Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 92, Vevay, Switzerland County, 15 June 1833 — Page 2

WEEKLY MESSENGEIt.

cthr. The jury which met on Friday, not having agreed, they met on ' S iiurday, mid having- found a verdict,

the body was biried about I o :!ock. V- M- On Monday the coroner, in iViSequcncc of the letters foUnd in her

try .;K, ".d the paper-found in the band

hV, cdf-reu the body b be taken up f r nolh;r i:quet; it was remoteU to thetara tear the buri'g ground, and exslined by Dr. Hooper and Dr. Wilbur. I did not myself examine it par

ticularly; the jury did. nnJ it was bu:ried .taia the same dav. It was again

disinterred on the 251h January, 1 be lie ve, end examined by the same me dical mn

, Au-iixiu General Where were von

nbiui f'i!-et on Thursday, the 20:h Pceml t : last, the day befoie you saw lie bd fVilncss-l was near my house driving Qiy cattle to fodler them for the eveniHg, a Sew niinaVs before sunset, and saw a Gi in jrbo'Jt iVs rorl from where I found the body, an 1 about 80 rod? from where

I stoo:! ; !p was stanlwg s'lll facing west wan!; I couid t see hi? fare, but he was a tall man. wesiing a surtont coat of a dark colour, and a hat with a broader brim and higher crown than common. My attention w.as c.Vied in that direction bv hearing a rock biow up, and this ex

plosion was succeeded by another raeie l-"ld; the blasts occurred in the distance between tne man aa V village of Fall

River toward the north. the.sijr!; 3:1 Would command a view of the vitiate.

Cress (ztnufnei iv ."-. RawMah. 1

d-nt know who first recog. ized tne body

to bo that of Sarah M. Cor.iell ; but I was

d:st to'd who it was by tia H?v. Mr

Bid we'd, the minister of Fall lliver. I did not unhook the cloak when I lowered down the body, though one hook may IiHve opened in lowering, for if Appeared

more open when the was lyng on the ground than when hanging I will not

swear two hooks were nt ui. hoiked be

fore she was taken down. Mr. Hicks,

the coroner, came to hold the secnd in

xmesi on Monday, in consequence of my

showing or telling him on Sunday the

contents of the small slip of paper which

wa frond in the bandh-.x: it was the

same jury as before except two menhi r? who nt being freeholder, were with

drawn for others. When I cut the body

down. I left th part of the string which

was fastened to the stake hanging there

but it wa remit ed the next d ;y .s'.ita

went to look ("r it: I am certain there

-are

when I left it there.

By the. Athrnrv General. 1 am tw'

-.certain tru se was more than one hook ot the cloak open at all. It was from Dr. 'Wilbor, I heard she had letters in her tiunk. for he said he had seen one which she hid. . I know the piece of paper externally, by is countenance," from its bung rather dirty. Bv Mr. Mison I never said I khe w it

by the pencil writing inside. All 1 said about a pencil was that I saw one near it, in the bottom of the box. - 2. William Durfce-l reside at Tiver tou and did so on the 20th Dec last. 1 w as called to be one ef the jn.ois on the

four ends h inging from the slake

best of my recollection both now and then. During the examination of this

witness, the prisoner placed a piece ol

red tape in various forms on his hands.

with an air ot abstraction 1 measured

the distance of the cord a round her neck

from the ears, and it was about an inch

nnd a half from each. I sneak to the

best of my recollection, and if you want to get more from me it will not be evi dence. 3. Sdh Darling Described the poi tion and dress f the body, state of the cord around the neck and stake, and other circumstances'; precisely like the previ oils witnesses, adding her hair was a good deal frowzelled" and dishevelled

over ner lace ana ner cnian was nent

back on the left side: both hands were

under her cloak, the right raised up to

her breast, and the left down by her side.

