Bates County MO Archives News.....Most Brutal Murder April 14, 1853
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Newspapers.com Online April 14, 1853
Abe, Hannibal Journal (Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri), Thu, