Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-24

shocking murder was committed Friday
morning nbout three o'clock in tho woods, ak
miles west If Piqua. on the Versailles Turnpike,
the particulars Of which ms foDws:
Mr. Henry Shafer and his son riding along the
road about daylight were attracted to the spot by
some signs and found tho dead body of u man,
with bullet hole through his head, the bullet
having entered under the right wear aud passed
upward ut an angle If nbout Is degrees. The
murdered man of medium statue, dark com.
plexen. well dressed, aud apparently nbont %
years oi age. Marks ii blood were found about
the whist, from which belt ha been torn open
AMI money taken from it. 1t generally supposed
that The body is that of a jew pedlar who was
known to have taken $500 in gold FROM the Pqnn
bank on Thursday a Mr. Jefferson llcnshnw and
his wife, who live the spot where the horrid
crime was committed. were up Mt 3 o'clock in the
morning, attending, sick child, and heard the
discharge of gun, aud he remarked to his wife
that it was extraordinary hour to be cunning
but thou ht nothing more Of tho matter until day
light disclosed the terrible tragedy that hnd been
enacted.
The Piqua Reporter Of the afternoon Of he 10Th
affords the suhjoincd additional anl important
particulars. 1t say:
Since the publication OF orr bulletin, issued Mt
8 p. NJ, on Friday last II chain .ef circumstances
closely followed up, has lei to the arrest of the
murderer M he has since confessed the crime.
The circumstances are as follows; On Friday
morning last Frcnchmnn named llobata, retnrn-
ed from California to the home olhis parents, near
Juck -onvilo in this county. The neighb who
snw him noticed spots of blood ON his clothes. but
thought nothing of it until the nows spread thatn
man had been murdered The suspicious of the
people were directed to llobata probably being
guilty of the murder lie wac questioned by seve-
rnl. and told different stories every time, which,
together with n nervousness that questioning him
produced, made susI icious douhy sure. He was
aI Nvna tnk nm h.f "A bf thn
Ind partial hearing. and in default Of bail was
sent to Troy on Saturday night last.
Mranw'tile. it was understood that n man OF the
name of Mcdowell had also returned on Thursday
evening last-the evening preceding the murder
and that 10 lived in tie lower part # this coul-
ty. On this morning Mr.. 81 'Dowcll confronted the
prisoner in the Troy Jail, asking him where his
partner, Manning WINS. He replied, IL killed
him. Mr.. VI, states that Manning, tho murder
ell man, had paid llohutn's expenses thrnugh Cal
ifrnia, and that liohurn told him that his father
was n wealthy man, living ncnr jacksonville and
that { he would 90 home with him his father
would refund the money. They got off the cars
ut this point. came into town purchased n bottle
Of whskey and took the Versailles Turnpike for
Juok sonvillc, and when about six mlts from town
left the main road, and went about 10 rods into II
piece If woodland where the horn lble tragedy was
enacted
Manning the murdered man. wasa resident
of Kentucky, of what locality We are not advis-
ed
The prisoner says that he shot Manning with
his iManning'sj pistol, five barrel shooter of
Colts makc-took the pi toi and IS 00-al the
nancy he lnd
lie was taken to-day to the scene Of the murder
lar another examination, md it is thought by many
that summary punishment will be melted to him
without Judge ~ jury. The excitement is intense
pqua is almost deserted. rs hundreds of our
citizens have gone "nt t" the vicinity where the
bluady deed was enacted, to witness the pre-,
liminary examination, and II get Of the prison