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The North Carolina Standard
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Mr. William G. Alford of Sampson County was murdered on the night of the 5th instant while riding home from hunting his horse. An assassin shot him in the back with buckshot from a prepared roadside spot, causing him to fall and be dragged by his horse before it returned home.
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Mr. William G. Alford, of Sampson County, was murdered on the night of the 5th instant, while on his way home from hunting one of his horses, about nine o'clock at night. It appears, from the manner in which the bushes had been cut out, that the assassin had prepared a place on the road-side, from which he shot him in the back, sending a number of large buckshot through his right arm and into his body. He kept his seat in his saddle for some fifty or sixty yards, when he fell, and his foot fastening in the stirrup, he was dragged some ten or fifteen yards. The horse ran home, and the murder was soon after discovered by his afflicted family.
Mr. Alford was a worthy man, a useful citizen, and a consistent member of the Methodist Church. We hope his murderer will be ferreted out, and brought to condign punishment.
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Sampson County
Event Date
Night Of The 5th Instant
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shot in the back with large buckshot through right arm and body, fell from horse after 50-60 yards, dragged 10-15 yards by stirrup.
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Murdered about nine o'clock at night while on his way home from hunting one of his horses; assassin prepared a place on the road-side by cutting out bushes and shot him from there; horse ran home, murder discovered by family.