The hoagy grass aiound did not appear

to have been trodden on, and there was no appearance of a struggle either in the

tack yard or near it. I acted a Pos'

Master, at Fall River, on Monday, the

19th of November last; I made up the

mail for Brutal that day, the only day in that month I did make it up; it contained

but one letter, and this was directed to the Rev. Mr. Avery. I recollect this, and the entrv which i made in the office

book and in the way bill at the time; I can produce a copy of the entries which

I then made; I took the copy in the month

of March, when this trial was expected to come o:.. Mr. Mason here objected

to the admission of this copy as evidence.

saying the witpess must either depose to

the fact from memory, or from the original entry. The Attorney General repli ed that as the original was wKhin his

reach, he would for the present chance the correctness of witness's memory.!

Another letter was put into the box with this oie directed to Mr Grtudall Kawson, South Woodstock, brother-in-law to the deceased the water of which was wet

when taken out of the box, Letter pro

duced, maiked Fall River, Nov. 19th

be. 10, whu.h witness identified by his

own mark on it. I was standing about

two feet from the box, which I had clean

ed out about hall a minute befoie, when

I heard two letieis dropped in, but I took them out immediately, and they were those I have mentioned. Cross examined In a most protracted

cross eXrtUiinati'Ui of 'his witness, tespecting his being a member of the Committee of Vigilance, at Fait River', and his means of recollecting the above letters, nothing of importance was elicited except the following: " It was the custom of the officer to mark letieis with red ink, but

in acting for the I'isl M-ster that da),

who was sick, I maiked the letteis with black ink; one reason also of the name ol Avery be:ng impressed upon my mind

w as that it occurred to me at the time he was the methodisi minister at Bristol,

although I did not know him personally."

Recess of Court till 3, P- M

4. Lemuel Briggs 1 have been the

Post Master at hi isle I lor ten years;

recollect the enliy of a letter from Fall

River on the 1 9th November, addressed

to thi Rev. Mr. Avery; has some recol

lection of the letter independently of the

but could not swear

so; it was of a reddish black color, diy, and presenting the appearance of parch

ment; on the rghtide ot the indenta

tion, the cuticle or scarf skin lay in fine pregnancy this woman died, the witness

shrivelled plates, as though the cord had was cress-examined for nearly an hour

been drawn very swiftly, and they had land a half upon several of (he most deli

convinced that violence was" exercised gainst him of 6 cents each, one on the upon Sarah M. Cornell before her death lV2th and the other on the 19th of No-

In Older to determine at what stage of vember;" (he letter of the 12th waJ the

only one in the mail from rail River,

on that day; -vl'-have no recollection

that these letters, were delivered to A."

been pinched between its strands. Thejcate branches of medical science, and -inihirmelf, though he keeps a box at the

indentation crossed the thyroid cartilage 1 which it was evident the examining coun

and tht. spioos process of the ecnd ver- sel had made curiously minute research:

tebra of the neck, and was an inch and bat unless we had time to clothe this te an eighth below each ear. On the right timony in more highly technical language

heek and temple there were irregular than it is expressed in our botes, it woulf

indentation, perfectly colsrlesi, as tho' be utterly unfit for general publication, occasioned by pressure against some hard Notwithstanding these authorities f substance afiefcirculalion had ceased, determining the age of a foetus bv i

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office. .. I never saw aietter in the office

directed to Bctsry Hills, (C0) and I do

not know any person of that name. Cross-ciamincd. I have no recollection of the dates on which these letters7were received except from the records fthe office, but I believe it from them;

ifi-letlers are always entered, nuddf,

Phe itomachteppeared perfectly healthy, length and weight; I am convinced tha. ( know 'of no deviation from the rule.

but the lungs were engorged with black foetuses of the same age differ in both, as venous blood; on the knees were several often as children do at their birth. I do

scratches and abrasions which had drawn not think the woman was so far gone as

blood; they were also dirty, and stained I at first supposed.

ereen as with the juice of grass. There 7. Dr Thomas Wilbor A member of

The waybills are sent to Washington

quarterly, and there kept. 1 he entry

on the 12lh of November is in my hand

writing; that on the llmi is my son s;. the letter charged to Avery could not

were a few scratches on the left leg be the Society of Friends, and a physician of have come more than 30 miles.

