The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-05-14
Latter ION Kriltueky.
AInmyA, KY., April 20, 1865.

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10 No Ean01 ofAs CalsdohiaH,
We Hop hs pressure Of the weeks bus
iness, 20 announces 20 your readers, 10 adj
vance Of the papers, the preparation Of a
hoUid murder Ia this county, Frank ilamp-
ton, man of about 35 years Of age, aud a
highly respectable, inofensiye citizen, was
Killed On MONDAY evening, the goth instr by
one Of his slaves, named Carey. The negro
boy was stout, hehvY-set fellow, ~ Or ~
years old, and naturally stubborn, headsroug
and vicious During the past year, be has,
when opposed In hls purposes by bic master,
on two or three occasions, caught up GA axe
and threatened % kill him, unless he desisled,
Although the result Of such conduct 10 gener-
ally "beIng cent down the river" his master
iprbare this mimaium, 10 hopes that he
would reform his conduct. On he day Of
ihe murder which Nas Faster holiday, Ca
~ vent, contrary to his masters orders, to O
logrolling, and HE master finding Il out
went 10 pursuit Of him and brought him
home, During lbe same day, Nh, Hampton
found 10 DE barn too or three hundred lbs.
Of baeon, which Carey was accused Of having
stolen, These thlEgs, coupled with she pre-
yious conduct Of the negro, had brought his
master to,ihe determination 70 sell him, lie
accordingly told the boy TO come IN 10 tho
house, that be wanted 10 talk 20 him. but
the boy refused, whereupDn Mr.. H., accom-
panied by Young man named Philips, went
oct and attempted % arrest him. 4 sounle
entued, during which he negro drew O pis-
col and shot his master, the ball entering the
neck, passing upward through the root Of
the tongue, aud lodging In tlle head. Upon
the discharge Of the pistol, Philips fed Tor
dear ljfe," and the uegro-murderer followed
sut, though Ia different direction. The AZ.
fair was soon bruiled ia the neighborhood,
and a large crowd turned out In search ~
the iugiliyeRilprit The wife II the deccas,
ed offered $1,000 for the negroes arrest and
eommillal 10 jail, The county was secured
10 every direction, and some Of the party
having found bic Trail 70 was followed up
with on urdor never before surpassed. To
throw OF the pursuit, tho fugitive travelled
part Of the time barr.footcd but this, in-
stead Of battling his pursucrs, afforded a sure
clue, from the mct that on one Of bis feet
we're sir toes But The trail az length was
Lost, and, ~ tho direction was towards the
Ohio river, the expectation Of capturing him
grew hourly less, Early on Thursday morn
ing o. negro man Of Mr.. Davis, neigh.
Dor Of the deceased, went into the ha,.loh
for some hay, hc Uncovered Carey, who beg.
gcd him for some bread. The hos told him
there was none baked, bat he would 20 and
get some baked and bring him Upon re-
turning 20 the house he informed his master
who sending ior a neighbor proceeded oau.
+ iiously in company with a couple 81 his ne.
/ gro men. aud by carrying out the ruse iuNi.
luIcd by The boy who discovered him, effect.
sd hi, arrest The darkirs we're sent up
With the bread, and ancr he had eaton It ,hoy
proposed to lay down with him aud take q
nap Not su'pce,iug any trickcry, he tooL
n position between them, when they seized
him by the arms, and handed him over tc
IEeifeiy Gouaia ana deposited in ian
1t seems ,ba, after the murder. he had
wandered about, being at one time ten mile,
from the scene Of blood, and having got lost
had wandered back 10 within one mile II N,
/ place he Was trying TO avoid.
On Friday he was tried by an c1amini n d
court ia MarySyilc, and committed for trial
As the Mason Circuit Court Is now In session
bis trid will come of during the coming
week, and he will pay the extreme penalty oil
ihr Law same liaas ~ ii,,, month ~ Ir,Jpsgs
which-f viii duly apprsc your readers
The affair has caused an intense excitement
among the sayc-ocraey Of the county, and
the wonder Is that Lynch law was no, at
once rcsortcd to, instead Of defrrring ven
geance until the court should pass sentence.
The execution will be public, and the slaves
will be allowed TO witness the same, in order
to impress them with the necessity OF "obe-
dleuee unto their masters" and the certainty
OF the dc9,h.pcnalty for violence towards
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