The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-08
WARRINGTON COUNTY,, e.
Shocking Murder Near. West middle
town.


4 town.
From Ghe Washington reporter. nfatl
The dead body of o ColOred man was
found on Friday evening last In Gross
Creek, below Arnold LaWton's mill, by
some parties who were seining In the
stream. Information was Immediately
conveyed to Esquire Boyd, Of West Mid
dletown, and the body removed 10 that
place. The Justice impannclled q jury,
and an inquest was held on Saturday. Tic
body was identified as that Of Samuel
Brown, q colorGl man well Unknown in that
vicinity. 4 post RlOrteD examination held
by Doctors Ray and Dodd, disclosed the
fiCt that the deceased had come to his
death BY violence, his skull having been
smashed in two places. Hc had been
missing since tho eth ult., but no search
was instituted for the reason that no APP
prehension was felt III regard TO his fate.
The discovery of his body WIS the first
intimRti0n that foul play had been CON
templatcd. A search Of the ground in the
ncighborhoOd disclosed traces Of stfug9
gle, and the track by which the body was
dragged to- the creek. Ne understand
that suspicious are entertained ,as, TO who
were the guilty parties, and a number Of
circumstances have since come to light
tending strongly to confirm them. 70 r
Since the above was, put in type we
lIAve learned farther particulars in refer
ence to tho horrible alEair. It seems that
the murdered man had for o ? humber Of
years past lived unhappily with his wife,
on account Of the intidelitieS Of the, latter.
He went into the army during the war,
and while absent she was VIGOROUSLY In
Innate with several parties, and especially
with a half.breed nnmed John Fulham.
This criminal connection was carried on
after Browns return from the service, and
WINS the cause Of frequent violent qGarrels
among the parties. We learn that the
testimony ELECTED on tho inquest goes to
show that Browns wife and Eulham had
formed various plans TO make way with
Brown, and that Fulham had often pub.
licly threatened to kill him. It was shown
that FulhAn Ind been, absent from the
place where lle was working ut the time
Brown was first missed. The principal
Knight, living ut Pleasant Hill Seminary,
where all the parties formerly worked.
The facts clicitied at the inquest were SUI.
flcient u. demand the arrest Of the parties,
and on Saturday evening Esquire Boyd
issued warrant. Fulham was arrested
on Sunday, by Constable Core, Of Hope.
well, accompanied by James Mcclure and
Stack Hamilton, Of MiddlctOwn.. He was
found in Hanover township, at d point
near Florence. The wife OF Brown was
also arrested, ind GbOth parties having Il
full hearing before Esquire Met lurG, addi-
tional and stronger testimony being clio
tied, they were sent to Jail to await trial.
Jerry Knight, who seems to DO familiar
with most Of the "details OF the case, was
also inC0rcerated at tho same time. The.
coroncr's jury, after deliberately weighing.
all tho evidence, returned verdict that
the deceased was murdered by his wife
and John FulhNm. 0H ., vja. ..NI
The accused is nearly white, and Inns
always been regarded rs u vindictive and
dangerous man. He combines q vast
amount of cunning with sufficient nerve
to carry out any undertaking. .a.i1..- g,-
Terrible DEATH OLA LlrTIE BoY.-
A little boy named Willie Miller, aged 10
years, was killed on the Goth ult,, near
Amity under the following circumstances:
In the morning the father and son left
home 10 work o field Of corn they Ind put
in on Mr.. Hiram Swarts' place; they toll
cd on through the heat Of the day till even
ing, when Willie remarked '''this is my
last row and then shall get up the horse
and soon start home" They soon after
started, the fathcr riding ono horse, the
boy tho other. Arriving at Mr. H. @.
Swarts, Mr.. Miller halted to talk to. q few
neighbors who happened to DO there the
little boy passed on homeward. In from
five to ten minutes Mr.. Miller followed, Us
lie passed out Of tho old bridge an unusual
impulse caused him TO look down over the
abutment a glance. revealing the horse
lying helplessly, near by was the
boys hat, and rs the liorrid truth
flashed through his mind, no leapcd down
to find his child borne down by the weight
oil the horse, and quite dead. In his fren-
~ the father lifted the horse but could not
move him so as to release the body Of the
child 1t was only when help arrived
from Mr.. Swarts' that the horse was re-
moved. Mr.. Miller has examined the
ground very carefully and thinks that the
Child's attention WIS attracted by some
boys bathing in the stream below, and
very naturally refined in the horse to stop
him, but the horse being FESTIVE and impa-
tient to get home, and witliNl blind, he
went backward over the abutment, falling
about eighty feet The nature Of the
I Al.
horse falling upon the boy. Ills chest was
not crushed in nor did any bones appear
to have been broken, but his body was
bruised and Scared from head to foot. II
is most probable IFS death was instanta-
ne0us. =" I'ia3G .,4's t.@ alGnS
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