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. W(J find iti the. OrnngQ bounty democrat a repcSrt 01 the ’trial nf Rebecca PealtcTorthe murder, of her son-in-law, Ephraim Peake, in August hist. , The report is not-a. very liicul orie^but we* have gleaned from it the following pariiculars v •.; Tbtf prisoner. is somewhat advanced in.'lift? anil the second wife of a’Mr Peake, of Randolph,* .ft!r Peake had .several children by a former-wife, ns had also Mrs. Peake by a former husbnniJ. Difficulties having arisen in the family, Mrs Peake was desirous of n separation j and proposed to her huBlmtnhto set out to her a third ofthe property on which she might live with lier children. To this tie would not accede,, but in . cohsequcrconsequence of some embarrassments* conveyed his furrd' to bis son Ephraim; ’who.chine to live .‘with* him. : This occurred about n year ago, rind at that ttrne, Mrs Pea fee very free I y, thro a tori tjidyen gcaii Qo;.n gainst, the w 110I c Ja rn i ly. In July she went to Ilu.vfdton *under preimice of attend* Ui ff. one of.the/ Rev .Mr Pure. Uu cd’ a njv i v s\l iwee li n gs. While there, she purchased an Qtmce of ftrsmnc, professedly for Dr Tower of i^oxhiiry. Sim carried. the arsenic, homo . and’ kept it. in her trunk more than itmonth. . About the middle of. August alieput a quantity arsenic in the salt cup, and while preparing hashof the arsenic.in the salt cup, and while prcpartn for dinner sprinkled the poison upon it; and sorved up this, dish Tor the family, consisting of her husband, bis two children; Fanny and Ephraim the deceased. All three were immediately taken sick with the symptoms of poison, but would doubtless have soon recovered, if the wife.and mother had. not renewed her experiment in the afternoon, by drugging, iliern with j)oisoned custard. The result wns,.tha* old Mr Peake, his daughter utul «m were seized again.-AvitU violent slckness'i tlic last died and: the; former, though escaping with their, lives, have entirely lost the use of their' limbs through the influence of the poison. ■ During the sickness of Ephraim, drinks were administered by Mrs .Peake or p ri\ aY ed by h o f. fo r hi i n. wh t ch vv c r c u i i tl o n h t ediy p bi -Soacd.' ll would seciivthat no loss than three.times he wns mnilc to d ri11 k d ii u led. A rsc n ic, whilo.!ybig lie 1 jIlt;* oh his bed. Mrs Peake, who; caused all this mischief, was very careful to cat none of the hash or custard; siiii.represented that'she. Was iirnvell nml had rio/appetite, But no sooner did’’the others show symptoms' of sickness, than she too complained -of.being sick. - Her syihptohis kcpt pace with theirs, ami the CiJinmigiwotnaii .expressed ft great deal of concern lest.they Uftd all been poisoned together: ■ IFcr artifice was..too clumsy Loo deceive, and in the .end.slid confessed her guilt; with sill its c i r c u m st it n c e s.. ' T11 c. o n I y e sc «a es; a h e o 11 ere d we re that tAuh« was criizythe Devil made;her do.T11e de.fonce 6f this bad .womit|j. ort trial . was insanity.. As every’(zne mu^t see, it could .not avail her. She wua foutid guilty, and is now under stmiencc of death;; .It is said that strong oflbrts are making to procure; a pardon for thin woman..We kiiow not the grounds of the application, but it. is .certain that the reported trial discloses no reason for interposition. between her. and • the gallows. ■, •. .One. part of the. proof which wc should have mentioned before, is too ■ sin gnbw . fci be over looked. Several witnesses speak of this wicked ling as ahespectable .wor man inirl a tfood neirdibor I What a satire is here oil i p
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Concord Freeman
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Sat, Feb 06, 1836
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