The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
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Two Negroes Hanged in Hillsboroush.
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Two Negroes Hanged in. HilIsborouah,
North-Carolin for the Murder
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ae'eFs--o"oee'ng scenes W t'e oa's--si
IS ii5ii Bunglsng Work iof the Hangnsa7aeloiy
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HILLsBoRouGH, Orange Co., N, CT
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Two more condemned ferons bbSyt,ex1r;y baSyyte, exn;a
ted terrible crime ON The hsnfSTmaaSS,s 5.a
fold. and have fnlIv verified efbss nSfh;nf
the Scrintnra, Injunction q Vencsa ,,ee,l;a
mine and I viii rsnav saith t,,e T'ord III
not swiftly. retribhtiorn follows surely pthe
criminal WIN Id on;itv safI sbadd;nT fba
hlnod of a fej,ov man and ,sondb n, SS,,tj,s
Something's wears NAV eIa nse ;,,s,;ee ..i,,ya
r;abIv overtakeo tbe n,urdarer snd' tha COO
fold Claims ;fs victim M 's,,'l' ''4 q '''l
{, Tbere are fcw If anv IN 4ha bjackaneed i,st
of murders where sncb coolnass I M deljbl
eration, of 'nurnose' yvere ,evirced s.nr, where
such barbero,,s refinement of .erueltv'. and
atroc;tv was n, act;ced as IN the mnrder 81
Ma rtinV Blalock. 4 Young White man by
two neoroes naSaea T1mi fodng and Bo6b
G..,. .sysris;mas nioht last Sd, lsI- NJ rs !,
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Thh FIRST DisoeVERF
was made by negro how who had bepe,,nrg 4; In
the habit OF performing several Iraep;al 1dn1
tics for Young Blalock. the victim, Earivl
on that Sabbath morning, as was usual, the
negro proceeded to the room of Blalock,
and har in which ha of;c;atadN .,.T ~
wav the negro was mot hv ts0 III nthan. ~A .,'
,,roos ybo told ~. .ho,
,,r,',,, ot tho Go piris,. .ne was
",onS as .nS e'ose, oialceA IN M nau rctileu at
q ,a.o heat 'ie nlslt previous, aIter MS m nu,
o.oos .L.. n'.uuH n"u .aAsn tneir ieaVc, and
sna' Was ,he iast Tune nc was seen ahve;
tot Mas there any apprehension ieit by
s,Lnet f:sh, n,n,:eh VI iilenus, as ne was young
man u aiiiaeie uisPosition, Sood character
anu popuiar IN the community. A TERRIBLE
iate was however IN store ior him that
EnrisInias NH hight' OF rather sabbath morn.
w mnei, Tue negro ooy reacned the house he;
iouhu tue sAutters Oh pack window par
tah tia,,y opsn anu ROCKING with the grayisih
~ us VI .ae nc nuur nc ID" tne oodyoI Blaiock
iyihs oh ,he Aoof, surrounded, as ne thought
py Pooi vi ei.ner pioou or water, he could
not tlen teii winch; Startled by his hasty
.a s.ance, sne ooy lusnea across the street to
dock who witbout corouonr IL 80
Woke up' eAciaiming, Glt up, boss Chit
up un your ieet, ooss Mr. biaiock is lying
ue uoa:. on INC Io"l op n,s room Hardly De-
iie'ih2 the taie Oh tne Doy, though sufhclent-
y alarmed, tnas somethmg OF serious na-
tule hi hau occurred, Mr: Murdock, with Eall
possible speed, proceeded TO the scene, and
80 hofIineu was ne -py the spectacle that met
ms s'ght, tnat ne lost no time In tolling the
to"n Dell custom usual IN the South for
.ne purpose OF alarming the citizens and call
my theni togetner whenever circumstances
OIL an extraordinary nature demanded This
very soon brought large and much sur
prised cfowa 70 the spot. o7sd hinov bas
THE sI.IrSsHor KNrrE t.sn vii r-.rr, TOT
An entrance TO the room was soon seffected s;a
anu IN u Douy tne citiZens went IN. Here
tney oeheia 10 all It's slcKening honor, the
evidence OF q oarparous and bloody deed.
otretched ON the moor near the centre OF the
room was the corpse OF Martin Blalock, the
gnastiy ana mntllated features uptumed,
the lett leg across and resting on the right,
anu the arms extended near each side. The
night clothes IN which the body was arrayed
were torn and bloody. In the mouth pill
low case had been stuffed to stife the dying
cries OF the murdered man for helpor mercy,
ana TINS, nan saturated with blood, protru
ded from the jaws, now Ilgid IN deaths
cola emDi ace, @ ~ Inc S lnsoat vas severed irom
"a. " t .as Dy wv o ueep ..aa sasnes.ss
h,aae IN aronnd ~" ",, @ ue,, ",an s., u.ea
tightly rope. which led to the belief that
stranGulation was at first attemn,ed. hut
E.;,;ng IN .S;s tho n,rrda,.rs h.S r.so,aS ~
to other and more eif.ct;ye means @ of des.
natchino their victim The left temnlc was
entirely crushed in bv the blow Of some
heavy weanen which left nort;on of the
brain exposed to the view There were some
ffteen or twenty wounds Of var;a,S xS L;,,,1sS
bnt mostly stsbs obont .ba fana and 1' raoi''
The eyeballs were untnrned and the cav;t;ss
close to the nose were filed with clots of
conoealed black blood Lower down On M
bresst were q number of s,ahs au;San.Iv
made Inv a knifc and With tha h,ood, III
iow.c.se st;cL;na ont of tha r,on,h ~ ,Sa -, p
oozing from th, Fractured tomnin Tho r,at
TOD bs;r ,Le r.shed faoo and ohaS, ID. ,ha
tiGbtenea rome en the necI ond nj ,bo ~ ,s~,i inS af
hiood On tba aoor a nnnrs shooS;noip pou' ~ ~ -.
unIt;nn snac,ooio c.nnot ,n.,i ho r;a.ss"a y. ~
7 0re' ''N'' ~ p'''N''>'' ''.l. ~
ROBBERY. si " 0.9 .s ;i| ''i''
Tbev had oa;ned an entrance NV knocLina
:. ~ hns - SJa IL. 90 :. o ao..sa S.u9 ApS 60
a; aht NY r1o. tt or 10. :. oO1 nnn. aDt 5l; .n.
TEa t, oun ua'' ,a @ psa " d sSsaa s ~ I'LL,
when, 1t Is supposed, they completed their
.hoU g,oUu c.aJ mJin a.. AZ .l..o.a ma..e'
Ths 1T, a.nh @ ehs; .h % aa na .har suus u.;e,as
hslona;ner - HAIL. w,ro I .bon o ,,.;es
ted The Tin Of the store cortae;pg sa apnn,
s175 in currency and a small nnaat;tyDos sgSof
silver and coin wsre slso taran snd .bas.
w;,b several ort;oios of snsii ra,,a a 'ue' oon,