The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-26

IRON, from Tie Perry Forester, J.au 81.
HORRIBLE TItANSAt TinN

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fot ne last two or three DAYS. an 81
'raordnary sensation has tre,njlsd a,nonr
-" ,''Nehs at HE recital Ola supposed
motutr' committed upon the body Of Mr..
'V"',' nf'sos, late uf Toboyne town
sup, III llll9 county 10 prevent errone-
gus IN prtss'ois aud false statements. No
nave 'i'oosid proper 10 give some 1T the
Pa'"cni"a which have come 10 onr
"po"leF 2e through persons who were pre-
seut lehmedately after the lrolrd affair
any ohIing the sitting of the C0ronet's In
"dest. IL appears that the deceased. who
is a married man, lived some miles from
as mothers dwelling, where he had come
for few days during the harvest. IA ~.
sst m gathering in ihc proceeds Of the
farm, ol which he was entitled 10 sla,e.
On Saturday evening last, while none hui
me family, consisting of the mother. tl4e
deceased, two brothers aud three sisferg.
were ABOUT The premises, IL Is presumed
me dreadful scene 0cctrrcd. IL il stated
mat Daniel kelson, the younger brother
| oi the deceased, left the house of his mo-
Their To 80 To a field a short distance from
the house 10 cradle oats--thnt on his way
he called at his brother Joseph's. nlio -
also married, aud lived ia a lousr.on In.
way, but few rods from his mo.be,,s
and told him that Bob and him fDaoien
had Just had some words" Joseph re-
pIIed :" Bob has been carrying On hieh
since he has been here, but | will 20 over
ana arltie nm" Daniel went onto the ont
Field and WAS there but rrw minutes.
wien his attention was attracted Inv a
noise NJ the house of his mother He ran
to the hongr, but when hc came there. L,s
brother Robert was in the agonies of
death, supported on the floor by Two -,
his sisters whilst Joseph had went off FIR
II neighbor 10 bleed him. Joseph g,a,es
that when he went INTO the house of Inc
mother, Robert and the rest, were seated
at a table in the Kitchen, taking their eve
| ming pece-that he went to the dresser Il,
| get drlnk-tiat Robert rose from the g.,
bic and took him by the seat OF his nanta
| looms, when scullle ensued, and he fRo-
hertz Tell, but he did not think he hnd hprt
linn 81 mnch.--Ihe mothers statement il
somewhat similar, bul the sisters DENY ha-
wing any knowIed5e Whatever of the trans
acton, though il MAS stated by one of the
Others before lie Inquest that they had
assisted 10 part the brothers A Coroner's
| Aih'HfoA hh7 N37'iiibiAd Ahiilt itilH UtlflDLs
the night, who after examining the BODY
pronounced i verdict of Death by Violent
Hands. There appearcd on different
parts Of the body, SIX distinct stabs, sup
posed To be indde with butcher knife.
one Of which Il was1hotIsht, had PEI aied
the heart. Joseph Nelson, charged with
being the principal, aud Daniel and his
brother, as III necessary To the commission
OF tlIIo decd without a panic," have been
arrested and were on Sunday evening last,
lodged in the Jail Of this county at Car
isle. This is truly Il trsgicaI event, I'd
we could wish for the Gre dit Of our il. faat
County, for the sake Of human nature AID
the honor ola family who ha, G hereioluie
acid respectable standing in s0eis t., that
| the foregoing statement was bun an iIlu.
sive dream, or that the whule affair Vas
nausht but the creature .of fancy.