American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-07-07

SHOCKING OUTRAGE.

On Wednesday evening, Tobias Martin white
smith, OF this city, valuable, industrious, and very
ingenious mechanic was suddenly and without pro-
vocation snatched from family which he sustained
by his toll, and society which he benefited by bis
example, by the hand OF fellow creature who has
thus drawn down upon his own head the double
wrath of public Indignation and public justice. The
causes which have led to This fatal event will be
found detailed in the evidence given before c. II
Wharton b. Chalmers, and ID Bussard, Esqrs.
Of which we suboin a sketch
! Upraughn who thus stands charged with the
murder oil fellow being, ard who has thus incur
red the most awful OF all human responsibilities TO
society well as TO his God has not yet been taken,
although such means have been adopted as to rem
der his escape impossible. We know OF no cir
cumstance, for many years which has produced a
deeper or more general feeling among our citizens;
who have to n, as they do with all sincerity the
untimely destruction not merely Of fellow creature,
but oil fullow citizen whose genius and application
promised to add TO the lame of the city as we'll as
TO his own-one who had purchased the esteem OF
all, by his peaceful demeanor, and industry IN his
p, oession His remains were attended to the grave,
yesterday afternoon, by his brother masons and
the company of Y9gers. as we'll as large con.
course of his fellow citizens who followed the
corpse to the grave close in forever on the rich
est promise that rational hope ever held forth to
human industry
The following is the substance Of the dispositions
taken by the board of magistrates
g. W. Dashieu stated that he was lying in bed
betS cen the hours OF seven and eight on Wednes
day evening" (his house being about 10 yards from
The residence Of Deyaughn,) when he heard the
report OF gun, which was Immediately succeeted
ny shreks, supposed % be those oil q iemsle-that
he sprung out OF bed and directed servant 10 go
out and endeayor to ascertain The cause-that he
followed after, and took the direction TO DE
yaughn's house, and being arrived al he fence with
IN SIX yards OF the house he saw Devaus hn stand
ing IN the yard with his gun in his hand and his
wife at the door He asked Devauehn what
the matters Whether he had been shooting some
innocent person? Who replied that ne had fred on
two persons who had threatened him, one OF whom
he posed to be man IN woman's clothes He,
Devsughn, then walked towards the meadow, and
deponenl went up to Mrs. Deyaughn, and made
inquiry as to the temper aud disposition OF her
aus5snd who tepresent, it be brutal and violent
~ he extreme, and that she afraid to open her
mouth before him She stated that she was fire.
qnenty treated ill--hcr children's lives often
threatened, and TIA, he more than once regretted
hat he had not killed them-tbat her son-in law,
Mr. Jones. had been there the nigh, before. and
was expected this evening with his wife, to protect
he aud her children from his tyrrany. When
lnierro4 sted if she heard what passed between de
ceased and her husband, and il de- easeds language
was respectful "a swered that she had, and that II
was gentlemanly, and not such as TO cause offence
Us ponent then left The house.
Rpbecca, the wife Of Jonathan Devaughn, stated
that she resided with her husband on place be
longing TO Mr. Moore, adjoining the city; that on
Sunday evening last. between and o'clock her
husband discovered boys in the orchard that he
lett the house, taking with him small switch, aud
raftn IntN,
the boys from the orchard, of whom, in his
fright had left hat and basket She sald she
heard nothing more about it until Wednesday even
ing, when deceased and his wife came up TO the
fence by the house AVID inquired Of little girl her
daugher,if Mr.. Devaughn lived there? Her hus
band, who was seated al table eating his supper,
jumped up, and answered yes-what Of III Or
what do you want? Deceased asked him If he was
not the gentleman that had his sons hat and baske:
her husband said he was, and if he wanted il, he
must go and satisfy Mr.. Moore for damages and he
would getn Deceased's wife asked what damage
her son had done; upon which her husband told
them 10 be gone off The lot, and not backguard
MIN, and II they did not, he would tut load into
them deceased turned hastily to leave The place,
and her husband came into The house, took up his
gun, and went out-hat in short time she heard
the report OF gun, and Immediately after, woman
scream and moan that she was afraid TO go out,
gnu eonlihuea w Inc nouse ner nusDanu then
came to the door, 1t being dark about this time,
asked Tor his powder and shot, and &c loaded Her
husband then went out, she fearing something bad,
put her children to bed and in half an hour her
husband returned, put his gun behind the door. lit
MS pipe and seated himself on the sill, he occasion
ally mutering 10 himself; that for some time she
was afraid to ask him any quesons bu, a, last said
you have shot that woman; he replied how do you
know hate answered, head her scream and
moan. He then said he had shot the man in the |
leg Alter while he and put a stick of
wood against the door, pulled off his clothes, and
went to bed She not having candle, threw some
hght wood on the fire, continued to sit up until
overpowered with fatigue and prehenson when