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Jyoug John Wentworth sinuuunced thttl ll'Q message hud already been started tor Europe.A \VJJ?JE,d CKlMh’.iCONVICTED CF COMPLICITY IS J1TE MUSDEU UF llEti HUrUiND.The trial of Louisa Lawson, obargfid with being an accessory before the fact of ihe ki»I-iag of her husbac’d, David 0. Lawson, in the Biue fiidge, in East Rockiagbnm, on the 15th of March, 1S75, commenced in the (.-cuii'ty Court at Harrisonburg, Va , nearly two weeks ago* has reached its conclusion. The jnry at P. M., Saturday rendered a verdict ut “guiily in manner and Jorni as charged iu the indictment. The prisoner received the verdict tvilhout apparent emotion.The murder ot which the accused has? beeu coov cted U known lo have been oms of the most horrible ever committed iu any community, civilizrd or savage. Two of the parlies to the murder, one of whom is I lie brother of Mrs. Lawsou, have already been twice Irk'd, nud are condemned to be hanged ou Thursday, the 25tb of September ne.v. The testimony iu this case was substantially Lbcsuuie us that wbieb couvlcied tUc men, Anderson ShiflLu and Silas Morris, Hie waiu witness for the State being u man named Samuel Hall, to whom Louisa Lawsou made admission involv-ing her brother and heraell iu the inuiderof] her husband*h\ l'dAV li .N}wl\ ‘T iDTaV i «■ni.(JS\ y. Herald.)
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Petersburg Index and Appeal
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 04, 1877
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