Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-28

VI TIC uiuCi VI MISS CUNNINGHAM
The following letter came 10 our
hands yesterday, from a gentleman
who takes proper interest in the do.
lection of the detestaDle rnffian:
TO TIE EDITORS.
E}kton, 2Oth April, 1926.
From the best description we ara
enabled to get ofthe murderer of Miss
Cunningham, las collected from diff.
ferent persons who have seen himl he
is u man Of common height, rather
stout made although a roundabout
coat which he sold at the river, if il
fitted him, would not indicate so; dark
a complexion; a strong coarse voice
without any peculiar dialect; had on a
dark trock coat, collar not recollected.
old fur hat; and o person who saw
him thinks be bad a scar on one side
OF his face, near the jaw bone. lie
stated hat he came from the state of
New York, and was going either to
Baltimore or Washington, which of
those places not o recollected. He
had u bundle ofclothes with MIN.
Aperson has been taken up here ON
suspicion. On examination, there an.
pears bnt few causes Of suspicion a.
gainst him, except his being near the
place about the time Of the murder.
Much anxiety is felt here hat this
wicked murderer may be taken. As
ne proceeded South, perhaps to Wash
ington, it is thought a description of
him, inserted IN your paper, might
answer a good purpose.--Nat Int.
Robbery and attempt toNurder.-
We learn by the gentlemen who went
in pursuit OF the murderer Miss Gun.
bingham. that a daring robbery was.
night before last, committed in The Vi.
cinity of Dumfries.
Mr.. Bixveli, of Greenbrier coun
~, Va. had been to Baltimore with a
drove of cattle, which he bad sold, and
was on his return. About d mile from
Dumtries, aud just after dark, he was
shot at by a man very near him, the
ball passing through his hat and scrap.
ing his head. His horse heing alarm
ed started, suddenly, and threw him,
but he held on toihe bridIeand recover.
ed his feet. The robber, in the mean
time. had seized and cot off the skirt
of his coat, containing his pocket book
with between four and five hundred
dollars, and immediately made his es.
cape, Mr.. Btxwell discovered by the
flash of The pistol, that the robber was
a white man, but could see nothing
more. The citizens of Dumlriesswenf
in pursuit, faund the pocket book and
papers tut could see nothing of the
robbery or the mon,y Aleu. Gaz.
Esrw1cK Evans, ESQ. of Ports.
mouth, n. III. is about sailing for
Greece; whittier he goes "to assist in
the political redemption of" her DOB.
%ulation. In the last Portsmouth Ga.
zetle he has published a short farewell
address to his political friends,D in
which he commits bis family to their
special p' election. He says, sit is
my determination never to leave the
soi! of Greece until her liberties are A.
ch'eved; or, ct least, whilst one Greek
banner remains unfuried."
/ Melancholy AcciGent.-On Mon.
day the 4th of April, in crossing the
South Branch of the Potomac, at Mp
Laughlin's ford, Mrs. Conroy with
her five children, were drowned by
the wagons overseeing. The eli.
dest was a young man seventeen years
old; the second a girl aged ID, with
her infant sister in her arms; the two
next boys just beginning to be useful.
The mother Mrs. c noated on the
surface of the water crying for help,
for more than a mile. Her brother-in-
law drove the wagon, and although
saved. was two much injured at the
time to render any assistance. A boa,
coming up the river met the unfortu
nate woman still floating, but life was
entirely extinct. She was inferred in
the burial ground of Mr.. Young the
day following. The children had not
been i9nnd.-TVia. Repub.
8'cdch Of Marriage Promise
Mr.. Peter Nelson, of New Orleans,
advertises Emma d. English, for
having ron away from him, and cheat.
ed him OF his marriage promise. En-
ma, in reply, admits that she did pro-
mise to marry him, and that she de-
ceived him; bot she avows she did no.
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