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I On Thurfday Inft, Thomas Idttlcpagc, oftbr - county of King William, wa* riding on the road . which led from tin Piping Tiec to Hanover town in the (entity oi Hanover, in company | with a Mr. Whitlock ; whcsi ttic latter fuddcr.-. ly checked his horfc, niul addrcttcd his comna-f nion in words to the following clUtf : “ Voinlt •) is King, 'l ake care, lie'll fhoot you.*’ 44 Oh » “ was t!ie aiittoer, “ he is too d-—d a cow-aid.” The prediction, ho • ever, was too true. Mr. I/ttlepaec turned the head of his horie towards Mr. King, when the latter levelled the I gun which lie held in his hand, and difebarged it w ith too true an aim. The hoife on v 'rich Mr. Ij. was mounted, immediately dropped and fnnn expired. Three bu«-k-0?lt;»t entered the bicart of the unfortunate rider. That the wound muft have been mortal, appears from the dcrla-, ration of the furgcoH, who ixainined and probed ii ; hut death did not immediately eiiluc. Mr. L. appeared at ftrf only (tunned by the wound, and was recovering, when Mr. King, who had been hitherto Handing on the other fide of the fence, immediately croffed into the road, and drawing a pocket piftol, completely t executed his purpofe, by prefcnting it to Mr.IA head, and diCharging it in that foliation. The ball penetrated one tide of the Ikull and came out at the other. Mr. King made no rf-fiit to efcape the invcAigation of the hiw, arid fnrrendcicd himfelf into the powei o£ the civil m.igiflr.ite.On laft Saturday his examination before the magi ft rate took place. No effort was made to dilprovcmoft of the preceding lads : but the pica, on whieli he retted his defence*, was juftili-c.ilion. Many witnelfes were produced to prove the holtile dcfign* of Mr. i attic page to-1 wards h*m. It was proved that 0:1 the *lih of this month, Mr. Littlcpage had nu t Mi. King on the fame road, had allaulted him with a cudgel and would have probably trnuipaird his exigence, it his head had not been fufficiently pro-tcifled by his hat. Several witueOcs were ad-duetd to prove, that Mr. IA refentim-iil was not as yet fnbdued ; that he had threatened to cudgel Mr. K. on the very tirft occasion when they met, and that il he made the halt rdlftam e, he was determined to (hoc: him dead: that Mr. King had heard of thefc menaces ; ami that on the very morning of their interview, Mr. L. had cxprclled a refolution to make sf of a flick whuh he held in his hand, and a pair of loaded piliols he had in his pocket, for the cunfumma-lion o! thefe dcligps. The circumlUnces which led to I rich fatal hoftiii:-. are extremely voluminous, many of them delicate for a public paper, and very few iCtcvant perhaps to tins melancholy catnftrophc. ir fVitTicic nt to add that Mr. King has been committed to fail by the mag ill rate; that he will be tried next Saturday, before a call court: and fhlt;n:h! he be coir mittd io further trial, that he will Ik* bro’tup to the din riel court, which is to fain this City on tile ill of next month.
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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Virginia, US
Tue, Mar 19, 1805
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