The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-10

heard of since the day he shot a ball
through the girls brain, and left hel
dead body in the woods. That tragic
event occurred fifteen or twenty years
ago. and the time Will soon come
when the whole matter will be forgott
ten. That the young readers may
hear somewhat of it, | will say, that
Walter Bingham, who had been at
the Deaf Mute School, here in RAJ
eigh, but had gone home. was lie
love, il Was said. with Miss Turing
ton, deaf mute teacher. IN that
school. He came down to Raleigh
from his home, near Mebane. to see
Miss burlington. with the hope OF
marrying her. on the way down, he
stepped off the train at Cary and en-
qured of q gentleman if a minister
of the gospel resided there, making
the impression that he would nee1
q minister's services, matrimon1ally
In Raleigh he hired buggy and WIFI
Miss burlington passed Cary the neXi
day, going in the direction of Morris
Vile. which place he passed soon af
ter: going on toward Durham. After
passing Morrisville he turned about
and. retracing his track, he came 10
a strip of woods near Cary lying be-
tween the Southern and the SeaboarG
Air Line Railroads, where, as the
signs showed, he hitched the horse to
a bush, and, after a scuffie, shot Miss
burlington through the brain, killing
her, it was supposed, instantly.
From the fact that some OF heF
hair. as well as some fur from her
cloak were found adhering to a tree
II was supposed she was clinging To
the tree for defence and protection
sand. being enraged because she would
not consent to marry him, he found
it necessary to kill her to prevent
her from reporting his conduct He
dragged the dead body some distanc
from the path and left it lying as j.
asleep, the hands folded across the
breast. He then drove to Durhanl
where be left the horse and buggy
and disappeared. and has not been
heard of from then to this day. A
negro found the dead body a few day;
afterward by the flying up of buz.
yards from the spot.
1t was said that Bingham was g
sort pf a half witteh fellow; but.
he made good his escape all the same
The woods in which the terrible deed.
occurred has been cleared, but tree
is left standing near the spot to maril
ii.
Scott Partin who killed his wife,
in the southern portion of Wake
county many years ago, has neveN
been heard s'om. and the probabilit.
is, he never will be. He not only
killed his wife. but he cut her body
TO pieces, packed it into sack an;
buried the sack in the mud. There
came man to Raleigh, some time af-
ter that murder, who was so niue I
like Partin that many were almost
sure he was Partin; but. after awhile
he proved himself to be a differenf
man, and was released.
Some time ago. speaking of the
mother of Rev. G. w. Byrd ID. D.. of
Atlanta, 7 was not sure whether sh I
was the daughter or the grand.
daughter of Mr.. Daniel Shaw. and SC
stated. | have received two letters
which state that Mrs. Byrd was the
daughter. One of those letters Wa1
from Mrs. Byrd, herself; and as ]
think the readers will take. pleasure
in reading a letter written by ladt
of her great age, | will insert it here
Writing from Buies Creek. n. -
she says:
Dear Broher: I have been amused
and entertined with your reminis.
cences in the News and Observer.
and several times thought 1 would
write you. wish to say
that Jesse Osborn, that eccentric
character you spoke of sometime ago
carried that letter to Alabama in