American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-27

SHOCKING MURDER AT WEST CHESTER
,4rrsst Of The Murderer. A most shocking muir.
der was perpetrated near West Chester, Pa
on Sunday morning, upon the person of lac
named Wesley Patton, of which the u. S Ga.
zette of yesterday gives the following particu,
lars:
The murderer, Jabez Boyd, young man oil
about % years Of age, came yesterday morning,
shortly after 10 O'Clock, to the house of James
Patton, respectable farmer residing about
mile and half north of West Chester, and
found his son Wesley, lad of about fourteen
years OF age, at home, in company with bound
servant girl, who was attending to MIR Patton's
youngest child, the rest Of the family being at
church in West Chester. The villain inme-
dately fastened the doors, and then seized the
tongs and attacked the boy whom he beat up
on the head so dreadfuly as to fracture his
sculi and cause his death.
The aftnghted servant contrved while he
was doing this TO put the child out ola window
and following after herself, escaped to a neigh
boris where she procuredi assistance. On ar
irving at the house it was found that the vii
lain after numbering the boy, had thrown his
body into the fire, which burned OH a large
open hearth, and then robbed the house, which
he succeeded in doing by forcing the closets,
one of which he obtained $50 in gold and
notes, and with this booty he decamped.
The body This victim, when discovered, lay
partially IN the fire, and the flesh was entirely
burned from great portion of his head and
shoulders.
Search was instantly instituted, and finally
Boyd was arres.ed at the house of his father,
b,,, ilo Al. II IL.
When taken INTO custody, he denied the com
mission OF the clme; but the linen pantaloons
that he wore had evidently been partly wash
ed in the endearor to eradicate the stains of
blood still visible upon them, and clot ofbood
lay upon one of his boots He was immediate
ly conveyed to West Chester, where is now in
confinement.
Boyd is represented as being man of bad
character, and was imprisoned three years ago
in the West Chester Jail, from which he escap-
ed. He denies having been at Mr.. Patton's
house for two or three weeks, but was observed
to be lettering about the premises OIL Sunday
last by Mr.. Patton himself
great excitement has been created in West
Chester and its vicinity by the preparation of
the revolving act
ITEMS OF News, On the 18th inst, II 900
bales of cotton we're cleared at N. Orleans for
Liverpool. MIR. Bland, the tavern keeper at
Cincinnati, who was shot by an Englishman
few days ago, his since died.-The Column
bus (Ga.) Enquirer announces the death of DR..
Ector, late edito ofthat paper-Rev. E. H.
Downing, late clergyman of the Methodist
Episcopal church, vas ordained as minister of
the Protestant ch'rch at Cheraw, S. c., on
Sunday week. Benjamin Mccoy who re-
presents himself asrecently a member of Capt.
Rnggold's flying artillery, has been arrested at
Hagerstown forsteling horse.-The crops
OF Howard Districlare in fourishing condi-
tion'--ln l74s the number of Episcopal
churches IN New hgland was SO. They now
number 223.
DEATH OF THE on JOHN CAMPBELL. The |
Charleston Courennnounces the death of the |
Hon. 1ohn Campbil !, for many years distin-
guished member o Congress from South Caro-
lima. lie died on aonday Of last week, at his
residence in Mar borough district, of a he !
morrhage of the hgs.