Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-06
Horrible Murder in GcoriEia

h0Tftpie murder IN 1Norigta
We have received though gentleman
Of this city the following account ofone 81
the most horrible bntcheries We hays
heard Of since the days Of Adam Horn
The Information 10 from one whose e.
sponsibility cannot be Questioned" tn.
account comes in q private letter. and i,
said to have occurred on the 18th ul.:
git appears that . man named Adam,
was married abort time since % q Mi,
jenkins. who had previously been engaged
10 another man by the name Of Harley.-
Harley on the morning Of tho wedding
day had threatened Miss jenkins with r..
yenpe IL she persisted in marrying III,
rival. but she laughed 70 scorn his threats,
and MAS; Is appointed, bound IN sedleck
10 Adams. On the 18th September; Har,
LEY came 20 Adams While tho latter WA
absen, with his wife. and and finding Il
only occupied by IN old negro woman.
knocked her down with an axes ffncsarias
her skull, and then proceeded 10 denoE
| ish all the furniture and dis6gure The
premises, knocking down partitions and
breaking the plaster off the VALE; Adt.
ans and his wife returned late ut night.
and their feelings on perceiying the Hotk
that had been wrought may better bsima..
seined than described. Medical Assis-
tsnce was obtained for the old woman
and her few broken. wandering words.
ending. as it 10 said. almost in . Shrek Of
Harley, indicated to Adams the ptoba>
BILE perpetrator Of tho outrage. Aceors
DINGHY The next morning he armed himself
with q ride and knife, and went Ia search:
of Harley. He had not far 20 60. ,toe
about 100 yards from the, house. on Me-
road which passed thro' q strip Of woods,
he met Harley apparently proceeding 10.
complete his destruction. A farmers boT'
who happened to be = short distance. Be.
hind was the sole witness OF the dreadful
scene that ensued, and which froze biz
blood with terror. A short but violent
conversation commenced between the two.
when Adams discharged his rife, only
woundipg Harley in the arm. Harley. :,
large athletic man. then closed with him,
and desperate conflict followed. Adams
at last received q fatal blow from his an>
,agonist's knife. and Harley. though cut
almost to pieces. raised the dead body. IL
possible more bloody than his own. With
the knife still sticking upright in its breast,
and carried it into The presence Of Mrs
Adams. The boy followed mechanically.
to see the denouement. too frightened 10
summon assistance, too weak to give il
himself. Mrs Adams received the muir.
derer with dreadful Shrek. and fell
fainting upon the corpse. Harley. weak
and exhausted. had still strength enough
to draw the bloody knife and cutting her,
features until not lineament WAS recog.
nizeable, plunged it to bis own heart and
fell back. his hand grasping the long hair
OF his victim. The affrighted witness at
last sufficiently recovered himself to run
for aid; when it came, both men were
dead. and Mrs Adams insensible. having
almost bled to death. A great exeits.
ment prevailed. Size was carefully re!
moved and attended. but can not recover.
Adams had been decently inferred; but
when l left, proposals had been. made, fot
mailing Harley's body to tree. Adams
was highly respected. being the editor Of
the Ware county Sentinel. The only paper
in that section. II has now collapsed.