Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-03-04

gY2VateQ me -UlOTC OCIduSS HaN ~ b
back where she was with the bottle and
whisky, I then t ok a dram Of whisky,
and some water, I then fell too 10 abuse
nv wife and struck her several times
| across the small Of the back--the woman
of colvur then told me it was true what
the people said, hat [ was a drunken
| rascal. | then told her she was the devil
| and If she would stop a little l would
soon let her know it: l fell TOO and
| took the scvthe of the cradle and swore
a great oath l wouid cut off her head t;
when I had taken the SC, the of the Graz
die the GOV began to run from mr. told
hin to stcpbar nc did not | III. ii struck
him with the sCvthe and cut him In the
head and tod him I would make him
| stop. my wits then took hold OF the bov
and threw him over the fence from me,
| theu followed the woman Of colour anil
swore ifI could ketch her | would cut
III her head, but | being drunk she put
run me and got to a MIR. Bells house
before me; when I came to MIR. Bells
asked MIR. Bell to grind my scythe
that 1 wanted to cut off some peoples
heads which | had at the same time no
notion Of doing After my scythe was
or .und went to my house, my second
son r IN out of the door, I told him o
stop but he did not, | then cut him in
the head with the scr,he in the same
manner | cut nv eldes. soa, he bled
very much. I thtn took him in nv arms
and carried him into the house and wash
ed his head with cold water, and. laid
him in the bed, finding him bleeding
from the wound freely, frightened me
so that l cried bitterly, aud thought I
would take my own life, but hok:ng
roundthe house got some cob webs and
put ito the wound which stopped the
bleeding Immediately, which g I'VE me a
great deal Of > .trsiAction, | Thea drank
whisky very freely, took the ,Sr Young
est children to bed with me and went a.
sleep immediately, and never wIkeued
until morning, which was Sunday ,h-
ninth. When 1 arose early andw rnt 70
the stable to give NV horses hae-Ah r
having giy en- my horses hav, on return
ing 10 the house, l saw my wife and eld-
est sou coming across thu field, and went
to meet thsm-they told me- they lIv in
arve shock all night in the 6.ld. Twas
very angry with her for laying out all
night with the bov. had not eaten anv
thing from Saturday m1rning-E told
her 10 so to the house and get as some-
thing to eat. and l would so to the field
for my cradle and bottle. whersI took
the scy,hr. of the day before. When
going for the cradle and brttle, I saw
4horscs tracts thro' the oats, which I
soppased some person had rode through,
Then cane hone in a great passion aal
would have Inx wife tell me who rod-
tkro'' the OATS 6<h-she denied knowing
Of any fsrson riding through the oats,
and would MT trhme. n. eonsiderable
time previous /" this, Lheld ods the idea
10 her that | was jealous of her, bae at
The same time did not believe it-indeed:
hAdnot the least ground to suspect any
thing of the kind, but that she WAS hon.
est-Istits persisted. in holding out the
idea Of bring ealous of her, aud began
to beat and abuse her to make her tell me
who~i it was that rode through the field
she denied knowing who it was-t then
drank more liquor, and got in a great
rage-tnak np The gun and struck her
with tive then had some words-she
asked me if was going to kill her-t
.saidI would.if she would no tell me
who it was that rode through the oats
she told me if was to kill her she did
. knew. l then took the 6re-tongs
and beat her severely-she still begging
Of me for Gods sake not to kill her. !
then quit beating her in the house, got
tie Wagon whip, and took my wife to
the rye field to shew nc the shock where
she and the boy lay all night, To- know If
she could see from the shock who it was
that rode through the field. When l
found she. could see from the shock to
the place where the horse went through,
| fell too to bea. her with the. Wagon