Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-26
From the ppths { Va.) Argus, JIM ~
SHOCKING MURDER!

little Village was disturbed ie" ua5
the occurrence Of q most Hagcal ana" W 49,
w, Christian Shores, of this place, came ~ "''
death. .;n,,v
The circumstances Attending II we'e s,"py
,b.seA One William Fogleman, residing I'D INC VI
.;.;,y came to the house of Mr. Shores on The even
inc If the 9Th inst in state Of high in'oxoa''o''
His conduct as stated by the persons prcsen, WIS
rude ard insulting, and finally, aier Stepping o"'
If the door, requested Shores TO come thetc' ne
wished to speak to him." When Shores approach
ed the door he attempted to close upon ros'eman,
when a scufle cnsued Fogleman are" a H'"e
with which he had been butchcring hogs inc Gay
prcvious, and stabbed Shores, who expired IN
few minutes. Fogleman imm"dlateiy hed.
The a,r ocious conduct of Fogleman, both preVi-
Gus TO, and after the murder, was such as 10 eA
cite the deep indignation Of all our citizens iipe-
raj reward was offered by the citizens OF Wy'he
! and its scini,y for his apprehension and we are
happy to state tina, he has been taken, and is now
in Jail to avail, his trial, and receive the punish
mcnt due to the magnitude o: his offence.
From the " Y journal of Commerce, Jun Is.
MArruIAs THE PRopmEr.-Our Reporter reurn.
ed last evening from White Plains, and brings IN
formation that the Grand Jury of Westches'er
County, after laborIous and protracted exam'na-
ton ca ne into Court a, 10 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing, with a true b,Hot indictment against RonERr
Matthew'S alias Matthias far The murder NJ
| Elijah Picrson ~ August last. The prisoner
was ,hercupon pn, to the bar and the indictment
| read to him, consisting ofthe following Counts VIZ.
LIST Count charges the prisoner with poisoning
| the deceased by means OF arsenic.
81 Count, with poisoning him with some metal
| lie substance unknown TO the jury.
| 81 Count, with causing the poison 20 be admin
| lott rel bv nj n
| Alb Count, with having caused the deceased 10
| die of starvation.
| 9Th Count with forcibly preventing pr Hcr nur-
sin. and attendance being Administered to the de-
ceased while sick, in consequence OF which the de-
| ceased came to his death.
The public prosecutor, after having fnished rea-
ding the Indictment, asked the accused if he was
r. ady for trial but before he had Tine to reply
Of his counsel, Mr.. Western, presented an atiija-
Wit to the Court, with view to quashing the in
| dicment. The affidavit alleged that undue mca
surcs had been used to prevail Lpon the Grand Jur,
to come to the conclusion they had arrived at, and
that an improper influence had been exercised to
bias their Judgment inasmuch a person named
II, r. Voorhis, Esq. had been a'lo we'd, contrary to
law, free access to the jury. which individual had
publicly expressed feelings and opinions hostile to
the prisoner.
The Court decided that there did not appear to
be sufficient ground for quashns the indictment;
whercupon, the prisoner, through his Counsel, plea
ded NOT GUILTY, ard demanded trial.
The District Attorney stated to the Court that he
could not safely bring the prisoner to trial at the
present term, in consequence ofthe absence of wit
nesscs which he considered material to the prose
cution. He therefore moved that the cause be post
poned until the next Court Of Oyer and Tcrminsr,
in April next.
| -. a. IL r...,
Of his client demanded tina, he should be instantly
heard in his defence tina. his witnesses were all
| in Court; that there was possibility that during
the interval they might be removed by death or
otherwise and the absence Of either of them mi oh;
cost the prisoner his life. lie also argued that it
was the duty of the District Attorney to furnish
upon affidavit, list of the names Of the absent
witnesses for the prosecution, and the nature OF the
testimony he expected to derive from them.
| Tho District Attorney replied that such
the practice in criminal cases. and appealed to the
decision ofthe Court. The Court requested the
public prosecutor to furnish the prisoner with the
| names of the absent witnesses, which was com.
piled wnh.-The cause then adjourned over
until the next term Of Oyer and Terminer, an the
prisoner remanded 10 his cell.
The prisoner listened TO the reading of the in.
dictment with expression of intense curiosity
| his stern features sometimes relaxing into a con-
| temp'uous smile whenever the phrase occurred of
| his being instigatcd by the Devil, and also during
| the reading Of the second count, wherein he is
| charged with having administered metallic sub
stance unknown to the jury. He was, however,
| evidently better pleased with the language of the
counsel in his defence, than with the recital of the
heavy charges against HIM by his nccuscr.
from the Pittsburgh Perm Advocate
ATTEMPT At MURDER AND SUrrDE-We have
never before been called upon to record so deep a
tragedy as the following, which occurred yester-
day Sunday morning. in the very heart of our
city-thc particulars IRE, far as we could learn
them, as follows; A German named Seybrecht.
residing in Diamond Alley between Market and
Wood streets, discharged the contents of loaded
pistol into the breast of his wife, and then DESTROY
ed his own life by applying another to his throat
The diabollcal attempt on his wife WINS providcn-
TALLY unsuccessful, the ball having been DETECTED
by the ribs and ultimately lodged near the spine,
from which 1t was extracted whou, much Difficult
". We are happy TO state that the wound is no,
considered mortal. The wretched man was more
successful IN his attempt upon himself the ball ha "
ing Passed through the chin, tongue and palate and
oogeo IN inc back OF his head-the charge not be-
ing sunc,ent TO accomplish his purpose ns,antane-
ousy he died in the afternoon. His fell incn, nm |
the person OF another, and that other the sbar.
CT OF his fortunes, helpless and defencelcss wo.
man, has been 'hwar'ed by an overrung proyi
dence but the same hand which would bays do,e |
this hesh deed, is made the instrur cnt of ye,r;,
ton.
oeybrecht we understand, was a carpcnter Nv |
"ade ana had always borne an irrcproachabe char |
acler DIVERS reasons are assigned for the act such
as reverse of fortune &c but as thew have