Herald Of The Times, And Rhode Islander

The Murder in Edgecomb.—The murder of the family of Geo. W. Pinkham, in Edgecomb, Me., appears to have been the result of a mutual agreement between the man and his wife. The cause is supposed to have been mental derangement, which is said to have existed some years in both parties, and is thought to have originated, primarily, in "Millerism." A correspondent of the Boston Courier forwards the following copy, verbatim, of a paper found in the house of the deceased. The first part of it was written in a female hand, and not signed, but was probably the wife's writing. The last part was signed by the man: "Please follow these directions."

"Finding no relief from trouble in this life, we choose to draw the curtain of mortality and sink back where no traveller returns. Our request is to be entombed in stone. I wish for you to leave my beads on my neck. I have concluded to die with the children as we have not any thing to subsist on but that which is worse than death—our living destroys the life and animation of our bodies. I want our clothing burnt or laid with us, and every ones goods taken home, and our bodies deposited in the tomb."

G. W. P.