The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-10
From The .Willedgeu,He, fGeo,) Recorder
HOKRID MURDER.

From The .Wtledgeu,tie, fGco) Recorder.
HORRID MURDER.
I4astevening we were summoned to wit
ness scene from which humanity with
indignation recoio n sccne perhaps with
out parallel, since the first organization OF
civil society. Twilight had bat Just made
its appearance, and was throwing its sable
shroud over animated creation, a time well
calculated for the commission of the black
| est deeds, when the shrieks ef = helpless
female broke III upon our hearing, suppl :
| eating relief aroused, we Mastered to the
spot and behcld a once lovely form, now
lying, as it were, -" IA hfeess trunk without
head"
The circumstances are as follow II ap-
pears there had been a fishing party during
| the day, composed, perhaps, of relations,
Of which party JoHN NJ. WILLIAMS, the
person whe committed the shocking deed,
was ore. On thsir return in the evening,
accompanied by ms rother-in-law and
wife, he appeared to be in an illltumnur
with his wif,S and descended even 10 abuse,
| lrut by the interposltior Of tirose present,
he dcsisted, and the storm that appeared
lowering, passed over without leaving any
ves,iges indicative Of its recurrence hut
| alas ! 1t was fatal security into winch he
had lulled their suspicious When a5ogt 10
depart, he babe the ssterof his wife, in an
Impressive nlanner, TO bid her ftreUtH /; hat
not suspectng the prophetic observation,
they proceeded homcwards. IRE they
had been absent fifteen ginutes, he com
| merced the execution of his demoniacal
al &c hU pnt mn itl mi
cy aud by stabbing her. She immediately
fled, hut in consequences of her debility, oc-
casioned by giving birth to an innocent,
then not ter days Old, he easily overlook
her, and with a severe blow brought her
| senseiess tn tie ground. Commanding tire
assistance of negro girl who was close at
hand, he rcconducted her to the house, and
placed her on the bed, when animation was
! soon restored then, with Hnexamp!ed fe-
rocty, TIC caught up the infant, and with
unreientle5s fury, cast il violently into The
yard returning to the betlside with his
knife drawn, he RECOMMENDED his abuse of
his wife, and attempted to cxtort confess
sons by repeatedly stahbing her, renewing
his enquiries, with heiiish satisfaction, at
each successive stab. The negro girl pro-
fitting by his position, seized him ana east
lnm without the door, giving TO Mrs. vii
hams time to escape, which she embraced
with as much alacrity as her situation would
admit OF, and had aed perhaps fifty yards,
when this monster retook her, Il dragging
her by the hair some distance, despatch
ed her by cutting her throat from ear to car
IN the most hOrrid manner. BY this time
the alarm had reached the nearest neigh
Dor, WHO hastencd to the scene of misery
He had by this time exchanged his knife
tor razor, and kneeling in the attitude of
prayer near the body of his murdered wife,
was attempting to despatch himself he
had completed part of his design, bnt find
ing the task more arduous than that Of
numbering his wife, he only succeeded, as
IS believed. in making an incision in the
windpipe, and il is thought will recover, to
answer before an earthly tribunal for this
unnatural deed. Four helpless children
bewail the loss of their mother. This is
another fatal example of that inflIriate pas
sion which emLitters connubial bliss
" tribes light as air,
Are to the jealous, combinations strong
As proofs Of Holy Writ"
N. B.-An inquest has pronounced If
malicious murder, and he now stands for
trial al cur next superior court.
Eight miies Hest Of Clinton, .Doy Is. 1923
Among the groups exhibited in the
streets of Madrid during the Carnival in
February last, WAS the following. One of
five masks, one of whom was seated on an
ass, his ace being turned towards the ami
mats tan BY an inscription attached to
his hat, it appeared that ne was intended
to represent a Diplomatist of Verona
He held in his hand some SHEETS of b,anl
paper, and he observed most important
silence. On his right hand, he was atten.
ded by mask. the representative of the
Regency of Crgel and on his left the
Russ'an aud Prussian ambassadors. Tho
King OF France was stationed at the tail of
the Ass. They were received with sbon,s