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November 12, 1825
New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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In Oakham, Daniel Stone, 60, fatally shot his 23-year-old son Moses with a musket during a confrontation in a cooper's shop on Monday evening. The son died from abdominal wounds. Stone fled but was arrested in Grafton the next day.
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SHOCKING MURDER.
It is with the most painful feelings that we find it our duty to place upon record another crime of the most aggravated character, committed within this county—the murder of a son by his father.
On Monday evening last, between the hours of eight and nine, in consequence of an alarm given by a black woman, the neighbors of Daniel Stone, of Oakham, hastened to his house, and found his son, Moses Stone, a young man aged 23, weltering in his blood in the last agonies of death. The account of the transaction given by the black woman is, that early in the evening the old man took a blanket from the bed and carried it to a cooper's shop, near the house, saying he was going to fix a butter firkin; that the young man soon after went to the shop, and returned to the house with the blanket. Afterwards, between the hours of 8 and 9, the young man, accompanied by the black woman, went to the shop to induce his father to return to the house. When they came to the shop, the young man stepped in, on which his father, who was lying down, raised himself, with something in his hand, which the woman supposed was a club, and she cautioned the young man not to let him strike him. She had but just spoken, when a musket was discharged, and the contents were lodged in the abdomen of the young man, who immediately fell, exclaiming, "Good God, you have killed me" -which were the last words he spoke. The old man instantly fled, and yesterday noon, nothing had been heard of him.
Daniel Stone, the perpetrator of this deed, is a man sixty years old, about five feet ten inches high, dark complexioned, with grey hair. His voice is coarse and gruff. He was coarsely clad, having on a dark brown great coat which had been cut off about the knees, and butternut coloured pantaloons. He took his gun with him. It is supposed he has directed his course towards Vermont, or the lower part of Maine, where some of his connexions reside. It is hoped that, wherever he may be seen, measures may be taken to arrest him, and bring him to justice.
Wednesday morning, 9 o'clock. Stone has been arrested in Grafton, and just passed our office on his way to prison.—Mass. Spy
It is with the most painful feelings that we find it our duty to place upon record another crime of the most aggravated character, committed within this county—the murder of a son by his father.
On Monday evening last, between the hours of eight and nine, in consequence of an alarm given by a black woman, the neighbors of Daniel Stone, of Oakham, hastened to his house, and found his son, Moses Stone, a young man aged 23, weltering in his blood in the last agonies of death. The account of the transaction given by the black woman is, that early in the evening the old man took a blanket from the bed and carried it to a cooper's shop, near the house, saying he was going to fix a butter firkin; that the young man soon after went to the shop, and returned to the house with the blanket. Afterwards, between the hours of 8 and 9, the young man, accompanied by the black woman, went to the shop to induce his father to return to the house. When they came to the shop, the young man stepped in, on which his father, who was lying down, raised himself, with something in his hand, which the woman supposed was a club, and she cautioned the young man not to let him strike him. She had but just spoken, when a musket was discharged, and the contents were lodged in the abdomen of the young man, who immediately fell, exclaiming, "Good God, you have killed me" -which were the last words he spoke. The old man instantly fled, and yesterday noon, nothing had been heard of him.
Daniel Stone, the perpetrator of this deed, is a man sixty years old, about five feet ten inches high, dark complexioned, with grey hair. His voice is coarse and gruff. He was coarsely clad, having on a dark brown great coat which had been cut off about the knees, and butternut coloured pantaloons. He took his gun with him. It is supposed he has directed his course towards Vermont, or the lower part of Maine, where some of his connexions reside. It is hoped that, wherever he may be seen, measures may be taken to arrest him, and bring him to justice.
Wednesday morning, 9 o'clock. Stone has been arrested in Grafton, and just passed our office on his way to prison.—Mass. Spy
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Father Kills Son
Patricide
Oakham Murder
Gunshot
Arrest Grafton
What entities or persons were involved?
Daniel Stone
Moses Stone
Where did it happen?
Oakham
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Oakham
Event Date
Monday Evening Last
Key Persons
Daniel Stone
Moses Stone
Outcome
moses stone, aged 23, shot in the abdomen and died; daniel stone arrested in grafton
Event Details
Daniel Stone shot his son Moses Stone with a musket in a cooper's shop near their house in Oakham, after Moses and a black woman went to retrieve him. Moses exclaimed 'Good God, you have killed me' and died. Daniel fled but was arrested the next day in Grafton.