Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-07-08
MURDER.

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Mr.. Tobias Martin, wI,itesndtb.
an ingenious and industrious citizen
Of Washington, was wahtouly shot !
At and killed on "Wednesday, by Q
person of the name Of Dcvaughn.
The National lntelligcncer of Fri.
day, gives the following detail re-.
specting this melancholy event
At the distance of something more
than a mile nor tn Of the General r.
Office building and without the bounds
Of the city, resided person by tue
name Of Devaugln, who cultivated u
field or two there. Into these fields
last Sunday, strayed several boys
from the city in search Of blAckber-
rics, among whom was sun Of Mr..
Martin. They were pursued, by
Dcvaughn, roughly handled, and the
hat aud basx ct taken from young
Martin, with the declaration that
they should be detained until soma
money WAS paid for their redempt-
ion. Mr.. Martin scntoa note out to
the man on Monday, asking him to
let the hat and basket be returned,
0f v hich no notice was taken, he not
being at home at the time. On
Wednesday evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin walked Out cheerfnlly togeth-
er, for exercise, and thought they
would walk as far as Deyaughn's
place, and persuade him to give up
the property he had seized. With
this view they went to the house,
within the enclosures and very
civilly requested he would return
these articles. They were rudcly
answered with brutal language and
on Mr.. Ms expos,ulating With the
man his sharp and furious dogs were
set upon tho unotfending couple
Mr.. and Mrs. M. we're endcavour.
ing by flight to escape from them.
when one of the dogs having seized
Mr.. M's coat, he had turned round
to defend himself against him. and
at that moment received a load ~
slugs in his breast from a muskct
deliberately aimed and fired at him
by Devaughn. He turned to his
wife, who had by this time reached
the fence, exclaiming, 81 arm a dead
man !" and taking her hand bidding
her an afftctionatc farewell. lie soon
breati,ed his last. The poor afflic-
!. ted widow ma,le the best Of her way
home, herself the bearer of tho dis
tressins intelligence. 1t was not
nearly 10 O'Clock the news was
knowp, when several neighbours
rode out to tho place. The miscre-
ant who knew lis murdered victim
+ lay but b u,drcd puecs from him,
had cody undressed for bed; but
hearing the tramp OF horses, jumped
over his fence into the lane, taking
his musket with him, which lie had
the audacity TO fire at the party as
they came up the lane, fortunately
without effect, and then made his es-
cape amidst the gloom of the night
and under cover of the adjoining
thiCkets. His musket being loaded
with slugs, and every circumstance
of the case, establish the animus me-
canidi on the part Of the hardened
villain. He had no sooner fired tlIe
fatal shot, than he loaded again, AS
if determined to doubly do tue hor-
rid deed, already cOnsumated.
/. Devaughn the murderer, is repre-
, sentcd to us to be man advanced
LIN years, perhaps 60. Of a stought
rough frame, five feet eight or ten
iinches high ; his hair and whiskers
j lgrey, and his face remarkable for
the uncommon projection ofhis un-
der lip. 1t il hoped that this de-
scription will be sufficient to lead to
his apprehe nsioD. The verdict Of
!. the Coroner's inquest was wilful by
said Dcvaughn.
Suspected murder. man abont
80 years old, was found on Tuesday
morning at six o'clock, on the shore
at New Utretchet, in . dying stale,
who, on Investigation. it WAS ascer-
taincd, was put on shore from on
board a vessel from Savannah, thea
lying at Quarantine. A Coroner's
inquest was held after his death,
which was at 4 O'Clock Of the same
day, and we are informed that the
verdict Of the Jury was, that he
, came to lis death by iniary inf(icted