Wilmington journal., 1871-07-21
SHOE HEEL. July IT, 1871.

DeQT oONTHIt t:-OQ arriving A6 tu0
scene of the murder, found the bodies
OF Murdoch Mclean and his brother
Hugh, laying in the road about twenty
feet apart. They must have been killed
instantly. Murdoch, who WAS about thirty
years Of age, was shot through the head IN
three places. through the lungs, and hf
left thigh bone was broken near the body
| by buck shot. He a:so rsceievd shots IN
several other parts of his body. Hugh,
who was about 1G years Of age, had four
shots TO pass through his left arm, break
ing the bone, and then into. his lungs, and
one shot also passed through tue head
H. left thigh was also broken by buck
sho+, near the body.
| The murderers, five in Dunber, were
am bu ,hed in thicket behind a fer ce, moi
more than thirty feet from their victims.
Too tiriUg was from the left. McCailum
rece.v ed but one shot while in the buggy,
which was in the left arm, lis person
being almost covered by the bodies OF the
two McLeans. Before firing, the robbt rs
called cut ''halt," Vi,ioh brought Mur-
doch' face t. froLt them, when they IN
stantly fred. he murde rers picked the
pockets OF the dead. aud hi,ched
The horse attached to tha bu. e.
to tree near thu scene. It Is ii 9
singular that not q single shot struck
either the buggy Or the horse. small
by him to Mrs. Mclean that Murdoch
aud Hugh we're dead, and that Sue had
b tier como and get their bodies" Toe
hom ste 4d of the Mel ans is not more
| tn IN =. quarter OF a mile from the plrc of
the murder, Mrs. Mclean b d beard the
| firing aud had fUrebodDg OF its o. nse-
quepces. She immedi .teIy went aud ra y
the bo lies Of her ms, but as ls was IN
possible to be of service TO them aod as
| rhe was powerlesS to remove their b dies 4,
she could only return to her now dero O ate
| home to mourn only m0 her can
mourn over the sudden aud dAun 4bl, TAX
| lug off of two beloved SOUS, with whom
she had parted but few nom, ant,
! before IN p4rfec3 health and with every
prospect .f long md useful lives. Your
correspondent, assist d by a g nt'emau
Y ho accompanied him, put the Uodles Iu-
to a cDrs and took them to he hpu q they
hxd SO recently LEI bat ItV~r % return
to it again alive I have vi uesse En4ny
battles and terrible Hceues If slauk tt.
but il was between aud among ne :, on
was enabled by a els OF dIty. OF il some
way t get along with 1t, but Wheu /
approached thaf old mother, sister
and younger brother with the
terribly mangled fmms of her SOILS and
their brothers 1T was so unlike the tcon. S
o! war [ couid ouly yield IKE tho rest to
the 81 mpatby of the moment. am uu-
| able to descrl be the scene that IlioWed.- -
Suffice il t. S ~ that it does seem as though
the agOnlzlng means AMI shritks OF that
| poor heat broken mother over the body
of "ElT p Or innt cent Hugh, who never
dill auy oDe harm" would call down the
vengeance of Heaven ON his slayers.
| It is supposed that four OF the murderers
| Concealed themselves before da., Us they
we've heard at we'll near by in the night
Henry Berry Lowry was seen to pass in
the direction where the others were just
after day break. After the murder they
all made their way towards the Baok
Swamp. Two Of them got q driuk of wa
Ter at the house of q CO ored man, whom
they threatened to kill if he left his prem
ises before noon.
McCallum is severely but not danger
oCsly wounded. He will recover unless
some surgical accident may prove fatal,
such as erysipelus, lockjaw, absorption of
matter and inflammation.
Thtee OF Them Seen near shoe Heel-CttI-
2sns In Hot Pursust-A1ms and Am
munttfon Arrived and Distributed
-Volunteers Pouring fn-The
END at hand, &c, &t.. &C.,