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§ LAlocal, mattersm sftionwill miC mro»HoMin»K N*aR Oblba»- S man1 vugg, son ot Mr IIarri*cn TwLn “*lt;k-FaiiSc 11 EMthin co a DUilt; lfist, aiproJuione-InTbto aIDg Uinto % r» presthe fn 4Ct«Iron that i W honhavereccistack s rv#' - I c1 re uI re r IUIUcourkccper'it •«*»! d kick below the tunnel, on CbeMtHS'r and Ohio tana *»» brought to ibi, rity late yeatirday evening and lodged in Jail, charged with the murder of Charles Murphy, a young man living near Sidling Hill, in the neighborhood of Dam No. « The youug men were bothin attendance at a social pail), hi Hebooae of Mr Wil.iam Bell, who keep* the lock three mile* above Orleatia. on iu«h-day night i*-»t Some difficulty arose between the pnrtie* and a shortscuffle eutued, during which Mur-phey received a stab in the right breast ir. m a knife aoppoaed u have been in thehtnd* * f y* nt'K Twigg TbedMrahv *»*„u ot a trivial malUrwRd took place la aiw« Q tn the k« me lt;f Mr Beilm the p,**-*n«e of the greats. The wound was in-aiguiftcant in appearance, hut Muiphey felt to the ft-*r and died almost instant y The event occaaioned eonaiderable excite-nient among the «u.a*s prevent, and a scene of general eut.fui.ioii ensued \tsler«)»y Twig* was ai rented and taken Uforc Justice Hooorlua Mur-alifT. at Orleans, who lee Id a preliminary exaiuinallou which renulted in the committal of Twigg to answer. One of the wit-Atier£*«i fSeltli*graliveCbna taskKalherpta afnh'Ahatinsblt; rufoiwlwiWitCambridge Norris, we understand swears almoat positively to the fact »h«tTwigg at ruck the fatal blow. Morphy quite a joung mav, was a boatman '» «e «u patio a, about twenty-two or three y.ura of age, an 1 unmarried Twigg I* a en-married and youthful in apptranca Hebroke down completely when the irondooraofthe jail closed behind him, aud displayed much ne*rvon*»»esH at the idea o being canftaoil on so a serious a charge.
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Cumberland Daily Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, Jan 28, 1875
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