Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-21

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ment, VIII ccmmence On The 18th inse.nt, and
psssent term q the shte Court q Chsflsstown.
The ezcitsssnt hroughout The Stste ID incrsasing:
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: The special correspondents Of the Baltimore RI.
change furnishes the following Interesting de-
THE MURDERED CITIZENS.
Thcnas Burley y. q rsspsctsd eiassa q use-
pssy Ferry. an frishmah by birth, but fof many
yeen 2 resideat Of that place. On Aonday mori-
ING, vnen sne lnsufgeao wefe In posseesiea e The
ticking them, bat enough Of men could not be
raised TO ensure. the Success a The sssauh. he,
heweves, losded his gun, add every opportunity
surgenta1 Al The time &c wss 'Filied. - - In
his hons tew minutes before with neiahbor--
Mr.. Thomas kelley--with the intsntion 81 trying
70 shoot one o. the rebels. Kelley had Arsd at .
sssenal, aad some Of the s6of with which the gun
was loaded took eject on The negro, but ala not
injare him ssvefely They vailed down High
The mulstto va still on guard, and he mud have
been awase of the approach Of burley and Kelley,
for the moment the person Of Burley wa exposed
around the corner the negro Aired, and the ball
heart, and be fell and expired. - - 80 -
George w. Turner, Esq. was next killed. Mr..
Turner lived i've miles south Of Charlestown, and
sn,rsn m,ie. from the Ferry he beard Of the
and gun, which were brought out by fAvosite
servant, and he started for the scene He entered
ths Ferry through the town Of Bolivar, over Camp
Hill, ana down High st. He was riding leisurely
along, while the inhabitants were warning him q
the danger no was approaching, which he listened
70, but stin rode on. As he was passing down
High street, and when near the intersection Of
Shenandoah street, bullet from Sharpe,s rife
struck him on the side, passing through his BODY,
and he fell MORALLY wounded. He lived sboai
three-quarters OF an hour after being shot. Mr.
Turner was enc Of the most prominent and iniiu-
graduate OF West Point, and after spending a few
years In the army service he resigned his commits
sion ana retired to his farm, ibis father having
Here he lived most useful citizen, kind mas.
kr, respected and honored by his fellow-citizens
and loved by his servants. His death win be la.
mented oy the entire community. He was q brave
and generous man, and was known far and near
| Tor his strict honesty and unblemished honor.
AZ three O'Clock in the afternoon Fountain
Beckham, Esq, was killed Early in the MON.
lag he had gone to his Office, where he remained
frieads during ihe morning 70 keep in doors. AZ
| the hour named he LEFT his Office walked aloua
the railroad platform in western direction until
he reached the water-tank. He stopped Coz {
moment to convene with some men who were
sheltered by this house, and In an uneuarded
nIoment he exposed his person, when . shot fred
from the engine house from Sharp's rife, struck
him near the shoulder blade, and passed through
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died almost Instantly. His body was living % faI
wea that IL was impossible to reach It. unIess the
person doing 20 was fully exposed 70 the deadl,
nseoi the Insurgents In the engine house. The
BILE length Of time, when citizen removed il d
his once, where IL lay during the night. Mr.
Beckham was more widely personally known thar
the agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio nilroad from
the time the road was constructed and had dis
charged bis duties in the most satisfactory man
| ner. He had been Justice OF the peace for JET
ferson county for over twenty years, and at th.
time Of his death was Mayor Of Harper q Ferry.
The negro Hayward was In the employ Of thu
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and In
the bridge, he was active ia bis eor, 70 securs
the passage Of the Express train Of cars which BAD
been stopped. Conductor Phelps, with his bag
gage master, not aware that there were armed
daylight, started through the bridge to zee tia,
the tmbers were all safe, and the rails of the traci
had not been removed. He had psogressed but |,
short distance, when be was commanded to halt
fronted by four armed men, who ordered hin
| back. He Of course returned, and a be left IN
mouth Of the bridge shot was fred at the bag
gage master, who was behind Capt. Phelps. For
tunately IL did not take effect short time after
wards, Hayward took his shoes from his feet, and
| thought he could creep across the bridge withou
being heard, but In the attempt he was discov
cred and shot. He was faithful and Kind ser
want, and had refused to be. armed. aithongl
his hand.
TIE DEAD ISsuHerxrs.
soon after MI. Turner was shot bullet from ,
MIME musket, In the hands Of one OF The citizen
struck the mulatto while he was on guard n
'front.' Of the arsenal. The ball entered on the lef
SD; ;,, % sns meek. p.:sed through, seyering tn.
l ly large to admit Of all the Hngers Of q hand Il
was most frightful looking wound, and a. IA,
core i.y Sa the ground z gsped open. Tn
over and tamped upon it. III. fellow wss S.,a
| % be runaway slave from sFairfAx county. Va
where he Leu wife, AMI he was no doubt th,
The body u Leeman, who wss shot when he w VI
| trying 70 csoo the Potomac, In floating down m.
river lodged on ledge Of rocks, where II ne
| manned until alter tina insurgents in the engin.
some Of the persons who were sanding on ths
l railroad platform that IL should be 6red Al am
/ fmmedfately volley Of bullets were disch arged
and the body was moved from the rock and stsrf.
ed down the river. In an Instant almost every
man who had . gun fred ut the boSlv ana a Il
hoated on the dischasges continued.
Thompson, who was one Of three brothers who
were engaged tn the insurrsctfon, two Of whom
escaped, bad been hken prisoner, and when M,
Bee khan was killed, he wm brought out On The
railros1 Platform, and four or I've guns we've diss
charged at him and he tell, apparently dead His
body was picked up and thFovwn down fro,n the
bridge into the river, distance OF over a. feet
On touching the water he immediateIy cornmencsI
swimming, wheseupon . volley Of bullets were
sent into him, and be turned upon his bncf
deated between two q the pies where he lodoed
and q noon on Tussdsy TIE body was SIN Siny
OF those shot opposite the rife works on IN.
Shenandoah, fo0r where hoated down the river
while The bodies Of two lodged ON the rock .vhsrs
they were allowed to bleach In the sun.
When the engine house WAS tAken. the wounde
aud dead were broug bit ont aud laid on the gr.ss,
Old Browns son WIS living when Arst laid ont
but In few minutes he CAPPED his last bresth
ana lay there with eyes open and glazed and
mouth yawning. Two Of the other 6odIes vrese
cold rigid, having died the previous day -.
The PERsosALArPEAlAxcso or the Insunerxr. :
Brown, the leader, Is . small man. with whit.
head and bard, and cold loolipgs grew ewes
w ben t.et apeakine HE liEss ana cosnp:cnsa. And
he has the appearances Of = most determiped man