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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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On a Friday morning in October near the Lake in New Jersey, 25 miles from Philadelphia, a desperate man shot his wife in the shoulder with buckshot, beat her to death with a musket, then hanged himself in the stable. Servants discovered the scene and alerted neighbors. The wife managed a dairy and was preparing goods for market.
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THE following are all the circumstances we have been able to collect relative to the inhuman murder committed last Friday morning, at the Lake, about 25 miles from this city, in the Jerseys.
About 4 o'clock in the morning a man (a person in good circumstances) went upstairs to a Negro wench, and inquired after his lines, telling her that he intended to have a daughter in the house; he then went down stairs, and soon after fired some buckshot, which not immediately killing her, having lodged in the shoulder, he beat her brains out with the musket.
The report of the musket alarmed another wench, who directly sprang out of bed and rushed into the room, where she saw her mistress lying weltering in her blood; she forced the musket out of her hand and ran to the first neighbour's house, to whom she informed of this dreadful affair.
In going to the house they found the woman lying as they left her, and tracing a track of blood into the stable, found the man hanging.
The unfortunate wife had a load of butter, two bucks, &c. to bring to Philadelphia, and had managed a dairy, we hear, was the occasion of this fatal affair; the [man had the] character of being very desperate, and had attempted to shoot his wife.
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The Lake, About 25 Miles From This City, In The Jerseys
Event Date
Last Friday Morning
Outcome
wife murdered by buckshot to the shoulder and beaten with musket; man hanged himself in the stable
Event Details
A man went upstairs to a Negro wench and inquired after his lines, saying he intended to have a daughter in the house; he went downstairs and fired buckshot at his wife, which lodged in her shoulder without immediately killing her, then beat her brains out with the musket. The musket report alarmed another wench who rushed into the room, saw her mistress weltering in blood, took the musket, and informed neighbors. Neighbors found the wife dead and the man hanging in the stable after tracing a blood track. The wife had a load of butter, two bucks, etc., to bring to Philadelphia and managed a dairy; the husband had a desperate character and had attempted to shoot his wife before