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IlsiHIIItlThe Paulding (Miss.) Clarion gives an account of a shocking murder committed nt . h Marion, on the 21st ultima : j 'JA stranger calling himself Xcicton, arrived some three weeks ago, at the residence of Mr. Robert Loti, an aged gentleman, living on Black creek, in the abovo county. lie said he was desirous of purchasing hogs and cattle, lie dually succeeded in making a ' lt;trade with Mr. L.; soon after which ho re- :lt;• ported that the old gentleman had suddenly ! 'I left the neighborhood for the ptirposo of at* ’ p tending a law-suil in Jackson. Louisiana.— j c Newton also stated that he had been hired to | « attend to Mr. L.'s business until he returned. |a He remained two days after the reported de- j part tire of Mr. L., when he suddenly de- | j camped, after having delivered the keys of!. the house to one of the old gentleman's rein- 1 ^ tions. After Newton's departure, the stispi- 1 cions of the people were aroused, and it lie- , came the general opinion that the old man I had been mmdered or nt least foully dealt i with. Tho citizens immediately commenced H hunting for the body, and after thiec days I r search they found il in Black creek. The ; | body when found, presented tho most awful i, sight that the mind can conceive—both thighs I, ' had been severed from the body, ami tlio j ■ body iIic*ii split in two ! The murder, it is , supposed, was clleeted with a hatchet, as sev- 5, 1 oral marks of the same were distinctly visible 1 | upon the head and face of the doceased.-*-! Kvery effort is now making to secure the arrest of the fugitive, who, it is picsmncd, will 1 endeavor to make his way to Mobile or New ] I ! Orleans.
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Columbus Enquirer
Columbus, Georgia, US
Wed, Apr 05, 1843
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