Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
From tie 81. Louis Republican, May !.
The Tragedy of the Night OF the nth.

connected with the murder of Messrs. Baker and
Weaver, and the burning of tho store of Mcssrs.
Collier SI Pettus and have refrained from giving
any of the particulars, lest our doing might im-
pede their operations The objects of secrecy te-
ing over, in the opinion of the officers, feel OF
liberty TO state the particulars, so far they have
been developed.
negro man named Edward II. Ennis, who has
been for somc months past in the employ of u bar
her named Johnson, on Market street, opposite the
National Hotel, made the disclosure. The COM
munications il seems, were made 10 Ennis, by one
of the parties, that Ennis being uneasy about il and
yet afraid, because Of the excitement, and also Of
the murderers to tell what he knew, went on Fri
day last to Butcher, yellow man, who resides in
Brooklyn, the opposite side Of the river and told
him what he knew and asked his advice. Butcher
refused to give any advice. On Sunday he went over
again and went to Alton, when Butcher commun
Gated the facts to two constabes who arrested En-
expectation ofca,ching ofthe parties, (Wa,rick)
hut be had left before their arrival.
The circumstances of this horrible affair, as De.
tailed by Ennis, are follows About ten O'Clock
on Saturday night, Ennis went from the barber shop
TO his boarding house, kept by Leah, free yellow
woman, and Peter Charleville, free nam, on Third
between Marke, and Walnut streets. Shortly after
he had gone to bed, negro slave named Madison,
came TO the door knocked and was admitted Soon
after being admitted, Madison exclaimed cd
d-n the lucl " npl nm the r,h,, bo .t,,oJ
81 have done more murder to nigh, than ever did
before, and have not been paid for it, and after
remarking that there would lie an alarm of FIRE
shortly, he stated in substance, that he and three
| yellow men, viz: James Seward, alias Sewe, War
rick and Brown, had gone on that night to Mr..
Pettus counting room, that the door was unlocked
| Madison entered alone; Mr. Baker was sitting down
| with his boots of, reading newspaper, Madison
walked up and presented bank bill to him, and
asked him if it good and as Baker turned TO
look at the bill, he stuck him over the head with
shoy! bar Of iron which he had concealed under his
arm: the others then came in and they repeated
the blows until he quite dead, his skull and one
| side of the head completely mashed After search
ing the body, for the keys, they rolled it up in the
bed clothes, and placed it in the bed.
They secured the door and went to work on the
vault to open it. Whilst at this work, Mr.. Weaver
came to the door and knocked. and called to Jesse
(Mr Baker,) TO let him in. Some dispute ensued
between Brown and Madison, which should kill
Weaver; and it was insisted that Madison should,
as he had killed Baker, but he refused, saving that
| he had done his share and would do no more
Brown opened the door and placed himself behind
it, and as Weaver passed into the room, struck him
over the head with the bar of iron on the second
blow he fell, and attempting TO rise Brown thrust
ment, does not confirm the report of the firing of the
| pistols, but says, that having heard that Weaver
was shot, he asked Madison about it, and no told
him that pistol had been fred and that they had
no weapons but the bar of iron mentioned. From
the statement i, would seem that oil OF them had
| beaten Weaver.
| After further effort at the vault, finding they
could not get into il, Madison left. Warick, Sew.
ell and Brown remained short time, then fired the
house in five different places, came out, locked the
door and went up the alley, north from the house,
and threw the keys away. Brown took with him a
gold watch and blue cloak, which he said he had
thrown away for fear of detection.
1t seems from the statements, that Ennis, on the
morning following, was in company with all of them
and many Of the facts he got from others besides
Madison. Warrick and Sewell said but little abou,
it, Madison had with him on the morning follow.
ing the bar of iron with which the deed was execu-
ted, and Ennis having learned the office il had per-
formed took il and threw i, into priyy in the rear
Of Leah's house. The vault was yesterday searched
and the bar found. We understand it proves to be
an instrument used in opening dty goods boxes; a
chiscl end and claws on the other one of the
claws partly broken, agreeing fully with Ennis's
description.
There are many other minor statements, hut the
above is the substance. The communication Of
Madison appears to have been made without sohci
iation, end without any injunction to secrecy.
Lesh and her husband confirm Ennis's Statement
as to the time he came home, and the time Madison
came in. They heard the conversation, but moi
sufficiently distinct to understand il. II may bc
1
Of Ennis's statement, that yesterday Madisons coat
was found in the loft of Leah's house, besmearel
with blood. From all that we can gather, it doe
not appear that the scheme had been long concoc
ted or that they had very well mstured their p,ar
of operations.
Arrest OF the Hon. Charles +. Mitchell.
; The Montreal Herald Of the 9th inst, states tha
T MITCHELL, the American Forger and member o