The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
A MALICIOUS MURDER.
William Il. Lawrence Stabbed and Killed
by william BouIdin, at Havre de Grace.

A shocking murder occurred ut Havre de
Grace, on Saturday night, March 10th, grow
| ing out of discussion of the Sullivan and Cor
bctt prize fight, i'll the course of which William
| b. Lawrence was stabbed by William Bouldin.
| One wound was in the neck and another i'll the
| breast. Lawrence was an iron molder at the
| foundry of Armstrong & Co., was twenty-five
| years old and unmarried and lived at Perry
| Vile, Cecil county, where he supported his
| widowed mother.
| A coroner's jury rendered Il verdict that
| Lawrence was maliciously murdered by Will
| liam Bouldin. BOuldin is thrty-two years old
and is Il native and resident of Perryville. He
| has wife and two children. He was some
months ago convicted of having drawn knife
| upon Lawrence about year ago at the Hayre
| de Grace depot. Bouldin was arrested at MS
home and was lodged in Jail at Elkton.
| The story brought out at the hearing was as
| follows Lawrence, with Bouldin and Michael
| Spaine, also of Perryvlle, spent Saturday even
| ing in Havre de Grace. AT midnight they
the susqmehanna to Perryville A discussion
arose as to the comparative merits OF the
| pugiIists Sullivan and Corbett, and the argu-
| ment grew hot. Bouldin, it was said, attacked
| Lawrence and knocked him down. Lawrence
arose and the two men clinched, Spaine rushing
| between them to stop the fight.
Spane was struck twice and Lawrence was
| again knocked down. Suddenly Lawrence
| called to Spaine. He said he was bleeding and
begged Spaine to run for assistance before he
/
Spaine found that Lawrence was badly
wounded DR.. J. III. Cochran arrived in a few
minutes, but Lawrence was then dead. He
| had moved to the door of the mems waiting
room at the station, which was about twenty
five feet from the place where he had fallen.
He left Il trail of blood along this track.
Justice S. Il. Penning was notified and
search was made by Constable Farr and Bailif
Welsh, but Bouldin could not then he found.
Surprising he had gone to Cecil county, Mr..
Pennine swore out q warrant for Bouldin be-
fore Justice Ward, of Perryvile At 8 o'clock
Sunday morning Bouldin was arrested at his
home by Deputy Sheritfs Mackey and Boyd,
where the officers found him calmly smoking.
A preliminary hearing was held at Perryville,
after which Bouldin went to Elkton Jail. Con-
stable Farr summoned the following jury of in
quest:
Mahon, VIM. A. Jones, Jesse j. Poplar, H. C.
Cook, Charles Heaey, Lewis Wilson, Arthur
Deppish, w. H. Dobson, Edgar Kelly. They
convened at Coroner Pennings office at
O'Clock, where the body had been taken for a
pOSr-mOrtem examination by DrS. j. I'll. COch-
ran and X. Fl. Smith.
A dagger with blade about 80 inches long
was produced as evidence. 1t was found by
George Edleman a short distance from the de-
pot in the course of Bouldin's escape. The
physicians testified that Lawrences wound in
the neck was of such n character as to produce
death in short time. 1t severed the jugular
vein. The wound in the left breast was over
the heart, but was not necessarily fatal as it
merely reached the heart sac without penetrat-
ing it.
On Monday Bouldin was brought to Bel Air
by Deputy Sheriff Boyd, of Cecil county, and
taken before Justice Richardson The prisoner
waived a hearing and was committed to Jail to
answer to the charge of murder ut the ensuing
May term of court.
Michael Spaine was ALSO brought here and in
default of $500 bail was lodged in Jail to ap-
pear as witness for the State.