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'THE POISONING case
N SHsLBr CouNry TFx,s

'her Pafsieulsfs from Mr.. s,.lI.. Wa ~ AZ,
y inform ne public &c The tragic ess.r,s....
.afouSh The Delia. Man, !, n. ~.
u s1'a, tor y vas hard % conceive now Il,
a'e eou'' Se 50 totally deprived, "a lvs, \, 81
me 'eeiiassofna,ufs spd humaai,y !. j 3 n.,eI.
vac 90 Innocent ana uassspee,inr Yle,;al
suen Wholesale murder. r., in. 1, !. III
.rae, bearing about !. though il does. Mn !.
'isaant md ffightful feaiare. or Il, T., "a
count oit lNi'kinseh. II would ncw see,n f,o.55
MI s'iiss les,sF, Is the demon incaroste VA
enemy 6 s.s ~ss. Bdst ss,dsa,
sui, Of him, and should they como up with hin,
they will wish that
the slave had forty thousand lives
| One is too poor, too wesk for iheir revenge. = i
Hut we win no, dstain the reader from Mr.
Stiles lelter.-H o. Delta.
Baron Sara, May 90, 1871.
Dear ------- | returned from 4 Aging
yisi, 10 Hamilton yesterday. and learned
some more particulars in relation 10 the
poisoning-6iieen are dead. and some
eight or ten are expected 10 die daily
some 60! better but took q relapse and
died. The poison was arsenic. will
relate the circumstance a. heard Ill
II appears that old Wilkinson Vas .
man Of bad chsracter--a notorious hog
,hief.-and Morris. the groom. had been
twice whipped 10 Mississippi for negro
stealing. Wilkinson was accused Of steal
ing The hogs Of Spot Sanders, and yop
will perceive. from What follows, how be
revepged himself. He sent TO tho house
Of Sanders. who lives Two or three miles
from him, and who was not al the lime
IIiendly. half Of ) shoai+ one turkey,
three chickens some chicken pie. butter
pound cake. &C.. enough to last the fsni.
ly week. all poisoned. even to the but
ter, which was elegantly moulded. The
family ate Of il Mrs Sanders. three chill.
dren. and negro boy, are dead, lheSoth.
er, and only child left. was dying when |
was Al our friend Kelr's. Mr. Sanders
and 50 yen negroes are yet sick-some. il
| is thought. will die. Poor Mrs. Sanders
did not kno = that her children were 6ead
FOR dying, and told her husband 10 rear
them in the nurture and aJmonition OF
the Lord, She requested. when dying
that her negroes should come and bid her
farewell they could not. al being poi
soned, Mr.. Sanders mother, an old lady
Of seventy. was victim also. Alec .Ha
! ley lost . negro man-the mans wife
/ was ons-pfs iThe rs---s-,4s nj ti1s wedding
and took him piece Of the pound cake
The ateftwo mouth s.full, and not liking
The taste Iof ~ ale no more = YET thai killed
him. An old ladyhy the name Of Edens
made the c .kes. and she was poisoned
Together with her son and negro girl
the girl II dead. and her son not expected
10 recover. The butter that was left !,
4 Sanders was thrown out, and some fowl,
eat oil il and died in few minutes. Allen
Haley and his mother were the only per,
sons aitlls wedding notpoisoned. They
came late, sfier the guests were served
and ate with the family. partaking OF The
same food they did-even 10 the cake -
Old Wilkinson. insisted on cutting fresh
cake for them. but they refused TO partial
Of il. and escaped death by their refusal
The lady that made The cakes, Mrs EdeDs
went on the morning Of The wedding day
10 look at the cakes. in the smoke house
where she bad pu, them, and found that
the covering she had put on The top o
them, was removed from all the cakes bu
one. that was covered with custard pit
l--lhey looked dark and discolored. ans
he took some loal sugar, which sae CRATE,
and put over them. thinking il slrangl
that they were so disarrsngeds Oh
Wilkinson and his wife, and Morris wife
were arrested and examined before Squir
Sanders. who committed them 10 prison
Charles Alexander baiIed The womer
and Wilkinson was taken out BY q writ
Z hateas rorpns before The Probate Judg,
Lesfer.. and set a, liberty. He was afrsi
TO leave the house during the day, ,
there were persons determined Oh, KILN
him. During the night be escaped 3
/, Morris's horse, which Morris bIonght
him. Eight persons are 10 pursuit ofbin
S Who have sworn 10 kiln him or sight
Morris Is Wilkinson's sseni--hs was .
J dsred 10 leave. OF be would Ersi be whiI
! ped and then hung He refused 10 &
I and We may therefore expect that be vi
) he made short work Of.
: wrole you ID my last thai ID. negroi
!, were suspected OF having been hired
poison the food. such Is moi ihs case. /
: the negroes were al poisoned, they D'
) belonging 10 Wilkinson.
!, All The last accounts The pursuets vel
4 but d few miles behind Wilkinson--.hest
ed by Mr. Casilebsrfj. who vas one !
fhe poisoned. and lost bis sister; be swcI
: he would follow him 10 The end 9Th
, world. being bent on taking his lie
! have seen some of The snrvis0rs---the
are black under III. eyes. and their fagt
/. InaiIs and ihe ends ol their fingers 81
blsck--tbey look ike walking ghasts :
They sllthiak, that heallb and stsenei
!, are gone. 6eipg esefv one unable n q
! | any lsborieps u0lk. Poor souls ! S
Al man Who bas but dollar 10 hlsbock
: ct. would give 4penpy lot almost ~
! Purpose. Ii Re bad hundred dollars 3
: might give one; carry i higher and thei
Ais ! falling bG. One brndfed dplla
5 would Be considered loo large sum 4
4 | him who BIS iea thousand Hhiles pf.
!, sent 81 one lboussnjdoIls would be d,sn
Cd almosi miraculous for man worth on
hundred thousand yet tho propQrlic
/. I il The same thro1Rhout-,nd ihel Pc,
4 man.s penny. ne ridor's mite. i lr1ol
lhsn he rich msn's sounding and Nilsl
lrumpsied beusfaciion.
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