The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-13
THE MURDER AT NORTH EAST.

rye WITNESSES or 1.-THE STORY OF
LARUE's wIFE's INFIDELITY NOT BE-
LIENED TO BE THE INsTIGATIoN OF IT
THE REAL ANIMUs OF THE KILLING
/ DESCRIPTION OF LARUE's PREMISES
! FACTS INCIDENTAL. TO THE SHOOTING.
The village of North East was thrown
into Juror of excitement, on Saturday
last, about 40 \. NJ, by the preparation
of one of the most cold -blooded and de-
! liberate murders that has ever disgraced
Maryland soil, and by which a peaceable
and respected coored citizen, named Henry
| Holland, met his fate at the hands of
colored barber named Edward Iarue. The
facts concerning this fearful crime are as
! follows:
LARCE'S DIsoRDERLY HOUSE.
Larue kept barber shop in that town.
But i'll connection with this, it is said he
kept gambling he'll, supplemented by the
| guiding of large amount of whisky, the
result of which was to draw rough crowd,
who INDUCED, at times, and that very fire.
| queutly, in fighting and otherwise disturb
| ing the peace of the town. 1t was on &C
count of such disturbances that Larue
some time since, made the acquaintance of
the Elkton judicial tribunal. 1t appears
that some time iii last January, when Hol-
land and Laruo were playing cards, in the
! iatter's shop, dIsp;te arose between
! them, and Larue drew a razor and cut Hol.
I In nd < hand i,nt 70, Cd
down by chair in the hands OF Holland
Parties then separated them: and since
that time Larue has repeatedly
| THREATENED TO TAKE HOLLANDS LIFE.
On the day previous to the murder,
Larnc was again head to make threats of
violence against him. He was notified by
| friends Of this fact and warned not to 90
near his premises, and was also advised to
swear lis life against him. to which he re-
piled that che could not swear that he was
afraid Of him" However, he borrowed a
pistol, on Friday night, to defend himself
should he be attacked. On Friday evening,
Hollands brother, Fred" cut Larue's
hair, and, during the operation, some ref.
erence was made to 4 scar on his head
and he spoke of the row that caused it.
Larue told two young men, John Shippers
and Siuyter Bouchell, early Saturday MORN
ing, that 'he would kill the son of "a,
before shutdown"
Between ! | and - clock, Larue, MOTTO
ing Holland sitting in front of Feeders
( plnthIpu u Il oF
five yards, in company with several others,
sent colored man, named William Crouch,
TO tell Holland that he wanted to see him.
In response to this summons, and evidently
surprising it was for the purpose of com
promising the difficulty, Holland went
down the street to Larue's shop, followed
by Crouch and two others, named Thomp-
son and Ackermau, who, having heard of
the threats made before, suspected that
something was wrong. Larue stepped out
in front of his shop and greeted Holland
apparently in friendly manner, and told
him to come around the house as he want
ed to speak to him, when they both started,
followed closely by Crouch, while the other
door to Larues ON the south.
SCENE OF THE MURDER.
The main house, which is the old town
hall, is divided into three compartments,
with two rooms each on the first floor,
Larue occupying the middle one. A small
porch or portiCo is attached to the rear of
the middle house and over Larue's back
door, while the north back door of the
main house has simply three or four steps.
\ high fence runs from the northeast cor
ner of the building in diagonal direction
across the yard of the upper building until
it intersects Larues back yard line, and
forms small, triangular shaped back yard
to this dwelling, which is occupied by one
Benz. Iarad.
After going to the rear OF his shop and
dwelling, Larue marked his yard line with
his heel and told Holland to mot cross his
yard" Holland made some reply, when
| LaIue stepped up on his portico and reach
ed inside the door and got his gun, long
single barreled one, which had evidently
been placed there purposely. Holland, in
the meantime, finding that he was in this
close corner, with high fence on one of
the three sides, Larue on the other and the
house i'll front, and wishing to get out of
reach of Larue, stepped up the steps of
liarad's house and attempted to open the
door, which, unfortunately. was locked
He then stepped down and tried to get the
borrowed pistol out of his pocket, when
l.arue, having recovered the gun which fell
from bis hands as he pulled it out of the
door, took deliberate aim and fired down
at Holland, who was not more than six
feet distant. the whole load penetrating the
right side of his neck, just above the collar
bone, passing backward and downward,
portion lodging against the spinal column,
the remainder passing downward towards
the breast and lungs, severing in its course
the Large arteries of the neck, and causing
almost instant death. Larue Immediately
swore that &c he had killed the son of a -
and uttered some other remarks of a SINH
/ lar character. The three men, Crouch,
( Thompson and Alderman, were within
twenty feet OF the parties and saw and
heard everything that occurred.
/ I.arue then stepped inside of the house
and commenced reloading his gun, which
/ he had succeeded in doing except putting
| the cap on, when Constable Deford arrested
! him. He then had bowie knife and
razor on his person. He was at once taken
before Squire Benjamin, who, after hear
/ ing. committed him to the keeping of
Sheriff Boulder.
! The acting coroner held an inquest, and
| Drs. 7. A. WOrrall and 7. 3. Housekeeper
made :, post mortem examination and ex
| traoted eighteen No. 1 shot from the wound
| The witnesses examined testified substan
| italy rs above stated.
THE PROBABLE CAUSE.
1t is generally believed that the report