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Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Mrs. Hawt, sister of Maj. D. Benjamin, Esq., was murdered on Thursday at her Long Island residence by a colored man she employed in her garden. After she remonstrated with him for neglecting orders, he struck her repeatedly with a spade, causing her death. He continued working calmly and was later arrested and committed for wilful murder by the coroner's jury.
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BARBAROUS MURDER.—Many of our readers have a melancholy duty to perform this afternoon, in attending the funeral of Mrs. Hawt, sister of Maj. D. Benjamin, Esq., who was killed on Thursday, at her residence in Long Island, by a colored man whom she had employed about her garden. The murder was committed suddenly, doubtless under the influence of mere brute passion.
Mrs. Hawt remonstrating with the man on neglect of orders, when he raised his spade and struck her a fearful blow on the head, following it up with another on the head, and a third on the back—either of them being sufficient to cause death.
She was taken into the house, and died—the murderer meanwhile quietly at his work, as if nothing had happened.
He was arrested and committed on a charge of wilful murder, found by the coroner's jury.
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Long Island
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Thursday
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Mrs. Hawt was killed by a colored man employed in her garden after remonstrating with him for neglecting orders; he struck her multiple times with a spade on the head and back, causing death; she died after being taken inside, while he continued working; he was arrested and committed for wilful murder by the coroner's jury.