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ATR0EI0US MURDER n RH0DElSLAND.t
Anasa sPlague. Rss ssaior paEsner Of he /
extensive Manufacturing house Ct Msssfs- A. q !
w. Sptagae, cransson, R l.. and brother Of
Senator SprAgue, vas viifaily and cruelty mut- |
defed 90 his iAfm, on Sunday afternoon Tue /
Pfovideaes Jeosnal Or Monday says
HE leil bis house about 3 o'clock TO
60 10 a portion of bis farm lying 10 John- |
s,on, Tor the purpose Of looking 10 the pro.
per shelter of kis(callle and al about 5
o'clock. be was found Frustrated on The
earth, dead. Upon examination. ball
was iound 10 have entered tie front add
passed out of the back OF his head. Al
pistol was ioand some distance from his
body. and under such circumstances as fo
lead q the belief that a.hasiy attempt was
made 10 conceal Il. Il was reported thai
be bail received another wound in The DO.
idy, sat when our Informant left, the coro.
nefs4verdict bad not been rendered, and
We cannot. therefore. state il As fact
This announcement cannot fail 10 create
great excilementin our community. Tho
not an actual resident Of our city, hisim.
mense business relations led him 10 be re.
: garded as one Of our own citizens. In
all The requisites OF an energetic, success.
fnl merchant, be had no Superior among
us and howeTef many may have differ
ed from bin 10 other respects his charac-
Ter for unquesliohable probily arG honor
II as merchants was never questioned
( He was about forty FIVE years Of age"
\ 10 additionlo the above, we gather from
! fine Providence Chronic!e, the following
Z ! ~21st.essvt I.~stsv st~--.-- -A
! Az inques. was held On the body ia
Johnston, after which ii was taken up ant
brought to The residence oiIthe deceased
and the whole eighboIhopd was d coarse
!. thrown into the most iatense excitement
y Another Coroner's Jury was summoneS
as soon as possible, aud physicians sen
tor. On the examination OF the body AMI
9 lplace, il would seem that Mr.. Spragut
: was FIRST shot in the right arm, Just nea
= the wrist. and The blood found sprinklin,
9 in zigzag course on the ground, showing
., hat he had run short distance after re
E ceiving this wound. He was then pro
/ badly oveI,aken by his assassin or assas
{ sins, aud made way With, with an axe
/ or as the physician stated, on examination
\ ol his wounds, some other sharp instru
e ment. No other bullepwound was foun
= upon his person. with the exception Of ID
"a one FIRST alluded to, in his wrist. HIS hea
was most shockingly mangled, the brai
being barred in many places. It woul
q seem, we are told, as il the murderer {
n murderers had stood over him alter b
= was dead, and pounded his head. .Th
v body Of Mr.. Sprague must, have been di
y: covered not more thsh fifteen or tweni
o. minutes after the murderer or murdeEe
= left him.
The verdict Of the Jury was, that u
% deceased bad come 10 bis death BY wouuc
s. inflicted upon him BY some person or pc
he sons 10 the Jury unkpown. The Sher
en- passed last night at Mi. Sprague's but I
nf~ faffests have as yet been made. Toe pc
81 petraior. or perpetrators of this act-cann
I'm escape--they must be detected, soon,
be or later. A reward OF one thousand do
ay lars has been offered BY the friends Of Il
N deceased, for the detection OF the murde
no er. v