The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-11
The Charlottesville tva.) Chronicle, Of sa


The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle, of Sa-
turday, says:
We are called upon to chronicle one OF the most
cold .bloudcd ana Ecndlsh murders ever pcrpctra-
are mother and her son: We give below such
particulars as we can gather from parties from
on Monday night Mr.. Henry Salmon, who lives
near Stony Point, IN this county, went to Mr.;
% returning I Very early yesterday morning, way sur
priscd ut seeing the door or the house standing
onSn win, g b MShs c i 10
there found sight that would make the hair OF
the hardcst-hcartcd stand on end. There, in the
front room, lay his mother, good old lady OF
about sixty years, dead I'm pool of blood, and In
The adjoining room, lying on The bed, was his only
brother breathing his last.
The nclghbors were hastily called together and
a consultation held, aud the conclusion arrived
at was That some inc Sns asnMte4 by desire for
Gf Henry Salmon, and killed Luther Salmon by
striking him OH the head, apparently with
Mrs. Salmon coming in from tie wood pile, Whith-
or she had been for kindling, and killed her With
the same Instrument. The ncnds then ransacked
the house, breaking open all the drawers and
scattering things in every dill ecton. About twcn.
ty-1ve dollars In money taken from Mr.. Salmon's
Is missed from the house So far the Saimons had
q reputation for honesty and integrity. They
Sen s e ns se %
tocommt the rash act. No clue has as yet been
whole thing is involved In mystery
The Richmond papers OF Tuesday furnish the
following additional revelations:
The authorities OF Albomarle sent to this city
finding, il possible, and bringing to justice the
perpetTator OF the deed. On Saturday detective
Robert B: Craddock went up, and at once went to
suspected that John Henry Salmon knew more
about the affair than Ind been made public.
Craddock went to the scene OF the murder and
snw Salmon. lie represented himself rs buyer
OF land, and proposed TO Salmon TO buy the farm
mon was anxious to sell, anu said he felt yery
much depressed In spirits by what Ind happened,
and would be glad to sell the land and go away.
After playing him on this string as long as he
thought prudent, Craddock told him lie was mill
tary oricer, and had been sent up TO investigate
nation concerning II he was In possession of. Sal
mon said when he returned from the corn -shuck-
and saw his brother Luther Salmon on the Se
dead. He did not see his mother at OIL and turned
and went back to Mr., Herring's for assistance.
Craddock continued TO interrogatc him, and nnd-
ing that he was duplicating hineclf he said, ''Ii
nnswer no more questions until see my coun-
sel." This was on Saturday. Craddock then left
him and learned from persons who were OF the
cornshuckIng that Henry Salmon, the morning
enough to have gone TO his mothers house whefi
ne returned and announced tpe murder; also, on
Investigation that he could hot have seen Into
the window without putting something under It
home he could not have failed to see his Ism motsers &
tinct. Persons who went home i With hi him G state
that his brother was not dead when they reached
the house. and that his stcntorous breathing was
heard by them when they got within twenty
yards Of the house.
The suspicious OF the detective were finally nx-
ed upon John Henry Salmon by finding blood on
his shoes, apparently wiped from his hands; also
by his refusing to allow more brandy 10 be given
what had been given TO the inscnsIble man had
revived him somewhat, and the remark having
been made lhat IL he could be revived q little
u
dcrcr. Craddock was also Informed that Henry
salmon, who some time before had made over to
his brother his Interest in his mothers land, had
asked a lawyer II his brother were to die II he
would be again entitled to Ills lnterestn the land.
WINGED Craddock TINT he was the murderer, and
on Sunday morning he went TO him and told
him he had found the man who had killed his
mother nnd brother, and was going to arrest him.
Salmon asked "who is he ~ Craddock replied,
''You are the man, and arrest you for It," Sal.
mon denied Il, and assevcratcd that lie was inno-
cent. Tic clothes he wore on the night OF the
murder were shen examined, and spots Of blood
were found on them. The circumstances against
him were conclusive that some OF the people OF
the neghborhood were disposed to lynch him Mt
once, but an officer interfered and he was taken
Salmon says that he had no Idea that he was
suspected OF the crime until Craddock asked him
ance, saying only "An right, he would go.n
Ihough many persons think 1t Impossible that the
murder could have been committed by the accus-
ed, as he has not borne bad character, the peo-
pie Of his immediate neIghborhood insist that he
is guilty, and allegc that he came very near max
Ing q confession, but was stopped. II ia conjec-
tnTcd by some that John Henry returned from
the corn-shucktng, and that he got into quarrel
with his brother Luther and struck and killed
him, and then Killed the old lady to prevent de-
lection. Luther died on Friday. There was moth
Ing gone or stolcn from the house, as was suppos-
ed at first. The accused has not slept at oil since
the affair, although lie tries to appear undlsturb-
ed lie has applied to Shelton F. Leake, ESQ.,, to
appear in his behalf before the courts. The axe
with which the bloody deed was committed has
been found, ar" will be produced at the prelimi.
nary examlnu. in.