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or JOHN =. woRMLEY.
kDR Lllk nBADER or HIS euN-INe

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!. John s wotn.ey was hang Ii cbsa.rhsli.
Co4it- House, Va, o. FRIDAY isl. ~ the murder
a An.hony T. Ro6ide, lis son-in-lAw. The ere
ef.iuH vas witnessed ~ about ], soO;persons whom
tke ffispnsf addressed Tor about q quarter d an
hpuf. he ronlessedlke murder u Robiou. remark
g sbai uudsr similar eirenusiancss he vould re-
psak ne crime. and then gave he following account
q she facts which led 10 Tie uniof,aneie event:
\ The eveniog Of the fatal day he mas ii bis yard
wlh his gun when Robion was inthe acs Of pass
lnk; ane - he imsgined Tie wagon wa appEaach-
pg ne side y The road next to his ncise. lie idea
aAahed aefass his mind that Kohioa was about 10
ssop and iadulse in some abnsc towards him and
&c fRmilys q had been his practice. W4hoW
tAeNsht OF delieeration he raised his gun and shf
Inn, and 50 Ia puisive was the az dat he did q
raiSe ne weapon 10 his shoulder, bat fired WiihouL
taxing any aim from the eye
IN Nor vas Il lrne thar his daughter. Mrs. R0bion.
ehtertained any deadly hostility ,swafds Rebioa,
notwithstanding his gross abuse OF her. Neither
she nor Reed. or any other person. ever used any
language OF employed any effor's 10 stimulate him
~ The commission II tie act, the evening 0fthas
tafal day.. Aud when, 10 an nnguarded moment,
be killed her husband, she exhibited the most pro-
found sorrow. and showed sIl those tender feelings
usual to the sex al the loss Of hasliand. He had
taken a fathers pains With his d2ughter. (Mrs-ER
and be believed she was an injured woman. The
rpsnors put 10 circulation b. her hnsAsnd. Robiou
Ia Ielalion 10 her intimacy with Reed, he believed
tote false In The presence OF bis Gad he solemn
~ declared his kFm belief in her en4iFe virtue and
inE cenee. In his (WorInleyx) abssncc, Rohion
.aan IS years Of age. had maIfisdshis danghter
Eirl 81 emily about IA years, without bis kncwl-
edge and such was The disparity ID their years
Ihgs the STATE Of things thar followed might we'll
hass been anticipated The charges which Rohiou
bad made and industrioasly circulated againt his
a1ghier were too gross and indelicale iog him 10
repeat particularly IN The presence 81 ladies. ihe
prisoner turning and painting 10 some females
near the gallows) Those charges had been at
asinpled y be proved when The dep1sitiohs in the
disbrce case were taken; but there was an entire
faisare 10 substantiate any Of them tie had lsken
pains in rearing his daughter, and underworld 10
inssil into her mind correct prinSiplrs.
He did mol Seek 10 ALLEVIATE heFteelsngs frpn9 her
husband. or TO produce q separation He alb
sen. when the marriage and when the separation
toaS place, and Robuu had written aleIsef 10 IBIS
(M1rmleY's) sister, altributing the rause u. their
separation 10 Mrs WOrmsey the mother, and ex-
PRESSING wish that be, her father, would return,
70 bring about reconciliation. lie did reintn in
july, 1850, with M feelings Of resentment towards
Rohiou or any oikeT person in the neigAbot hood /,
for he had been absent long and Robiou and Reed,
and AL 10 The neighborhosd were then strangers 10
hin. He admitied, however. that his feelings were
smbiftered against Robiou. in consequence Of The
gross charges he had made agaias. his ehfid--a
daughter whom he loved and believed an Innocent
and injured woman. Only week before the fatal
DAY. Robon came 10 his lW's) house 10 seeih his
lRssl child, and while there repeated his charges
anf declared thai his house was a place of
baYdylsm. Such charges and language did excite
hiii, he admitted but il did moi cause him 10 form
determination To take The life oil RDbiou.
n He also tnok occasion to exonetaie James g.
Refd, who had been tried as an accompice OF ais
from al participation in the murder. Reed since
his acquilta has married The widow IL Robiou
ihes murdered man. The remarks of Wormley
were delivered in cool and oppressive Manner
and on concluding. he babe The spectators an attc,
tiqtaie farewell. 10 a few minutes after the drop
fr and his liteless body was suspended in the air
HeMe bis doom with extraordinary tortitade and
resignation.