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We hssS the following additional ana more au-
sh<ndie lassieulars from gentleman who len he
virislily AR mutder On sunday evening Is Bali
Tae tssSSgy was enacted. il s thought, about
MN n;sst So "a Isinssday evening. Mr.. Csscsas
u1go VA assn5sl xoT.hy industrious aud highiY
Fespsc,ea SbAag farmer, had Just risen iruln ne
snbper fshSs and Kas about taxing scat py me
6re when ST discEveEed man standing outside Of
the Nineeas Silh gun lsveled a. him, whlcl !, ne
fred iassasssy ahe ball taking effect, and he fell
The man d 10 iirea the gun then came To- The door.
and finais.Ss ii fastened, knocked panel oul with
tie nu1kssi3l his gan, and puling his hand iDs re-
moved laes4stenieg, leading y me inference that
he knew r3Sssiy how It WAS laslened. On opening
tie door yfrs Cuslcn and Miss Cosden ran 10 the
Opposite cClner of:the room, when he lereled his
guntagains ahd fJs, the bali taking effect on Miss
Cesden wS5 he also rushed On and stabbed with a
kniie ID Boa hfeasls
Mis- Gossten thea aed into The yard. and the small
white boy zan beha1 the door aud succeeded 10 Ell
Ieesing his pei The smoke Of The gun cencea
him. lnessOg says he saw 4 tau man standing N
the yafa asshe5Ia4 of. Mrs Cosden was found
dead i'd tt yatd having been both Shot and stabbed.
The rings Seere Ia&en Oh OF her hngers5 and Tie
ear4fings lsfn ont ~ her ears.
They thSif Observing that Mr. CoSden was still
alive. ssots AiIn again and ab5ed Kim, whilst one
Of rliea tFsEnpled and jumped on his body. He
however, lied thTee hours alter the tragedy was
diseoveFeds;anst stated that the man who shot him
man: vim fats W1isksiS He, also heard Two
other slking oaiside the time The one inside
was effeeiisg hfs mnTderous objection Miss Gosden.
but did uatfste them.
Miss Ressscca q Webster, who was lying sick
up stairs ~ heaTl!,g The alarm aud reports Of Iie
gun, had tsarpsd iae door u her room ana one Vi
the tnea easssts up aud broke the door open. she
STATES tha &He ilnpioTed him her lite ami told him
thai all the money She had was in her trunk He
then examg@ the. trunk and being unable 10 find
the money rs il was tied up be returned to herbed
and shot hessin the breast. and several sugs were
found in lhsseds which was also sci on fire. either
BY TIE wadssng n Intentionally by the assassin
ShesurrieesuItll Salureay evening about o'clock,
when She q
The hlata wonsan belonged 10 Deputy Saerif
Edwin crdtah, Who resided On the adjoining farm,
about mitsalistaEl, but was hired 10 Mr. Cosden.
Shewas engaged al the Time the ironing table in
the kitchen siInd oA turning around observed the
kitchen does Slightly opened when two guns, or a
double,harrsEed gun, was fired at her--bo,h shots
taking edecfs III her side, and The other passing
through ahdShaleSing her wrist. She immediate
~ SueceedsG5in aSing her escape out OF another
door and Iats4 the residence oi her master Oh the
adjoining tasmi ard loudly called for him On
rrafhing theh9usesshe tell from exhaustion, and al
the AaSGarectants was sill alive, thrngh but little
hpps we're :stellained Of her recovery. she states
that she did Sol secse persons who ired any OF the
guns. II
There hass heea three persons arrested on the
chaFgeet beiss e0ncerned in the murder. William
W.tWetsIefSaa uncle to Mrs. Cosdeniahd also 'oi
Miss Reheces q. Webster her sister, who resides
in DaaNarei was arrested on Friday, and under
went an exasaiiiatisn before magistrate in that
Sfale, and pfaytd alb abb BY severafmUst respecta-
Bile mitnesseSi Heiwas arrested on the testimony
Of brother Il Mrs. Cosden about teif years Uf age
who had said he heard his uncle make some threats
against CosCsT and bis family besides which there
had BEEN difficulty between him and Mr., Golden
abopt some lsJd Fhis was the boy that escaped
from the hout3 al tee time Of The massacre and He'd
IL GeefgeioSSl GIoSs Roads and gave the alarm -
Mr. WebsteS having come ever 10 Mr.. Cosden's
place on Sunday 10 attend the funeral of The lour
victims, was SfEes,fd on suspicion Of having some
conhexion mahor knowledge Of The affair, aud com
mltled Tor latsher examination.
The sceona UAe arrested is James Roberts, a
travelling cltkk member, who bore the exact de-
scripuen Of t5fe ASSASSIN given BY Miss Webster.
eveDto the $40 build and shape, and also 10 patches
% the knees n his pan,aluons, as the one who had
entered her ts7m, He was brought before her be-
lore she dIedgand she three times declared that he
was the suilrs party. He, however, sncceeded in
proving that s. wasat Ffedericktown ID Cecil counl
~, between is0aRd three miles off at the time lhe
murder Is silsPosed 70 hayeteen committea-proy-
ing The abb ~ most responsible witnesses. This
man had he.s9 IN Mr.. Cosdep's house on the same
dayor the daS previous 10 mend thecleck and was
invited reneainio dinner During the dinner hour
| Mr. Casden aad Fentap stairs 10 borrow a dollar
from Miss NSbsleF. He was discharged on proving
the aibi bui5 ya% immediately arrested on charge
OF having cEjefed the house OF Mr. Stevens Al
Georgetown ss5qss Roads al 10 o'clock on the pre-.
vious night, vi as 10 have him al hand if tarihel
testimony shaala connect him with the transaction
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