Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-02
MURDERED AT BERKELEY.
A WHITE MAN, WHO HAS BEEN
ROBBED, FOUND DEAD.
EDGAR HANEY, WHO CLAIMS TO BE
A NEPHEW OF THE LATE w. w.
CORCORAN, THE UNFoRTU-
NATE MAN.
tVirginian, 2oth.1

That unusually quiet and orderly
town, Berkley, was thrown into -
whirl of excitement at an early hour
yesterday morning by the announce
ment that white man, well known
in that place, named Edgar Haney,
had been found dead, presumably
murdered. The body had been dis
covered at the south end of Pearl
street by colored woman at about
$50 o'clock. who at once notified
neighbors in the vicinity. A crowd
was quickly on the spot, and soon
tn re were over hundred pair OF
eyes conc'rtedly gazing upon the
FACE OF THE DEAD MAN,
which had such an expression as one
wou d see upon the face of man
having suffered terrible agony. The
entire body presented a horrible
sight, the face being b ack and
smeared with blood which had run
from his ears, mouth and nose, while
his mouth was entirely clotted with
blood which had frozen as it came IN
contact with the freezing winds of
the night. His clothes were bloody
and dirty, and 10 add to the ghastli
ne SIS of the slgrt, his body was frozen
and the mans face swelled to nearly
double its natural size. Whsn the
body was discovered the mans hat
had been carefully laid over his face,
showing plainly that VIII n his assail-
ants left him he was in
STATE OF UNCoNsCIoUsNEss.
His pockets had been turned inside
out and his watch and small amount
of money which he is known to have
had on him were taken. But this
was not all. So jealous were the
thieves for plumber that they &C uallv
took his cuff buttons out of his cuffs
and threw the latter aside in Jump
of bushes where they we're found
yesterday morning. To obtain thrse
articles from Haney, they. evidently
had to use violence, for the ground
around the spot showed plainly
THAT VIOLENT STRUGGLE
had taken place The dead man bad
been struck in the mouth, and fl ger
marks on his throa' indicate that after
being hit he clinched with his assail-
ant or assailants and made a big fight
for his life and PROF.
1t is probable that when Haney
was robbed that he was alive but
unconscious, S the blows he received
would hardly cause a mans death.
What his assailants probably at
tempted to do. how, YER, but only
aid the found alton, f'r the bleak
February winds completed, for
Edgar Haney had been
FROZEN TO DEATH.
LET. in an unconscious condition on
the lone v Berkley street at an hour
when ali honest folks are supposed to
be in bed, wit, out friend or def nder.
under the influence of drink and put
to sleep by blow from what has
p; oven to be an assassin's hand, his
breath grew shorter, his body CO der,
until fl ally there remained but
cold, stiff mass for the emen toI
work on. They had done their work
well, for the mans ears were frozen
until they were black, and the other
portions Of his body equally as hard |
AT about $50 o'ciock, whe.l the
Coro: ers jury appeared to hold an
inquest over the body. there were
nearly five hundred people gathered
in the vicinity and excitement ran
high. DR.. George w. Wallace, who
IS the County Coroner, made an ex
animation of the body and heard the
stmony of number of witness S.
The only clue OBJ aimed by their tes-
:imony was that Haney was seen to
cave Mr.. Sye Hills bar, rner of
Pearl and Chestnut str ct, at abou
1915 o'clock in company with
Charles Cooke. Cooke swore thal
lie walked down Pearl street with
1aney as far as Mr.. Brulett's house.
where he left him. Just as he was
bout to withdraw, the Coroner
having finished examining him, a
renuine
SENSATION WAS CREATED
" one of the crowd calling the atten-
ion of the jury to what looked like
'lood st ain on witnesses coat He
rev very nervous, but qnick as
ash recove' ed himself and said it
vas red paint The crowd would
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