Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-12-23

from IL. pur.p;t. lie he. ~s,s,te
the hopss Of Mrs. Hoeks;-a widow We
man. and attempted 10 lsy sislsse hsnds
on 4 young woman. whe be ssspeeted
ives about to Us married 70 Fisher,
whom be had previously attempted to
Ikill ; bot she broke from his grssp ssd
fortunately succeeded 10 sfscting ber
escape. -
BY this time the alarm had been Civ
en- aud Philemon Morris, Esq. and ].
Morriv came on to Charlotte, and made
application 10 the Hon. Mr.Ruffin, rho
was then there. sor authority to spprey
bend YandIe. He Immediately issued
bench warrant and directed the shet-,''
If 90 take him, dead or alive. The
sheriff started the same, night. and ar
rived 10 the neighbourbeod about sun
rise next morning /; summoned guard
Of twenty men, surrounded the house
of the murderer, where he had shut
himself up armed with rife and shot
gun, and summoned him to surrender.
This he positively refused to do, and
attempted to FIRE at a part fthe guard
ont of the garret window several shots
from them, however, but which did
not take effect, caused him. to retreat
from that position. 10 abort time he
made second attempt, but was again
driven back by fire from the guard.
The guard remained secreted behind
the spring house until the latter part OF
the day, without being able to effect
their object: wher the sheriff and the
guard usreed 10 rush upon the honsc,
which was instantly done. He was n
gain summoned to surrender; but he
|replied that he knew he would have ia
die il he gave himself up. and hs would
rather die than surrender. lie then
made several attempts to FIRE, both at
the sheriff and the guard, aud at length
pot his gun through crack and snap
ped it at one Of the guard, only fsu
PAGES distant at that Instant several o.
The guard fired a. him, through the
crack, but unfortunately missed him
add killed little daughter Of his who
was lying in bed. This was the first
knowledge which either the sheriff OF
the guard had, that any other person
was in the house-they supposed he
had either murdered his family or senI
them off. But it seems. as they were
subsequently Informed by his wife. that
when his house was surrounded, he
put her and his children IN bed, COW
cred them up and declared if they
made the least noise he would instant
ly put them 10 death. In the unfortu-
nate death therefore, Of the li.tle girl,
not the least blame can be attached to
any one but the wrelched author OF
its being.
Immediately on the firing cfthe guard
Yandle dropped his tiile, snatched up
his shot gun. rushed out Of door on
the opposite s'de ofthe house. and fir.
ed on the guard within four PAGES o'
the muzzle Of bis gun. Attbc momen'
he rush ed out, however, two Of the
lgnard fired and shot him through, and
to this circumstauceit is doubtless ow-
ling that his fire did not take effect, as
the wounds he received caused hjmnto 3
elevate his gun so that the sl1ot psssed
over the heads Of re guard. The re-
mainder Of the gqti fred instantly and
he fell dcadseveraI PAGES from the door.
We havs purposely gone into the de-
tails ofthis melancholy transaction, in
order to remove misrepresentation and
prevent false reports from getting. intJ
circulasion.
The South Americans who reside q,
Brussls, have received letters from
their families, whichstate the belief 10
ba general in Colombia and Peru, tina,
Bolivar will never return to Bogota
that bis dictatorship Of Peru will ter.
innate in his assuming the title of EN-.
peror, and that he will be the founder
of a new dynnsfY in the anciant realm