During this part of the dialogue between Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter's, the two women were debating both what kind of man Mr. Wright was, and if his wife killing him was unlawful or just sad and excusable considering how cold Mr. Wright was.
When the women found the bird, they made the decision not to show it to the Sheriff, but rather to take it with them to Mrs. Wright in jail. I don't know what purpose this served, as everybody was already convinced she had killed him. Perhaps it was so nobody would know what her motive was, and they would go easy on her or she would be let go. The women clearly felt bad for Mrs. Wright and her life that they described as lonely.
The dead bird, to me, symbolized Mrs. Wright's life. It was beautiful and full of song until a man came along and wrang all the life out of her. It's just too bad that she felt the only way to get her life back was to do the same to her husband, but in a much more literal sense.
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