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The Paulding (Miss.) Clarion gives an ac-I*)siljcount oi' a shucking murder committed at .ho•yscs the l hr fivtMarion, on the 21st ultimo :A stranger calling himself Xewton, arrived some three weeks ago, at the residence of Mr. Robert Lott, an aged gentleman, living on Black creek, in the abovo county, lie said he was desirous of purchasing hogs and cattle. lie Anally succeeded in making a j fW trade with Mr. L.; soon after which he re- : of ported that the old gentleman had suddenly { Tl left the neighborhood for thu purpose of at- ' pin tending s law-suil in Jackson, Louisiana.— j coi Newton also stated that he had been hired to ; li attend to Mr. L.‘s business until lie returned. I al He remained two days after the reported de- j pnrtnro of Air. L., when he suddenly de* ; j,n camped, after having delivered the keys of! the liausn to one of the old gentleman's relations. After Newton’s departure, the sttspi-, cions of the people were aroused, and it lio-1 came the general opinion that the old man , had been tuntdcred or at least foully dealt 1 | with. Tbo citizens immediately commenced stl ( hunting for the body, and after t hi no days i ri!l I search they found it in Black creek. The j j,*, body when found, presented the most awful i v„ sight that the mind can conceive—hot It thighs !11 had been severed from the body, and the \\ body then split in two ! The murder, it is nl supposed, was etl'oeted with a hatchet, as scv- 1 (jf, . 1 cral marks of the same were distinctly visible 1 ^ , upon the head and face ol the deceased.■*-■ i Kvcry elfort is now making to secure the ar-i rest of the fugitive, who, it is pifsumcd, will , ' endeavor to make his way to Mobile or Now j hr »! Orleans. '•Stilcatiecrri
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Columbus Enquirer
Columbus, Georgia, US
Wed, Apr 05, 1843
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