Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-01


lots Of the horrible affair from The Petersburg
(va.) In.eligencer: slhesi''A - VIZ 10 -
The mysterious disappearance Of Mr. F. Ad.
clphrs Muir--sn advertisement Of which has |
appeared several times in our paper has at
last been accounted for. His body has been
found aud identified. He was murdered BY !
Captain WIN. cambridge Epes, Of the county Of
Dinwiddie, who has. for the present. made his
escape, but who, we trust, will be arrested and
suffer the punishment due to his enormous Of.
fence against the laws Of God and man., 49,,
The annals Of crime scarcely furnish ssag.
grsvated a case of cool and deliberate murder.
Whether we look at The character of the par.
ties, the motives which prompted the, deed. or
the mode Of It's accomplishment, tho q offence
stands out with on appalling bold relief =.
The murdered man was one Of the most res.
pectablc, amiable and inofensive men in OUT,
country. He was connected with, one of The
most respectable families in our State. and pos
sessed qualities which commended him to, the
esteem and love Of all who knew him. There
was not 10 Dinwiddie county man more un,i
iversaIly popular then +. ,Adolphus Muir. ssf
His murderer is also connected with family
as respectable as any in the country, His own
character, ns far as we have heard, was uniu-
peached up to the period of this horrible affair,
and he wss upon terms Of friendship with his
victimto the very moment that he slew him
indeed, Mr.. Muir had been at the house OF E.
pes the very day he was killed. and had accept.
ed an invitation to return there to dinner; but
the msn who rendered him his hospitality be.
came his murderer. What, Il viii be asked,
was the motive which prompted Epes to the
horrible deed ! The accursed 1--we of money
prompted the act Muir held bond. Or bonds
amounting to g.. 20Osgainst Epes-ii being the
balance of which Epes owed for q tract of land
bought by him of Muir II was 10 get posses
ion ofthis bond that Epes murdered Muir. '''
After giving the letters and the a~kwsrdly
contrived story Of Muir's absence. which we
have already published. the intelligencer pro-
ceeds. pa- .o iasia1oa % 59iaii ~ . is'ft
This awkwsrdly fabricated account Of the
cause Of Mr.. Muir's absence from home. Of
course. excited the suspicion Of his friends The
blank, as il appears in the first letter. and which
refers to the payment for the land was in the
original, filled with the name of Captuin Dan.
/ dridge Epes. H7a p 'A'ai '''-rH i79'F' 'a'
On inquiry, il was found that. on the ID o
February, Mr.. Muir had gone 10 the house o.
Mr. Epes-thst after he had remained there
some time, Epes remarked TO him TINT there
was deer in the woods. and proposed that NJ
should accompany him and zee him kill il, ant
they together icft the house on horseback
Epes with double. e.bsrreled gun and Muir en-
tirely unarmed. This wss the last time Mui
was seen in life.
This account was given by the smiable sn'
most deeply distressed wife Of Epes, before sh'
was sware that her husband was suspected q
the crime She further stated, that Epes re
turned to his house alone. md on being sske
by her. why Nj. Muir had not redeemed hi
promise to return TO dinner, replied. thst ,Mui
had found il uecessasy to 60 10 Brunswick
The first letter. dated 'Petsrsbureh. Feb All
ls46. having stated that Epes had paid III
money due on the land, +. was ssked where b
paid the money. . lie replied ti,st be paid Nh
On the 4,h OF February, At Jarratps Hotel. i
this town. On making inqeiry at Jsvratt'
' Muis's friends ascertsined that neither Mr.. Js
! Fstt or any one else hsd seen him there--n'
. could sny one be found in Petersburg. whe,
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