New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-05

THE HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN KENT COUNTY,
MD.--Tco of the Fire Stiu Ltving.-We pub
hshed on Saturday a dispatch from New Castle,
Del giving some account Of an awful massacre
which had taken place on Thursday night near
Georgetown Cross Roads, in Kent County, Md.
and have since received the following letter from
an attentive correspondent at WARWICK, giving
the details Of the outrage a E@SS Ss sun ~
Nessrs. A. s. ABELL x Co.-GeatLemeE: The
news of an awful tragedy has just come TO hand
here, supposed to be for robbing and getting the
money and other valuables OF the house OF Mr.
Caleb p. Griffith, where a sale of farming stock
and household utensils took place last Tuesday,
the proceeds of which is supposed amounted to
$4,000, and which the two or more perpetrators,
il IL supposed, thought was In the house at the
time bat they mistook the house OF Mr.. William
Cosden within two and half miles, and also in
Kent County, and committed violent aud awful
ourages upon the persons OF Mr.. Cosden, wife,
wife's sister, and black woman, by shooting them
from the outside Of the house through front win
dow about o clock last Thursday )night just aiter
supper, most Of whom were sitting down by the
Are at the time. Mr. Cosden, wife, and his sister,
Miss CosdenD are dead
Miss Rebecoa c. Webster, Mr.. C.'s wifes sis.
ter) 10 severely injured, as also the black woman,
but, il is expected, not mortally.
The perpetrators were only seen by small
white boy, ian inmate of the housed the latter OF
whom fed upon Mr. Cosden and smother being
shot.
Mr. Cosden was found in the yard dead, sup.
posed 10 have got there flying from the deadly as
sassins. Mr.. G. was shot frat, he having been
the only man in the room, asd in fact about the
house ut the time. No clue to the perpetrators
as vet. though the white boy says they were white
men, and, il ia supposed, strangers. After having
killed the persons named, they went In the house
and shot Miss Rebecca Q. Webster, Mrs. Cos.
dens sister who waf in bed up stairs.
Nothing here yet knowR whether or not the
house was robbed after the committal of these
outrsges as the three different persons who
brought the news lone o. whom IL either con-
ne xon Of Mr.. Cosden or his family) forgot TO men
tlon in relation thereto, and the folks here over
looked asking about il.
Mr.. G g house is brick house, as 10 also M.
Grfhths, and IL is supposed the mistake OF the
perpetrators occurred in this way, they having
been fearful to make enquiry about or for the right
house, for fear that il would be remembered aud
might lead to their detection.
Look out Cor these blood hounds in your city.
RAMBLER.
p 81 am, Just this moment talking TO Mr..
VIM. Lyon, Of near Warwick, in Me-. Jumps
store, who says no has just returned from Mr..
VIM. Cosdens house, and that the particulars, as
i have stated them in my letter. are correct. He
also says, that Miss Rebeccs c. Webster states
that as she was lying in her bed, one Of the per
petrators entered her room and demanded Of her
the money, when she answered that she had only
four and half dollars, and if that would satisfy
him. it was In her trunk In the room, and he could
take il, whereupon he putNe pistol 70 the right
side other breast and shot her, and then broke
open the trunk, tore out its contents, and finding
no more money, len il, having only taken an over,
coat of Mr. C.'s as that is all that is missing He
also SAYS that there are three or four hundred
persons present at the scene OF distress. X.
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