low the knee, and at two places skiu was great experience, who had assisted in the

knocked off about the size of a four penny examination of ihe body, described its piece (61 cents ) The right side of the situation' and appearances precisely like abdomen wa of a livid hue, but the livi- the last witness, and expressed the same dity wa so diffused that it appeared more opinions concerning them. He proceeded

like incipient putrefaction than the dis to say " I had seen the deceased several

coloration of biuise; on the leltstde bow- times before her death, for she had conever, iust above the hip. there was a suited me about her health, and wished

considerable contusion which could cot to knw whether she was in a state of

K. IVilliam Allen, corroborated tho testimony of the first two witnesses, as it respects the position and peculiarities

of the body when found.

:J. Benjamin Mamiester, also deposed to the same facts, adding, From the 6tackyard, I went to my labor, and about 18 or 20 rods from where the bo-f

Tecum to obtain

hndm of 'virah M Cort.eW. alier .t was entry, oui couiu not swear posmvejy

11" icA nf fu rwfees: I examined without the books and way bill, which he

the neck to see if it was brok-n, but could had ntgiected to bring. And Mr. Mason

not discover that it was. I could not at couiuiiuiug . ii.u...UJ .vu..u v., Jirst perceive any cord, it was so deep in memory refreshed by wntlen documents, Ihe neck, but on turning to one side 1 saw could not be ev idence unless the origin, I a little knot and string near the right ear, documents were produced to coroborate

but nat on lerit It was what is called u, me .-mumcy wn.t.ai """f '

by farmerstwo hitches; but we who hare for a subpoena Ducis

),Dcn t.- coo ru it !i 11 rlove hiuh.' We them.

H V- - l W CV'l) '.OH - it -in lii imp catvei. nans

ingtbe cord twice round the neck, tak dersea 10 me s.u.awon, c. o, lHe uy ing the hitches, and then one (person) when found, the proceedings of the inpulling one way and the other another, quet, and his custody of the letters im Farmers sometime call it a 'cow hitch.' mediately alter they were found in her hnrizonlall v. and will trunk, &c.

not draw if pollr d in any other way. .It Cro examined a long time, and with wis exictly round her neck, as near In amazing difficulty, being an old man of one ear a- to the other; I tried to get imtable temperament and rather deal -hold of it with my fingernails, but could I don't know to a certainty whether I no' ar.d called Job Cook to help me gel swore the jury or not; charged hem . c.i fr.,! iose a knife lest at the stake; I have held halt a dozen

. ? .1.1 cL:. however we were inqnetts before wilhout swearing a jury,

l-.pa , ihVord and when we and one on which you (Mr. Randolph)

.u n,U we jrradoallv whs concerned

.1 it roivnl the ne k till it was un

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be mistaken. We discovered a fains, pregnancy; I com not form a decided which at first appeared to be about half opinion the first visit, but afterwards told

ffrown. but it reouned a minute insnec- her she was undoubtedly so. This was

tion to ascertain its sex, which preved to 7 or 8 weeks prior to her death

he female, and wa returned to the body. Attorney General. If it please the

We did not at this tiae examine the low- Court I propose to ask the witness whe

est parts of the abdomen, for some of the ther the deceased made any cbmmunica

jury objected to ihe removal of the cloth tion to hitn in reference to the author ef

with w hich they were covered. The er situation, ana wnai the conversation

countemru c of the deceased was not was that passed between them. I did not much distorted: the eyes were closed, ask the witness this question, because I

and the face pale, which is not often the knew Ihe learned couftsel opposite intend

cae in bodies wnich have been hung, ed to ebjecj to it: but I propose that the The tip of the tongue was a little between conversation be slated to prove the facts:

the teeth. At the second examination 1st. I hat she did inaite known her situa

on the 2Sth January we found he body on and 2d, that she did name a certain

.,. nparlv as ffood a state cf nreservatiou individual as ihe cause ot her situation.

