Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-23
From Me Providence Jomnaiot saturday.

"a al FhiiadcIphia.---N. r. AnteF.
 From the Prouidence .jomnaiof Saturday. IHe Ereter MdSs0cre.-Wt have never be-
 fore been in possession of many of the cir cumstancrs attendant upon this diaboIcaI | outrage. Ofalithe buicheries that have been
 committed hy the greatest monsters single handed, We have never heard of any that in any degree compared with this, in airocity
 and rashncss. We are now able to give to
 our readers, full history of this affair, as de- rived from tbe physicians under whose atten-
 ton and skilfui management all the poor man.
 gled sufferers are rapidly recovering.
 Four or five weeks before-ih:s melancholy
 event occurred, the wretch who was the au thor off, called nj the house of Mir. Reynolds,
 whose family he afterwards attempted to de-
 stIoy. and solicited and obtained lodging for
 the night. At lhis time, n reply to inquiries
 ofthe family, he said that he had been at work
 on the Canton Rail Road, where but short time prev ously he had buried his wife, and I.that he was then on his way to the sOuth part
 Ofthe State in pursuit Unemployment. Mrs. 1 Reynolds understood hin in Irish accent, that 1 his name was Burke or Dirk. He coulG then { have no conceivable motive to misrepresent, and probably ingcniOusly told truth, that may hereafter lead to his apprehension. After 1 having been absent few days he returned
 
 of labor Un the StoniDgton Rail Road, and that he could do better where he was before. He came along at this time, in the morning, and while at MT. Reynolds house, saw him receive some money for some barrels he had ] sold, and probably at the same time discover ed considerable quantity of money in MT. Reynolds pocket book, which he looked over
 while making change. After eating his break | fast he passed on to the north, and was not seen afterwards for ahout three or four weeks, when on the Eth of December he returned to the neighhOrhoOd, at about half past in the afternoon, where he loitcred around till about 1 z o'clock. in the evening. when he again sol-
 cited the hospitality ofths nnsuspecting fami- lly. He retired to he'd before any ofthe fami-
 ly, and left his light burning, till the two young
 men. who slept in the same chamber, went up 1 to bed and put it out.
 Between 12 and I o'clock, Mrs. Reynolds was awakened ny noise in the chamber. and reused her husband to ascertain the cause.-- 1 He cAlled from the kitchen several times E'. what is the patter above," but received no
 reply. Soon. however, this stranger ap- 1 preached him, bent up in an attitude of great distress. and putting bis left hand around hm commenced plunging his knife into Mir. Key
 noltls' abdomes. All Mir. Reynolds forts were exertcd to hold him of, and in the midst of the struggle Mrs. Reynolds ran through | the kitchen out ofthe door. While standing at the door, sic looked in to see what was 1 the fate of her husband, when the villain. leav ing his former prey. rushrd upon her, seized her by the arm, and twice buried his reeking knife, up tO his very knuckles in her breast. Supposing that he had despatched her, he ran | across the kitchen to the bedroom of the
 daughter, about 16 or 17 years of age. her l father, wounded us he was, crowded by him md received into his own breast, stab after stab. that had been designed for her. She inn mediatety fled to a neighboring house, and gave alarm. Her mother also fled from the hand of the assassin, to a factory near by,
 where, having told the story. she faintrd a-
 way. From both of these places assistance
 came too late to secure the murderer. Alter 1 Mr. Reynolds had exiricated himself from the
 assault in the bedroom, he ran out doors to the
 wood pile, bleeding at numerous wounds, to get a club and return tO the conflict with 'hr desperate aed undannted fend. The horrible
 creator had in the mean time fled, and has
 not yet been Overtakrn. It is supposed that
 he was seen in Providence the next day, and ] in which direction he went from here, if in- deed he was here at all. is entirely unknown. | Both the young men in the chamber, the I youngest of whom sabout IA years old, were badly injured by blows upon the head from aH dHts AHu tue Heau ant aFtH urt yUOHScet was most dangerously fraetured.
 l This cold booded monster must have delib- eratey gone down in the nigh!a and taken the axe and pine club from the w"odpc, and sat np"n the bedside and trimmed off the green limbs, which laid in the morning as they had been cut off upon the floor. This fact, it is believed. though no death has ensu
 ed, will constitute the crime of burglary, and bring the wretch to the gallows, Unfortunately he shall be fnund. The whole of the southern part of the State are an the alert. and have of 1 fered by subscription. reward of $6O0 for lis apprehension. 2.. rs 2ae.2. It has been ascertained that man by the
 name of N illiam Burke tan Irishman) had
 been at work upon the Canton Rail Road. at about the time the assassin represented that he was there himself; and his character and appearance had heen such, as t0 confirm the suspicion, thai he was the same person who
 committed the hlondy deed. Baaks! Banks .!--On Wednesday last. being the first day for petitions, applications
 were prosecuted to the Legislature nf this State for forty-one new Banks. four of them
 to be located in this city.-N. Y. JoHr. Com. Charleston, Jan. 4.-Intr'ligenee was this
 morning received, of the demise of Colonel William Coiesworih Pinckney, Of Waterloo | | Ts..f ID nfaha h..