A man by the name of Wormley B. F. Carter,
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A man by the name Of Wormey B. F. Carter.
was arrested here on Doth ult., by J. FIrzuuGH,
ESQ.,, and was taken on board the steamer Lancas-
ter, which left here yesterday for tho Ohio river
to be conveyed to Ohio county, Kentucky, to,be
tried for the most brutal and fendish acts that
can be found in the catalogue of crime. He is
charged with the murder of an orphan girl six or
seven years Of age, named MARTHA JANE DAVIS,
who died on the 18th of July last. caused by his
inhuman Treatment. After her death, ho caus ed
her to be hastily buried but some suspicion being
excited, Coroner was sent for, and before his
arrival the guilty man had fled. The body of tho
child was found shockingly bruised and burned.
From the testimony of u little girl older than
herself, before the Coroner. it appeared that the
monster had taken her up on ono occasion; and sat
her on the fire, and from post mortem examina-
tion, it was found that a greater outrage had been
committed: the fear of her divulging, which, it is
supposed, led him to treat her so cruelty. The
child was bound blythe court to him, and he COM
PEELED her to follow him wherever he went, and
never allowed her to go out of his sight.


Carter is nbout 81 years of age, has young
wife in Ohio county and is said to have left wife
and four children in Shelby county Ky. He wrote
to his wife from Memphis, whittier he had fed, TO
meet him here. which led to his arrest.


( ISL Louis RsreiVe,