as ot 'aisl. and there was no more smell I bese tacts 1 propose to prove because I

but the fice apparently in places where UBderitaud one of the principal grounds

the fiosl had bitten it-was covered with 01 eeience in mis cause is, mat me ae

a white mould, and enderneath by mak eeased committed suicide; and these in an incision we found the substance facts, if proved, will show that ihe usual

which resemble spermaciti. Dr. Wilbor motives to suicide uuder similar circam

and mvself directed our attention to cer- stances, namely the fear of disclosure,

lam iarts for the purpose of ascertaining could not here have impelled her, lor

whether any violence had been applied they will how that she had already dis

tn tboe narticnlarlv. Oo removing tbv clesed both ner situation and Us author.

cloth we perceived the discoloration to Mr. llandolfk The real object, if it

he much lower than we had before ob- please the uouri, wun which the Attor served it The lower abdominal muscles ney General proposes to get io this con

had evidently been bruised, for they were versatioo, 19 to implicate my client as be

mixed with extravasated blood; and on ing the father of this woman's child, and dissecting the cuperficial muscles of ihe thus to prove a very important pait of

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back.cn each side of the spine, just above ihe case uy second hand declarations ot

itsiuncti in with the pelvis we found thejherewn: but by no rule of law can such

same appearances, but a little higher on testimony, be admitted: her declarations

the left nde than the other, and each I have not the aumority ot dyiog testimony, hrnise was about two inches over. The and wete not made under oath. The

bruises in front appeared to extend from fact thai she applied for medical aid may

one groin to the other. We then care-1 be evidence, but ner declarations are not,

fully dissected out the part refeired to; the cavity of the oterus appeared as usual,

hut its orifice was nearly black and open

and the upper part of the vagina around

it was dark livid. These appearances induced us to apply the test of washing,

to ascertain whether they were the effect hot delay the trial at preseut by contin

of force frorh a hard substance; we ac- utng to discuss the question of evidence cordingly cut the uterus into small see raised last evening, but should proceed

lions, and found that its dark and livid with the testimony

portions wonld wash white, whilst the Dr. Thomas Wilbur, (cross-examined.)

parts which bote a healthy appeerance Hlien 1 first saw the body, the day would not Wp applied this established after her death, the tightness of the test to some pieces of the large and small string round her neck, her cloak being ir.testins. but these not having been hooked throughout, and her arms and

hrnised would imt wash white. I am hands under it with gloves on, were cir-

unabletosay whether these peculiar dis cusmtances which looked like homicide, J . .. . i. rl 1 1 J 1 i 1 L!l

cnlora ions an oidinanly the result 01 ana caused a aouoi on my mina wuicri

r tv,i. w.vi.. fnB.r fT;ffrnr ! death bv straniiulalion, I should think not. 1 could not dispose ot. Alter a mailt

a.,linilIJl.nJ,-(v..... ,1.,l.f.,n!mnni.,MnH..An1 Mn Vnry

in COnsC('ienr.e Ol luuioia iiini iiic 1 igui iuuc ui uuniijwi iuui ijucoitvita, 111 arm ot IrW deceased was broken, we e- dolph eaid on your last eXHmination amined it, nd found it was not. We of the body was there any thing appamp:iured sad weighed the festus a4 ac rent from which you would swear in a

curately as possible, and found its length case of life and death, that a hard in

to be 8 incites, and it weight 5 ounces. Utrument had uecn mtroducea lor tne

rhP umbilical cord attached to it was an purpose of producing abortion? it-

inch and 3 .hid f in length. I am of upin-Hess 1 here is a dillercnce in tceling

ion that although some of the riiscolora- certain ota tning ana aote 10 swear 10

tion were partly occasioned by incipient it: it but to the best ot my Knowledge

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.utrefaclion. there wns one bruise at least and Dclier me dtscioranon which was

which-could not be doubted. I am ot lotlnd on ine parts, couiu not nave ans

opinion that the cord around the neck en from any other cause." A pretty

dy lay I found a piece of a woman's-

and they must die with her

The Court adjourned till moriiog. FIFTH DAY. Friday iMdy'O. The Com t met at 8 o'clock, A. M.

