Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-06

THE LATE DREADFUL TRAGEDY IL GEoRGTA.--
4 gentleman of Baltimore, has furnished TO the
Patriot the following account OF one Of the
most horrible butcheries on record. The inCor.
nation is said TO be from one ''whosc respoSi-
bility cannot be questioned" The account
comes in u private letter, and is said to have &C.
Cured on the l9th inst:
It appears that a man named Adams was mar
IrictI short time since to n Miss Jenkins, who
had previously beeaengaged to another man by
the name of Harley. Harley, the morning
Of the wedding day, had threatened Miss jcn'
liins with revenge If she persisted in marrying
his rival, but she laughed to scorn his threats,
and was, as appointed, bound i'll wetiGck 10
Adams. On the 10th of September, Harley
came 10 AdamS'S house, while tile latter was nh
sent with his wife, and finding it only occupied
by an old negro woman, knocked her down Elth
nh az fracturing her skull, and then proceeded
| to demolish all tho furniture and dihSnre the
PROMISES, knocking down Partitions aud break
| Ing the plaster of the wall. Adams and hts
wife returned late at night, and their feelings on
: norcrivinp the work that had been wrought may
better be Imagined than dcScribcd Medical rs.
I s;stancc was obtained for the old wanan, and
ihcr few broken, wandering words, ending. as II
/! is snid, almost in Shrek OF the name OF EPr-
! lev, indicated to Adams the prooahIe lerpetra-
tor of the outrage. Accordingly the next m"rnlng
The armed himself with ariEie aud knife, aud
vent in search of Harley. He had not far to 60,
for about one hundred yards from the house.
Ton tho road which passed through strip OF
wood, he met Harley, apparently proceeding to
complete his destruction. a farmers hoy, who
happened to be short distance behind, was the
sole witness Of the dreadful scene that ensued,
and which frozc his blood with terror y short
bnt violent conversation commenced between
the two, when Adams discharged his rifle, only
wountling Harley in the arm. Harley, large,
athlctic man, then closed with him, and des-
lperatc conflict ensued. Adams ut last received
fatal blow from his antagonists knife, and llaT-
LEY. though cut almost to pieces, raised the dead
body, If 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 de-
no lemcnt, too frightened to summon assistance,
too weak to give it himself Mrs Adams re-
ceivel the murderer with u 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
4 lineament was recognizable, plunged it into his
the long hair of his victim. The alfrGhted wis
ness at last sufficiently recovered himself to run
for aid; when il came both men were dead, and
Mrs. Adams inscnsiblc, having almost bled to
death. A great excitement prevailed She was
carefully removed and attended, but cannot re-
cover. Adams had been decentiy inferred; but
when LEFT, proposals had been made for mailing
Harley's body 20 tree. Adams was universally
respected, being tho editor of the Rrrs County
S5HtiRsl, the only paper in that section.