Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-01

SHOCKING MURDER.


On Moaday LAST a man Of tbs narae OF
r.m.rd Donnrllg, WAS committed to the
- If this county on scspicion of most
tsr;d morder, Of his owa wife. Tne.
.xroms,soces attending i have been un..
.saaa,uIy .ragical. and the presumpsious
c 4. cailt appear almsss inconero. erti..
II. ii: is said to bear very bad cha
y,c,sr. .oposssss brutal temper, and was
cos.is~sea dangerous man IA his nsi sh.
ha,so.S lie is also said 20 have beea
lang ia si.s asbt, of beating andilltreatlng
ii. wife. On Saturday the 8 h Instant.
her screams we're heard by the neighbors.
saooossd to be an sccoaat of his beating
her but since sha, time she has not been
seq by any one, Ie says she ran "a,
bu.i. is exuaoriisary anJ unaccountab!e
how she cauli hser 30 completely h.ap.
p,arsd, especially as she MAS far gone
with child, ADD sise having relations in
Ibis town to WAGON she would most like.
II come if she had left her husbaod ---
{ Thrs. presumotions have bseo confirmed
by others sill sironger: % sxam!niSg ths
fire pace Of his hsuse, a number OK bones
were fouad amoog watch are two teeth.
hracsit is concluded HAT the subordinate.
watch, had burn, her, in order 80 conceal
sdc horria deed! Physlciaas aud i deaths,
who have exam aeG the bonsa znl teeth
declare themselves Of ,hS opinion ina, they
ere those of a'hyman being. H. appears
to have been N kind of phreazy 90 The
day this abominabie murder Yves conmr-
Ted. The treatmeu, of his TWO little chil
drendenote either a deprisssian Of reasoa
trbrual cruelty. He cot his eldest boy
On the head with a sy,he, IN a shocking
msnaer, the scnIl was laid bare for soms
iachrs. Fhe sldes, boy tells, thar his fashes
carried his mother 10 from the Orchard,
sadlaid her down on the bed, and then
took him anG his brother and locked them
Up 10 the barn. But there are so many
stories abou, this last particular that there
eno knowipgshe exact truth oft.
Communication We should be very csu
ious 10 piaciyg reliance upon appearances;
We are often deceived by them; so macy
Instances OF persona eonsicsed upon thu
suohses' prssuhapt,ons aud afterwards
found innocent, should teach rs nor to pro-
menace Sentence of gully where there is
af'ss'6'4s;'srs inn9csncs. Thscircums,aac-
sssagainst the unfortunate man who was put
10 prison some days ago are cer,aialy very
sNong yei heseviaence against nan for
80 aotrld and unnatural marder shouidbe
.Nss.sisO'e, audshat against Donnelsy by
70 means excludes the possibility Of hrs
'aaossics, ] an not going 70 argue his
ssuss; ! speak ssains. The -.cgcc.ice OF
s'0oaonS a arm belief on.presump.ions s.
sppsarauces which may even seem TO re.
uses TIE &ae,to moral certainly. Instsnc
! xasrs men have been deceived in thi,
aasr are familiar 10 every one; aaa a
sa1as'ancc very much Ike tie present,
~ 20 which | was e witness, has taughs
!, ~ . beware passing arash sentence 90
~ Saas OF any person, however bad his
,.s .,se.sr may be. Its the striking re.
"oance of that circums.sncc ADD the
ienafks. = la@s ~ :
Iva years ago collier, living abou,
,a;,,. m'lss from piasburg. was con
II. m,s % jail suspicion of numbering
,s,, ras' he mad borne most infsmou,
4 hs': aud was constantly 10 the habi
ssns sss'e and i'l-,rsasipg her, it had be
: 0Ssaxon TO hear her scream, tina