Newbern progress., 1863-01-21
A Horrible Tragedy at Brigantine
Beach, New Jersey.

4 Han attempts to Hill another Nth an Are
! Ills Sister goes to the Rescue-.She is
| .tound Wounded in the Arm- The Brother
! Atteruards Killed an Bed - The House
Burned, Together scith her Body and Lit
| tie Girl.
The recent horrible and supposed tragedy
which occurred recently at the residence of
Mr.. Benjamin Turner, on Brigantine Beach,
New Jersey, has created considerable feeling
in this city. The facts as related to US are as
follows =
Captain Turner and his wife had occasion to
go from home few days ago, and left the
house in charge of son and daughter, aged
| and with them, also, little girl OF four years
OF age named Smith. Early on New Years
evening the supposed murderer, young man,
| about twenty years of age, who lived about
mile from Turner's house, started out in the
bay in his skiff and decoy ducks with the os
tensble purpose of watching the setting of the
game in the bay for the night. 1t appears
that after putting out the decoys he returned
ashore and proceeded to the house of Turner
with the intention of robbing it, knowing that
there was some $500 in gold and silver left
there. Being intimate with the family, he
mained short time, and again took his depar>
ture About twelve o'clock the some night
the brother and sister were aroused from their
slumbers by knocks at the door and demand
for admittance. They soon recognized the
voice of the neighbor and supposed friend
The young woman told her brother to go down
and let him in, which he proceeded to do
when, as he opened the door he was suddenly
struck with axe the head inhcting a
horrible wound. He, however, quickly rt COW
cred his senses, and Immediately grappled
with the murdered.
By this time the sister heard the scuffle, and
came bravely to the assistance of her brother.
They succeeded in putting the william out and
fastening Pc The woman than manag
ed to bring goung man to his bed again
The baffied broke tie door open, rushed
in, and seized Turner's gun to finish his hor-
rlble butchery. The young woman again
grappled with HIM, and actually succeeded in
wrestling the gun from his hands, and threw it
out of the window. She then tried to make
her escape, but when in the act Of climbing
out of the window she was again met by the
murdcr-r, who had gone around AMI climbed
up the porch to head her off He had the
gun IN his hand once more, and took deliber-
ate ann at her head and fired, but at that in
slant she threw a chair down upon him. The
shot however, struck the poor girl in the arm
causing frightfu wound. She then escaped
through the back door, made her way to the
nearest neishbors, and gave the alarm. The
supposition is, that while she away, the
inhuman wretch shot young Turner as he lay
writhing in agony from the blows of the axe
He tnen set fire to the house, and it soon lay a
heap of ashes, with the bones of the murdered
boy and the little GIRL Smith, who pershed in
the flames. On Friday morning he was found
in the bay, lying in his skiff, with half his
head blown from his body, and the gun by his
side discharged. The father of the supposed
murderer is a respectable man.
Brigantine Breach adjoins Absecom on the
north. Turner's house is four miles from At
lantic City. The affair has cast gloom over
the people of the vicinity, it is of the
most diabolical tragedies that the records of
New Jersey have presented tor ime.-PhiI-
adelpAia Press.