The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-03-28
A FoUL MURDER.
From lho winst0n sentinsl.

A friend in Stokes county has furnished us with
the annexed account of the murder lately perpe-
trated in that county. As our informant romurks,
the occurrence created great xcitement which has
not been confaed to the community where il hap
peneG: ftlgbf
"a murder was committed 10 Stokes county, in
| tho house of w. p. Kallum, Esq, on the Cd ipsf,
at about 3 o'clock A. M., which for cold blooded-
Dess has not been surpassed in our knowledge; and
mysterious cause which pronp pied the murderer
TO commit such crime has alarmed the neigh
borhood. is zt@ ft.7a- .a'-~N
The two persons concerned 10 the affair, have
been in the neighborhood since the hitter part Of
November last, with the exception Of two weeks
in January, they were gone as they said to their
command. One represented his rame being
Capt Wm &. Williams, the other rs Lieut.. John
w Moore, said they were KeDtuckians and be.
longed TO Nlorgan's cavalry, aud that they woro
out on fuylouSh. DurngNtheir frN stay theyEero
considered nice gentlemen and TO be what They
represented themselves to be- but in their last stay
their manners caused some suspicion tina: they
were not altogether right. They were shrewd aud
we'll posted in Government affairs, pretended to DO
strong Southern men, very inquisitive about the
principal men around, inqdiring about thvig poll
tics, property, money, &c. They had list Of tho
names Of men of Secession principles aud Of Union
principles. They went well armed at all times
and were cautious against surprise, not even OPEN
ing their chamber door Of morning TO let the SER
want III to kindle fire unless they had pstolin hand.
On Sunday previous to the murder Capt VIII
liams arrested two deserters Dial and one Of his
companions. He shot each one badly, ard tho
Captain has said since that they made resistance,
aud that Dial saluted him when ho eniersd the
house, that they knew eaoh other well, and that
they had often frolicked together at that same
house On the night OF the murder they were
staying at Esq. Kallum's, they came there in the
evening, and had not been there before since they
arrested the deserters. At bed time they went TO
bed s"usual, both sleeping in the same bed, in
room to themselves Awhile before day the family
was awakened by the report Of ere arms in the
room in which the Captain and Lieutenant were
sleeping, in little while the Captain was out
doors still firing, and called TO Esq Kallum "that
they (meaning descrters) had attacked Us and shot
the Lieutenant in the head and killed him" OF
course 1T was enough to alarm the family, indeed
they we're much alarmed that they thought
nothing else than that the deserteR or their fricnds
bad done the bloody deed as retaliation, nor was
the ve raised from their eyes until the neighbors
came in during the day, and examining into tho
circumstances Of the case, the way that he was
shot, the powder marks showing that he was shot
with pistol and it placed deliberately against the
victims bead while sound asleep, and other circum
stances not necessary to mcntion here, all went 10
prove that the Lieutenant was murdered by his
companion, Capt. Williams.
Now what induced fhe Captain 10 commit The
deed is a mystery; they were not known to have
had any hard feelings towards each other, though
they were somewhat reserved and tnlked but little
to each other in company. IL might have been
for money, as the Captain had said few days be-
fore that the Lieutenant had eleven or twelve
thousand dollsrs with him, all of which, together
with the Lieutenants horse and saddle the Cap.
tain carried Off-ngain, il might have been that
the Captain was spying out the condition OF the
country, or laying plans for plundering, which
he feared the Lieutenant might 10 his over indul-
genee in the glass, reveal and thus betrsy him.
1t IS well enough for the people TO be alarmed, and
to be on the sharp lookout.
Williams ought TO be brought to justice If pos
sible. He is about G feet high, rather slender
built light hair, red beard, blue eyes on left
cheek" W.