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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Newfield, Conn., on the evening of Sept. 12, 1796, store of David & John De Forest was set on fire after the murder of boy Shelton Edwards, who slept there; $900 stolen, goods damaged.
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Murder & Robbery !!
Last Evening, about the hour of ten, the Store of the subscribers was discovered to be on Fire. On breaking open the store and examining, it was found that the boy, Shelton Edwards, a Son of Mr. Samuel Edwards, of this place, who slept in the Store, had been murdered having his brains beat out and his throat cut from ear to ear.
And that about seven hundred dollars, in bank Notes, and two hundred dollars, in silver had been taken.
No Goods have been taken that can be discovered : But a great part of what was in the Store, were damaged by the Fire, so as to render them almost useless.
It is expected that every friend to Society and to Mankind will be alarmed at this shocking transaction : And that the utmost exertions will be used to detect the villain or villains, who are so lost to all the feelings of humanity as to perpetrate such a horrid deed.
DAVID & JOHN DE FOREST.
New field Sept. 9. 1796.
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Newfield, (Conn.)
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Last Evening, About The Hour Of Ten
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shelton edwards murdered with brains beat out and throat cut from ear to ear; about seven hundred dollars in bank notes and two hundred dollars in silver taken; great part of goods in the store damaged by the fire so as to render them almost useless
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The Store of the subscribers was discovered to be on Fire. On breaking open the store and examining, it was found that the boy, Shelton Edwards, a Son of Mr. Samuel Edwards, of this place, who slept in the Store, had been murdered. No Goods have been taken that can be discovered