The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-01
AsshSslNAT IONS IN MARY LAND.
A Remarkable Record of Crime tho East
eru shore.
from the MARYLAND CCentreville, Eastern shore,

From the Maryland (Centreville, Eastern shore)
Citizen, August %.
most horrible and cold bloOded murder was per-
petrated IN this county on Friday yesterday morn
Ing the particulars ofwhlch, as we learn Them are al
follows:-
man named Reamy Gilmore an Industrious
honest and noilensive farmer, aged about forty
years. residing on farm belonging to the heirs OF
the late Judge Chambers on the road from Church
Hill to Chestertown, about four miles from the former
and two from the latter place. was found dead at
an insensib.e condition. but still alive, by a negro
man and woman who had been engaged by Mr.. Gill
more to ''save fodder" for him. They Immediately
gave the alarm to OF Mr.. Gilmore's neighbors.
who made the fact OF the murder known to
the Officers of the law, and Justice Tarbut-
ton OF Crumpton, summoned jury Of inquest,
ana among the witnesses was negro woman,
denied all knowledge OF the murder but finally con-
fessed that certain negro man In the neighbOrhOOd
Who was IN The habit Of visiting her named Mitchell
rob Mr.. Gilmore, which plot was intended to be put
in execution last night, but from some cause
Thursday night the plot was changed and the deed
perpetrated on Friday morning between daybreak
and sunrise. Bell she states remained In the kitchen
and erected an entrance into Mrs. Giimore's room
without awakening her, when he dealt her two blows
then sent the woman--thc partner in his crimc-to
tell Mr.. Gilmore (who, 1t appears, for some cause
slept In another house some distance from the dwell
ng) that his wife was very sick and wanted him. Mr..
g. Immediately repaired TO his wfe's roonl and as he
entered the door Bell dealt him heavy blow with
the eye OF the axe, knocking him senseless to the
floor, after which he struck him two more blows
upon the head, and then left him. The woman
Martha says Bell then commenced rIfing the bureau
drawers, but drove her from the room and she does
not know what amount OF money, II any, Bell OBJ
left the premises, and that the last she saw
OF him.
Information was afterwards obtained that Bell
made his way TO the river just below ChesertOwn,
and procuring a small boat, boarded the steamer
Chester as she passed, and It h. supposed went to
were sent to intercept the steamer Trumpeter IN the
Sassafras river who went In pursuit Of the muir
derer, and as the Trumpeter has a much shorter
route than the steamer Chester she generally arrives
In Baltimore in advance Of that boat and II IL conf
IDENTITY hoped that the murderer was arrested upon
The jury OF inquest rendered q verdict in accord
ance with the above facts, when the woman was
cess0ry TO the murder, and was handed over to
the laer last night about ten o'clock by Constable
Gafford.
The object appears to have been both robbery ana
malice, az 1t IL said there had been some difficulty
between Mr.. Gilmore and Bell q snort time previ.
ously. Mr.. Gilmore raised a great deal OF garden
produce, which he had been selling in Baltimore
and II IL believed that he had a considerable sum az
money about the house, and 1t was with The double
object OF gratifying his malice and obtaining this
money that Bei perpetrated the horrible deed. The
murdered man was childlcss.
Information OF the above tragedy was received
IN baltimore on Friday evening, and the police and
murderer.
The same paper also publishes the following:-.
we learn that difficulty occurred between two
negro men yesterday morning, on the farm OF Dr.
Decourcey, near Queenstown, when one seized club
anu uealt inc Other such n severe blow to cause
MS death. We did not learn the names Of the parties.
The Denton courier has the following account Of u
murder In Caroline county,
young cOl0red man named VIM. Holmes not
long since q walter at the hotel In this town was
murdered In cold blood at the colored camp In
Reid's woods, near Purncs shop, on Tuesday
evening last. by another colored man named Eli
Fisher. The accounts OF the murder and It's causes
are so conflicting that IL IL impossible to give a
correct version OF 1t. Upon one thing, however
all seem agreed-yiz, that the killing OF Holmes
was unproyoked. HE circumstances as nearly
tlppl arn Holt,
mad been walking down the road with coored
woman, and they had separated, he and another
man stopping TO eat o watermelon. While eating
their melon Fisher came along and asked for a
piece, when Holmes told him to 90 and buy as ne
nad done. ms seemed TO iniuriate Fisher who
OATH and drawing a. pistol shot Holmes In the
mouth the bali lodging In the back VI his neck and
Killing him instantly.
Fisher was arrested in Baltimore on Monday last
on the arrival OF the Balloon from Kent Island. lie
states mat the shooting was purely accidental his
people threatened to lynch him.
The Easton Gazette says
we learn That an alteration took place al lljlls-
borough, Caroline county, Thursday last between
two negro men, when one OF them took up an axe
and dealt the other q heavy blow with the sharp
splitting down the breast Either one u norr, u
enough. 10 OF course caused instant deain' VIC
have not been able to learn the particulars.
ExEcuTED.-Informato has reached hcre OF No
death by hanging, Milican Texas on the zyin %
last June, OF Wheeiock II. Upton, son OF huwafuit
Upton, formerly of Upton's IN, near thls cry H2
was arrested By the county officers on tue charg %
stealing cattle but mob look hun out oil the hansa
OF the civil authorize aud hung him rvm tree1