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New York Daily Tribune
New York, New York County, New York
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Francis Buckner, an elderly resident of Amite County, Mississippi, was murdered in his home near Centreville on the night of October 1, 1837, likely for his money. Suspect Campbell, an itinerant astronomy lecturer, set the house ablaze to conceal the crime but fled; he was captured three days later near Waterloo in Pointe Coupee Parish.
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An old citizen of Amite County, Miss, Mr Francis Buckner, was murdered at his residence, near Centreville, on Sunday night, the 1st ult. It was a cold blooded mercenary murder. To hide the deed, the perpetrator set fire to the house in hopes, no doubt, his victim would be consumed where he lay, but the purpose failed. The neighbors, attracted by the light, hastened to the house, and found the old man a corpse on the floor of his room, in his night dress. The deed is said to have been done with a hatchet.
Suspicion attached to a man named Campbell, an itinerant lecturer on astronomy. He had been at the house of Mr Buckner several days - long enough to learn that he was in possession of considerable money. The apparatus of this astronomical lecturer was found in the house, but he had decamped. A reward of $500 was offered for his apprehension. He was pursued and traced, and we learn from the Bayou Sara Ledger, was captured just on the 27th ult. just three days after the fiendish act was committed above Waterloo, in the parish of Pointe Coupee.
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Amite County, Miss, Near Centreville
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Sunday Night, The 1st Ult. (Murder); 27th Ult. (Arrest)
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francis buckner murdered with a hatchet; house set on fire to hide the deed but failed; campbell arrested above waterloo, in the parish of pointe coupee
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An old citizen of Amite County, Miss, Mr Francis Buckner, was murdered at his residence, near Centreville, on Sunday night, the 1st ult. It was a cold blooded mercenary murder. To hide the deed, the perpetrator set fire to the house in hopes, no doubt, his victim would be consumed where he lay, but the purpose failed. The neighbors, attracted by the light, hastened to the house, and found the old man a corpse on the floor of his room, in his night dress. The deed is said to have been done with a hatchet. Suspicion attached to a man named Campbell, an itinerant lecturer on astronomy. He had been at the house of Mr Buckner several days-long enough to learn that he was in possession of considerable money. The apparatus of this astronomical lecturer was found in the house, but he had decamped. A reward of $500 was offered for his apprehension. He was pursued and traced, and captured just on the 27th ult. just three days after the fiendish act was committed.