Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-06-29
unnE,s CoNFEssION.

The post rider from Fairfax court
house states that VIM. ID. Hoee has
confessed that he murdered Simpson
that he had no accomplice, that after
first leaving Simpson believing hun
dead, about midnight he visited the bo-
DIV and found him recovering, that he
stabbed him many times. About day
fearing he was still alive he again re.
paired to where he had killed him and
finding be was dead, left CentFeville
shortly after.
A respite for a month is asked we
hear.
Warr.nion Gdz.
We have some rather more direct
information, which we derive from
various sources, of the fact mensio ned
above. Hooe did not return to the spot
until morning, where life still fingered
in his unfortunate victim, who on the
approach of Hooe, fervently implored
him for mercy, demonstrating that he
had taken his money, which was all that
could be useful to him. Hooe was M
vulnerable to bis appeal, replying, with
en- oath, that one of them had to die,
and that it should be him (simPson.) lie
then despatched the unfortunate man
with club axd followed this actup with
about seventeen wounds from his pistol
dagger-ten of which were inflicted IN
| the neck. The circumstance OF but lit
tie blood having flowed from the wounds,
which has occasicned much surprise, is
accounted for in their not having been
given until after the body was dead.
alexandria Herald.
GIt is reported that Hooe, the muir
derer of Simpson, has starved himself
to death in Fairfax Jail.
A Grand Ball was to take place, In
the Opera House. London, "tor the ben
eft of the miserable sufferers in the
manufacturing stations Of the north OF
England" We are reminded OF the
Paris victim balls. The rich in En-
gland have before them the uncomfor-
table probability of being, from time to
time, compelled by prudence, to !devide
their means with the labouring poor. In
such crisis as the present, or recent
ne,-of which under SO artificial and
inordinate system as the British, the
frequent recurrence is ineyitable-hosts
of starving manufacturers must virtual
ly cry to the opulent-"either give us
bread or kill us, or we will despoIl or
kill you" The condition of Britain Is
fine commentary upon the doctrine OF
Mr. Rush's Treasury Report, wherein
that country was emblazohed as an ex-
ample Of the universal. solid prosperity
begotten by an extensive system OF man
uiacturers. Nat. Gaz
Netcs of The Sea Serpent - Cap
tain Hoidrehge, of the S.las Richards,
has sent us the following extraordina
ry account for publication, accompa.
MED by representation in pencil OF
The monster seen, which is precisely OF
the form Of the Sea Serpent, which SO
often visited the neighborhood OF Bos
ton, Capt HoIdredge, as well as many
other respectable gentlemen. are ready
to verify the statement with their oath,
if necessary:
To the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser:
Dear Sir: II you should deem the
following statement worthy ofinser'lon
in your valuable journal, the veracity
of it can be attested hv the undersigned:
Ship Siss Richards. 9Th June. 1926,
Lat, Al, 80. Long.67, 30.
While standing bv the starboard
bow. locking at the unruff1ed surface
OF the ocean, about 7 O'Clock, P M. /
perceived sudden perturbation of the
water, and Immediately on that, an ob.
ject presented itself with its head above
the water about four feet, resembling
the above figure, which position il re
tanned for nearly minute, when he
returned it 10 the surface, and kept ap-
preaching abreast of the vessel, al a
distance Of about Fifty yards, | imme
diatcly called the passengers on deck
several of whom observed il for the
space of eight minutes, as it glided
slowly and uDdauntedly past the ship,
at the rate of tour miles an hour. It's
color was dark dingy black, with
protuberances similar to the above
sketch; its visible length appeared a.
bout sixty feet, and its circumference
ten feet From former accounts which
have been given of such monster, and
which have never been credited, this