Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-13

- So ~ hANfetsAAfiE etNnc recent unNpInpnmeuts
connected with the murder OF Mcssrs Baker aud
Weaver. and the burning or the s'or, OF NreS.rs Col.
TIER and Peiius. and we have rcir,incd from giving
any OF the PARTICULARS. least our doing - might ir
P'de their operations. The objects oi secrecy beng
over M the opinion oGthc officers, we feel atI5erty
To slate the particulars - FAR os they have been de-
vcloped.
\ negro man named Edward II. Ennis. who has
n"en l"r some time past IN the employ ola barber
named J'hnsnn, nu Market street opposite the Ma
t'ual Irisl. MADE he disclosurc. The communi-
rHiipns usccmS were made % Ennis by one Of the
Tnri'"s, that Ennis heiug uneasy about IL and yet
1irh.i. because of the excitement. AMI hlso Of the
murderer. 90 tell what he knew. went on Friday last
% Butcher. n yellow nan. who .e-idcs IN BrOoklyn,
on the Opposite side Ut ihc rvsr, aud told him what
hc knew and asked advice. Butcher refused to
give any advice, on SInliy he went overagiin AMI
went 10 Alton, when Butcher communicated the
facts To two cnnsiablcs who arrested Ennis. and after
taking his statement. came here with the expectation
OF catching one Of Tho parties, (IVarrck) bat he
had lct before their arrival.
The circumstances Of ihjs horrible afTir. rs do
tailed by EnniS, are ns follows. About 10 o'clOck
81 Saturday night, Ennis went from The barber shop
a. hrs boarding house, kept 10y Leah, a free yellow
Woman and Peter Ch1rieyille, a free man. on Third.
between Market and Walnut streets. Shortly AFTER
he had gone to bed, a negro Slave named Madison.
came TO the dor. knocked. AID was admitted. Soon
after being admitted, Madison exclaimed. Cd
d-n the luck" and on an inqpiry why. he stated
Il have done more murder Tonight than I ever did
before and have not been paid tIr it, and after re-
marking that there would be an alarm OF fire short.
w. he stated IA substance, that he and three yellow
men, viz James Seward. alias Ssw5ll, warriek anil
brown, had gone on That night O. Mr. Pcttus' count.
ing room. that the door was unlocked; Madison en-
tered alone, Mr. Baker was sitting down with his
bp3is of, reading a newspaper Madison walked up
and presented a bank bill to hun, ant. asked him IL
II was good, and as Baker turned 10 lonk al The bill
hc struck him over the head with n short bar of iron
which h. had concealed under his arm; the Others
then came ia. and they repeated The blows until he
was Pnie dead, hs skull and one side nC The heal
completely mashed. After searching the body Tor
the keys, they rolled II ~ ia tho bed clothes and
placed It IA The bed.
Ih"y secured the door aal wen, 20 work N the
vanlt 10 OPEN a. Waist az rhis work. Nj. Weaver
came % the door AMI knocked. and called u Jesse,
(Mr. Baker, 10 let h,m IN. sumo dispute cnsueI be
tween Brown and MlIisln, which should kTl wea
Yer; and u was insisted that Madison should. ns he
had Killed u uSer, bat he refused, saying that he had
done his share and wOnid ID ~ moro. Brown oDcr.
Ell the DOR and placed himself behind IL. aud ms
NoaVer passrd INTO the room. struck him ovc- Shs
mead with the bar oiiron; on The sccor!S;ny he fcll
ani attempting 10 rise Bro IN thusi \ sharp iron b,r
"'onsh htS he21 Ennis IN hs statement. docs m,
OonHrp ne report Of the firing OF the pistols. but
says That h1ving heard that Weaver was shot. he
asked Madison ahpui u; aad he told him that no MS
tol lad been fired aud that they had no weapons
but Tie bar Of iron mentioned. From The state.
mont u would seem that all Of them Ind beaten
Weaver
ANer some further cflrt At tho vault. fnlinr tbcy
could not get in.o o.. Madison lcf; Waruck ,SewelI
AMI Brown remined ashort time, then fired the house
~ hNc different places, came out. locked the door
and went mp The ally north from the house, and
Threw the KEY away Brown took with him a gold
"a TH.L aHN To- o. III #
thrown away io' fear of detection. but did no, say
where.