The Attorney General said he should

comb, which has since been known to-

be S. M. Cornell's; the one produced is the same. 1 work on the land belonging to Andrew Robinson, about 50 rods N. W. of the stackyard; and or

the Attn December last, about sun-set.-Abner Davis and 1 started for the west end of the meadow towards the shores-

leaving a considerable charge of powder in a rock orr wnich we had been' -working to blast it. Near the west end of the meadow we saw a man set ting on the w all, with the skirts of hia

coat held up in his hands; he jumped

down, and as he was crossing where

we had passed, quite hi a directioa which would expose him to dnnger from the explosion, 1 told Davis to bing out to him, and just as he halted the pow der took lire, lie canted his head n little to avoid the falling stones, and if he had gone much further they would

have fallen very near to him. He w as dressed in a dark brown surtout coat,

buttoned up snugly, and a wide brim'd

black hat. His height was rather a-

bove the common standard, but I had

no opportunity to see his features; he first went square across the meadow,

and then hauled east. I have since seen E. K. Avery, and the dres, sta

ture and appearrnce of the man in tho meadow resembled in every particular those of the prisoner. There was a cart standing in the lot .where we worked, about 1(X) rods from the stackyardf into which we had put some bags we use to sit upon in drilling with some of

our tools, and these bags were sewn up with such cord ns that round the stake-Cross-examined. There is no wall between the stack nnd the place where

I found the comb; the ground is rough, and rather descending towards the

stack, There are no apple trees within 50 rods of the spot where I found

the comb, but now and then some rost

bushes and briars.

to be continued-

that of the colored wo

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man: ine veruici 1 iimeve was untiuc.

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Col "ff : of ihe

1 '. II ... I -J i flwrtL IT H"Jd cinikOil ln till lh

" . -4 .1,0 -ulash vtr nirs wete under 11. ntu 1 g v

. ... rt-r.r.r hich sailots call jurors; three or lour s.gned it, but not

. rim- hoKh"...ue call it houz.ng mo.e than four; I don t know where the i. .... PKia is hke the string, vf i.nct is, I lelt it on the table and it has

V'r ' " ' ' i it ibau it been lost; I will go home and look for it.

.;!r ,i..a .,, .M,s 1., be the wn.de Ueluctantly) hut if I can't find it I won't

1 ' ' 1 i u 1 1 l. .t riVa hit hpon int'nrmprl itiia

rf i fX'rt two or three ir.caes wu.c. . U....R ... i" -

r . ? . lai inp rrniitsi 1 vpriui.1 wna ...

1 1 I gaie :vi. 1 . 1 - . , ...:,J 1.0. I . I'hp rlpreased. S. M. t,irnpll

he ninev uenern", ' - , -

mortp the clove nt'cn upon ins iuui... uiCU o - -r- --

. ; acted 1 Every boilv with the assistance ot a married man

i .. . rlove hitch m-i-t be drawn pbe second verdict I believe is in court

, -,. .'.iu. .-.in both hands, or vou will exr.ept the testimony of Dr. Wilbor

1 :.'. :(.,,.. i,pre th k-nnt U which he borrowed of me. and which

neferg'. ii'4",,;i ---- -- - . evJJL thr Jurvl want to ask has been published 111 the newspapers

the witnea my malefaction and th it VVitness put 011 his hat ai.d asked when

rf the i-v, whether that knot will not he shouui ne waweu again. J .11 .n a nerrendicular diiection, 5. Dr. Foster Hooper practise med

v?hen ti' ends are brought togetherl cine ai ran iviver, 1 mei ... i.,tr tho eirint nnd tihiw fter closine in v stud ies. and where I have

rvvune-? - o 1 . . 0 - .

ed ihe i.Ti"ossihility 1 So yon see, it will resided five ye rs

.... u fixed that war.

