Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-17
ANOTHER BRUTAL MURDER.

'lH'iNNAII, (oho,) Dec. j.
We have 10" the painful duty OF recording a.
mother murder quite as brutal and atrocious as III.
one for which the wrrtchcd Cowan forfeited hj>
life few days ago.
On Friday last (thc day Cowan was ,yccute,n
man by the name of Crnrrss, rcsidiuo ,bouf
NO miles above Batavia, in Clernont COUNT
OHIO, hut'heled his wife in the most shoe king man
ner, and under the following circumstances:
About two weeks before the butchrrv Cul,xs
was very sick, and supposiue he was about TO die
called his wife to his bed side and endcayor.1 -
exact promise lrom her llat Size would never
marry a second time. This promise she refused
10 give, and e,adcd his opportunities bv tellino
him his mind Wis dsordcred by the fever under
which he Iaborcd, and in short time he would
ll1nk no more about il, &C. Her refusal 10 MAKE
The promise seemed greatly to incense him. and h.
sprung from the bed in rage and made for tL,
door, 'oI the purpose, as is supposed, OF oh aiming
a weapon 10 assault her BY the time he reached
the door, he iantedlrom weakness, and was carried
to ms bed, where, Tor two or three DAYS afterwards
he lay quite III. lie, however, gradually recover
ed, aud IN the course of fortnight was cnahledto
attend the feeding his cattle, &C.
On FRIDAY last he arose carl, in the mornino
mae up large fire, and >haipened n hutchcrino
knife, with Wv, as he ALLEGED of killing beef
soon as lie had p,y9arcd the knife, he suddenl,
made an attack with i, upo.! his wife, and cut hoth
oi her arms in deep cashes from, tie hands to The
elbows, and then stabbed her in the an,, omen,
making an incision six eight inches in Itn.tl,
His demon ferocits being still unsaliacd he Threw
her upon the lre, whore. for some tinic She with
ed among the flames. She al length, however.
succeeded IN crawling from the fire lust her
screams had brought some of Tie ncgi bofs 10 her
! rescue.
hen discovered, her feet and hands were burnt
almost entirely 10 eindclS."' " ondcriIl ms I MA,
+ appear, she WAS not Yet dead, but continued IL
i've as late as Tuesday, when we last hcnr, from,
Batavia. Her physican>, however had NO hone
OF her recovery, and she is no doubt dead bcior.
tins period.
Five of the ncghhurs made an immediate, coor,
10 arrest the hend-llkc husband, hut he succeeded
IN resisting them all They then repaired TO Ba-
tavla Tor assistance, where large number ofncr-
sons were at once collected, who Instantly pro-
eeed"d III search of the offender. Seeing so many
approach hls house, he fed To lie loft and ,ecre-
ted himself undf bed, where he were arrested
lie was then taken 10 Batavia and put in Jail
lie is represented as being temperate farmer.
worth FIVE or siy thousand dollars.
he deed has created great observation-disclosures
out the "hole country IIhig
Com D.f.-On Friday, 9th ult the Their
monctcr at Montreal was tour degrees beloar zero
On the day previous the st. George arrived from
Quebcc, having passed large fields of ice on her
way up, some mile and hall in length
4 nf" mode 10 attract an tudiencr-Thc man
ayers OF the W Walnut street Theatre, Philadelphia
announced the Presidents Message would be read
from the stage as soon as received in that CITY