Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02


wefn plight than eVeFyha haa a
In pElaeu for petty thefaand faF
poaching and be WA Gull q mlIea
ed bitterness against az mankiad.
MaFahaH again bought him 0A. end
be again departed This Tina axeI
and 8 half elapsed before Be
made bic appearances; bat when be
came be ap0l0gizsd for hia long ab-
senCe BY saying that he bad been
for twelve months IN fall for steai-
Ing sheep. He had kept his prom-
lee, however, so far as tina D0nssal-
meht of bis name was concerned,
aud had called himself ct different
times, Jones and Jenkins aud 0w-
ems. He demanded more money
and Marshall again supplied him
but be told him that this gift must
be the last. The brother swore that
IL should not, but Marshall was.
firm, and che brothers parted IN
anger.
on THE ROAD TO NTuRDER. "
Last Saturday, there came to q
poor clearinghouse In Uxbrldge, Q
man dressed In q worn-out suit OF.
workingman's clothes, aud having
about him every appearance Of CD
ject poverty. He asked foranights
lodging, and as the woman OF the
house hesitated, he told her that he
had q brother who lived III tbe
neighborhood, and was weIl-to-do /;
he was going TO call upon him on
the following day, and he would
give him some money. The wO-
man consented to allow him to re.
main, and gave him a bed ia 9 loft.
where some other tramps were
sleeping. Al 8 o'clock on Sunday
morning, just before daylight, this
man got up and left the house. He
walked along the road over which
| walked to-day, came TO the finger
post, and turned down the road
that leads TO Denham, past the
house of Marshall. II was just be-
ginning to grow light; but no one
save this man, was 70 be seen. He
opened the gate and advanced to
the house ; he knocked, and Mar
shall, who was Away In the habit
of rising at this hour, and who had
then begun dressing himself came
down stairs aud opened the door.
What words passed between the
men-tha brothers-cau only be
cODjectuFed by what has since been
discovered. The house stands
alOne--Lhe nearest dwelling Is the
"Plough Inn" on ale-hOuse stand
lug on the other side Of the road,
and distant 100 Yards. The cOllOquy
-if COlloquy Il can be called-be-
tween the brothers must have been
short most probably the demand
for money was made and refused,
The brother stepped back into the
yard, add his foot struck against Oh
axe or q sledge. hammer that wa
lying there, or else he had armed
himself with this weapon for the
purpose Of enforcing his demand.
DOING THE DEED.
The Spirit Of Cain came upOr
him he raised the axe, dashed
through the door which MarshalI
was closing, aud with q terrific
blow, which went crushing through
the cheek Of his brother, laid him
at his feet. AS he lay there he DEAL
him another blow, aud mashed IL
his head. The noise Of the scufll
had aroused the other inmates D
the house, and Marshall's wife AM
sister came hurrying down tn
stairs. The murderer met them a
they came, and, with a single blow
of his deadly weapon, dashed out
their brains. But there was still
four other witnesses Of what hi
had done-the old gTayhairet
mother and three little children
Perhaps 1t may be hoped that The
old woman was spared the agony
OF recognizing In the bloodstaine(
wretch before her the son for whom
she had so often wept. She, too
bad descended the stairs with the
youngest child, q little girl fouI
years old, in her arms. The muir
derer struck her to the ground ant
slew her and the child In her arm
as he had slain the others. The twt
remaining childen now descended
to meet their doom, and the muir
derer, killing them, cOntemptuons
ly tossed their bodies on the heartl
where he himself sat when a child
The job was done. The murdeFe
locked the door through which b
had entered, and sat down to res
among his victims. 1t was 4 o'clock
The rosy light Of the Sabbath SUI
was b%lushing In the eastern sky
and the birds were singing. Tn
murderer and his seven victim
were alone together.
THE MURDERER LEAVES THE HOUSE
Att o'clock woman, who live
at the Plough Inn, not more thai
one hundred yards from MARSHALL
house, came along the road, lookinI
on the ground for a key which sh.
had lost the night before. As sh
came opposite the house she saw
man emerge from It, carrying a III
tie carpet-bag in his hand. He wa
dressed In a black cloth coat, blacl
trousers, and a white hat; thl
clothes were those which Marsha
was used to wear on Sundays, anC
his appearance was so much likl
that Of Marshall, that this woman
his nearest neighbor, accosted hin
by that name, and they walked
along the road for three quarters o
a mile together, before she discov
cred her mistake. She would no
have discovered II then had not tn
man himself nndecelved her. A
they were about to part, he aske,
L.. s~.lauo IA lfwaE Gn "