Smyrna times., 1870-03-30

MURDER NEAR CANTERBCRY-A P,IH,
Decoyed, RoJLeCi, and Beutet 10 De0H I'm.
Commercial Of Monday has the following dis
patch: us
On Saturday Morning, while some mor
were h>hlng In kersey's mill dam. on the road
! from Canterbury TO Frederica, on hauling il
IhGiI ny, Selne' they were horrors ricken at be
holding. the body of man, cntangled in the
net; Upon examination it was found that the
back part OF his head was crushed in. sbowino
that he had come to his death by yiolcnce
deputy, Coroner Sarde, after holding an inouest
arrested two negroes, residing in the neighbor.
h00d' named LobGr, and Young, on suspicion
oI having committed the deed, when one Of
them confessed that they were guilty. The
uead man. 1t appears, was named Thomas IIO.
gan. lie was peddler by occupation, and is
believed to have liyed on Pine street, Phila.
5delPhla lie was about forty years old. He
mad stopped at the house Of one of the colored
men, when, 1t is supposed they discovered that
ne had considerable money about him. They
uecoyed HIM to lonely spot, near by, and
there beat out his brains with a club, and
tchreW his body into the pond, where it was
found, as already stated. 1t had been lying in
the water for some days, the murder being
committed on the afternoon Of Saturday a
week, the l9th inst
Young, also known by the name of Daniels,
is the one who confessed. His statement is to
the effect that he and Ilober and the murdered
man were together walking around the mill
pond at the time Of the murder. Lober struck
Hogan repeated blows with fence-rail on the
head, from behind, uRi he was dead or insen.
slble, when he, or they, searched his person
and dragged him into the mill pond Hogan
appears to have had no previous intimations Of
intended violence, nor were there any difficult
ties known to exist between the parties The
murderers supposed that Hogan had money on
his person.
FRUIT TRAINS, Mr. Ide, master oftranspor.
tatlOn, announces that express fruit trains will
be putOn the Del. railroad early in Nav. which
VIII run so as to put fruit in New York bV
3oclock in the morning. The charges ~ Jer-
sey City vii. be about the same a. was charged
by Market Car Tariff Of June oath, 1869 for
full car loads, and on small shipments to New
YORK, OF Berries IN baskets packed in crates,
not over three cents per quart
A train Is to leave Demar late on Fridav aE
ternOon, designed to carry marketing for Phil.
adelphla aud Wilmington only. Other trains
will be run at an hour suitable for carrying
marketing for Philadelphia aud Wilmington
on each day in the week, except Sunday.
Not over 80 cents per barrel will be chare-
ed from any part of the line between CrisGeid
and Philadelphia, for green corn, melons, peas
IN pod, string beans, cucumbers, beets rad
lshes, asparagus and other like vegetables
and not over l6 cents per crate of 55 pounds,
on tomatoes, or other vegetable, in crates, on
such Freight going to Philadelphia.
ROBBERY.-Sometime during Saturday night
or Sunday morning last the clothing store of
MIR. David kaatg, in this town, was robbed of
clothing to the amount of from 5000 to $1,000.
Entrance was effected by prying open the front
door: The cellar door was also broken open,
and It is supposed that effort was made to en-.
ter through the cellar-way, but proved unsuc
stolen. e~' "S''