The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-04
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THE MURDER In wAsHrseros Co.,

THE MURDER In WAsHrEGTos cor.r-
FURTHER PARTIcULARs-We yes.ara.,
nounced that cold blooded murder h.a -
committed in Washington county, Pa. on su,s.- :
night, evidently for the purpose of obtsin;ne :.
large sum of money, supposed to be In pos.a..
sion of the victim, who was a respectable farmsr
The Pittsburs Post has The following additions
particulars:
1t seems that Saml a. White. of Charters tow,
ship who formerly resided within two or three mir.
OF the village of Venice, had recently purehssed ,
arm from Mr. James Allison for SIS e00 that he hsd
removed bis wife and two children to their new
hsms about month since; that he was to make :
pay to Mr. Allison about the first of April: that
ah, mrs hts being unwei on Sunday night, GOT up
SPOUT q q clock left her husband asIeep and went
into the back yard that she heard roiss ran into
the Kitchen aud soon af,er saw two neu come into
lns room where her husband slept; that she, SLED
with terror, fled to Mr.. AlsoI,s sbout half rnils
distant; that she soon returned with trvo o1 The M;
sons ana found her husband dead in his bed his head
saving been literally crushed in with an axe tai an
@ nm snei. Own wood pile; that about $40 w.re ia.
ssp 1op rom drawer and $50 left untouched in Mr.
Whlte's coat and that the children remained nnbnrt
in little bed in their fathers room
Iens5 eAcltem ment followed the announcement of
NC nuleer nd armed men rode In all directions on
Mondsy About O'Clock Monday morning man
1ansa baio win, who had left Washinston on Sunday
99isnt a. eleven O'clock, and who seen to fee
from house In Middletown about eight miles dis
tant Irom the scene of the murder was pursued and
arrested arr He proved alibi and was dIschareed.
nen aked why he ID at the sight Of he officers
ne SAID that he had whipped his wifs on Sunday eve
nlns ans tnoueht that they were after him for that
MS story was found to be correct Altheush diIieen.
seaeh was made no trace of the heartiess assassin
cooid De found up to ths time our informant left.
A correspondent of the Washington Tribune,
who visited the scene of the murder, says
The ufdered man was lying on his bed in the same
poslt1on ne was when he received the fatal blows
either OF whlsh was sufficient to cause almost in
stsnt death. He seemed not TO have even moved or
been conscious of peiu the deed was executed with
dispatch and terrible certainty The nillow Of the
PEG on which his head rested and the sh sets and the
Dsacothes around, ware literally covered with clot-
TED gore The blood spured around 10 al directions
the head post of the bed ceilings and
waLs and was even traced to a bureau four or fl va
.sst dstsnt from the bed On the floor at the foot of
the bod laid the fatal axe. besmearAd with blood in
ternlxed with tufts of hair from ths POLL to the tip
OF the handle Along the handle could be seen i'm.
pressons OF the murderer's fingers where he held 1t
wnlfe ne dealt the diaboIical blows Mr. White
was young man, much esteemed in the neighbor-
hood where he came from, and his untimeIy end
will be regretted by large number Of friends. He
leaves young wife and two small children to de plore
their loss.