News Article on William Brown, Polk Co, AR

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Submitted by: Suzzette Yandle <yandles2@charter.net>
        Date: 9 Jan 2008
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Mrs. William Brown murdered by her husband William Brown on 15 June 1838, both
from the neighborhood of Concord, NC.  

"Horrid Murder – From the AR Gazette, June 27 1838", murder in Pope Co AR.
According to the testimony of William Brown’s children, he had threatened his
wife on the morning of the murder.  "In a few minutes she looked in the
direction of the house to see the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her, she received
the contents (2 balls) between her breasts.  The children [not named] fled to
the neighbors at Dardanelle, [AR] about 3 miles from the house.   When they
arrived back at the scene, the brutal murderer had laid the victim on the bed,
washed the blood from her, and drank himself stupidly drunk.   His weapons were
secured, himself seized and bound.  The body was buried at Dardanelle, [AR],
followed by the manacled murderer who showed no remorse."  They "were the father
and mother of five children, the oldest 14 and the youngest 2 years old.";
notice published in the German Reformed newspaper 08 Aug 1838.


Source: Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church 1830-1839
by Barbara Manning, Heritage Books Inc, 1992


Additional information:

Some Deaths from the book "Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German
Reformed Church 1830-1839", by Barbara Manning; extracts from the newspaper The
Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church, published in Chambersburg, PA.
"Notice" refers to the date of publication in The Weekly Messenger of the German
Reformed Church. Added information by this submitter is in brackets [  ].