, 1877-11-30
A Tale OF Revolving Crime from
the WiIds of Baldwin
County.
Shaw, the Wife.slayer--The Uncount.
cd Butoheries Of His Gang Of
OutlawE--.Discovery Of
Skeletons. ,

little c,rt f1auohtcr of tbc murdered woman.
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wv "as "''a,'o ~ sNo auy "seou'l' " WI.
the scene that tho unfortunate woman hass been
nttacked upon the front plaza, There were
sn1tnk1ct, etnns NJ hloo1 t,,st out,,do iho door
ss, my, a,s".. ~ .,so.. fo,, o ~. ,,ta.,a
ana soe pieces .p, VI r.c't a so" o ~ sps
sncnrcd with blood, while the door Tint led
from tho room Into the hall wus spattcrcd
win hrotn. ami h,oo1. Ncar hv ,,,c co,n.c VII.
anu uaou ,1; " ,I' tha ma
had doubtless been beaten 10 death. as 1t waa
covered With stains Of blood and pieces Of halr.
Tho skull was battesc In and two pistol balls
nao peen sent through INC laee. llleae naa eS'
idently been fired after the woman was down.
rs they sped into the floor, after passing
through her head. There was no cfcw to The
nur,,nrc, T,orc hox tocp no ntte,nnt M roh.
sa.,. n,' =, ~ ss,,n,,,, ,ass - Sas,, ~.
ossf 10y pus , ~ tne "u."'. w., !a nos ueeu ~.
tlcd, aud 1t was evident tho murderer had been
allowed ample time 10 nay0 cnrEicl out any OF
the PURPOSES that usunly move men to murder,
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oeau secn neAt .uo '''use ''ar iHolnlus "aS a.'
rested and BROUGHT to trial. Ihoro was no evt-
dcncc upou which to convict him, md ho wAs re.
leased.
nnpn,n1n srspto,ox.
A|tor ANNA ti1,n hal o,ansa5 tho ,,o,h,- =,
~ t.os .,, so"o '.4'.o nso s..Psou .no mo'pes u
the murdered woman aatohlsnca Tue COM
mnntty by charging thnt her daughter had been
murdered by her {thc daughtcr's) husband. Mr.
M,cboe, sbov uas a man ri ;Icsncrat. cbor,,to-
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1"o eotao nSe'"<'o'a ""o nio" u" 1''eata"R h'''t
upon suspicion. Iho mother sWorc, however,
TINT her daughter Ind frequently told her thai
she was afraid Mr. Shaw would XIII her-tl.at lls
haul beaten her frequently and had threatened
to kill her, It was discovered also TINT hc llasl
once bccu arrested for beating hEs wife. Tho
mother further testified that tho little child latl
told her, after the excitement had left her calm,
thas her "iather hai killed mother.n Shaw
was then arrested aud put upon trial. The ts,c-
ory that he murdered Ills wife met most Of the
mysterious points TINT hung about tue murder.
It removed TIE M APPARENT Il teauselessness, anti nc
from which tho bludgeoa was tnkeu. A man
bent upon murder woulI l,ayc selzcd the NJ as
tho best Instrument. 4 brutal husband deter
mined to punish his wife would hare taken tho
AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS.
The trial hnl hardly opened, however. before
a witness VIVA introduced who sworo directly
and positively that Shaw did kill hts wife, and
was as foiows: II wm standing on the hiiI
near Shav's house whom saw him cone out on
the p!azzn where .ts wife was standing. He had
sono words with her and struck her once or
twice. He then ran to the woolpilc, and, sslx-
ing heavy pine Knot, seized her BY tho truat
and rainel tho iicks down unon her head. nIe
scrcamed once or twice and then sank upon the
floor, Hhnw still c1ingng to her and beating hrr
with tie knot. After beating her over The head
for about one minute ho dragged her IN
tho house. After prohnbly another minute Ind
elnpscd heard two pistol shots in the hu,tsc.
Immediately after this Shaw came running out
Of tho house with pistol in lIts hnud and q
bundle Of clothes under his arm. lie saw tnc
and at once hurried IN TO where / was. liz
asked nc what I WAS loinr there. ItoiI lin
| mns Just looking about. lie said, tDjd yo,l
| know somebody hnl Killed nv wifof rcp{ictl
that had seen everything Tint l,ni llapIu1ied
ut tho house. At this ho Gccar,c very nlatl antl
drawing Ills pistol M to nv face sw9ro that ho
would blow nv brains out II / aver snid onn
| word about what / hnd seen, / promIscd flin,
that would not sneak OF It, aud to hurled into
| tho woods near by. Whflo thcrn tn chnnVed hfs
| clothes. and buried tho suit bn tlntl IN Whuu h0
| lelt nc as It was bloody oil along tho sleeves
md pants; hu also lid tic pistoi,f
Thn witness further sworo tl,nt he Ind kent
| Hhaw's secret because hc wus afruil Hhaw would
| Kill bin, II hc '.pcnchcd,n lila ntory rercivctl
| confirmation from tho iuct that Tia snjt N
clothes TINT ho tlcscrthcI Shaw NJ Wenrlnf. NJ,
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