The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-11-30
8p the MalIs.
MURDER OF MISS CuMN1NGH.4M.
RALTIMoRE. Nov.

with some particulars not heretofore stated. il
now published, in the hope that it may YET
contribute TO the detection Of a monster unfit
to live.
On Monday, the 4th day of April last, Eve
lima Cunningham, a young woman, who lived
near Charlestown, in Cecil county, MARY land,
left her home to go TO relations not far dis
tant, taking with her the child of a relative.
about four years old. She had 10 pass short
! distance on the post-road leading from Eavre-
de-Grace to Elkton. About II O'clock ia the
day, she stopped at a house on that road,
where she was invited to wait awhile. and
told that the man of the house and his wife
intended going the same way, and would
walk with her. She replied that the child
walked very Slows that she would therefore
go on, and they might overtake her. These
people were delayed, and did not leave the
j house until about O'Clock. While on their
way, they observed strange man come out
of the wood, near where Miss Cunningham
was afterwards found, carrying bundle, and
wearing dark coloured surtout, who asked
as he passed them, How far is it TO the fer
rym (Havre-de-G Grace ferry.) Nouneasiness
was entertained by the family which Miss
Cunningham had left, it being supposed she
was at the house she intended to visit. On
the following Friday morning, the child, in an
almost famished state, was discovered stand
ing at a branch by neighboring woman, who,
knowing the child, asked it "Whom it came
WITH" Unanswered, 6 With aunty." F." Where
is your aunty?n The child, pointing to the
woods, said sup there" s'Why did not she
come with you?'' Aunty is asleep" it an
swered-" | could not wake her." Persons
went Immediately TO make search, one of
whom following the track which the child had
made in going to and from the branch, wasled
directly to the lifeiess body of Miss Cunning
ham. OF the horrible and bood-chilling stec-
tacle which it exhibited We are permitted oily
to say, that on her body and neck were found
eleven wounds asfrom the stabbing of knife
her hands were cut, as if from Selling the
weapon and the bloodvesseis on one sid. of
the neck were cut in two. From the extend
ed position of her arms and hair, she Appeared
to have been dragged by the feet from The
place where she was first wounded. She lad
worn black worsted stockings. which were
pulled off and taken away: whether tLey
were marked or not, is not known. She
was found with one shoe on. The child said
it had put on one of aunty's shoes, but could
not get on the other. 1t could give no other
information of the murder than that g bic.
ugly man cut aunty with knife" The little
sufferer had continued with the body from
Monday till Friday, leaving it only to go to
the branch to drink, but often crying and beg
ging its g aunty" to awake and get up. The
lower part of a shirt-sleeve, evidetly torn off,
was found at the spot, and is still kept.
One John Corners, native of Canada. and
a shoemaker by trade, was arrested in Virgin
/ q ha 81 nd hoe H. Ii II.
in Maryland for the above murder. He was
acquitted on full proof, that, at the time the
crime was perpetrated, he was in Millersburg.
Kentucky. This mans arrest quia~a inquiry
as to others. On the day of the murder a
stranger crossed the ferry at HavR-de-grace.
who paid the ferryman striped cStton Jacket
with sleeves, for his ferryage. This man had
with him bundle, and wore dark coloured
surtout, supposed TO be of bottlegreen. A
man in similar dress, and also having a bun
die, was overtaken on the road by boy in
gig, and asked the boy to let him ride On
being refused, he got into the gig, and continu-
ed in it till they saw Miss Cunningham at
some distance, and whom they would soon
have met, when the man jumped cat, and sat
down on the side of the road.
On the previous Saturday night, two men, a
woman, and child, who said theyhad come
from the Potomac Canal, lodged at house in
Cecil County, near the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal. About IL o'clock on Sunday.
being stormy, snowy day, they left the
house for the canal. Early on Monday morn
ing, one of the men returned, got his breakfast,
and took from his bundle several articles of
clothing, which he left, saying they belonged
to the other man, who returned and took them
the next day. The woman and child did n of
come back with them. The man who return
ed on Monday morning, soon left the house.
to 60 back, as he said, to the Potomac Canal
and passed on the post road from Elkton TO-
wards Havre-de-Grace. He wore a dark
coloured coat, and had with him bundle.
On or about the 18th April, man was
arrested in Baltimore, who, on his examina-
tioa before magistrate, stated to the maeis-
trate and gentleman present, that he saw
the young woman who was murdered in Cecil ::
that he was sitting in the wood, on the road
side, when she passed by that he remained
in the neighbourhood till Friday, when she
was found that in passing along the road he
was afraid, being stranger, that he might he
taken up, and asked gentleman on the road
to let him ride in his carriage, or remain in
company with him, the latter of which he
did; that he saw the funeral, and was sorry
to think that so fine looking young woman
should have been so cruelty treated; and.
! finally, that he came from Havre-d de- Grace to
Baltimore by water. soae>
This man, when arrested, had dark sur
tout and bundle with him. What is vet
more strange, he told the magistrate and the
other gentleman, that he came from Canada.
and that his name was John Corners The
boy mentioned above, and another person be-
ing sent for, said he was not the man they had
seen on the road. He was discharged. and
asked the magistrate for a certificate to pre.
vent his being taken up again, which was
given him.
or A reward of S20O has been offered bv
an executive proclamation for the detection Of
the destroyer Of Miss c.. Editors through.
out the Union are respectfully requested TO
give publicity to the above.-Any information
or intelligence by letter or otherwise, trans
mltted to either Of the Baltimore editors. will
be gladly received and properly used IN bring