Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-06-23
DIE Use on ANN MeELRoY.


An extraordinary outrage and murder has just
been commitie4 in New York, the nature of which
is explained III the following remarks Of the New
York COMMERCIAL Advertiser Of Saturday afternoon:
'The advertisement which appeared in our paper
yesterday andlwas referred to editaFially win have
acquainted our readers with the principal points con-
neced with The disappearance Of Ann AIcElroy, q
Young woman emploTed in the house of Mr. Charles
H. CLAYTON, III this city, aud the subsequent finding
Of her body ia the East river at Williamsburg with
unstakable evidences q brutal outrsge and murder
The subject Was very properly introduced in the
Board Of Aldermen last evening. Alderman Alvord
moving that9lle Mayor be authedzed to, offer re-
ward Of oRe tkousand dollars in addition to $500
already 3ofiefed hy Messrs, Bushnell Busting and
Claytonl for the discovety Of the cndsh erpstrator
Of this almost unparalleled crime Alderman Peck.
Dehman aud others PROPOSED and advocated larger
reward, and tile resolution was finally amended 10
as 10 authorize tie AayeF TO offer $1,000 or any fur
tier sum that pc may deem necessary, to bring the
perpetratoDf shis outrage t0justice. We cordially
concur In the remark oil one Of the aldermen that
$la000 had bftter ha offered, or twice $1,000 IA
ther than the brutal lnurderers should go undetecte
Tic resolution was concurred in b. the Board Of
Assistants.
let Us look al the facts of this case. The victim
was Young woman, about eighteen or rnetecn
years Of age well known TO the three respectable gen
tlenien who have unitedin the offer Of $3.50 reward
having lived ax hiie in the family of eaeh and won
their confidence ami respect BY the uniform proprie-
y Of her eondEc On tile evening Of the 2lst NAY
between and . o'clock, she went to store in the
neighborhood bf Mr. GlytoRs residence which is in
Sixteenth street, near Fourth avenue on domestic
GRAND, which would have detained her but a few
minutes, She never returned, and The last authentic
information obtained respecting her Is that on the
way to fulfil her erraRd she called in at dry goods
store on THO Avenue, where she WAS well known
Tho clerks weEe busy, and she turned 10 leave the
store One ofthe clerks promised her immediate att
tentpn, 10 which she replied that She would retarn
shortly Between the dry goods store and the one to
which her principal GRAND would lead her, are, We
believe some open lots. All attempts TO trace herl
further proved unavailing When the body was
found it bore evident marks Of strangulation and
outrage, aud the strong probability is that being a.
robust girl she struggled violently with the brute
Of bfutes who were matrcating her and for fear of
detedtoR they stranged her and subsequently, threw
the coFpss into the river
That WORSE than robbery was the Villains mo-
tive, is apparent not only from the condition of the
body, but from the fact also that the trinkets upon
her erson, and the contents OF her pockets were left
untouched. TO Mr.. Clayton, and the gentlemen as-l
spciated with him. much COMMUNICATION is due Ann
| McElroy had no claims upon them beyond those OF
eol11non humanity, made more potent with them bel
cause Of the estimable conduct Of the deceased while
domestic in their respective frnlilies lctwe know
that from theyery evening of her disappearance Mil
CLAYTON has spared ncthers1me labor, NOR expense
TO discover her fate lie has acted as became man
and Christian citizen, and on the broad principle
that the crimtis the same and the duty Of discover
ing the criminal equal, whether The victim lie hum
ble and unknown or d star in society; whether she
be hired domestic or beloved sister, or daughtef
orwifI Ia seconding the efforts already made ana
still making, every citizen must rememhcrth any
female member Of his family, stepping at early cYer
ing into Ieighboring street may fall into the pow
eriofsome proving brute, who may be emboldenea
togrdtify his lust if the murderer Of Miss McEro
escape undetacted or unpunished7