The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-21

ts's wife had fed, and attempted 10 t;n.
she fortunately escaped after being sa,.t a~.'o out
wounded by blow from his rif,e hv severely
der small building. Yandle then lef.e IN.
and after about half a mile, met vo,,n. NC mouse,
the name of Fisher, whom he had dS % man Of
threatened to kill, fred at him, and ra.sousy ao,y
him in the shoulder. Eishcr ran. and WI nyuuhded
sued in order to complete his murder,us ee ~ pur.
but before he could ovcrtake him, Fish. .ueslgni
ed a neighbor's house, almost exhaustea' each y
the loss OF blood, and Yandle desisted fr.om IRON
pursuit. He then went to the house ,S", os a's
Hooks, widow woman, and ATTEMPTED r. a,'s'
violent hands on young lady, who, he snsra.y LAY
ed, was about to be married to Fisher. ,vh,p"
had previously attempted to kill; but she h.. ne
from th's grasp, and fortunately succeeded IN .s
tecting her escape. e''
BY this time the alarm had been given A.,
Philemon NORRIS Esq. and Capt. z. Morris c,n.. Su
on to Charlotte, and made application 70 I'1 sa,ue
Ruffin who was then there, for autbor;tv touse ~
prehend Yandlc. He Immediately issued zap
warrant, and directed the sheriff to take bba~cn bn
dead or alive. The sheriff started tho Gu
night; reached the neighborhood by sun,;a. y,."c
next morning, summoned guard Of about ~
men, surrounded the hsuse of Yandle. wbera ~ y
had shut hmselfup and armed himself with = ~
fie and shot gun, and summoned him to snrr.. ~
der. This he positively refused to do. and =.
tempted to fire at part of the guard out Of ,bs
garnet window; several shots from them hou,s''
or, but which did not take effect. caused him y.
retreat from that position. In a short t;ms ~
made second attempt, but was again ds,as nv
back by fire from the guard The pn,rd 's' y.
NAMED secreted behind the spring house y.
til the latter part of the day, without being ,h.
to effect their object when the sheriff and s ths
guard agreed to rush upon the house. which v.s
done. He was again summoned to slrrerd.r.
but he replied, that he knew he would have tn
die ifhe gave himself up, and he would rather
die than surrender. He then made several at.
tempts to fire, both at the sheriff and guard and
at length put his gun through crack and sran.
ped it at one of the guard, only few PAGES dis.
tant; at that instant several of the guard fred At
him, and killed alittle daughter Of his, who was
lying in bed This was the first knowledge that
either the sheriff or the guard had, that sny
other person was in the house besides Yandle-
they supposed he had eithermurderec his family
or sent them off. But as it seems, as thew were
subsequently Informed by his wife, that when
his house was surrounded, he put her and her
children in bed, covered them up, and declared.
II they made the least noise he would instantly
put them to death. In the unfortunate death
therefore, OF the little girl, not the least blame
can be attached to any one, but the wretched
! father.
immediately on the firing of the guard, Yen.
del dropped his rife, snatched up the shot gun,
rushed out ofa door on the opposite side o. the
house, and fred at the guard within four PAGES Of
the muzsle of his gun. At the moment he rush.
ed out, however, two ofthe guard fred and shot
him through and to this circumstance it is doubt.
less owning that his fire did not take effect, a,
the wounds he received caused him to elevatehi
gun SO that the shot passed over the head Of the
guard. The remainder Of the guard fired in.
stantly, andh he fell dead several PAGES from the
door.