The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-07
THE. DAILYsNEWS
The Boy-murder at Savannah.

The Boy-murder at Savannah.
The telegraph has already briefly reported the
fact of the cold blooded murder of little Charles
P. Wilson, while out hunting near that city.
The Savannah News gives the following parnc-
ulars of the horrible affair:
Charlie started oat hunting early Monday
morning with Frank Cue, son OF A!aerma9 I,su
F. l.. Cue. and hunted along the Whte blu3
Road. About twelve o'clock Frank turne.
back, stating tnat as he had come out Wltno9t
permission he wanted to get back before nus !
father came home to dinner. Charies saiu no
would not go back then, buS ~oGia ;5 e,o sn6 this
was the last that Frank saw OF hlm; Aooa. t
dark Mrs. Wilson became uneasy, anu parry
WAS formed to hunt for HIM. Ana since tIeu
several parties have hunted day aud Ge1e.
On Tuesday it was ascertalnea .naS INA Snafue ~,
the Middle Ground Road, with gun on shoulder,
in company With negro man and muiatto
von.b. Since then nothing was heard Of the mis-
sing boy until one o'clock yesterday; then one OF
the hunting parties we're on Nortonjs waste
ground, about two miles from the city ana
bolt roads, and had their attention attracted 6y
o dead COW laying in the field, and rode towards
it. MIR. Tow happened to turn his head to The
left. and saw some buzZards clrclng around
pine thicket near by, and calling to MI. BEN
nett and Mr. wilson, VINO & we19 ~ the ntbers n
rode, In that dnecton, 1oIomeu " " w snJ iar'
Arriving there, they wero HORNED 70 nna, h5 ,ay1
ing, dead, the body of him for whom they had
besn searching. The body was on the Dack.
Both hands were thrown BACK OF tns hea1, aaf,
with the hands ciencheo; Near IN sae fe,r terS
side was his empty pro pasi anu +o,., lwm-
feet of his hat. AZ tne Iee9 10y Az ,uoor .o.r
blue jacket; sucn as ta9 I rTbe e,;n and
accoutrements we're gone; TneTe was am ol,- M
fee in the right breast where large psu en-
tered. The ball then ranged obhquely through
cthe body coming out on the lett eloe' near s .ns
. sixth aand seventh ribs, shatterng one, ano M
passing onward shattered the ieft arm at tne
elbow Joint. The clothes were unrumpled,
and there WAS no appearances that sIugge
had taken place. There was every 1ndlcSuon
that the little fellow had been shot without
being aware that there was any such nten-
ton, and had been instantly hneo. fro@
the testimony given at the coroners IN
quest, and from statements OF parties VINO
saw the body, we have no DOUBT put tnat anc Onal-
{ lie met with the mulatto youth and the negro
man Ehortly after little Frank Cue leIt MN, ano
was induced by them to 20 to TINS place 10 loo5
/. for game. Arriving there, they left hlm TO hno
his way cut as best he could, and then, Mnle
:
cerately shot hinf, murdered him only Tor his
gun and accoutrements, for nothing else was
taken. The qua is represented as oeias ss,y
fine. They might have easily taken the gun
away without killing mum SONG Lnay say. yaot u
probably they feared 70 do1t- ChaIhe @ ISauentt- emu
" went hunting: NOT long slnce' .o Wills ,,ar Wu''
ne vas sc.oste9 ~ Iemo y. " &c h;s % onn
who said that they mtenGeo W taAo uIs HiS Sou o,
away. Charlie very c0eny repns1, . tha ,nsIs sSs
take this gun you VIII na's " .aAT onaSs Sn" ' smJ
As was amS nose4 tbs tor na1soes S % Doubtless
knowing this were ansid 70 aneps M ahp bIoodv ~ oHe
the gun boldly out resotiea eIt 70 ~H The , ssfsr
put 70 .;P;r, iPGm, b;n G 'n1 IN Who examined the
P Plan 5i oaraa aIG & aax;ns that the villain who
%o9na a. as1 ahot - co,,l3 have heen univ few
nreo tne IaT az sn4t ncr T md stanSiny above him
pr psIns yrohsbiv % nn frse. The bushes are very
~ ptvDSSog wSotgs tbe deei WAS Committed. and every
oas ooA nn%s Mneae that Tb nerson nnshine his way
thso,o,h yne h,.hes eeneralIV leans forward. The
toIt .tno vhan Charley WAS shot was. of course,
daw, a. hs aide for the hall that came out be-