Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-20
VOL. XaX.---NO. 27.
and, after while, you may get mental view
of Washington Statuary from the pen of:
ANOLD TYPO.
ArRocrous MURDER IN MAcos.-On Saturd;

ATRocIoUs MURDER IN MAcoN.-On Saturday
morning last, our citizens were startled by the
news of q most arocous and unnatural murder
committed in our midst. An Irshman, by the
name of Connolly, boarding in the house of D.
Garaughty or Bridgerow, killed his own wife in
open day, and then effected his escape to the
woods. He was in the habit of mal.treating bis
wife, and when the people of the house heard
the noise Of contention in his room, on Saturday
morning, they supposed that it was only a repet-
ton of his usual brawling. When he came
down, he was observed to have changed his
clothes, and to look back upon the house with
frightened expression as he was going away.
Suspicion was excited, AID upon examination
the unfortunate woman Was found stone dead
in her apartments. Her neck was dislocated
and her head severely bruised and cut apparently
from knife. 1t is supposed that he forced her
head over beam, and thus effected the dislo-
cation of the neck.-He had changed his clothes,
and the bloody garments were found huddled
together under table. He had Strengthened
the woman out upon the floor, and placed her
baby across her breast lie was pursued on
Saturday but without avail. On Saturday night,
impclled by that irresistible instinct, which
brings murderers back to the scene of their
crime, the man came to the Mansion house, (not
hundred yards from the dead body of his
wife, and asked woman of his acquaintance
to give him hiding place. She did SO, but
Immediately sent for the Police, who took him
without difficulty. He denies, as we understand.
all knowledge of the crime, nor is it ascertained
what his motive could have been. 1t is various
y ascribed to jealousy, drunkenness ard other
causes. The testimony must be altogether cir
cumstantial. The murdered woman was buried
on Sunday. Connolly is in Jail, ard the case
awaits investigation Macon (Ga) Telegraph,
CONFESSION OF MURpEE.-The Galveston
News under stand that Shultz-now under sem
tence of death in that city for murder-has made
a full confession, not only of the murder of
Bateman and Jet, but also Of long catalogue
Of other murders and crimes during period of
many years. We have not rs yet been put in
possession of full Details though we hope soon
to be. We can only say now that he confesses
to having killed an old pensioner in Knoxville,
Tennessee, before he came to Texas. He does
not remember his name, but says lie had just
received his pension, and upon the strength it,
he drank little too much He adds that when
he was on his way home that night, he waylad
and shot him, and then placed his body under 4
projecting rock-that some school children found
the body the next day. That suspicion attached
to himself-that he was taken up, tried, and
acquitted.
lie says he belonged to the "Murrcll Gang.
and recites many .rabbsries and crimes Of which
he was guilty, VIII le in that connection. Hef-
rrt ru1ttesste, 4 8 = sas
tent, in the Fall of 1886 Many of our old
citizens will we'll remember that event. The
night was one of the most stormy on record,
and The darkness was so great, that nothing
could be seen but the flash of the gun. Suspi-
cion attached, he says, to several persons but not
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