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HoRsIp MURDER Facts have iransple4
which throw further ight on the mysterious en-
cur,stauces narrated ~ our Wednesdays paper.
lanes Scott, ESQ. of Iseof WIGHT county, called
%, ou- oliice Yesterday and made the following
statement: One day in the early part ofas, week,
two men. supposed to be SpaniaTds, landed from
an OMEN boat on the Nansemond SIDE OF Chuck.
tuck creek. al the residence OF w. John GAY,
and stated that they had come over from The
Eastern Shore for the purpose of renting sma!!
house on Chuckituck and gong into the oyster.
ing business and Mr. Gray having a house that
suited them they engaged II ior that purpose
One OF the men had about him $40 N specie.
They remained about Mr. Grays premises TIL
some time in the night, when they went OF IN
ther boat and were not seen aiterward. On
FRIDAY morning the body OF man d'itGed ashore
on the Isle OF Wight side OF Chucktuck, which
was recognized as one OF the men who were al
Mr. Gray's a few days before, and the one Who
had the inoncY abou, him. An inquest was sum
monei in the course ef the aitc'noon and TAP
reared that death had been caused by muskel
bali which had entered at the throat and passed
out through the upper part of the head. There
we're also several gashes on the backs OF both
hands. There was no money about the deceased
except few pieces Of silver change IN one OF the
pock kets. The Jury gave as their verdict iha, the
deceased had been murdered by some person un.
known.


Il will be recollcctcd that the man in Jail at
Hampton was reported TO be an indian, from
the Spanish Main or Cuba. He was taken up IN
Black river, (whore nc had landed from ships
yaw.) a distance OF about % miles from Chuck.
tuck, where the murder was committed.


Norfolk Herald.