The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-06


A DAvlxG CASE OF LrE-TAKrSG IN Enc
LASr.-An English exchange OF December
j. SAYS:
Great excitement has prevailed in Lin
colnShirc the past icW days from DARN"
murder having been committed. Il appears
that about s O'Clock in the cvCnlD. of Wed
nrstiav the It'll instant, rs Mr.. Valentine
Peck, pig iobbcr, of Brant Brou@hton, WIS
driving humcwsrds from Newark, and lad
reached dark and lonely part Of the road
called GiIbcrt's Plantation, not far from the
village Of Rockingham, he was accoSted by
two men, who asked him if he would give
them Il ride.
Certainty, my lads jump ill., WAS the
reply of Mr. Peek, and one OF the fellows,
a powerful man. ut once accepted the invita-
ton. No sooner. however, had he entered the
trap than he exclaimed, Your money or
your life" NAY, you don't mean that
surcly?" said Mr.. Peck. "But / do" said
the man, and no sooner had the words
escaped his lips than he presented pistol
and fired, the charge entering Mr.. Pcck's
groin. Several people were driving along
the road at the time, and i;lhurlng men, re-
| turning from Their work, were near at hand.
Mrs. Chapman, wife Of the LcaGcnkm
carrier, who was in charge of her husbands
cart that day, WAS within Il hundred Yards
OF the spot, and she saw the fash and heard
! the report of the pistol and Mr.. Rollison,
of Brou.hton, who was short distance be-
| hind her, also heard the report. Seeing
the approach of several persons, the muir.
uercr., without stopping to rifle the pockets
Of their victim, who had G3G in his posses.
sion. took 10 their heels and ran in the direc-
ton of Stapletord. The hors" which Mr..
| Peck was driving proceeded humewartiS
but stopped on reaching Mr.. faylor'> pub
| lie house. Mr. Peck. who appeared to be
| very weak, called for assistance. and stated
| that he had either been shot Or stabbed. and,
at his request, Inc WAS taken into an out
house and the wound examined. II was
found that he was bleeding proluSclv from
the lower part of his body, aud Mr. TAYLOR
ut once drove him to his honc. lie was put
to bed, and Mr.. johnson, surgeon, of Bias.
Singhan. was sent for. and tine result Of the
examination made by him showed that the
bullet had penetrated the body TO such II
depth a. to render the search for it danger
Gus. Mr. Peek, who was upwards of sixty
years of age. gradually sank, and d led on
Friday evening.
The number OF vehicles on the road was
greater than usual on the day in question:
owing to Lord Middleton and Sir John Sut.
ton then holding their rent dinner, and it is
owing chiefly to this circumstance that rob-
berry was not added to murder. Information
of the outrage was given to the police the
sume evening, aud they have succeeded in
capturin" two men. The men in custody
are gyp>ic>, and were staying at the same
public house at Newark IT'S the deceased.
The gypsics left the public house at about
4 III the afternoon, and were absent about
three hours, and during this time the muir
der was committed. The men stayed the
night and LETT next day. Two policemen sic
cceded in asccrtaining that they had gone
to kirton fair, whittier they proceeded on
"Wednesday morning, and apl,rehcntied one
OF the men; the other. they We're informed,
had gone TO Lincoln, and would lie with the
caravan outside the luwn. The policemen
walked from h;rton 10 Lincoln, where they
arrived at + O'Clock Yesterday morning, and,
i'll company with one of the city police, rrc.
cccdcd TO Il field at the west end OF the town,
near the Stamp.End Locks, where they found
the other gypsy, whom they also took in
charge. 4 guusmith at Newark asserts that
a day or two previous to the murder two
men, who appeared to be gypsies. purchased
pistol ut his shop. Two laboring men also
say That they passed two gypsies OH the road
ut the time Of the murder.