Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-11-07
phhApECL MURDER OF \ DAUGHTER BY
nnh tAIhER NEAR MpNMOI riL AND ST..
eide OF rue hJKDERER

DREADFUL MURDER Og a DAUGHTER nv
max FATHER NEAR MpNMOS ri, AND :. 4.
eide De rue MURDERER
From he l. 's.ion Inns OFT. 81
Va Monday evening last one of Tho IN ~ disircS.
l's e'fenm''hseos which has ever fallen to our Lot to
'ecosd oeeGrrSJ at Clay aneoni Immediately asil,n.
ing TAO beautiful aid hitherto quiet little village oi
S'sr"eh. Tue circumstances connected with this
uHio'e uag"iyn are n follows a man namel Pap
WINS resided an u cottage about 800 yards from the
'a'o ui'rininie Mr. larNorih, who our readers will
'omember vas shot at near P,a's Elln aud died some
weeks since Willis he'd the situation of unde r,Iund
agent IN some ines OF the Forest of Dean the proper.
" oi tho ChdcrIord Iron rnpany and was very
eo'h'"'aoiy on the e1iIage IH which he resided. and
ne ofchard ndJning being his own propsrty; he had
also two houses al Bre,n. The unfortunate man had
heen Tor sumo iiHIe IN unsoud state of mind and
aopu' sN inihS ago he became intimate of the l-
naiic asylum nj WhItchurch from which ent
ne was discharged IN about SIX mpsihs with a CERT.
hci'e oi cure. Oh the IJ,h OF My last he cut IA :
''on bat IhroIgh the skillul attention OF Mr. Marsh
surgeon Of ColcaOrd he recovered
fof 'hc last t'rs'Sh ma hal always slept with
nim bat On Monday las wIie in.ur.Sd th. m an that
she considered her husband mach better that Sac
s''ud not DC AFRAID iooccupy the bed with him.
During The whole Ai'u lay lac Als excited aud n.r,oa
seeming TO he afraid ot every who came n-ar him
and abo"t o'c.ocS on Minl.y evening willis, Ia.
"ue' ana daughter. very pretty aui most amiable
Siri anu oi walm H. dot.nsly fond sat down
F" Tea t";rih'r Just hiprc he Kissed his child and
sad. you don't kaoN ny dear Ann h,. love Won
~" also hh u down and prayed, lac often used L,
do. nat tie Lord would siren :thcn his mlnd An
va Tue daughter went oaIs,de the cottage door aud
Was ~ The act at chppping sticks To hight tho fire the
noft morning, Nhch her Iaih,r who ha taken ,ck
er (ah instrument resembling bill hook weat quiet.
" behind h'r. AMI a. she sooiel. aimeL a deadly
blow at the blrk of heT head AMI buried the hacker
IA her skull; which cat though in a m 81 f,gh
Iul niiiaer. Immediately rccvIvjns the blow she
cried OUT Oh dear oh. dcar Her mother hearing this
rushed ont aud WI. The doJr.> ,y d, Willis who
nj. empicd ~ Gu, her down
dfeaidl s'rus, lie ensucd between the husband
anu 'he terror srlcAcd wIic, whirh the Latter rcev
ed dr@1 liul cu ia The ann. and a g,sh " As inatcsl
on hef icit shoulder hsr gpwn asd uIdes garments
WIS cut through anl her iace bruised. tia eyes be-
ing blarkcned and much swell n wnis tho srngsle
was soins "a. the NIr girl onjeriuI to rcaIc) went
to nrIg'i"rs cottage. - yards distant iron tn,
scene OF blood. Mr.. Marih. oi Cul-.ord was soon m
aitenian'o TN; she died hour after receiving tn.
ninry She spoke several tis,es. auI asked whr her
iI'hor lid not To hed The neiyhbar, being nlnr
med. r'r |" Mos Wiiliss ,ta;Ice. wh, on seeing
hem, exclaimed, Kun Tor your lives. into tn ursari
nay husband Is gone there. They immediately veni
~ search nj hu nnl horrible relate found him a,
siocking nlna''. has right haul grasging hs raz,r-
The poor ~.-:ch was still alive bat lao died in "A very
few minutes after bsing discovered.
The esaa.'e ol hiS wife almost Miraculous. and
u was prov identical occurrence that his other t,.u
children absent from home on a wish or II ~ pro-
bahe that they. to-, woI!d have leR victims 10 has
isry. Has wiie says ho Il r.psi excellent i,sa 90.
and fond father: indeed ms love fT the p0pr eirl whu
Tell by his hInd- extreme. H.. wIIld uJ: even
let her - o The chapel ~ herself fearing she might
cuTac To- h'rm. Willis was , yeas Uf age aud his
unfortunate daughter only H.