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The Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
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Col. James Sewall reports from Falmouth, Virginia, that John Peters alias John Conners has been arrested and confined in Stafford County jail on suspicion of murdering Miss Cunningham. The suspect confessed to Grey Barbour and Deakins, admitting to taking and selling a ring from the victim, but later claimed intoxication.
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Eaton, June 18.--Col. James Sewall
of this place has just returned from Falmouth, Virginia, and from him we learn the
following particulars respecting the person
in custody at that place
A man calling himself John Peters, alias
John Conners, has been arrested and is
now confined in Stafford county jail, on suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Cunningham. The circumstance which led to his
arrest was a confession he made to a man
named Grey Barbour, travelling with him
Barbour related the confession to a young
man named Deakins, and requested him
to conceal himself in the bushes, and he
would draw Conners into conversation, on
the subject --this he did and Conners again
acknowledged that he was guilty of the murder --and that he had taken a ring from
her hand, which he sold to Baltimore or
Georgetown.
After Conners' arrest, he stated that Barbour had betrayed him ; that he was intoxicated when he made the confession,
and did not know what he was saying --
The account he gives of himself is vague
and contradictory. Sometimes he denies
being in Maryland for five years past--at
other times he says he was employed to
fish on Elk River by Major Hyland and
brother--and that he has been at the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. [Press.
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Primary Location
Falmouth, Virginia
Event Date
June 18
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miss cunningham murdered; john peters alias john conners arrested and confined in stafford county jail
Event Details
A man calling himself John Peters, alias John Conners, arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Cunningham after confessing to Grey Barbour and again to Deakins while hidden in bushes; admitted taking and selling a ring from her hand in Baltimore or Georgetown; later claimed intoxication and betrayal; gave vague, contradictory account of his whereabouts including denial of being in Maryland for five years or employment fishing on Elk River by Major Hyland and brother, and time at Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.