Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-06-02

Ime~bers of the family lay /; the entiss
|body III the ~ n chiislrewy md the heads
and some of the limbs Of the father
and mother. were burnt Ia ashes the
whole body Of Ne~ey wss by this time
70 mech iis6gured, that no other
marks of violence could be discovered
loa il. The bed FROM the upper room
had fallen on the body Of Mrs. ". and
preserved . part Of il, and a small piece
Of be-. lines on which she lay-frOm
which the witpesses discovered that
three wounds had been inflicted by .
knife or shssp instruaent. After an
inquest had been held, the bodies were
buried; and two days after, that Of
Mrs. Newey was disinterred for fur
Their and more particular observation.
II Was then discovered to have been
pierced in three places by 4 sharp in
strument, once in the stomacb, once
near the right breast, and once near
! the shoulder blade. On accurate cx-
animation, il was discovered that there
were three cuts in the linen, which
corresponded exactly with the three
wounds in the body.
The circumstances by which Mark
ley vas proved to have been the per-
petrator Of this awful, revolving, and
unparalleled atrociiy, were distinct
and conclusive.
II was proved that in 1925. Mark
ley, who 10 an illegitimate nephew Of
Newey, was convicted in Frederick
county court Of having stolen sundry
articles from his (Newey's) house, and
sentenced to Eve years imprisonment
in the Maryland Pcnitentiaey; that
after receiving his sentence, and be-
fore he was taken from the court house,
he declared he would have revenge
cut Of Newey for having testified a.
gainst him. After he reached the Jail,
he said to one Of the witnesses that
when he should be released from the
Penitentiary, he would take vengeance
on the Judges Of the Court, the States
Attorney, and Newey. The witness
remarked that five years was . long
time. that he would grow cool and for
get his threats. no. said Markley,
will have vengeance, If l have to
murder them oil and burn them up az
terwards.' His term Of confinem ent
in the penitentiary expired about the
last Of October, 1s30-and the Newey
family was murdered on the night Of
the 29th and 3Oth of December fol-
lowing.
He was first proved to have been al
Blacks tavern, 8 or 9 miles from New
ey's residence, on Tuesday week pre-.
ceding the murder-at which place he
left the only bundle Of clothes he then
had. From that time his movements
were not traced with entire distinct
ness. until Friday night succeeding the
murder, when it was found he remain
ed al night ut tavern in Westmins
ter. Is or I6 miles from Newey's, on
the road to Baltimore. He had then
in possession . large bundle, and with
companion who was travelling with
him, left there the next morning. He
arrived alone at KelIystavern ia Bal.
timore on the succeeding Sunday night.
On the next Sunday following. he " as
taken into custody by one Of the police
officers OF the city. While at KeIly's,
a paragraph in q newspaper was read
IN his presence, in which "John Mark
ley" was charged with the murder. lie
pretended not TO know any body OF
that name; never to have heard OF
Newey. and 20 be entirely ignorant OF
Harbaush's Valley, where, il was prov
ed IN court, he vas born and reared.
When first examined by the commit
ting magistrate (Mr. Blair) in Baiti-
more, he denied that his name was
MARLEY; insisted he had never been
IN Penitentiary, and never arraign-
ed for any criminal effence--which he
maintained until ideatiied BY one Of
the officers Of the Pcniteniiary. When
examined before Judge Shriyer, who
finally committed him for trial, to Ere
deTSck county Jail, he could not, or
would not, say where he was on the
night OF the murder; but said he did
not know, for ne had been on q spree
from the Tuesday night preceding the
murder, when he staid AZ Chambers.
bnrgh, until Friday night succeeding.
~hen he was proved TO have been At
Westminster. Of the numerous arti
eles Of clothing found in the bundle
carried BY him TO Kelly's, he would
not say where or from whom one Of
them had been procured. but said he
purchased them at slop shops These
articles Of clothing we're produced in
Court. and nearly every one oG them
proved TO have been in the possession
ot Newey's family within q short time
! previous 10 their death. One Of the
witnesses tor the State described cor.
reeGly pair of pantslOons which had
belonged to New ey, and mentioned a
peculiar mark by which they we're dis.
tihguished. A sister of Newey's also
identified them by . rent witch she
bad sewed up. Several witnesses iden.
tihed a. cid handkerchief, marked by