Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-13
An Extraordinary Case

An Exua5I dinaTy Case.
At the recent term of the Circuit Court Of
Kinds county case which has burdcncd the
criminal docket Of that court for the past seven
years has at last been decided and the accused
after incarceration in the Jail OF Kinds for the
same period ii time has been by n verdict Of
hi peers restored To freedom. The facts de-
yeoped in the progress OF the caseand which we
lind given Mt length in the Kinds county Ca
zettc are briefly these: In September IT the year
l-lb William II. Boes stabbed in the
streets "t NIck shuTg and named Douuhoo. who
di,d f the wound. The parties were. fey
moments proceeding the fatal act, utter stranger,
l. each other. Both were intoxicated: "A chusual
meeting resulted in an alteration, aud the alter
cation ia collision. which terminated a. stated.
Boles was arrested. imprisoned, tried, and CON
voted at the ensuing term OF = arr-n rirclit
court. he high court, upon application. grant
ed him new trial, and the ease moved to
Kinds. But he was now without means. and
consequently without counsel To defend him
Hon. y. k. johnson volunteered in his defence.
/ gam he was convicted and agGin obtained "A
NV trial. In short lac had four consecutive tfi-
MS, three OF which resulted in Yird.cts of guilty;
ilr fourth wHs mis- trial, and the fifth aud the
lat has terminated in his acquitted. The case
was abb, lltcly ,eorn out. Many Of thu witness
against him dead. others had emigrnicd,
and but one remained, who was himself within
rTi-on bouGl,, charged with heinous crime.
Successive sheriff. and jailors have passed to
tar grave since the commencement of Bnle'. in
earceratiau; and he wa walked forth from the
dungeon Of seven long wear. +, encounter
.ilun,c faces. 10 mis- Old friends. and Ia deal
a..ll an almost uey ,euatp,i,n Cart,irl,. his
,hin,nt in- not been "A EpLt one with its
FL ulay isolation, lis alterations OF hopes and
har>, ana its whitening up at the heart and
dwariing Of the soul, which sha, hr hcncctarth
rFies- 81 Joy HE conduct 81 Bowlrs while in
iI.riaa..-P agliiap fLgrj6p.
DISTRESSING bttrNRENo E--llIAktLENs
DgofrTloN ANp PEpuNEIG MlmIE.--' lie Gin
enuall enquirer nnuaIcs thu following dI,Ies-
-inL affair, That occurred on lhar-day evening
ut. man O-hurue. Ohio.
Il appears HAT about , yrur- since IA farmer
nncd Nfn Ricketts, LETT hl- Guniiy To- SEEK hi,
fortune in thu grld miurs Of California Aluut
. months since Mr.. K. received Information
lrru a ptr-ou repfr-tutiug himself a, coming di-
rect FROM san Flaueisco that her husband had
drl of chronic diurfhu.a. The wife believed
ihc story and manifested much DISTRESS Of mind
rI.on the receipt of ir ntcigcnec. Her infor
mani, whose nume is William r. Gaylurd. m.n-
ted mach sympathy for Mrs. L. in her bercayc-
mont, and frequently visited the house Ia cundole
with her in her aflctian The unsuspceting
uite. approaching the kindness of Gaylord. ten
rrcd him thu hospitalites of her house and home.
Gaylord, with an apparent indifference, declined
thr offer, hut finally proposed to accept the same
~ conditions of marriage The ustonished Mrs.
l.. at first declined bat afterwards agreed 10 let
the matter stand open until GAYLORD should call
ngan In the interim. GAYLORD distracted from
tie post Office all letters directed to Mrs Rick
cts, and one from her husband he opened. pc
rased and then DESTROYED The letter stated
thnt he did not intend to return home for } years
lat was very anxious to seen his wife GAYLORD
again called ON Mrs. Ricketts,. and insisted upon
an answer to his proposition. Mrs H.. after n
few moments reflection, consented to the Union,
aud the time for their marriage was set. The
,Iay came, they were married and by their mar
iingc Mr.. Gaylord came into possession of "a farm
valued at several thousand dollars.
Soon after their marriage Mr. GAYLORD pro-
posed to his wife to sell out aud move TO Kansas
and the farm WA. advertised far sale nj - sac.
rofce. The advertisements nnneoredi in the Dav.
ION and CINCINNATI n,,,,,r. aud much ,y,s All