Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-28
LoClL NEWS.

| BLACK H.Aru Coal PIn-rhess celebrated Pis have
recently been ieesed BY Joseph r Touptns and William.
John rssrsr sho. sor many years has successfully
Quoted them the sgent OF E,ssh company. These
Pits uil be operated 9th incr.sssd saesgy; and In
PITT, formerly worked BY Ma. Harry Hsah .I De- speed.
y opened 90 that may DO reasonably expected thu,
the raising Of coal from thess Pits will b much larger
than heretofore aud that the supply u BE- sucisoS
| meet large sddtional orders at home and abroad.
We Informed, that the most competent aud s6cieut
will DO employed IN all deparnen Of the business
Tho collier NJ. job A,kins sIpsrisuecl and scsn,
| man. We know tho who have to do with the
Pits aud have every that their operations
| must Do on an enlarged scale and that the public
.i have occason to be thankful tbs. they have under
tsken 10 midst 70 carry out this Important enter
prise.
Foul NuRprL-we have seldom had to record muir
der OF - foul character a. w.s perpsratsd upon
unfortunate named John Richards, about o'clock
yesterday moruiog. In Buchertoun within few yards
Of the old dstery His body was discovered iu a.ld
about twenty yards from the house OF bis assassin VIM
Hebdsn, Who the traces Of the blood would dsipcty
into Geld beyond the range Of bis back lo Thu .al.
~ vas produced BY gun shot, received few inches
below the ls srop, where appears The whole contents
Of the charge bad entered.
IL 10 matter Of surprise to u.s. how death coud have
20 suddenly snsued from wound in this region; and Il
seems st more so In view OF the fact that the gun
loaded With light duck shot-ssvsrsi Er.ius Of which
extracted from the wound.
The murdered man, Richsrds hsd BEEN Il appesrs Cor
long time. aud up 70 week or two past bo.tdsr In
the house OF this Hebdeu. but because Of some difficulty
compelled to change bis quarters YET sun be visited
there, aud even on Friday seen 10 the COMPANY Of
hebden, his murderer On Saturday morning be came to
the house, and ~ old woman named Rebeccs Cb.p-
man, housekeeper the premiees stated In her evil
dence on tho quest threatened TO Kill H.bden Who
then 10 Manchester at bis work. On his return Rsbecc.
MIN OF the threats in reference which, accur-
Ing 10 her statement he no reply She VS. The onI,
person In the house with Hebden and tho murder being
committed Within at least four feet Of the door, |, must be
presumed that she had full knowledge OF It Sh. VA,
under cross examination hour and though Al.
admitted hearing the shot, about O'Clock In the morn
ing, atSr the murdered had to tho door and
challenged Heoden out yet she denied all knouIedce OF
his guilt She gave expression At length to bsI.f ,hs,
he was the murderer Upon examining her person spots
Of blood were found on her under she woman
over 90 years old and upon her gown for which ,be
accounted by saying she besmoAred while cnvsvs
cutting up cows head ON Saturday.
The jury examined the head and found Il was over
week III SAT- Her statement went TO show that the par
ties were at vsrance Tor sometime and by way of ius
cation Tor the crime she repeatedly observed thar bs
was In eternal lear Of Richards for that no
DAYS ago to h'e tho house aud often since repeated
his resolve to effect that purpose.
Tue murdered man bore slight mark his len eve
which was supposed to have been inflicted b, fsiop
against tree which stood Immediately In front of the
door near the spot where all appearances would ipdica
he received the fatal wound From that he IN
have been dragged around the corner Of the and
point immediately beyond the corner where doubte,.
u he earth
saturated with blood, which the assassin aided no doubt
by his housekecper Rebecca endeavored to conceal bv
thro~ing quantity Of ashes upon il. Tho blood VA.
traced upon every object against which the body came In
contact nom the first Of the bloody deed to the
point where IL was discovered Tho coat aud waisteoa
OF the unfortunate victim, dragged about hs head
oy the oree used In trailing him along and his pants
drawn back by the friction against the earth.
The ashes with which was In conce.l ,h
siood was taken from FIRE place in a small back ro,
IN tue mouse aud the shovel upon which It carried
"oe n,s'lac, traces oil It, shot pouch, containing
quantity Of duck shot, discovered In trunk and
contents corresponded exactly with the grains e1trarr
from tine wound. The Tnusket with which III, ds. ~,
aone was discovered by Capt Wilkinson in the house ear
on Yesterday morning, and upon WAS fou
70 nave been fred out Of short time before W. b-.o
II said. by man named Edward W. +, rsusou who \,
among the INT who got there, that It smoking ana
that the cock down aud the hammer driven forvad
as when IL is after the gun is fired
, Inc murdered man is native Of Wales England
ne mas oeen once convict in the and sine.
nus tease mas been r'quetuy before the Mayor for
atunkenness IL has not been ascesinsd further than
we nave ALREADY noticed that any great provocaton
sNen' anu many a'q uante1 With the character Of the
uruefe would De disposed TO look for the origin Of III
"anton deed 10 the pervcrse revenHou muderous pro
psnstes OF the cool assassin rather than tho
ons referred TO by his house keeper Rebecca whose tea,
HionE We wholly disbeeve. In fact she should be rs
her considered pdrtetps crninis in the matter "a,
na' she aided In Carrying him the door where he
was shot TO the place which he o.nd there
De shadow OF doubt Her testimony was characterized
doubts.
he At have the results OF an en,, m
Conceal the guilt Of her viainous associate She frs,
stated that he remained bed when the shot was
near the house and again. admitted that he got up
threatened by Richards, the murdered mar from out
side. Whether he carried gun with him or not 10 the
door che Vas unable to sta These latter admissions
which, 10y the way approach very tho facts were
gotten out alter long course OF CT amua ton
The sot must have been discharged close 10 the mur
dered man. for though the gun loaded with duck sho,
the wound was little larger than the bore OF the gum
a ia iup,A l,,t ,l..,
or II not must have been discharged within shot dis,
lance Of his person. Had the murderer stood at the doc,
aud hred the mUzzlc would have almost reached him il
our opinion OF his position when shot be correct.
Hebden Is person OF bad character. lie was examin.
Cd some four ago upon charge shooting and
Ding the child If a rnan named Michael Kavannah but
because was supposed have been accid Mt he was
discharged We believe the case ended with the prelim
mary examination. Many, however, would say il was a.
malicious ACT aud in this opinion they sesaed
cd by the Subsequent career Of the unfortunate man.
lie was arrested at Manchester about IL o'clock ou
yesterday, by Capt Wilkinson, officer johnson and some
ncmbers ol the night watch, aud upon Mr. JJhuson in
forming him that lie arrested upon charge Of mur
uer-he .ad that whatever he did, done from good
cause lie is about GO years old. There were no dca
tons OF lear about him. the contrary he was In GOOD
courage, aud seemed utterly regardless OF all that wa
pnssrg when brought up to be told what the finding
tue jury upon the itq1est was.
Justice Nettes held quest over tho body and th,
jury alter examining series Of Witnesses. rendered
that the deceased by his ah by being ma
l'cmusly shot with gun. or pistol by VIM IIeOden.
ne was committed by the Mayor, the being within
hs Jurisdiction, aud will be brought before called Court
OF hus'ings, on Monday, to answer to this charge.
CALLED CouRr-A called Court Of Hastings assembled
on yesterday TO examine into acbarge Of felony against
John Lamb. Tor attempting entrance into the shoe
store oil d. H. Cabbti, Broad street, three week.
since.
The Court entered noie pro"qu In tho case, being
satFhed that be had no disposition to enter.
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