Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-09

wherein the last murder tlnt was committed dntcs
back ai least thirty years. The railroad rasscs
half II milo north nf the village. which is about II
miles from Grernport. The house stands back from
the rond, and ct distance o quarter vi mile from
iIr. and Mrs. W. were both highly esteemed wlcr-
ever known. and cuiovcd in ~ York large circle Of
friends Mr. W.s Gather, mother, brother and sisters
reside within miie Of the seen. ot this bn"dy ninf
der. One brother whose nrm lcs on the North side,
rrputed tho largest farmer il Suffolk county. Ano-
!hcr residing in patchoguc ls AMI has been for many
years, the district attorney OF Suffolk county. II Was
an uncle ni the murlcra'! man, Virginia lawyer
who took M honorable purt i'll the traluf Aaron Burr
for treason.
DISCOVERY OF TIE MURDERER OF MIR.
AND Mrs. WlCKllAM.
Tho following further particulars are copied from
the y. Y. Express of Tuesday:
Nicholas Bum the supposed murderer, Has captured
Yesterday (Alundayl morning at about lo "cI"rk.-
tic was found lying partially cnvcr, up, among some
bruslwood, in n swamp. with liis throat partially cut
but 80 badly IA 10 render his recovery doubtful.
SO The physicians saw.
itis supposed thai Balm, finding himself hard pur-
sued hy his pulTucra. eudcavnrrd III this manner 10
clrtlc discovery. anl that afraid, after ALL that disco
very was certain. attempted tn shorten hi- miserable
existence by a,l,iing suicide IN murder.
Leaves aud bushes had been accumulated in heaps
a the spot where hn wuS found. Ii is probable that
the party in pursuit would have PASSED by the
protrulinS from The rubbish.
!ls soon us the murderer drawn out from his
lair he wa corvcye, Ia wagon near by, and driven
of Ia barn. Il short distance off, Two phv-icans
DrS. Lord and Tucker, were III attendance, and here
made an examination o liain'- wounds
1t was found that the apple of his iroai was bnly
cut, willie two deep ncisIuns ind been made on his
windpip". y Mr.. Joseph Curbyn, one Of the pnrty,
took his handkerchief and tied it around his neck to
srauncl The wounds Blcclin. stopped, anu
when our informant lett the spot, the opinion prevail
ed that the wrrtclicd man would recover.
lIain seemed coiscios enough of lis awful condi-
tl"n and tho proceedings all around him, but not a
syllable or n whisper escaped his lips.
The spot where the murderer found is about Il
quarter OF mile from the hermitage Station. About
one thousand persons werc OUT IN pursuit. Indeed
the whole ui that part of the country seemed ~ bc
thoroughly uroIacd, and never before, we nra told
Indignation against the murderer universal, and
women rvcn and children too, lor that matter, are
said To have joined i'll the chase.
The first man that discovered Balm was one JOIN
Jones. If his clnm is established. OF course, he Will
be entitled Ia the reward OF one uusHn, dollars tla
had been offered or tho nlrdcrer's detection.
Bnin was duly delivered over 10 the custody OF
Sheriff Ihilipscrninal proceedings of course await
in. the result Of his srll-inIlictr,l wounds.
The funeral II Mr.. and Mrs Wckhan took place
Monday afternoon. and attended by an lininrnst
,nncursc of snrruwins friends, relatives anl neigh
Tnrs. hInny personal acquananrC*"l al the family hnd
come from New York I" attend. The bodies were III
TERED AT Mattiuck.
We learn further, that the rolnrcl boy whose liic
the murderer also ,ssay ye, I" lake. getting worse, ai
hut little expectation If entertained {" hiT recovery
The servant GIRL Ellen Holland, is said tU he III sini'
ul mind bordering Oh insanity.