Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-03-11

v,prurR PARTICULARS OF THE SAD AFFAIR-HALLs 4
CONDUCT PREVIOUS AND sUBsEQuENr TO ThE
MuRpER-HIs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE
BODY.
A telegram to the Baltimore American, from
Salisbury, ays;
The murder of Amelia Shockley by George
Hall is still the theme Of general comment 1he
deeeased girl was beloved by every one Decause
of mar amiability and beauty, and there IL great
griaf At her death. 1t seems that Han hAn At-
Tended the same school up TO u week previous
10 the sad affair. He had shown declaeo pre-
ference for her for more than yeari pu' sn9 a,
had never given him any encouragement; ne
yas a youth of violent temper ana mOlose uspo
ifion and iealouely resented any attention shown
10 her by others He had written note 10 heI
about week before, which was written very ~ ~
ngibly. 80 that when she tried to read 1t TO hcr
| Iemily she could only decipher word mere anu
there Hewas engaged in chopplnB Woou near
| by the school house, aud had boon seen skulA-
| ing about with gun.
| nroached the school children and persuaded her
/ youpger brother, Elijah, to walk forward ana set
i his dinner kettle up as mark Tor nun 10 sno.'t
| al At the same time telling Ameha TO remaln
with him. She however. went forward WIN ner ~
| brother, and II ls thouBhS that 'niS e"'0N so
fhs murderer was evidently melted by Jealousy
| and DESPAIR of obtaining her affections. MISS
| Shockley was above Hall socially ana lhtellecIu-
| aiiv a,d inst blooming into womanhood, was
| disnla Wing a grace and attractiveness that Wouu
| have reI 1erel her the belle OF the county Do
ING convinced that his suit was hopeless. he DC
| teTnined that no one else should enjoy the love
| that ,gaa denied him, and 30 cut oil her young
| Iifo in This cruel manner. Before her bleeding
| BODY had fallen to the ground he was IL nleht
The pursuit Of Friday night and Saturday TAILED
| to discover him, and through ignorance of M
| fate the search was kept up after he hau me
| a horril,e death Saturday afternoon.
, He reached the railroad between Kingston
: anil Westover He Joined negro woman an any
, | iirl who were walking along the road ana an
1ounced his intention TO kill himself. The womal
demonstrated with him and he suffered the par
sepger train to go by. He left them and aoou
a an Gour afterwards, between and o o'clock Ii
4 was seen by the engineer OF the freight tral
a standing near the track. As the tram advance
4 he threw himself under it, aud was crushed uhde
|. the wheels. The place was between hlngsto
n aod Westoyer on the Eastern Shore hallrOad,
v The body was brought TO Salisbury on the te
o'clock morning train. The entire face was cI
al the skull crushed and the brains scattered
Tha left arm was cut of and the right orushe
hadiy. Tho right foot was cut entirely on, aDol
IA half Of it remaiuing in the shoe. The bones
| hoth legs were crushed near the Thighs. III
=, whole body was shockingy crushed and ma
y gled, it being only recognizable by the ciothl
= He was first identified by the schoolmaster, a
az -. ANS, anil Elijah, the murdered grfs brothe
u % VINO we're sent for. Afterwards his father Can
- i'm and identified him.