Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-16

=. nwoks about sunrise the next morning, crying
out thar bis threat wss roi, which awoks the 9TH
ers. WIN. r. T. u the same time running down
stairs and nnfss'ening The deoss. other person
in the house was up. There was gasn e,is Ia he
| neck, with sirp instrument, 4 or fse inches IN
length and three fourhs Of an inch in the deepest
pad, ba, without cutting the wins-pipe or jngnla'
vein The shop near the house where Mr.. Alley
used to sbavc and keep his razor, WINS found un.
locksd and the razpr, with drop Of fresh bloodon
il. was ,pund in lis usual place. The shop had al
90 been ieund by Mr.. AIley, unlocked the even
iog before. after !, had been locked and after
WIN. p. r. had gone TO bed. VIM r. +. was
found IN A barn, cleaning horse, as his usual
practice in the m1rnns The crime was laid
to him, winch he denied and continued ever AIR 10
deny.
the crime was committed on the !s; OF August
II appeared tina, VIM. =. r. Ind deliberately gone
TO his masters shop, a'ter was locked the .vcn-
ing before taken his razor 10 bed with him and pro
baby slept with II under his pillow, with which he
committed the hould act Immediately after waking
in the morning. No account Of tho act or Of any
thing relating to !, could be cxtorted from him. lie
remained silent and apparently unmoycd during
the examination before the justice, and exhibited
thr1u b9u, more he cunning and suotlety Of on
old offender, than one Of his age. The character
given Of him was that ofa bad boy, particularly OF
a malignant temper. Hc WINS sentenced last week
to Ten years hard iaLour IN Me STATE Prison -
The wound of the injured young man Is slowly
healing his health ye, feeble.
A Father Tried for HE murder Of his Son
On Tuesday last the trial of,oan WincleH, of Suf-
field, Connecticut, was held before the Superior
Court in Session a, Hartford, for the murder his
Ill II. hot
bitter controversy had long existed between 'bo
fathsr and son-that the son had repeatedly made
attacks upon his person, and occasional depreda.
tons upon his proper,y-,ba', for several years
past, in consequence of fear Of bodily harm from
the son, or some other cause unknown, Wlncbell
had been in the uniform habit OF erming himself
with a muske and Il, others with pistol and dirk
that on the "a h OF Marh last, the was
gagged 10 setting up aud covering coal pit Of wood
taken from the land claimed by both father and son,
aud about thu possession Of which the controversy
between them originated that in the afternoon OF
that day, Wlnchell was seen wandering about the
reg on Of thu coal pit apparently carrying pistol
IN hs bosom-that about sunset the report OF file-
arms and the cry of,nurder, WAS hoard in the drec-
ton the coal pit, and the found wounded by
pistol shot IN the left side below the lower lib
hal immediately after the report oflhe pistol and
the cry Of murder was heard, Winehcll was seen
emerging from ravinc near the pit, it'll pistol
N his hand, apparently exhausted IN body and al
ted in mind and to the inquiry whether he had shot
his son, replied hesitatingly not until he hi, or
hurt me FIRST that the son languIshed about thr-
" hours, IN the most excruciaiing agony and died.
Ga the part Of the prisoner i, wos commended thai
there was no evidence Of premoditatiou or malice
that IN the absence Of this evidence, il was to be
presumed that he aimed himself for the purpose Of
defending himself against the anticipated attacks Of
his son that he accidentally came in contact with
him at the coal pit, and shot him, not however, in
pursuance Of arrsvous purpose and design, but in
sel-defence, or IN consequence of the excited and
perverted state Of his mind occasioncd by the re.
peated threats and attacks Of his son. Ii was fur.
Their claimed, that al the time Of committing the
homicide he was not in possession OF that degree
OF sanity of mind, necessary to constitute him u
moral agent and ronder him accountable for his acts
that though on most subjects he was rational ye,
on the ubject Of his family controversy he was 10
tally insane. large number Of witnesses were
examined on this point, and mass of testimony
adduced, but tending more to establish oddly and
eccentrcily than alteration or alienation Of mind
The case was ably argued by the Attorney Of The
State, and J. Parsons Esq for the prosecution, and
the Prisoner. On Thursday morning the case was
committed TO the jury, who after an absence Of q
short time, returned with verjic, Of MANsLAUGH-
TER. The prisoner Is represented as an old gray
headed man, seventy two years Of age. He ap-
pearcd perfectly unmoved Throughout, the trial, and
when tho verdict was rendered did not shed tear
or heaye Sigh. Ii is stated that he is d satisfied
with the verdict, and has requested the Sheriff to
inercode with the Coud 10 pronounce sentence of
death upon him. [f'hilod. fa1
An E.cApE.-A colored girl, says the Hartford
Times, who had boon in this city for three or four
years past, was re- claimed by her master on Tues
day last She was taken into the fourth story
Of tho United States Hotel, and in moment of
desperation leaped from the window to the ground,
distance OF 80 feet. Although the distance was
so great, she was but slightly injured, and
purse was Immediately raised for purchasing her
freedom.
A lesson 70, Boys.--A lad fiom Bucks county was
placed as an apprentices in one OF our newspaper
Offices IN 'hls city few years since, whose short
career furnishes a striking evidence Of the misera.
| BILE consequence Of boys iAdugns in irregular
practices His evil habits had their origin in an
| nveterae fondness for running out at nights
| which, as matte ofcourse, made him acquainted
with vicious boys Of his aye, such as are wines.
sed every night, loungng about the corners of our
| streets, often swearing and drinking He fell grad-
uolly bu, rreclsimaby into their hnb,s, and soon
became worthless boy and not long since made
his escape went off to sea, and in one of the West
India Islands fell victim 10 his own in,emperate
lndulgenees.