The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-11-27
From the Lancaster Ledger.
HOrt ibIe Affair.

An esteemed correspondent sends US the fol
lowing, which we lay before our readers:
A man, who was raised 10 the edge of NortE,
Carolina, ndi"Ining Lancaster District OF th
State, married last winter daughter of Jnsept.
Lewis. in the upper part OF this District. Said
man 3D. +. TherrelI by nanny and his life sepn
rated in August last, and Th"rrrII left privately.
S"m+'im" during the present TALL, his wife, VIII"
had returned TO her parental roof, rectived letter
r"m her husband, posImarsed T-nnes>er and
we think Salisbury pos'officr. Since which time
norhmg has been known of TherreI, until yester-
day (Sunday,) his mot her in law, Mrs, Lewis
took little son some twelve years old on horse
behind her to ride out lew miles to visit
dat ght-r in North Carolina, and when some two
miles from home, they saw man running through
the woods with rifle, gun on his shoulder thus
man ran "ut into the road just ahead of Them and
proved TO be her son.in-law Therrell, and looked
as though he had run considerable distance.
H. made some apology for intercrptng them
IN this manner, by saying that he had mistaken
her Tor her daughter. This wifr) and asked Mrs.
Lewis when she was going home, and on being
answered that she should return that afternoon
he requested her to tell his wife on her return
TO meet hun that evening at specified place,
that he wanted to have a talk with her before ht
went away again and that he expected 10 leav.,
that same night next morning Mrs. Lewis
OeIHR III iHlS uHeSpeCteO meeting, tn
agiraIed manner OF Therre and the rrhr.gu
on Sunday, hastily promised compliance viii
his request, and rode to where her daughter
Iived-havIng lett al home ThrrreI's wife Cornelia
and her (MrS. Lewis) oldest son Edn und, to-
gether with young man in The n"rghbnr hood
who seemed 10 have been visiting Edmund
associate. On Mrs. Lewis return about O'Clock
p. M, anG when she was within sight OF her
h"us'. she heard gun fire off apparently al III"
house, at which she quicken"d her pace, and
reaching the yard. she lett her horse and was pro
crrdmg hurFIedly into the house, when she again
encountered TherreI, coming round the house
with the rife still OH MS shoulder b; she asked hun
what that shooting meant, but receiving answer,
and seeing no one else about, she ran into the
house, and found her son Edmund sitting by the
fire cross legged, with Il book open on his lap
erect in his chair, (w!th no TRACES of any distur-
hance having taken place. perfectly dead, shot
through the head with rifle or pistol. This
sigh brought a scream from the old lady. at which
her daughter, Ther.el's vile, came in, she having
apparently been walking our alone at the umr
Cornelra on seeing her dead brother. liktwise
screamed with terror; in the meantime, Therrell,
hearing his wife IN the house. ran 10, seized her
violently and started for The door, she screaming
and he dragging her forward.
Mrs. Lewis and her little Immediately set
out r0 alarm he nrighbors. and their return,
accompanied by neighbors, they found all silent
and the corpse alone.
P. S.-,S,nee receiving The above we learn,
from :he magistrate acting coroner, that the
verdict Of the jury Of inques found The said Their.
re guilty of the murder of the young man Ed
mund Lewis. TherrAl is at presen, at large, but
we hope he will be brought to jus,iee-he is an
ordinary sized man. OF light sandy hair. being
very we'll known in the neighho rhood we presume
he will be in limbo before long.