Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-18

HORRIBLE Assassination


Oue oi the most horrible instance If deliberate
assassination TINT have ever been called npon
10 record, cou nite ed in this vicinity on Mon
day everiG. The particulars OF ihi. transaction,
as they have been communicated TO us, aie a. fol
/ lows:
MIR. John Whipr'e, of this city, whilst writing
IN back roo-.i, in H. second Hory Of his dwell
ing hnuse Cherry Hill, mile below the civ
between lnd ~ o'clock al aigbi. was fred at
! through the sash. with a pistol. The ball n,s,At
through and shattered a pane of glass entered
the body Of MIR Whipple TIN ough the blade bon
ot his left shoulder, cut one of the principal srte.
r'es Of the heart, and lodged in the RICH, lobe o
the lungs he barely exclaimed " bly, God -
rinse and walked a few steps 10 the head of tbs
stoir~. and there fell and Immediately expired.
The murderer approached MS victim By clam
oering on the root of tack stomp and firing from
/ 1t dseOnaliy At the distance OF 10 feet At tho
time at The shot, young gentleman was sitting in
! the room wrh the deceased; bul in the confusion
Oh the moment n" pursuit could be made; nor W
any measure taken until information was con
Veyed TO he police ot the city. The steps of On.
villain plainly visible on tie roof of tie norch
a. IS also the Ssh OF the powder on the frame OF
he sash.
MI. Whipple in the prime Of life. indus
rious EN- e. pri"rg, aud lair ia siI hi, transactions
ne was respected IS valuable and in eiiigent
cHIzeo' lie has been rnt off in the midst of his
WIDOW m
teres'ing young -Cot lament his uutimely fate--
Mr. w. returned fnm York on Sunday niph,
| where he had completed advantageous contract
connected with the Hudson and Delaware canal.
In the construction of which he had participated
largely; and was At the moment Of his death ar
'"nsing his papers Tor departure from the city
yesterday morning
A. IL may well he conceived an ad.jr en- a.
uocIons and 70 unusual amongst US, has excii ed
great feeling aud indisnaton and no effort will he
spared to de ect the assassin. The corporation of
the city, II Will be perceived has offered rev ard
OF $3.50 for that purpose. No cause except upon
Conjecture has been assigned for The commission
oi ms coed The circumstances under which il
was perpeiraiedin the most populous of the en-.
vIions OF the city, in a dwelling where were
several indiV iduas and particularly in the face of
person sitting by the side OF the deceased, after
clambeTi"g also with much difficulty to an eleya-
ion equal with the second >tory and all this early
In bright moon ligh' ev cning--mark 1t ar one OF
the b'ldest, as 4, is one of the backesr in the
annals OF cline.
Two witnesses we've under examination yes,ar.
day afternoon before J o. Cole, E-o. at The no
lice Office, he resi, of which is not known, onlv
% i"r - they disclose nothing definite
oe piomieIy of convenIng public meeting
Tor HE pun pose at devIsns the means OF detection
la" beeosugSss'ed to usby several citizens.
we arc INDUCED TO believe by the 'enor Of the
statement oil Thoma~ A!lin, of Mercer As published
IN our last paper ihat Lewis Robard (tAe first hus-
band OF Mrs. Jackson,) did nor obtain deere for
divorce, until the Sep ember term, of 1893. If
we ATE correc IN this opinion, Robards u a. mar
RED TO Miss WYNN, bis second wife. nearly on.
year before he was divorced, a. bis marriage bond
which is nov before us, i dated December 20th
l392 When all the facts connected with this
SUBJECT shall be laid before the public it VIII be as-
cer'a'hed 'hst MIS- Jackson has been most -hane-
fully iraduced aad that her conduc, la. bes,, irr
proachablc