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Murder Ijj- Srces* iOTiUta In WirtCouiUy.We )'ufilfrt1iiy lieurd the particular* «*f acolil blooded rnurilcr which w»« perpetra-t«''l about eight miles from the town of ICItxubcth, in Wirl county, a few days before the expedition from this city reached tliat place. A young iitim named Dmv-Innd, it strong tTnion man, had given in-fortnntion which Jed to the arrest of one Deter.’, a ft rung .Secessionist, For this. Howland's life wui* ihnuttrued and he man-tsgvd to keep out of the way of the more violent r* bids fur several days; hat on the day of UU death, ho happened to meet the wife of Dovers who prevailed upon him toiiecmnjmnr her home. Dowlund and the woman Accordingly proceeded on the wav towards the house i»i the lit iter's husband, but stopped at a house occupied by mi aged couple who are mutual friends ofboth. Dow land not thin king it safe to goany further, remained ul this house, and the woman went on home, where it ap-p 'firs, she gave inform 11 ion of Dowbmd's ' w JnTeal.(lilts, :»■! A lllrgv party o. rn-'Ji1^ j rascal’ auou ■ tioe hack in search et hi a.— Howland determined to make n stnud iu the lionst-. and refused to admit tie crowd. They liis tifljr forced open |h.* door, when Dow land tired hi* pistol and retreated upstairs, fine of the crowd mu erupted tofollow him, ivh'*n he ?1»bfc hi a to the j tr. which caused a r* treat, I lu- rebel• turn set fire to the house. uud Dow land mil wishing to see the aged occupants of the1 house perish in I'i1- f!-no y, agreed that if his enemic? would extinguish the Ikim-- he wo ul Ci give himself up, Thi* was tlouG, and when Dow hi ml made bt.C appear,* uce he was roughly seized, and carried aw«y n short distance from the houir, lied up ton tree and shot. Major Krcps who iUCuin pnnied Col, Kivhtuond, on the recent expedition from this city, informs us that he visited the place where D.iwlami w*i’ shot and Saw the ground all besmeared with his blood. Unr hoys found a p:nre of bia1 skull ilud discovered other eviiiviict-s lt;d a brutal and most Iknduh murd'T, They killed the brave fellow fts they would have killed u dog, and paid no more attention 1 to bis body after ward s.
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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Wed, Oct 30, 1861
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