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Murder bjr Ntcr-mintilm In WlrfCounty,We yesterday lienrd the particulars ••! ucohl blomk'd murder whirl* w»» perpetri-till about eight miles from the town of Klijmbeth, in Wirl county,u few days before tin* expedition from this city reached tliet 11bice. A young man named Dow-• I a ml, it strong Ciiion man, had given in-formntton which led to the arrest of one Deters, a rtronp; Secessionist. For this. Dowlmid'g life wuk threatened and he managed lu keep out of the vray of the more violent rtbrU for several Unjs; bat on the day of hU death, bo happened to meet the wife of Dovers who prevailed upon Him toaccompany her home. DovrJ.tm! and the■ . . Z 7* • • r 1 'X \ '' f 'a • . '1 1 ' • ■ ■ V * * ** r i 1 ' .* '* ^ / Iwoman accordingly proceeded on the way towards the house e.i the Ia tier's husband, but stopped at ii l.tmse occupied bv nn 1 aged couple who sire mutual friends of bo ill. Doutaud not thinking it safe to go any further, remained ill thi- house, and tliu woman went on home, where it appears. she gave inform ilinn of Rowland'.4■ , iwhereabout*:, ;»n-l ft large party o. r* .• Ve^sr arascal* auuu • tun* hack in search «d hs a.— , Dowhtntl determined to make n stand in the house. am! refused to admit tin crowd. They finally forced open the door, when Do a I and tired hi* pistol and retreated up stairs. Our of the crowd attempt'd to follow him, wli^ii lie'hot In it in the j vr, \ w hich caused u r» treat. 'I In- rebel* l iien set fire 10 the house, nod Dow land not wishing to *eo the Ageil occupants of the litmSe perish iniV- fl'fin:-, agree I dial if his em-nitc? would extinguish itit liiim*-.- he woulw give him-elI up. I’lliwas dune,and when Dow land made hju-»J apptaraucche was roughly Scizt-d, and carried aw*y n short distance frum the htniii% tied up to ft i tree and shot. Major Krcps who luconipuuk-d Col, Richmond!, on the recent ex -pcdlttoii from |his city, informs us that hevisited the place where D iwlitnd iv*e shot nod aniv the ground nil besmeared with his blood. Uur hoys found ft p:oce of hi a j skull nod discovered other evidviict-s of a brutal and most fivndUh murder. They killed toe brave fellow as they would have killed n dog. and paid no more attention 1 to his hotly afterwards.
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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Wed, Oct 30, 1861
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