II seems from the statements, that Ennis, on the
morning following. was ia company with all oG them
'ui many ui The fclS he got irua other. bc.iIcs
Madison NarrIcE aud Saweli said but little about
H. Madison hrd Win him on the morning follow
ing, The bar OF iron with which the deci was oyacu.
led ani Ennis having learned the -hire il had per.
iorm'd, took Hand threw It into a priyy in the rear
"i Lean house. The vault was ycsterlIy search
ed hnd the bar tu1nI. We understand il proves IN
ne an instrument used in opening dry goods boxes.
a chiselo On ono chi anI claws on the oihar. one Of
me claws parry broken, agreeing fully with Ennis's
description.
There ure many other minor statements. hut tho
above . the substance. The communication o;
Hi1diSon appears 20 have been made without solici-
tduun, and without any Injunction q rsecrecy.
Lean and her husband confirm Ennis statement
as 10 the time he came home, AMI the time AIadi,pn
came IN. They h-u7i the conversation. bat mol
Sufficiently distinct To understand IL. IL NAV bo well
however. 10 remark, as a further confirmation of
tnnla' statements, that yesterday Madison's coat was
found IN uhc loft Of Leah's h,use besmeared with
blood. From oil that We can gather. Il does not m.
pear that the scheme hu been tong cuncocied. or
~ih1iihey had very well mltured lheiI plan Of Upper
alton.
We snbioin such a description Of the murIerers
rs we are IN possession Of auI trust II mly be sI!i.
fHpIf. n they hlEa mt nlr4.ft. k,,, ,,,r 49, ..
lead 10 their detection.
MrIsS1n Is a slave belonging 10 Slmuel G. Blnn-
ch1h of y. Oreaus-has been here some line run
nug at large, and II Ne are correctly informed, was
sent here 10 AVOID "a prosecution ia n Orleans. lie
- a stout copper cplored mdn, near 6 feet high. about
% years Old very bold and impatient in his man.
ncr. We Understand thar a short time since he tool.
a rip on ms uDyn hook, to Gllcu1 and Chicago. and
llic!y returned e. this city. "a is believed ne left
here on the wednesday Gilpyviug the murder. on
bO1rd the Missouri. fr New Orleans.
B.pggn is a dark mulatio. about ) feet 10 niche
high about dirty years Of age. and IL is said resided
go Cincinnati. lie seems 10 have been here a very
short lie was seen on board the Goddess of
Liberty, bound for Cincinnati.
james Sewafd alias Sewell. is n dark mulaun.
u1IIi > feet 9 inches high. stout made. and a bald.
cunning and very well educated negro. IL Is said
Doe reads uHi writes very well; j. ore.ulIly from New
York. has resided al Albany. was last summer ON
n'1rl the stgambDnt Agnes. aud during Madis1n's
sJIIru al Ch.cogp was with lu ,hars. lie is SUP.
posed % have left on board the steamer ATLANTA.
Tor the Ohio River.
Nnuck was n barber, and has kept shop 6r
some time past 90 this city. ON Franklin Avenue
!i1 is % very dlrk m1il'tJ. slender npie. about s
icri Dor 10 inches high, aged abJli2 20. and remark
able Drl bold, impudeut and haut hiy manner. II
b. believed that he left on thc OueEo. bound up III,
Missouri River. aHJ that his purpose was 10 join The
company EptuT to The Rocky Mountains.
blrers have been dcspaichad iu 40 the direction,
u"W.I. aud % Is reasonable 10 presume that the,
vii. bn nP1rchcuded. Should they unsouunsieI,
'aiI. us .p be- hoped HAT al good citizens Of even
fgIInnr wiII lend their energies 90 apprebend then
tH' Hsug ,hsu % punishment Euuis, the wines
wII r.a,fn Bro custody.
l' HHI.d Doc iuvidiDus IN ms % bestow praise o.
any of Doc officers who have bseu engaged iu ih.
'i'nr The two cDDstables Of Alton. the Mayor and
r'ly I".Ine. Zoe city cJustab'es and several citizen.
have "rrI n0 pains. trouble or expense 90 fcro
OF i" guilty. and we trust that they will 90 adj
''n'' .HH reward offered. have th1th cher reward