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STORY OF cRIME.-The Richmond (Va.) Re-
publican SAYS that since the fact has been estab


shed that Epes, who is now at large, is guilty of
numbering F. Adolphus Muir, late of Dinwddie
county, he has also been strongly suspected of hav


ing caused the death Of several other persons in the
same county--and among the number his own son
and the mother, or mother-in-law, of Mr.. Epes. A
few years since elderly lady--then an inmate if
we understood correctly of Epes's house-was taken
suddenly i'll and died At the death of this lady, it
seems, large estate was likely to fall into the
hands of pes, guardian ofhis children who were
to be the heirs of their deceased relative. During
the brief sickness of the lady, Epes was known to
have administered dose of medicine or something
which he professed would give relief to her The
dose had been given but short time when she con-
tinued to grow worse, and soon expired. Nothing
was thought at the time of the sudden death of the
lady-her friends not dreaming for moment that
she had been unfairly dealt with. 1t is only since
the Developments in the Muir case that suspicion
has been excited towards Epes, in regard 10 her
death. It has only been a few years, too, since a
son of Els was killed, reported at the time of his
death, by the accidental discharge of his gun while
he and his father, w. cambridge Epes, were out
hunting. The account of young Epes's death, from
the lips of his own father, being plausible at the
time, no one of course suspected foul play; but now
1t seems that the son was heir to some property
which the father wished to get in his own posses.
slon lhs circumstance, taken in connexion with
the others leaves very little doubt that Epes is the
murderer of his own son. Nor does this end the
chapter of his crimes! He is now suspected Of hav-
ing murdered drover who has neither been seen
nor heard from since he was to have gone to Epes's
house to collect of E. money for number of hogs
sold. This has been several years ago, and, as 0
pretty good evidence of suspicion being properly at


tached to Epes for disposng of the Kentucky droyer
the skeleton of grown person was lately, within
week or so, we believe, found in an ice house or
the farm upon which Epes formerly resided.