The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-16
= Negro Executed for Numbering a.
White Man-He Makes Confession.

E.. = 80
| George Truman, a negro, aged
twenty -one years, was banged at Fred
erick, Md, on Friday, for murder of
an unknown white man on the Both of
/ January last, near Point of Rocks,
Nd A few days ago =mnrderern
made full confession; from which we
extract the following particulars: Ear
| ly inzthe morfingaf Jahuaryi36, Trfiz ,
man was sent to a grocery store in the
neighborheodlo lof9 his residence toPro-s
cure some articles, ardiHAlFe tbeneWasS {
Informed by person whose nams
Truman declined to mention) that a Z
stranger lad a short time before, pass:
ed up the Frederick road; wh3 had
o1ething to sell, and made PROPOSE
ton that TrumaR;aI1d him should fbl1
low the stranger and take the clothing
away from him. AT first Truman
demurred, but finally assented. THE
stranger was soon overtaken, when
Truman, unperceiyed by the unknown.
picked up a stone and struck him a
violent blow on the back of the head.
He staggered and fell, but soon rose u
to his feet, when. another blow from
the stone on the temple knocked him
senseless. Truman then took off bis Z
boots and with the strangers hat and
carpet bag, which only contained a
suit Of soldiers clothing, started for
home, leaving his aeconlplice with the :.
bleeding man. Before he reached his
home, Truman took off his shoes, and
put on the boots. and hid the carpet
bag under a rock, where it was. AFTER
wards found In the afternoon 1t loc-
Cured to Truman that the man might ,f
still be alive, and he determined to- .
again visit the spot, and assure hirn-gTi
self of the fact. On reaching tine place,1st
the man was gone, but he found him ,
a short distance from the road, iwherais'
he had either draggedPhimself, or had n
been carried by The accomplice. Thess,
man was still alive, but very zWeak
from loss of blood and begged Tru7
man to relieve him from his suferngs,
as he had suffered Untold agony since =
early in the morning. Truman inn,
mediately went home, and. obtained q :,
loaded gun, returned to where the
man was lying. He went up close to. :
his victim, who was lying on his back, ;
helpless but conscious, and taking de-,
liberate aim at his head blew out his
brains. = -
The murder was involved in mys- 8
terry until the 7th of February, when
a man named Hopewell, where Trn- .
man was staying, observed that he
went out, and after short absence
came back. There being snow, on the
ground, HopeweH followed the foot.
tracks. They led to a large rock, un-
der which Hopewell discovered black
which he Immediately
brought back. He then called upon :.
a few Of his neighbors, and with two {. {.
dogs explored the neighhorhood, The
barking of the dogs attracted their at,
tention, and, proceeding to where the.
animals were, about thirty yards from
where the carpet, bag had been discoy.s.
cred, they found the dead body Of the !.
unknown white man, half hidden in. :,
the gloom of laurel thicket, lying on
It's back, the flesh eaten from the face
arms, chest and legs, by some wild
animals. Truman was arrested; butt
denied his guilt, and stated that he had
in. his possession. THemursssS2----- -
put upon trial for the crime and found
guilty Ansimmense crowd Witness &
ed the execution from a field adjoining
the Jail yard, which commanded view
Of the gollowsJ Truman was "a native,
of Frederick county had served m
the army, and had been married only
/ few months prior to the murder
He met his fate with the utmost ins
difference. a s1' -3ji@p A9aiie2ltf1