Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-23
HORRIBLE MURDERS.


n'h para II 10 lie deeds Of afro NY porpe,rated W
Saturday night In Morlislown, New Jersn.. The
details QI his sl0skins event 50 for .s IN :, have
''"nsPrrd, olo Substantially as follows -
SAMUEL $ sAyaE, Esq nearly sixty years of
age aud iormcrYa merchant Of Pearl street, II
this city, Of the firm OF .Sagre #. Ioitf bong III
want of a man to lphor on his farm, repaired hi
'her about three weeks ago, and selected, on ne
count of the general good character and integrity
OF the SWISS, Nh e,nlgrnut from that country, who
has ultimately proved 10 be his murderer. On So
tufdhy evening, The latter went INTO tie village OF
honistoWn, Which Is short distance from thr
residence OF Mr.. Snyre, md purchased pint OF
brandy. He came bnck in Me evening and is
supposed TO hive perpeuaed the crims after
hs return.
Yesterday morning, nciehbor who wns dr-
wing his cows To pasture saw bundle on thc
ground before the door of Nj Sayro, whose resi-
dehce he had occasion to pass. On examination
he found IT TO eonten female apparel, marked
with the initials Of ono of Mr. Suyres daughters.
lie conveyed II 10 the house and knorked at the
door, bot receiving n answer he gave an alarm,
and the house was brokfn open. Truy,lsing the
various rooms they finally proceeded to the garrct.
where thoy found the co,orcd female servant dead
IN her bed where she had been murdered, pro
baby IN her sltcp, Ivy Sone shmp pointed mstru-
nleni IN the side q tic head near the temple. The
persons assembled next proceeded N. barn here
thcy discovered Il Ratchet with blood upon II, with
traces of tlood upon the ba,n h,or The blood
was also traced 10 adjoining heap of manure,
Whcrr they stumbled over the feet OF Nh, Savre,
whose body WINS partly covered up by the ma
nurc, and ON further search they fnuna by the
side of him, under the sa,,c heap thu dead body
oi has wife, both eXhlbHmg marks of violence
ha, lng their heads hid open with a hn,rhct.
! BY hs time the Shc If and n conrortse of citi-
aens arrived, WHO were divided into parties which
were sent of III various directions IN pnsui, OF
the murderer, who was presumed to DC the SWISS
laborcr, from the circumstance that he was mss
ing, the desks aud drawers rinrd and fay orite
! grey horse of Mr. Sayros taken from The stable
! probably To and the murderer in olccting HI, IS
cape. liaudbllls were immediately ISSUED, and ia,
most active means put IN requsltion To arrest the
offender hch We are reloiccd TO say accom-
/ plshcd about , O'Clock in the afternoon presumin,
tha he had taken the direction Of New York De
| phsniah Drake Esq of Newark, Marshal OF tn,
! United States for tn District uf New jersey, Mr.
Ludlow, ID, oheliti of Morris county ard others
repaired hltherwarj, and at the half Nay haus
On tie Newark causcway, usually known rs tn,
! Musqucto TasctH, they fouad the individual O
whom they were III pursuit he was sitting in IL,
inn smoking cigar. They immediately arrested
him, aud found upon his person II par ofuowscrs
and n hat belonging to Mr.. Sayre, and in his pos
session two large bundles, continuing male and fc
msic apparel, which we've readily identified q
belonging to the family of the deceased The,
also found in his pocket two ra2ors belonging t,
Mr. Sayrc gold watch Of Mrs. SnyIe, and abou
twenty dollars in silver
The wrctched eulprt had taken with him a ba:
of gold containing about $500, which was toun,
al Bottle Hill, about four miles from Mortlsto"n
on the road between that village anu Newark TIN
horse which he stole and rode off with, appears It
have been FESTIVE, and from the tracks IN the road
unwilling TO pass the house of friend OF Nh
Sayre, which caused the wretch to lose bag O
jewelry, belong ing To one of the daughters OF III
deceased, which there found. Since his al
rest the monster has confessed that the horse threw
him on the road and escaped This is rendcre
probable from the circumstance that the bag q
gold coins was found near the phase where he /
supposed to have been thrown. The horse ha
been since found and the prisoner conveyed in
rons to the jail in Moristown. 1t is suppose
that Mr.. Sayrc was iniuced to go TO the barn t
examine one Of the horses, when the monster per
petraled the deed and that Mrs. Sayre, alarme
at his unusual Absence had followed him, am
shared his fate. They were both dressed he hn
on his boots, and she a calash.
1t is supposed that the onIy motive for the act
was plumber. The three persons murdered were
exclusive Of the Swiss,) the only inmates 9th
house Mr. Sayre's two daughters were fortunate
| ~ absent, one TO attend the funeral of II deceased
relative, in Connecticut, and the other at school II
New Haven. Had they been at home, IT is pro
bable they " oud have been oddcd to the humble
! of victims Mr.. Sayrc WINS we'll known in this CT
IT, He retired from business in 1907, and wa
distinguished for amenity Of manners and integrl
~ of conduct. He was n native of Orange coun
ty in this State, and his first wife the daugh
ter of the late Isaac Tomlinson Esq. Of New Ha
ven. He had been engaged in agriculture in his
retirement, and was in the commission of the
peace at the time he was murdered.