Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-22
a HORRIBLE DEvELopp,,r,..
(From the Delaware G,,s,,o

", paPer u rr'aay last. some circur.
respecting most diabolical cours. I ~
which, tor some years past, has b.., con-.
in Sussex county, in this Stale ~ y" .!tne:
OF which have JUS, been broueh, IN ,i s'!a'ta
particulars. S'e'ens
From our correspondents accom-, &C..
the following particulars. Abou, ,rn S gay
vious to his writing, tenant, who i, I%n p
farm where Patty Cannon and her soe o.
the celebrated Joseph Johnson, ner ,"'n
lived Tor many years, in Norhwes, Fo v va.
dred, near the Maryland line, wa, Man, '
the field, in place generally covered ' ,s;.!
ter, and where heap of brush has b.. "Il
for years, when his horse sunk in o,a. y.
on digging he found blue painted . .L.
bout three feet long, and in i, werp fn..1
bones of man. The news flew liz. " ~.1.
and people from many miles around ,i TuA
place; among whom it was univers,llv ~
tina, negro trader from Georgia, n,m.!s
or Miller, orperhaps both. had ben nr,S J
by Johnson and his gang, abou, 10 or I.a
ago and that The bones now discovers
those of one OF them; as the man or M,
been missed about tina, time, and the ba'u
which one Of them rode was found :, p.
Cannon's, who laid claim to the amin =.
person from Maryland, who had ls,, !,
horse, came forward and Claimed his nran..
and she alleged, at the time, tina, Bell q, N
Ter had sailed short lime previous viii
cargo Of negroes for the South.
Since tina, time he has not been heard T.
it is said that few days before he wa, misc.
he was heard to say that ht had with him
teen thousand dollars, with which he purro.
10 purchase negroes. The supposiiqa no.
that the knowledge Of his having hi, no,.
in his possession, formed The lnlucen,n
take his life, and that 10 conceal The bod, J,
had been deposited in the place whsn NJ
bones have been found.
The excitement produced by this ti:,spr
as may naturally be supposed, was very ua
in The neighborhood, and, on the second rS,,
one Of Johnson's gang, named Cyrus Ina
who has resided in Maryland, was caueh !,
this Stale, and brought before Justice Of hi
Peace at Seaford, and, on examination, y,.:
tina, Joseph Johnson, Ebenezer F johnson RI
old Patty Cannon, had shot The man WIKI d
supper in her house, and that he saw them !,
engaged in carrying aim in the chtsl and b
rying him and stated, moreover, that mar
Others also had been killed, and that he cox
show where they had been buried Th. d;
GERS and citizens accordingly accompanied h,
10 the places which he pointed out, and mt:
the necessary search. In one place, gsrta
they dug and found the bones ola young chi!
the mother Of which, he stalled, was my
woman belonging to Patty Cannon, which, h
ing a mulai,o, she had killed for The reason II
she supposed its father to be one Of her on
family. Another place, Few feet distant, III
then pointed out, when, upon digging b
feet, two oak boxes were-found, each Of wh1s
contained human bones. Those in ore Of he,
had been those Of person about seven years
age, which James said he saw Patty Csn1
knock in the head with billet Of wood ID
the other cont aimed those of one whom he s..
they con sideleG had property-by which III
supposrd was meant tina, he was Tree. j
there was, al the time. much STIR aOou' %
children, and there was no convrnenl op'''
,uni,y to send the n away, they were mO'd'f
to prevent discovery. Ga examining the V.
bone Of the largest child, il was discovered
have been broken, as described by James
This fellow, James, was raised by pa'N "a
non. having been bound 10 her al he age o.
years, AID is said TO nave done mucn. m'''"'
in his time for her and Johnson. -,
Another witness by the name OF bO,'e'
already been secured; and II is thought I'd
some others will be brought forward "h'ar
quainted with The bloody deeds OF Pa'i a q"
This woman is now between 90 ana VE'
of age, and looks more like man 'hSn d"
mar; but old as she is, she Is brile'eo -
as needless and hearltss as The most 'O'"O'
I'd wretch that breathes.
As stated by us on Friday last, Patty .'n'
had been lodged in The Jai! at Groise"'" !.
J,mes and Bullsr were also PLACID mere ~ .
same time; and i, is highly prob'o'e INA
this The trial has aiken place, aud inc te''"
il will soon be known. md
lanes stated tina, he had not shown ." "
places where murdered bodies had been WI. ~,
and at the time Of writing, our coF'tSI'"'
informs US he people were still dIsgns
Joe Johnson. who is said 10 be Ie'Io'S >,
this time, in ALBANIA, is stated TO nlm i,
seen in TINS stale IN December or Ja"u"l
and the probability is that his Oo''nFs, : i
was 10 do something at his old ous'hso' y ~,
mapping. He vas convicted oil '"'' ,nE,,
some wears since a, Georgetown, anu ., 1'"s'
he punishment Of the lash and lhe '".o,l
account Of it. He is man OF some :" 81,
ty, having for many years, tarrifo ." ~ bs
Of stealing and selling negroes, J." "" Dr., C.,
aided and instructed by the old bag, raw. )