North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-26
n4rRnER OF T1LMAN HUNT.
~. copy from the last Fayetteville CaroInIaH ''''

". copv from the last Fayetteville CaIoh"a" 49,
.,owinp account, giving the particulars Of inc NV"
L. If Tilman Hunt:
.D1ABoL1cAL MURDER. Another muLoel, S S.noS
tbin the precincts of Fayetteville, has oee ,thu.t
cred within few days and strange and became no
comml''.u III, conntv two weeks before Il
was heard of here. ,,,L,on HINT resident
of Guilford county, on 9's W." IN The nub, of The I'd
sewers. g;,I;o mile of town, on the road to
%1enh oraek The party consisted OF three or toul
e"o ,,o,oen and a child, negro man. anu wnlte
negIo med Pitt, whom Mr.. Hunt had employed Ii
man hab county as an assistant In his business
Z! III travelled in two vehicles, one horse wag
oon and buggy.
T1be onIy account we now have is the confession
IF tho neoro who says that on the above named nigh
y. LiIIed his master with axe, by chopping him
~ tho ton of the head and once across the face with
u. III edGe of the axe (horrbe.) This he did under
~ sodncement of Pitt, and with the promise that he
would divide the money with him and take him to a
free State. s- ,.o-
menl, they sewed the body in a tent cloth' adding
come large stones to make it sink, and all hands pro-
ceeded towards Elizabethtown. On coming 10 hock-
fish creek, the dead body was thrown lnIo 1eeP
Lace where it sunk. They then proceeded 10 Eliza
beth. where Pitt bought two horses tor Soo"' and
bought negro, and treated the negroes TO Whatever
they wanted. . -r B. al a. $780,,
After that we have trace of them until they turn
nm at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe county, al which
f.ce Pitt was well acquainted, and made great
nIurue with his money; but being questioned, did
mt appear give plausible accounts OF the crcum-
ofhis sudden transition from poverty to wealth.
Eron the Goldsborough Republican of the 18th, we
learn that Pitt showed large sums of money, supposed
he pioht or ten thousand dollars, and told different
stories as to how he got it. Finding the place get
io too hot for him, he left the negroes and taking
the assumed name OF Garret, (another negro trader
and NraSh ard nj aSf at
Petersburg. - -
After The fiUht of Pitt, the negroes were taken up
and LEGALLY examined in regard TO the whole matter,
when The man confessed we have before stated.
The NEGROES have been brought to FayetteVlle' ana
lodoed in iail-three women and boy, and Damon
Div Is described as about % years of age, of large
f..me stoop-shoudered, bow-legged, light complex
ion. ewes and hair, freckled, white eyebrows and
lashes.
an authentic shape Coroner jury was empannelled
bv John j. Philips, and proceeded to the place on
Rock6sh creek described by the negro and after drag
oinO with hooks found the body short distance be-
low McNeill's bridge. II was brought to Fayette-
vile and identified by Rev. G. F. Harris, by John
NJ Rose and ]. W. Reid, the body of Tilghman
Hunt, which being satisfactory TO the Jury, verdict
was rendered that the deceased came TO bis death by
blows inflicted by some person or persons unknown
to them. The deceased has no family, and Is about
40 years old.
The following were the jury James Kyle, Jr., A.
Williamson, Mai. C. Lutrerloh. W. R. Love, Alex.
Mcpherson, G. w. Carver, A. S. Brown. John 4.
Wright, A. NJ. Johnson, Robt. Johnson, S. S. Arey,
William l.. Calais.
The place where the murder was committed has
been discovered by the marks of blood. 1t is not far
from the residence of Mr. Thomas Fl. Massey.
The watch of the deceased was left in mis- pocket.
Should Pitt be arrested in time for Cumberland May
Court, the trial will then take place. reward of
$500 has been offered by the Governor for his arrest
We think it probable, from what we have heard IN
relation to the matter, that Pitt has been arrested ere
this in New York Washington City.