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a in lust the tine the ilht. in a ieel,irn-wnguctheirryan-lan-liarm:uie his will, ami is preparing lor death.IhmniDLE.—The Weston Drmotrat gives an account of a horrible occurrence which recently to.*k plaro in Braxton county, near the Lewis county line. Mrs. Hobinson, aged 99, lived with her son-in-law, Benjamin Posey. Posey is a J. P., and loyal, lie did not like having the old lady about the house, and his nbuses drove her from the house on Saturday. fltli ult.. to seek shelter at a neighbor’s, a couple miles a wav. She never reached her destination, andwher body was found in a mountain path. Shehad l»een frozen to death, and her IkhIv feastedupon by bogs! Her arms had been torn offand could not be found—her breast and faceeaten oft'—and the body otherwise lacerated.The neighbors turned cut and Judge Lynchcame ucar having another case on his hands.- —— ■ •Ili-.-TMt iil1 »v \r*rn ( fli.n In* ..nrt
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Charles Town Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, West Virginia, US
Thu, Feb 04, 1869
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