Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-02
From the Ilillsboro News, May 20 ]
ANOTHER MURDER.
George Gregg Stabbed and Killed by
David Observation-Disclosures Ofthe
Murder-Gregg Examined aud Ad-
mitted to Bail in the Sum of S3OOO'
BELFAST, NAV 90, 1870

BELFAST, May 20, 1870.
The quiet citizens of our town
ship were startled last Saturday
morning by the report of terrible
tragedy near Fairfax, Concord
township. The particulars, as
near as l can ascertain them, are
as follows:
Geo. Gregg and his half brother,
named Foster, were fishing on Fri
day evening until night. On re-
turning home, they went to close
gate and saw a certain cornfeld
fence down. They went across
the field to see if any cattle were
IN the fcld-so Foster testifes. -
They separated, and almost imme-
diately afterwards they were at.
tackled by David Shadrick, who
knocked Foster down with n rock.
He then turned to attack Gregg,
and stabbed him in the side with a
double-edged knife seven or eight
inches long, and perhaps two inch
es wide, causing mortal wound,
as the post mortem examination
afterwards showed. Gregg, after
he was wounded, knocked Shad-
rick down with a rock, making quite
a cash above his left eye, and
kicked him twice and struck him
twice with his fist-making anoth-
er cash above his left ear, and one
near the top of his head Shad-
lick then gave up the knife to a
boy that was with him. Gregg
died on Monday morning. Shad-
rick was in the mean time arrested
and held to bail in $l, 900, John
Walker being his surety.
The examination Of Shadrick
commenced on Tuesday, 18th inst.
before ESQ. Siders, in Fairfax. I.
G. Murdhy, Esq, of Adams cOun-
ty, appcaren for the State, and T..
II. Baskins, Esq, for prisoner
Your correspondent attended the
commencement of the trial to take
notes for the News, in order to give
the full particulars, but abandoned
the effort, after staying five or six
hours and hearing the testimony of
one witness and part of another
The case was closed on Wednesday,
late in the evening. Shadrick was
recognized to Court.
The little boy who was with Shad-
rick when the affair took place, tes-
titled that Gregg and Foster were
stealing corn. Shadrick is about %
years old, unmarried light hair and
looks vicious; is not
with intelligence, and is
known as a bad boy. Gregg is
married, and about 25 years old,
and was rather reckless.
In the post mortem examination
DR.. d. Noble of Hillsboro officiat-
ed. Gregg's heart, liver and lungs
were sound and uninjured, except
by Inflammation In the stomach
there was a cut about two inches
long.
Since writing the above, | am in
formed that Esq. Siders committed
Shadrick for murder in the second
degree; and put the sum of his bail
bond at $4,000, which was given by
John Walker and his wife.
FRANK.
In addition to the foregoing from
our correspondent, we have learned
the following particulars
Gregg was a tenant of John Walk
sr, and the field in which he was
killed belonged to Walker Shad-
rick is a hired hand of Walkers,
boarding in the family, There were
some shocks Of corn in the field, be-
longing to Shadrick, and when
Gregg and Foster entered the field
to look for the cattle, Shadrick,
who happened to be there with
Walkers little boy, suspected they
were after the corn. 1t is also said
there had been some previous diff
Guilty between Gregg and Shadrick'