South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-11-29
ATRoCIOUs MURDERS!

ATROCIOUS MURDERS!
From the Bait. Patriot, November 90:
Shocking 0utrage.-We learn that
most outrageous murder was com.
milted last night on the Washington
Rail Road, 9th section, about Is miles
from Baltimore. 1t appears that dis
pute arose between some of the work.
men and Mr.. JOHN WATSON, the Su-
perintendent, relative to their wages, he
Withholding portion on account Of
their neglect Of duty. On the previous
night they assembled at his quarters
and gave him several severe blows,
which confined him within doors, and
last night they entered his dwelling and
beat him SO severely that he soon after
expired. We also hear that his Assist.
ant, Mr.. Mercer, has also been severe
Iy beaten in the afray, if not actually
murdered. A "hue and cry" has been
raised in the neighborhood, and it is
hoped the murderers will be brought to
the bar of justice. Mr.. Watson is
spoken Of as an upright, estmable Cit
izen in all respects.
From the Bait. American of Nov. 81.
We have been a. some pains to OBJ
tain correct details of this horrid pro.
ceeding, and make the following rela-
ton of it from sources which may be
fully relied en-.
1t appers that on Tuesday afternoon
MIR. GoRMAN, one of the contractors,
was assailed in his own shanty, by
eight or ten men, supposed to be some
of those at work on the road. Mr..
JOHN WATSON, a Superintendent, was
also in the shanty at the moment, on a
casual visit. Both gentlemen were for
chilly dragged out, beaten severely, and
left in state OF inssnsibility. They
both, however, SO far recovered as TO be
able to give an account Of the affair ;
but German still lies, we learn, in q
very critical situation, and great doubts
are entertained Of his recovery. Mr..
Watson, upon examination, appeared
to have been less dangerously wounded,
and on Tuesday night, there was eve-
ry prospect that he would survive the
injuries inflicted on him. Mrs. Cor.
man, we learn, was also assailed, and
treated in the most brutal manner.
The outrages thus perpetrated by
these cruel ruffians were not sufficient,
it seems, to satisfy their blood.thirsty
cravings. About midnight on Wed.
nesday, or between that hour and one
O'Clock yesterday morning, they SUR
rounded the Office where MIR. WATSON
was lying wounded, and after breaking
open the door they deliberately MUIR
dered him, in a most barbarous and
shocking manner, the back of his head
being cut open and the brains scattered
about! Mr.. WILLIAM MEssER, one
of Mr.. WIS. Assistants, and who was
present in the Office when the attack
on it was made, was dragged out and
shot dead | Another of the Superin-
tendents Mr.. GALLON, was also
shot dead, his corpse having been
found yesterday morning at a short
distance from the Office! Several 9TH
er persons we're injured, but none we
believe dangerously,
The miscreants, after the murders,
proceeded to rob the premises, but we
learn were defeated in their main pur-
pose by the presence of mind of Mr..
SMITH, the clerk, who secured all the
money except a small SUM in specie,
and effected his escape.
Various causes have been assigned
for this unparalleled outrage, but we
forbear at present to mention them
A robbery was committed few days
ago on Mr.. German, and suspicion fell
upon certain individuals, no very pro.
badly are connected with this bloody
transaction.
Mir. Watson, we know, sustained an
excellent reputation, and had but re-
Gently undertaken a contract for the
construction of considerable line of
the Road within the limits Of the Dis.
lrict.
CoNFLAGRArIoN.-The following ap-
pears In the London Times of the 9Th OF
October, in the shape ofan advertisement,
under the sanction of Mr.. Rothschild, the
Austrian Consul General, and others, by
whom donations in behalf of the sufferers
were to have been raised.
GREAT FIRE AT WIENER NEW.
STADT, NEAR VIENNA.