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SoUfH CHARlEsrox. o., Nay %.
MKss1Rs. EDS. :-on Thursday last, one OF
the most inhuman aud eod.blooded murders
hat even gracsd the anrais Of crime. was com
mitteG few miles below this place. The facts
are substantially tlese:
A man passed through Xenia, on that dav,
and some how, Il was aseertsined that be vas
"iugitive, from Virginia, think. This was
soon gOssiped about the streets, and poor in-
temperate curse TO society, bearing the name
Of Mccoy, conceived the idea Of arresting him
aud accordingly made chase in buggy.
After travelling some ten miles. at Cedarville,
he overlook the supposed fugitive. Waiting
until he had passed through the village, hedrove
up alongside Of this man in quest Of Freedom,
snd charged him with being fugitive from
Justice ~" The latter stoutly denied the
charge, but the former persisted, answering the
fugitive that he was his friend, and bad come
Z" all the way" from Xenia, for the purpose Of
helping him on to the promised land" where
upon the man got into his buggy and travelled
with him some Ave miles.
During the ride, Mccoy stopped at several
houses on the road and inquired (informing
them at the same time that he had fugitive
il they would assist felow.man to gain his
Freedom And, all answering in the afirma-
i've, be drove on until he found one who, for
''thir.y pieces Of silver" would sell the soul,
and ensave his fellow man. He called on q
man by the nam Of Saml. Chapman this was
the man for the work. Chapman readily as
sented, boasting that he was Virginian-one
of the "F. F. w." suppose; whereupOn Me-
Coy seized the man, exclaiming, ''d-n you; /
got you Just where l want yOu:" Chapman and
bis son William aiding; and after a desperate
struggle, succeeded in tying him and locking
him up in room. This done, they thought
the bird secure, but necessity being the mother
Of invention, and Liberty the goal to be won,
the fugitive, with the assistance Of an old "rus-
ty cbissl," he found in the room, seyered his
hands and burst his prison doors, and once more
attempted to make his escape ; but the "blood.
hounds" soon overlook him, when a second
scuffle ensued, and before he would suffer
himself te be taken, Mccoy smashed his skull
with a leaden " COLT
Some men working at distance ran to rem
der this unfortunate man assistance, but jus
as they reached the spot, Mccoy and bis abet.
tors, the Chapmans', had lifted him in th'
buggy, and drove off with him at a rspid rat"
They drove about ten miles, and finding tina
he would die, they threw him out in th,
woods, and each made for his home. On tn,
next day, Friday, the neiShbors had tn,
Chapmans and Mccoy arrested, and after
preliminary examination they were bound owe
to Court, to answer to the charge Of assault
with intent TO kill.
The trial being over, all hands though
themselves secure, but hold! One man NOR
adrcit than the rest, went to tie junior Chap
man, and in a bland and confidential manner
said to him, Bill, tell me wharbecame Of the ne
gro, you know that you are clear, and can't b
taken up again "Bill" then divulged the Sc
cret, the body was found, and an inquest hell
yesterday, the result Of which have not leal
, ned. Mccoy, and the Chapmans', father an
son, have been re-arrested, and are safel
quarlcred in Xenin Jail.
The excitement in Xenia, on Saturday ever
! ing, was beyond description. Fears were er
. tertained that summary court would con
vene despite stone walls" and the efforI
of law.abiding people to drown down th
storm. McHMoND.