Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-11-18

TUE MURDERED WHMAF.@THs da
I after The exhumatipn Of The body found |
Capiain Younes, on Wednesday last. "
Of The persons living in tho n%eigbbotiiot
Of Lees residence, mHde II deposition
The following effect, before Recorder g,
noi=.-On Saturday night Inst, they hear
shfieks and cries Of pain which seemed
proceed. from the o occupied by lie
md the murdered wanuf. The nea
morning ono Of tho d%eponsnts went inf
The room. md Mrs. Leo Then showed be
how she had been boaten. The lower pat
Of The body WIS bruised; both Of her rye
blaeked, and her head injured. While Mrs
Lee WIS explaining how she had bee
beaten, che perceived her husband coming
up tha street and si,s exclaimed 10 be
~netghbor, Go. fr Gods sake Don't Ie
my husband see you here, iot he will kll
me if he supposes that | have been telling
You how be treated me-"
Tie %doponent immediately Withdrew,
and Lee shortly after entered Tho house.
Between eight and niue o'clock that nom.
ing. Lee and his mistress we1tt cot 10.
RUtthJsg 4hA bbf1tfHa WIZ SbtF WI tlHtHs
That night, however, a person heard The
cry Of murder, which he think must have
proceeded from The very spot where The bo.
dy was found. Lee was seen Mt three
o'clock on Sunday afternoon. but after
Thai be disappeared; and the s%apposition
,s That he must have mutdsted bis victim
s'sar the spot where her body was found.
ue,' tssnsains were discovered by Il young
esntiem,, n. who, in walking by. say That
the earth hao bsen recently removed. On.
r,esily prompted IN TO probe the ground
with d stick. lie feI. something hard, and
after digging "a second o. two, he saw me
knee of a human being. liz gave 'pfor.
matisn 10 The police, and the rest. ID pub
lie already know. The murderer js ~
man Of tho most abandoned character, md
has already been in The p~enilehtiaty for n
crime too heninus md depfayed for It's TO
dilate on. 1t IL more than probable that
he has left the city; but The whole country
will be searched in order that he may be
brought 10 justice.
A Father Shot BY his Soma fearful
tragedy has lately been enacted in West.
brook, Conn.-~Mf. John Stanpard, jun,
n wealthy and highly respectable farmer
in that town, about fifty years Of sge, who
has a wife and two children, was dellber.
atelv shot while Mt the supper table. by his
W son The horrid details are thus mar.
rated ID tho New Haven C6nrieft
The family were thus occupied TAT cup
perl when Alpbeus stapnatd (about tween.
ly four years ofage) went into bis cham.
Der some what abruptly, and, as subsequent.
~ appeared, loaded his gun, John, the
younger son, expressed some apprefenslons
10 the father, and said that be was fearful
Alpbeus was about 10 do something wrong
perhaps shoot sorne one. When be
came down stairs, with the gun in bis hand,
John lett the room. The father rose from
the table and approached him with some
exclamation Of surprise, apparently for the
purpose Of selzing the weapon. Alpheus
immediately leyellcd the musket and shot
bis father directly in tbs breast, the ball
passing through and coming out at bis
back. He lived until midnight, when he
expired in exeruciating agony. The son
seemed quite unconscious OF the tragedy
in which he had been engaged, and although
he has never been suspected Of insanity,
vet in this murderous act be has exhibited
such evidence Of il that we understand he
is to be sent Immediately to the Retreat at
Hartford.
The unfortunate father was I'm estirna.
bic nnn, was deacon of The Congregation.
| al church in that town, and himself and
family have always lived together in the
most aHectionate and harmonious man
ner. a.s . =.5=.
Notwithstanding AKgsr.-@A con.