bedford stage arrived. CroM examined Purchased the above paper of a p.edlar; presumes that the pedlar sold more c! it in the town, for afterwards. he came back and counted the paper over again and fnund half a ;uire too much ; witness has sold paper from the lot ; has no rccollectiou that ho went for the wafer on the 8th of Dec. : had Rncthcr individual writing at bis desk, making out a bill. Walter D. Brizgs, sou of the post master at Rristol, finds two charges, ir his hand writing, to Mr. Avery, on tho 12th and 19th of Novvember, C cents each; recollects presenting Mr. A ."a bill at the cud of tho quarter ; he paid it; witness onco saw a pink letter in Mr. A.'s box: Mr. Drury was in the office at the time: does not recollect tha day; the charge on the 12th appears to have beeu altered from u 5 to a 6; a date in his father's writing appears to have been first wiitten 39th instead of 29th November ; no such charga as 5 cents Tor a letter; may be a pamphlet. Jeremiah Rowland saw Mr. A. cm, .Mr. Bidewellin Irani "Smith's store onSth December; thinks be saw Mr. A. behind the counter, with a piece of paper in his hand, not a whole sheet ; did not know what he did with it ; heard Avery and Bidewcll talking about writing to the editor of the Village Recorder , in reply to a piece in the Fall Bivcr Monitor ; does not remember to have seen him write; A. was waiting for the Bristol stage; when he went out, went towards the stape hotel and by tho post office ; A. thought at first of writing in the store; witness anl others sometime! went behind the counter to write. Stephen Bartlett, lives in Bristol, drives the Bristol ptaa to New Bedford. A. got into tho stage at T.awtcn's tavern ; first saw him coming Inwardi the stable ; A. was in the habit of goinjto the stable; appeared to be fond oflooking at horses; once drove part of the way to New Bedford , on tho 8th rode as far as Warren outside; on ?undav, December 23, A. called on w.tness at Bristol, and requested him to see Mr. Bidewell in Fall Kiver, ami nsk hira If it would not ho best for them (Avery and Bidewcll) to go to Lowell, and got the evidence of Sarah Cornell! character; witness did not know then that A. had been suspects of the murder, supposed it had only refcrrm-e te the suspicion of hii being father of the child. f'rnss examined. A. pavo witness to nnder- ! gtand that Surah had been a looe trirl; that the had threatened to be revenged on A. lor causing her to be turned out of church: that if he could get the facts, be mi tht be able to remove the suspicions of the Fall River people. John Orswell, i enm'nerr in board of the steamboat ply ing lt ween Providance and Fall River; goes tu Providence on Mondays, Wednesday! and Fridays; returns toFnllltivpr on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturday. One morning in November, a gentleman cr.roo

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