Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-16

changed by his brief experience, and be re
| turned to his master last night, and made a
statement which was almost too horrible for
belief information was given TO the officers,
and they went to house between Twenty
second and Twenty third streets, on Main, and
found everything just as the negro had de-
scribed They entered the cellar, and Bay
liss pointed out shovel, on which there were
stains Ut blood With this they dug few
| inches into the earth, and found the body of
Garter, mulatto, belonging to Mr.. James II.
day night. The body was gashed and cut up
In the most horrible manner, and the throat
| cut
Having learned from Bayliss that the muir.
der was committed by a white man who had
concealed them in the house, the officers set a
guard about the premises, and at late hour
man was seen to enter. He perceived that
the place had been inv AIDED, and at once Sc.
creted himself. At length, however, the Of
| hcers discovered him in q coal house in n
nelghbsrlng lot. The door was forced in, and
the man snapped . revolver at them, which
fortunately missed fire. Waterman Hill then
seized him by the throat, while others secured
MS pistol and knife AT the moment of his
SEIZURE, he blew into Mr.. Hills face a uuau-
tity Of aShtte ponder, which caused that officer
some dlsagreeable sensations. The prisoner
was taken to the cage, and on the way thither
admitted that he had killed Carter, and con.
sidered himself fool for having done it. He
apol0glzed to Mr.. Hill for blowing the powder
into his face, and advised him to drink some
water-adviee which Hill thought it prudent
to disregard. Fortunate was it for him. for
the white powder was strychnine.
On arriving at the cage the prisoner was
seized with spasms, which continued at short
intervals until he died. His death was horri-
Bile, and exhibited all the peculiar symptoms
produced by StrvchniRe. lie swallowed the
deadly drug at the moment of his arrest,
| adopting that desperate method of avoiding
the punishment he would certainly have un-
dergone after proof of his guilt had been de-
| velOped.
| This man, 1t is said, came to Richmond
about three weeks ago, from New York, in
the schooner Island City. He made some &C.
| quaintances, and gave his name as Francis
Aubourine-though most of them call him
Auburne. he was carver and designer by
trade, and worked some days here for Messrs.
| Binford Porter. On the 81 Of October he
| went to Mr.. John Enders and rented the house
above alluded to, (Which is large building Of
three stories, situated in that part Of the city
called Bird in. the Hand,) prCfessedly with the
view Of establishing a restaurant. He had
carpenters at work there arranging shelves
and counters, and was evidently making ex-
tsnsive preparation. On his arrival here, he
represented that he had no funds although he
subsequently had considerable amount. But
little, however, was found about him after his
| death.
| All that is known Of the murder Of Carter
Is derived from the testimony of the negro
| Bayllss, and the reader will find i'm it the fol-
lowing narrative all that was elected from him:
On Monday last, Carter went to Bayliss and
| told him if he wanted to be free, he knew q
man who would get him off without trouble
Bayliss said he had no notion of going of, but
afterwards changed his mind, and consented
to have an interview with the man. They ac-
cordingy met, and arranged q plan to escape
| On Tuesday night Carter and Bayliss Joined
| the man near the corner of Bank and Twelfth
streets, and they all went down to the house
| before spoken of. There the negroes were
| confined in a room in the third story-the
white man remained with them every night,
and bringing them food during the day, al.
ways locking the door when he went out
The negroes were to pay him SIC each
Carter had paid his share, and few dollars
| for Bayliss; but the latter says he was more
| cautious about parting with his own money,
| and in fact felt no little discomfort during his
confinement.
| On Thursday evening Carter complained of
sickness and desired some medicine. The man
| then went out, and shortly after returned with
some drug, which he administered to Carter,
who was almost Immediately seized with
| terrible spasms. The man placed his hand
| over his mouth to stifie his cries of agony and
in ten minutes Carter died! OF course Bay.
liss was alarmed, and asked him why he had
killed Carter. lie replied that he did not
like him: but a. for him, (Bayliss) he would
stick by him and set him free or die in the at
tempt. He directed Bayliss to help him
carry the body to the cellar, where the man
! took his knife and cut the throat of the dead
man and ripped open his stomach. Bayliss
was astounded, and the man told him he had
| been doctor, and wished to observe the eff
| feet Of the medicine
The neat morning, very early, the murder
or went out and procured new shovel, and
took Bayliss to the cellar, directing him TO
bury the body, which no said could remain
there, as he had rented the house for five
years and no one would be the wiser for it,
The interment was accomplished very speed
lily, for the pit was only n few inches in depth.
| This was Friday morning. During the day
| Bayliss was much depressed according to his
own account, although the coming night was
| the time fixed for his concealment on board
| the vessel. In the evening, the white man
| went out, leaving the key in the door; and
Bayliss descended from his prison to the second
| story, opened window and leaped out. He
| Immediately went to his master, and with
great agitation Of manner, related the circum.
| stances detailed above. 1t is probable that if
| he hac not escaped, be would have shared the
| same fate of Carter; for the design of the muir
derer is believed to have been to secure the
money Of both, and then get rid of them. If
our negroes do not avoid the underground
agents in future, they will profit little by this
| warning.
Inquests were held on Saturday morning,
and verdicts rendered to the effect that Carter
was killed by Francis Aubourine, and that the
/ latter died from DOisOn al m iSte raj INV