Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-12-12
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FCRTHEE PARTICULARS OF IHK AYTAIR-THK BoDT
sTIL UsDIscosEEED.
The Denton UaioA, Of this morning gives fur
ther particulars Of the supposed murder near
Greensborough, in Caroline county. a short 40
count Of which has already appeared in the Cox-
xEzcIAL- The Uaton says:
most brutal murder is supposed to have
been psrpetratsd near Gresnsoorongh. in this
comfy. on Saturday night lA-t about O'Clock.
Wm q. PHILIPPE, = son Of Peter d. Philiips re-
siding Gbou. iEo uiies from this place, went to
GrseLzborough on Saturday afternoon last, and
"A company With number Of hls boon cJupAn-
ions v.-.ied iI4aor saloon aud became beSstIy
intoxicated. Aboet O'Clock lie left the place
statlrg 70 alz compznidua he S2s gong to the
house of one John I. Dill. = 'ew hundred yards
from toEu- siuce xAich time be has not been
-een OF heard from On sunday morning his
hst found on the uver bank, near Dlrs
horse baylng on il MARKS Of blood.
On S1adAy, about noon Mordecai Blades cross
81 the ;iTef and walked ssEsEAl miles to Young
Phi4!ps taihef's and Inquired q him il William
E4s sCn. had EstlrEed hume Receiving neg
ative a1-Esf. and atisr some he=l;a,iJn. Blades
replied I guess | had a. veil tell you. he is
murisrz3 The fatler d Phlhp'- immediately
started search Of bis sou AID after thorough
inqGFy lad received no information o. hl- xheTe-
AboGt- u 70 Tuesday evening. I. i believed
after he murdered his b0ig sz- taroEu INTO
the uvsr
o. Moaisy afternoon S.A,e write xers issusi
b. E-ll.f Me.gia for the arrest Of John I. DLll
fsmill2r.y knoEn a. Hogeye Dill. ElishA Hobbs.
John Grsenly and MorGecAI Blades. The cfEeeTs
Of the lsE started IA p1r-uii Of the pArtIes land
on MONDAY hight At midnight, all the parties
we're lodged n the al ~ IhI- place Ts1 Of
the parties. John Grseuly and Elisha Hobbs.
have si1c- VrOTe1 an G!Ei aud have bsen re-
.ezsel On g.y.og bzl a. Nltae-z-s a. the next
term of Court. fhs Circumstances -qrrolnling
the murder are more conciG-Ive aesll=t Dill and
b aies. Ihe general belief lz bat tuey are the
ggii'y, pAriie. and they have been fpiiy oom-
mittsd.
Inc incentive to the &C, IL sad TO be the in
tiIn.cg tll-;lug between young PLIrps aud the
wife u IlA. Di.! a. D1i =eyera! OCCASIONS said
10 PAiIp- father, though ne would hot harm
his -Jn himself hs had friends who would
sometime murder hin To others he has said
that he could l4re men to ki.i him for 4 hse dol
lars.
Oa T1e-iay several Of onr citizens started for
the rc=ue u the supposed murder, Intending to
drag the Flver for tie recovery Of the body
Aftsr long search they have returned aud were
unsuccessful N finding the body or IN obtaining
any further clue TO the murder, except that they
found aims 81 blood on Dil'z house on each side
Of the door aud the hOuss deserted by his faml-
iy. Another party. intending to drag the river
ard search the woods and cripples went. up the
river yesterday bnt lad hot returned at the hour
We went TO pea. II IL beheyed by some that
the body il in tue river being sunk by geights
OTHERS again think il is burned in the woods or
one Of the cuppies others again believe the
body buried below high water mark and the
tide overfl1EIng the spot has EAshed AWAY al
murderers we're successful in secreting the body
and worked perhaps the most OF Saturday nighs
in di-p1zing Of It and covering u4 all traces
which ri gut lead 70 It's recovery