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Cross Exunined What I slated at theriiterreu, uui on me ......w...B that there mirht her death, in John Uurfecs barn. I here

' .V r..,i inrhPd nf the strioff hane- was a delp indentation ail round the neck

.i,,rn.rkhpnch-w.sciitdnwn fiom three-eighths to half an inch in

I V ,t thi k it wa Gve ioches, but will depth; it was nearly horizontal, and on

't swear tt was not.Bjx; I speak to thelcarryrng the head lack it Dcctne quu

Greenville, (JV. C) May 4. A strange

notion prevails among superstitions and illiterate people, that the human frame

is susceptable of gendering snakes, lizards, etc. and when a person is bitten by them, they are propagated, and formed within their system, and attach themselves to some viscus perhaps the liver or kidneys. We have known.

an individual, who was thus strangely

infatuated y who often said he could

feel the reptile coiling in his stomach,

and describes it as being of the size of

his arm. This person has, on numberless occasions, expressed a desire to un

dergo a surgical operation, in the belief, that the snake might be extracted i but was as often told he was laboring under an atlection of the liver; which he would become angry, and, persisting, declare the snake was eating out

A few days since, he died;

his vitals.

was drawn tight enough to have stopped warm debate ensued between the coun-land, according to promise, a surgeon ci."

the circulation not only in the veins but sel, towards tne conclusion 01 ur. wuin the caroled arteries. We passed a burs testimony, on the subject of depo

sing round the neck in the indentation, silion which he gave before the coro-

and then on tke outside "f il, arm the ner, and which had alterwards enlar-

difierance of circumterante if I correctly ged, and permitted to be published in a

remember, was an inch and a half; it Providence paper in March last. I he

would probably have been more had the witness expressea nis regret 11 6nouiu

head been placed back when we mea- have been published at that time, as it sured. for ihe diameter of that part of contained all the statements which the

neck is less when the bead is in that deceased had made to him with res-

pot-ition. - .-, Pect ,0 Avery; hut at the time witness Cross-examined. The eneorged state gave it to the Editor, he did not know

of the lungs to ght have been the same that Avery would return to thisscction

whether she died ol strangulation or of of the country IUr. Mason concluded hanging.- THe-hlood might descend to a discussion more than usually exciting

the abdomen find extremities by gravita by an attack upon newspapers in gch-

tion and Ihus discolor those parts, but this oral, which wc will not report, lest it

our town opened him. We witnessed

the post mortem examination, and, to

our astonishment, beheld tiie greatest

mass of disease in the liver, our eyes have ever seen. We could not per-, ceive a sound spot on his viscus; one. entire body of corruption and abscess;

and was four times larger than its natural iizc. Wc saw the abdominal, as well a9 thoracic viscera, examined; many parts of which were diseased; the heart on one side was unsound the pericardium coutaiqing considerable

water. ' ' ' The St. Johns(New Brnnswick)Ob

server announces the death of Mr. Paul

could occur onlv when the vessels had should utterly exterminate a class ofl who was wounded at the battle of Le .. . ..I ... .. l-t ! 1 il, C 1 iL.

I did not see the body

of Saiah M. Cornell, before it had been

become too weak to suspend it bv capil publications to which some persons

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lary action: the cellular membrane would liave been largely liiueDieu ior tncir

become dark. but not the muscles. Some rcpulalion.

of the muscles were covered with extra- Lemuel Brjggs, Postmaster at Bristol,

vneaud hlond wbirh we removed with Mth witness) recalled. On the lUth

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forceps, and Jhese being bruised would

ington, and fwed the first gun on thti British side on that memorable day. There were 17 deaths in the city of

Cincinnati, daring the week ending on

November one letter was received fromUhcSth inst. of which 7 were bv Chale

Fall River, postage G cents; there are! ra, viz: John Fosley, aged -45; Vm

wash white. I never delivered a lecture in Swansea in which Avery wai mention ed. lie mifht have been talked of in a

private conversation after tn'v lecture,

and this reported ae a part of iu I an he paid; there were twe charges a-' Mary Harden) 25.

several other charges entered against

Mr. Avery that month, and my son took

a receipted biP of them Io him, which

Conner. 27: Rebecca Mavwood. 51

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Polly Spencer, colored woman, ol; bdith Dugan, 34; Daniel Bachelor 09;