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Gazette Of The United States
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In Prince Anne County, Virginia, William Stone shot and killed his close friend Baton Land with buckshot during an attempt to reconcile a money dispute, then fled into the woods after briefly surrendering to authorities. Both men had large families.
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The following wanton murder was committed on Monday the 29th ult. near Hickory bridge, Prince Anne county. William Stone and Baton Land, both inhabitants of said county, having some differences on Sunday evening respecting money matters, parted seemingly displeased. Next morning Mr. Land, on coming to Stone's house for the purpose of reconciling their dispute, was fired at by Stone from his door, with a musket loaded with buck shot, the contents of which lodged in Land's body; he survived only a few hours. Stone immediately surrendered himself to a magistrate; but, on conducting him to Kempville jail, he thought proper (for the present) to evade justice, by a precipitate flight into the woods. What adds to this melancholy catastrophe is, their being on the closest intimacy and having large families.
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Near Hickory Bridge, Prince Anne County
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Monday The 29th Ult.
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William Stone and Baton Land, close friends with large families, argued over money on Sunday evening. The next morning, Land visited Stone's house to reconcile, but Stone shot him with buckshot from his door, killing him after a few hours. Stone surrendered to a magistrate but fled into the woods while being taken to Kempville jail.