Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-08-29
From the I.ynchburg (Va.) Republican, July 3.
Another Dreadful Tragedy.

We are called upon this morning to record
another most painful tragedy, occurring between
gentlemen who may almost be considered citi-
zens of this place. The circumstances which
caused it, however, being of the most delicate
nature, we shall allude to them only in 50 far as
will be necessary to make Ineligible the sad
termination of the affair. On Sunday evening
last, about dark, DIR. Lorenzo ID. Williams, son
of Jno. M. Williams, residing Just across the
river, on the Amherst side, eloped with the ell
dest daughter Of Capt Richard G. Morris, aged
about nineteen, who also lives Immediately over
the river, with the purpose of marrying her.
The couple, accompanied by one of WIS bro
thers and Mr. Edmund Hill, took the Char
louisville route for Washington City. The fam
lily OF the young lady getting wind of the eope-
ment, in short time after it occurred, Capt
Morris and his son, Richard G., prepared imme-
diately for pursuit. They overlook the runa-
ways in Charlottesville, they having been disap-
pointed in meeting a ready conveyance from that
place. The daughter was concealed in the no.
tel, but the father and brother got possession of
her, and then had Williams and his party bound
over i'll the sum of one thousand dollars each
Both parties left for home, and on Tuesday eve
ming they accidentally put up at the same hotel,
in Livingston, Nelson county. When Williams
party and young Richard Morris were seated at
the supper table, opposite each other, some in
dignity was offered young Morris by the other
party, when he threw his plate in the face of
Williams.
Morris, Williams and Hill then commenced a
general shooting, which resulted, after some or
10 rounds, in the immediate death of young
Morris, and the MORALLY woundng of Hill, and
it is said of Williams, also Young NJ. was
shot in the head and in vital part of the body,
by Williams it is supposed. Hill was shot by
Morris in the centre of the breast, and Williams
was shot by him in the side or back. When
this occurrence took place, the father and daugh-
ter were in their room, up stairs. message
was forthwith dispatched to the families of the
parties, and arrived here at an early hour yester-
day morning. The news of so dreadful trace-
dy of course created the greatest excitement and
regret in this community. As to the feelings of
the unhappy families involved, whose cup of
grief has been perhaps forever embitlered we
shall not attempt description. Language
would be inadequate to the task.
THE MICHIGAN CONSTRUCTORS The trial of
the Railroad conspirators is vet progressing in
the Michigan State Courts. This is probably
the most extensive conspiracy, and shows the
most heartless depravty of those who are gull
ty, of any thing that has ever been developed in
the United States. The plans of the conspira-
tors, as shadowed forth by the testimony, are as
toundlng-aImost beyond belief, and seem to be-
long to the department of fiction rather than of
reality.
Witnesses, who corroborate each other testi-
fly that it was part Of the plot of the band against
the Michigan Railroad Company, to murder from
one hundred 10 one hundred and ftty persons, in
order to bring the Directors to terms. The fol-
lowing is an extract from the testimony given by
one of the States witnesses:
Con or about the 18th of September, had
alton with Fitch, in which he said if they
did not succeed in throwing off the trains during
the State Fair at the points named west of Jack
son, Whitebrdge and Dry Marsh and at the
high embankment east of FrancscoviIle they
would burn the four depots at Detroit, Aun Ar
Dor, Jackson and Niles. He said he wanted to
show the people of Michigan that the feeling a
gainst the road was not local If they could
succeed in killing from 100 to $50 persons du-
ring the Fair, it would bring the Company to
terms they would, if this did not do, burn them
And he then proposed to give me or any body
else $1,000 for burning these four depots, or
$3.50 for either of them. He said he thought
would be good person to do it, as had frequent
business over the road"