The Connecticut Murder.
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MIppLErowN, Conn. March ~, l84i.


,,,o, various attempts on Saturday and Monday,
10 ;nry were this morning completed and sworn.
the me- TYLER opened the case TO them by a brief
VA. nl.ent Of the mort important facts he expected
sa'e.nbl;sh against the accused. He thought he
10 SO hs oble TO show that Hall WIS absent from
Houlut ut,om o'clock A. NJ. to o'clock p NJ of the
home - ,yhch the murder was committed, that his
DAY on were bloody when he returned that his bo-
clo'lss soa been washed, that he had wound upon
SOU band OF which he gave no account; that he was
Ms o. saw ANYTHING about the murder and that a
olh 70 rreesembling Hall was seen going through the
man :; the direction OF the deceased. With respect
hss III ond Roberts he expected to show that they
10 yering within sight Of the house on that fatal
%ee ,ot the Shirt of ono bloody and that of the
az a. had been washed; that cane of Roberts,
oa.' found within the house, which Bell not know
was rSspce it had been taken, declared to be the
Ils Roberts used on that day.


b.,d a; the deceased; that Sunday the Gath day Of
he last hs with his children, leaving Mrs Bacon


s hGmT Ist about after ocoeA p Nj 6ao he "a "a
he found his wife dead on the oot and horribly
pf n,pets OF his desk disturbed and twenty dollars in
sl sfssn dollars in SILVER and wallet Containing fifty
es bHtchers knis Iay III. deceased and
do,.I rh,rs produced IN court shlvered atoms The
Et with uuimportan, incidents were confirmed by
his children who testified Immediately alter him
I,,;us Yale. Witness said Hall worked for him


preceding the -der and part of the week a.r it.
aot nom home Saturday night September 90 live
be io a. eturned on Monda after breakfast with b4ndaae
pr hand On Tuesday said " hoover did the deed mad
il, He SAID would do that He some
'teIol,rts, 10 sceak about the murder though he never
VIII IN answer any question put 10 respecting IT. He
rsJad the Congregational Church In Merlden Sunday
he had for some time previous been the habit O
;p 70 the Berlin Meeting On Monday is had on bottle
Eo coat which he usually wore aHd hung II III the common
e for such things. where saw II Wedn sday Thurs
E III once hued horse aud wagon 10 and see his
"a, S,hsr who lives in Britain.


rIre Hail. who lives in the same house with Halt
,,d Hal killed fowl on SUNDAY morning; he left home
ng he returned about o'clock r M his face then
go sod looked If he had bean unnlog a.ldy; he then


witness the cash his hand ard SAID he did fool
M t his knife changed his clothes and went aw ay
mmdia,ely witness saw h,m confeslhg at the ban-yaId
H"Is With Edward Conwe


Fd,rard CoYnWeU saw Hall in the yard to the
-, AM, ron varsed tn him hin about O'Clock, r NJ
M rs was red his shirt bosom wet his appearancrssingu.
m Md his head down did not look directly rhe face


bsnds were dirty and the skin had been knocked from
mS.sEof one OF them The day quite warm.
Teri Foster-The distance from Halls to Mr.
pn through the fields and the mountains shorter
& by way OF the read. The stones this mountain and
,hs d.s oil the road BY s Gathoe similar there
,tp,m of water near the Catho'e.


Orbu,n Peel the brother of Mrs. Hall, said he
r,sa, Has on Sunday. Hall ille! fowl in the morning
rn, its head off and held his hand for
iii ,aid he going East thai day, and New Brit.
,n Can't say whether Hall had not when he
II,d the fowl had light colored pantao0ns left Hall
o'clock Hall home both times Hall has brother v
ng in New Brtton


SaLu Moor saw man on this Sunday, about
na o'clock coming the barn before spoken Of his face
red did know him can't say that Hall is the she
sw his height about the same did THINK any thing
out meeting this till after Hall arrested and then
irt mentioned ii 10 her slater who did not know Hall.


The Court then adjourned till tomorrow.