Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-15

with the witness OF the decd, were brought pet0's
Mr. Froz for an investigation Of the busintss lie
witness AFRO was q female, stated on oe'h mat on
.ioIsiay Ihe - DAY Of August she heard an unusoa
uoise of the top OF bill contiguous 10 hef o"e'-
iing and thai anxious 10 ascertain the cause u ~
she lief, the house. and proceeded part oil tho way
no The hill, when, 10 ner astonshment and horror,
she perceived i've men, bearing the body OF oeao
man, follow. by female, and Of short os'ah'e
rom hem. two other men engaged IN hsh'ing WIN
stones, sticks and aby thing they could ee' ID 'ne'
hands One OF the men who were carrying inc
dead body and the female, she recognized TO be the
party arraiened, and the wife OF The man who was
murdered 10 confirm her testimony, Page, the
nerson alep ed 20 hnve beea murdered was missing,
and h,d not been seen or heard Of since The day on
" mel, this appalling scene mad been fxhioieoto
he view of the W tness. These facts, with the cir
cnmsIance alluded 10, left no doubt on the thnu VI
the Justice of the Pcuce and the spectators, that
, murder had been committed by the accused but,
not TO be too precpiiae III his judgment, he post
poiied the fu her Investigation OF the case un' me
ensuing Monday IN the mean time committing INC
parties to prison, and taking such steps TO procure
further evidence, and discover traces OF The oooy'
as would leave no doubt on the subject
Tho day of the investigation arrived, bringing
with il an inc, eased anxiety to The pullic mind,
nv which euyeloped the dark transaction. Num-
bers of anxious citizens were seen collected IN
groups IN various parts Of the town, forming con-
lectures as TO the disposition which had been maze
of the body and expressing their conviction beyond
doubt Cfihc guilt of the accused The magistrate
had taken his seat on The bench, and issued MS Or
der for the prisoners TO be brought before him-the
ex ,minafon of the witnesses had commenced,
when--to clear up all doubts, and make the matter
ccrtain--a very important witness appeared III the
person OF the mnroeyea man haasey! lie mao
gone to Monroe nbou. the time the wliness mad seen
he sight before described and the circumstance Of
his departure, and subsequent residence being I'M
known 10 his ghbors had served as csfrobora,
ION Of he testimony OF the witness.
One or two circumstances occurred in the pro-
gress OF The search for the supposed murdered man,
which it may not be amiss 10 detail, us they may
tend TO guard people against the influence OF untea-
sonnble preiujice, and The drceituness OF appear
,nces. The female witness, above alluded to, chi
led the attention of the scarchers to bloody clot1
which she had picked up in fence corner. This
was confirmation strong as proof OF holy Writ"
Of what she bod stated to all present., except
shrcwd, intelligent gentleman, who happened 10
have his eye on her a. The time of making thi, DIS
covcry and who stuffed he was convinced the cloth
~as placed there by herself. The fact being made
known by THIS gentleman, whose veraciiy all knew
was unmpeachlbe, at once threw cloud OF sus-
pclon over the evidence of the woman, with those
sho were disposed 10 judge impar'idy. Another
fact vas the finding OF Leaf, which the party find
ing II, and others in company alleged was stained
with blood. The same gentleman preserved the
leaf for inspection and on exhibiting II in Lewis
burg it proved TO be like ten thousand other leaves
ofirses to be found in the woods the centre Of which
being decuyed than the exterior part, had as
snmed darker hue, which the prejudced and Gre
dulous took TO be spot blood SO that if Page
had never been seen in this county again, although
the accused would have been acquitted, for want of
evidence to the main point, yet the public mind
must have settled down in tho conviction tina. they
were gully Of his murder