The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-12-18
MURDER In JONES COUNTY.

- P. BONFoRT
s.'sts MURDER IN JONES Comfy.
COL. JOHN NETHERcuTT MURDERED IN u,s
HoUsE-HTs WIFE BANeERousLy wo,ryn.
EE-THE MuRDERERs AP LARGE.
Report reached the city Yesterday morn.
ing that Col. j. H. Nethercutt has been mnr.
dered ut his residence in Jones County two
miles from Trenton. The most contiictinc
rumors were soon afioat as far as Ne can
learn the facts in the case are about as fall
lows: 9itf W.
Ion Sunday night, while Col. Nethercutt
and his family were seated around the fire.
in the sitting NOM, some persons en,erad
the house, and before MIR. Nethercutt who
was facing the FIRE place, could turn, some
one discharged musket, almost instantly
killing Mr.. n. tile ball passing through his
chest. . 3sJg ol 80 . - $40
The murderers, who are reported to be 5
coiored men, then attacked Mrs. N. by stri-
king her upon the head with a chair Re.
port says that Mrs. Ms. skull was broken bv
tile blow and that she cannot survive. The
murderefs then proceeded to lock the chill.
dren OF the family in tue smoke house next
to the dwelling, and ransacked and robbed
the house. During the night the children
made their escape from the smoke house and
gave the alarm to the neighbors.
Word was at once sent to Trenton and
New Bern and parties were started to ferret
out the murderes or pursue them. Major
Van Horn the commandment of thispost, at
once sent detachment of troops under com
mand of Lit. Flether to the scene of the out
rage. if ,fi 'tff |'e q8
Sheriff Colgrove of Jones County is also
in pursuit. naR.r,lI 81, ~ H. i.'
This horrible murder has caused great ex-
citemeEt and gloom throughout the coun-
ties bordering on the scene of the tragedy,
and the opinion is universal that the most
energetic steps should be taken to punish
the ficndish murerers. No steps, labors or
money ought to be spared in the effort to.
bring these outlaws to JUSTICE and it is to
be hoped that rewards will be offered to aid
in bringing them to light. s ti
Col. N. was .. gentlemen in middle age,
who had served his County as Sheriff before
the war and held position as Major and
afterwards as Colonel in the Confederate
service. MANY conflicting rumors were in
circulation as to the probable motive. of the
murderers, but there Can be no doubt, if the
above report be u true one that robbery was
their object. Col. N. has been very quiet
and peaceable citizen since the close of the
war, and no act of his since then could have
made him an enemy. 1t will he remember
ell by our readers that the Union soldiers
VINO were hung at kinston in 1864 were al
legged deserters from Ncthercutt's Battalion.
The men alleged that they were recruited
with the understanding that they should not.
be taken out of the State and deserted when
the battalion started for Virginia. This
unfortunate affair made enemies tor Col. N,
who Was. however entirely blameless for the
order which sent his command out of the
State ft -
We make this statement in relation to.
Col. N g. command on account oflha 7umor
which was freely circulated that the MUIR
derers were probably white men, who were
in the Coils command. s..s..,..,--.,--4--
p. s. Since writing the above we learn
from Deputy Sheriff Bslinger that new evil
dence eIlcited strengthens the suppostion
that the mnrdercrs were white men with
blackened faces. Still later reports say that
Mrs. N. died yesterday, of her injuries
Ner6ern Rep. a Ais 4 IS ~ & ia
What next2 A woman in Detroit has
been arrested for smuggling tea in her
stockings-fxpress. iau saps e..e :,
In North Carolina the women carry nails
in their stockings Raj Progress.
50 Nothing wonderful. The ladies Of For
sythe carry calves in, their stockings; cause
our devil says he's seen 'em do it.--oa'em
Observer. 4{af- >'!if - :.
% And one Of our ladies carries her corn In
ers-Rome (Gd.) Commercial. =.
The ladies in tins section who sympath.sc
with, ANDY johnson. in his fight witii tue
radicals, carry " toes, in theirs-,wlich arc
seldom passed, over their beads vincinnss
| Sam M III K fiitfi l,...,..,s.-l,
All the women down our way carry spen-
did Elegies a. gs , in their stockihsS
Kentucky Nsrs sis' ~. b , ..l. in
The ladies here all carry 'ees (hcc's) III
their stockings.-St. Joe pind..cs4't@or -,
Down this way some OF them not Only
carry. calves in their stockings, but they aso
G .rry bran to tatten them.--4uef'e0 = 4N''
''" Tbe ladies' cover the left" here carry real
astste in their stockings. Our ladies tll'nk
Il \ dirty business, however, Vac Aaaoc@e 90.
: Out this way tlpse " stockinssi car ,;
more than a few of the sweetest, Pre'.,eI,'
most beautiful perfectly bew tchlns n,ise;s.
,,;s side of sunset. There now.--Dea"'''
Herald. H.. none of YOU can