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of*0O REW4RD]STOP THE HVEDRRBSIkN the 17th of July, instant, NOAH BBAUCH-AMP, sr„ entered the home of Georg* MickHbu' r- both neighbors* living in Fayette township* Vigo county* Indiana; and without any provocation, murdered the said Miefcelbury in cold blood* and in the presence of his family, by plunging a large knife into his bosom. Considering the inoffensive character of the deceased, and the absence of provocation, a more fiend-like murder has never been recorded in the annals ofcrime. . * # . ,BEAUCHAMP is a large man. 6 feet high or up-waids, is inclined to corpulency, sallow complex loned, has heavy eye*brows* blue eyes, with considerable white, ana a down look when spoken to. He is 62 years of age, bis hair and whiskers are gray, and his teeth remarkably good and usually white Tor a man of bis age. He speaks in the softest and mildest manner*and in a low tone of voice. ., .He wore when he fiedt a white hat, blue jeans pan ta* loons* dove-colored striped roundabout—other items notrecollected. . , ... .The above reward of $200 will be paid for the apprehension of said Beauchamp, if delivered to the Sheriff ol Vigo county; and $ 100 it secured in any jail of the United States. The friends of humanity and justice, every where, ore invoked to exert themselves in arresting the fugitive. JAMES MICKELBUt Y.g ROBERT MICKELBURY.Near Terre* Haute* Vigo county, la.* July 18, 1840. (ITThe Chicago American, St. Louis Republican, Louisville Journal, Evansville Journal, Detroit Advertiser, and N. O. Bulletin, will please insert to the a* mount of $2.50 each, and their accounts will be duly honored by us.
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Terre Haute Wabash Courier
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 12, 1840
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