Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-25
An Awful Mnpdsor %

Oh Saturday -Tening last. gniYlrief Wss
eonlmltted by 4 negro .nanie1 .IoeslIuH aISon
the person of Nir. kilpatrick. .whsln tue ne
gro deliberately Shot with Short EnkeId Fl.
file. foaded.witE a'lciry charge of lsaeksl'st,
killing him Instantly Mr., Fitzpatrick, wko
resided between -0eltswala a4stl-l'yner's Sta
tiohs had been sick ENiIii fevtT ;a6d ,5Sds yet
Sing well, so that .le could ge;abOut whom on
the evening mentionsd, he Nith. his wife, took
short walk for exercise, and lao was slowly
returning, by the assistance 6ts MS @ifS, Wien
they were met by Huff! carrying gun. AS
the negro eame near Nlrs KilpgriclSand his
w'ie ho s34d ;S9grilly, You have been hlking
about line, and / Sul s6ihg 10 Kill YOU" Bv
this time Mr.. 1IilpatticlsdanH his SaSFS 6kI
passed Huff, who raised his gun to shoot.
when Mrs kilpatrick knocked the, gun up
and in'the seuifie Alr. Kilpatriek AfslE While
he was on the groundlthE negro deliberately
put tue npzzle Of the gun to Mr.; h Kilpatrick's
back and shot him, the whole charge enter
ing his back, between His Shoulder blades.
breaking aud tearing hisbaGk bone {nfe a per
feet jelly. killing the unfortunate man in
stantly. There had been a; misunderstaIIiiEll
ing between the parties respecting some
wood, but not enough to cause aiiy>scrious
fears on. the part f.AIr, Fitzpatrick. . After
committing the murder, the negro then fled,
pursued by some men who had heard the f.
ring andiquickly came to fncttirei the cause.
In the pursuit he fred his gun, echielshe had
again loaded, at one of, his pursuers, hut
swiftly outrunning all, he got away, coming to
this city, and eluded the police. who have
been oh the alert since Sdtitlay ih9rAfnS with.
out hedring of him.. AS the circumstances
nave been related, to us they exceed in1fend-
lshness anything that We have ever heard and
We hope, that speedy Justice may be meted
out to the miscreant: - Ctut. Bitfon 2sthi itiit.
l.. A LESSON FOR DAD.-Ap old gentleman
farmer, who had two or three very pretty
daughters, was so very anxious Of his charge,
/ that he would not permit them to Rcbb THO
company OF young men, Howevet, ttey&-
dOPted the following cxpedisut to enjoy, the
society of theirlovers, without the knH:Iedoe
OF their father: After the old man had re-
tired TO rest, the girls would hang sheet out
| OF the w'idow, which was quito a dfstdrfEc
from the ground, and the beaux would nsezc
hold OF H. and with the assistauce Of his.
iady-love, who tugged Justify ut the end above
! would thus gain entrance But it go ham
Pened thntAone evening tho 9n1s hung out
the sheet rather early; for the old Centlet
NAH by some i'll wind, was blown around the
corter, and spying the bed,coverring. could
not conjecture the meaning of its being thofe:
II. lie took holdiand2 2endeavoredl 10 phllit4iown
The girls, sHpposing it to be Que OF their
beaux, began to hoist and did not discbSsf
their mistake until the head of. the. old rnan
was level with the window.sIl !; when one of
them exclaimed, Oh! Lord, It's dad !'' aud
letttg go" souse came the old imau On
the hard stones and ground below, disloeating
one of his shoulders, which convinced him
that his efforts to make old insids of bis
daughters was not matter so easily accom-
Pi'shed, and Withdrawing all opposition 10
their keeping company he was soon father
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