American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-05-09
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MORGANToWN, MAY, 20, 1857.
From, he Piitsbyg Dispatch Of Saturday last.
HORRIBLE MURDNR. a
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4 FnfIner and His Sister Murder
t,ii,, ed and Robbed. ~

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4 FarIner and His Sister Murder
boiiascd i,nd Robbed. ~ ~
Our community was terribly shock
ed on Friday, May1 by a report from
up tho Monongahela that respectable
armer, (residing on the Elizabeth Road
10 Elizabeth township, two miles above
N MKeesport, on thatlriver, and about
Is miles from this city, with his sister
lad been brutally murdered and rob-
jed.yH"japilA a laa 2uig rHrsR
LATER. "A most atrocious and cold
bloodcd murder. was pcrpetrated in
Elizabeth township, about two miles a :
boye M ''Kcesport,near CANDLES Land
ing, Thursday night. George Wilson
and his sister, Mrs. Betsy M'Masters,
VINO was.liying with, and keeping house
for him, were deliberately butchcred.,
Friday morning about Z o'clock, a
little girl, named Elizabeth Peterson,
went to the house, and finding the east
door open entered and spoke to Betsy
who She saw lying on the floor. She
ran to Mrs. Candles and seeing Mr..
Petorman and John Gamble, told them
that Betsy must bedead, for she spoke
to her and she did not answer. They
Immediately ran oyer and saw her W
ing in a pool of blood, and without
further examination gave the alarm,
whlch'spread rapidly overthe country.
Immediately the people from all quar-
ters came pouring in, Notwithstanding
the intense rain, and the excitement
was at such pitch as was yer before
known in that section. = i5iatiit.
Thc house in which the. murder WAS
committedis the property of Mrs. Gam
bic, and has been occupied by Wilson
for some five years. 1t is common
log cabin, somel16 feet in width by 1s
in length. There is but one room in
it, serving the purpose of kitchen, sit
tIngiand sleeping room. q .sT.a,e,
When the cast door was opened.
Mrs. MASTERS was found lying in her
night clothes, with her face down, her
feet toward the door, and her head to-
ward the foot of her bed. The back
of her head was completely mashed in,
portions of the skull lying about the
floor, holding in her left hand part of
thin knife blade, which in the strug.
gle she had grasped so firmly as to
break it. When the body was turned
over, the blood was found lcoagulatcd
upon her face so as to conceal her foa-
lures entirely. When washed off her
right temple was found broken in, and
her face considerably bruised. Her
right hand was literally hacked up--no
less than twelve gashos being found on
IT, The arm was also scratched in va.
rious places, and her breast gashcd
with the knife. Her under jaw was
also broken on both sides, a tooth from
which had been knocked out and was
found on the floor. Besides these
irightful mutilations, the jugular vein
was severed on the leftside of her neck,
Wilson was lying on his back, par
Allclto andnear thowest door, his head
to the north, He had four wounds on
his brcast--ohe near the breastLbonc
two inches wide, and penetrating the
lett lobe of the lungs, sufficient to have
caused instant death. Another large
cash was on the left shoulder. ~
When the report of the murder rot
abroad, suspicion Immediately rested
on Charlotte Jones,a niece of Mr.. VIII
Soho Friday of lastweek she was seen
toe enter the house of wilson. She
stayed there till Sunday noon. Sho
was often seen, proyling, about the
neighborhoodS In Company with two
men, at unusual hours. About day.
dawn she appeared in M'Keesport, and
stated: at Alexanaer's tavern, that she
hadjust come down the Youghiogheny
IN skiff with marketing No such
S&iif, however, was known to have
como down. Sho further remarked
that o murder had been committed in
elizabeth township. This was before
the murder had been discovered by the
neighbors of Wilson. 'i,.
At NJ keesport she got on board the
stephen Bayard, for this city, just as
she was putting of. She stated to the
clerk that sho had got on the wrong
boat, and wanted to 20 to Elizabeth.
town. She then got off at Lock No.
z, and when the Luzorno (for Browns
Wiley came along, she went on board
and paid her passage to Wonongahclo
G. p. . r .