Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-29
RICHMOND WING.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.

A Cold FLOODED MURDER-ONE or THE MOsr
HORRIBLE oS REcoRD-AERESr or THE MCEDEEEIS
William Clarke, company c. Fifth United states
Heavy Artillery, and - Shields. company T. same
regiment. both deScrtcrs from Fort Monroe nave
been arrested on the charge OF numbering nan 10y
the name of Taylor from Williamsburg on hcf>-
day evening last, few miles out from that place
The circumstances under which u NaS toAe are
these: The parties left IOrt Monroe TODAY one
week ago, and were conveyed % Niiliah7buiS by
negro man. Here they eit The negro and went 10
the house of Dr. St.r.ns, and hired a convey
ance from his WIFE % RAKE thcia % Dr. FcEetts a
few miles distant Taylor, a man employed at pr.
Sierlings house, WAS sent IA charge OF said convey
ance They started from thc house about o'clock
ON last Thursday evening, what then occurred viii
b. gathered from the following:
William Clarke, one ot tue party charged with the
mHFder. represents that when about tlIee or i"ur
miles out Of WILLIAMSBURG shield. wen; 90 a nesJ" s
house and got an axe, which De concealed uhuet-
meath his OyercOdt until they bad gone a saoft DIS
t4nce further when he drew forth tht axe 1nJ >irurA
Taylor, the drycr, OH the ,.de oil the bead
The first blow stunned BIN aud he ied .r"n Tie
CJgryIu % the ground NhletoS thch lnlpeu
out AMI struck him several more blows. W h'ie
these blows were in pyuere-, Taylor was hyEs.n.
for his life Alas, his ap!sdis were 10 VAN. He
was then rolled into \ orr RIVER, at blgicr, Mill
When first rolled loo the wdt.r TAYLOR WIS mot dead
bat continued begging for hs Ile. Shields con
tnued 20 strike HIM with thr axe while u the Wa'er
until life was extinct. Before, however bur!ihs
him % the deep ms pocket, were searched hul hO'A
Ing found a -IuI., p.r.e 90 tobacco clarke al o
repre-. uts that the uurclou, decd "dS uJhc 90 or
der 10 obtain pI,--S,lUu ui ths hur~, and rifI-.-
ut. Sterling returned tu las hpu'e ON iuuiNtil
NIGHT and found that Taylor was absent on ti~ ih'--
SION with hi, horses aud cI-yJl AMI began % Eyt
uneasy as To- h- Whereabouts. Knowing ID he Bad
only zone q lew miles that lac would have Ue'u
isck on that might ,IhW>diyl IT. STERLING ie-
luained al home uu.i Friday about O'Clock. when
U,. started iu search ui the uJl.rs. Niirr having
he Ia f. e. I-
lnt. ui some h0us, on the road that party "i tN"
had passed there iu n vehicle. From thcU dt-crp-
.ou uf these two men bg. >trt.iug Was satisfied lh1t
they had made Way with Taylor iu SOFA. manner
and a. he reached New Ncnt Court liou>e Ice
telcgraph-I % the Chief ut Police It Redmond what
had trinSpirel, no the same tine giving "a u-~'T y
ton of the men. ut ar as hr could Who H' -"l,
poSed were Che luurlcitrS Mayor ta.h'rne W'lh
that promptne~- iOr which he is noted di'iit h'd
detectives e. .u,lrsh and Jackson with Tour police
men, few mites b-.oN i;,cui'nd % POI ".r 20 a.
rest the parties They went to "a man mouse ''l
the ulln.. Of NarJordsu near Patt May" ~urrnuhi'i
% and asked Tor adm t;tacc. \ -ntli h'l l''"'hh-
cI and said. no one Was there. Ai,er pdricNln-
"A few minute. however, thry were adWlicd. IN
house Wa, searched and William Clarke Was l"u"a
i'm he'd lie VA, taken ia custody AMI hTuu-W .
Richmond Tie confessed that hc was with the man
that committed the 40 hut hd nothing % 81" With
Il himself Clarke also said that h.~ are"npi'r
fSIiell-l had gone BOO tn tivth"u "i FeictsVu's
y.iib the horses Twas then ter,rJphtl io I".'i~-
lurr. Ntu tut HC-I. filtuu oi a.ilir at'i .' We
..-i,d there on saturday about onc oc'"'N. a.
arrived there "a little h..olr twelve. as arrest N'>
trs-rIuhsI Co Major t.Jlhprnr nu tiurdJN cN''Ii-,
.bl sent Captain t. S.. Bets over dltrr te p.~'l'
Captliu E,Jt- returned Yesterday, about n""'. no
rr., OF ~i.,'.- W..l Wa, lu .l,I up at tar >tau"1
Lnu-. Msrlrr.Iu, who D. also under arrest % 10 the
charge o.. h.h,.r- Wlrl.irr~ trt"eu tr1 NaItId~ 81 e.
Irrfiy he entered tHc police office. d" -iN> lh't
shields ,tmr Co.. lis uou~c boo company Win l"'.,',
on Friday cstss-, % lt;.c before Tour ct1's' '"'
ID. r...FF ..r
Petersburg and -.al-' ui o." horses ana return on
sunday night auI -rtlle with hjm for his trnun
In the meantime .; he HJs Co remain ut the house
until Shields r.iuries Jui divided the ~pdd-. iEuN
things remained Uutl Goodrich ami JACKSON made
the raid which resulted iu Clarke arrest and SuH-e
auently .n the arrest ot shields. m Pt,cr>hGr-.--
Shields s.aos TIM. nu ye.t.riy week "e Wac relieved
from DAT, at Fort N1arus as 20 sentinel around '"e
..as.mit4 i'm which Jr.ics,la DL.i~. LNFIc-iHrnt OF
she late Confederate States, wJ> confined. lie lie
LONGS ID the ocular AMY. Pc Is GG.tt lb.'1 SEQ
man weighing probably one hundred aud hl.N-I'r
I,,upJs with "A very thick hlJ-s mouStlch" he Wl-
dressed in lght-b,ur cloiArf. Ibr hJi H'w worn toy
him Is the same taken tgom Taylor. thc murdered
man 10 is bIIrk-hdt with 20 ~t.5.'al hr.hl, aud a
round crown. Great credit Is ou' tlt officers auj
lntu OF jlr police tor-r tpr .ne'r promptueS' 100
,,rrestin- these parties, 90 whom, uu,;, Ja-t "
WILL be adm Mustered.
Shields has Le,ua Confederate soldier, ami be-
Jpuccl d the 2--h SOUTH Carolina regiment Iir
,-a,irey~ard. trEscTelt p tLe lsh -"Jth dI"lt ''
and then deserted % On, Tinted s'at,s Amy. IT,
e.yr5',} late Yesterday evening 40 tae Police 5,itHr
Tia; clarke sjuck Us many blows us Joe d'd. 'lalbe
came forward subsequently, JEd reiterated H.~ '",
flcr statement. Detective Washington Nuodr' %
was sent out Yesterday evening u search oil thr ''-
rvali inwhch tLc pIt;ic- ''it burg. TIE lou"
lie running gear ai GillieS creek near P"'t Mayo
and M. body near a. kwood Cemetery "a Iulc JEI a
ialt apart The body OF taylortae murdered HALT
Ed- not Vet been ioUn'.