Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-03
PHLapErrHrA, May IS.
MURDER MOST F0uLn

MURDER MOST F0uLn!
On Saturday evening last, four men
called at the house Of Mrs. Mary War
ner in Upper Darby, Del. county, and
rcquestedto see the man living in her
family. Mrs Warner keeps.a store IN
part of her house, and the young tnan
referred to, William Bonsali, bis wife
and child about sixteen months old.
constituted The whole Of her family
AIR. Bonsall, who we learn was in bed,
came down and was greeted in very.
cordial manner BY his visitors, whom,
however, he processes never 10. have
seen before yet unwilling to be inhos-
pltable, be requested them 90 sii down
lin few minutes one of the four men
demanded of BonsalI his money---he
replied that he had hut dollar. and n
half Which they might take. At this
moment one OF the ruifians.cut down n
clothes line hanging Ia the kitchen, and
drew ID so tight about Bonsali's neck as
to choke him, Bonsall lifted bis hand
to his throat TO loosen the rope, when
the tallest of the robbers made passat
his arm with a.razor, which lay ed open
his arm TO the hone from the shoulder
to the elbow. Bonsall was then thrown
into clair, and held by one OF the ruff
fans, while the other directed Mrs. War;
ner, after tying her arms, 70 light him
to the store.
!. While tits man was in the store, ia
king such property as he could most
easily carry oil, the other continued with
Mr. Bonsall--just as Mrs. Warner was
leaving the store, the manin The Kitchen
used some words to Mr.. Bonsall, and
then stabbed him several tines III the
abdomen with shoe knife, much worn
---this was done while sitting in a chair
directly in front Of him--in attempting
to withdraw it, the blade stuck so strong
ly, that the handle came of and tile
knife was left in his body. II
Two oithe men had previously fed-
red 70 The front door, The two men IN
he house. discovering Mrs. Bonsall, snd
perceiving her delicate situation, ,hraa-
tened III. most shocking barbarity, if
she did not ip'neaiately conduct them
to the place where hes husbands money
was kept--they wsrs desired 10 take
any and every article Of pro- erty, but
TO spare liyes--they accordingly took
the whole of Mr.. BonsaiI's clothes. isis
military uniform excepted, and iiIIedtwo
large handkerchiefs with goods from the
shop, and after Insulting the dying Bon
sail, they retired. .Bonsall was ia q few
moments a corpse.
:. II was noticed by Mrs. Warner, that
one of the robbers was very large i'll
looking man, dressed in q Wilmington
stripe rcundabout--nnd from the APP
pearance Of his hands be was supposedio
be ashoemaker--a supposition confirm
cd by his having the knife already men-
toned,
The other active man was small, had
sandy hair and whiskcrs, and wore q
brown coatcc.
These persons are undoubtefly the
same wretchcs. who, on Friday night,
robbed a market man on the West
Chester road, and beat him IN most
shocking manner.
Hest piuFdererss IL ~ inougfiL, cFpss~
ed Gray's bridge on Sunday about 70
o'clock, and entered the city. We trust
that means will be adopted to bring the
perpetrators Of such bafbarous act to
their merited punishment. .
1t may be proper to remark, that the
clothes carried on, belonging 70 Mr..
Bonsall, were marked with the initials
w b.
NEW ORLEANS, May z "A per-
sonal dispute. wetween two rcspecta-
Bile citizens was decided this morning
IN single combat with swords, ono Of.
whom, we understand, was thrust
through the body, and instantly cx
pncd