Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-22

Our city was thrown into .,,,. ~ n. ~.
most horror yesterday morning, bv The devel
opment Of one Of The darkcs, and me-, e...6.,
tragedies TINT has ever been our lot to record.
Mr.. Joseph 2. Winston, (of tho firm Of N.cc
q W'nston) who resides ut the Ea.,ern 80.
're"'ty OF 9TH street, near the City Spring, .n,ls
his wife and child ian infant about IL month.
"'d) we're found IL bed. wehe'ing in blood, ,l.c
infant dead. the mother just expiring. and M.
winston himself IN condition Of utter inscnsi-
lity.
All that is known Of this fearful occur, once.
may be stated as follows: Mr. Winston had De-.
s'g"ed 10 leave Richmond yesterday morning.
'or the North. and gave orders TO his servants.
10 r"use him at nm earlier hour ,bsn usual A
iitle Lefurc sunrise, the nurse, a mulauto wn.s
",'h about Az years Of eye, who slept in tho.
ki' !" n. a detached building. went into tho,
cham"tr ol her master. and soon after came
cur. Calling to the cook thai both her master
and mistress were dead The co. k. a n, crn
woman, after a hurried ,i.it 10 the chnmil,r.
went to alarm the n,ghbor., " no ut once en-.
tered and there witnessed the sppaliuc scene.
we have detail ed above Mrs. Winston ana
IN the article at death as the FIRST Of the neigh.
already cld. The wounds inflicted u,on The
unhappy parents (all ON The skul) appeared TO
have been caused by an axe or Ratchet. and
~e'e ct so CHASTITY charn,er as almost 10 para.
iyze the heholdcr. with awe. Tn. head Of tho
mother was .righ,iully mu,ilai.d. The infant
would seem To have been dispatched BY s,rik
ing ishead agains, the wall The motive which
led to the CONN i-sIon Of the crime was not the
hope OF plnndrf, for in the pocket Of Mr. Win.
ston was found 500 in notes and Northern,
draft Tor $500. untouched, and no attempt had
been made to abstract the silver plate or other
vauabes, with the exception OF gold watch,
which was missing and has not yet been found.
Yesterday morning MI tie servants Of Mr..
Winston were arrested and examined before
The jury OF inquest. whose verde had not been
rendered nj the time Of this wiring. Some
circumstances elapsed tending To implicate the.
nurse and her husband. bur nothing nr a verv
conclusive Character was elected The srr,ny-
est tact was the discovery OF hat, bet, proved.
:" he the property of the nnrsr Is husband (wlo
Is ais" In custody upon inch recent mark !. Of
blood were distinctly visible. The ADDITIONAL
tact that the nurse alone had access To the
house by keys. while no violent entry appear
e,i to have been made, goes to direct The sus-
P'c'on ct the public to her us one Of the parties
to the ntrociiy. We under t,nd. also, that the
very Intelligent physicians no held the post
morf'm examination of the dead bodies, gave.
MS their opinion that the fatal blows had been
quite recently struck, and that probably not
more than an hour could have interviewed Lc.
tween the commission Of the murders aud the
discovery Of the victims
Mr.. Winston lies in very critical condition
and little hope is indulge for his recovery
We have no words To express the shock We
experienced at this tcrrihInna amlty The ex-
element created by il is EJlhout a parallel in
our recollection. and no pains will be spared
to ferret out the diabolical agents in the guilt
Wig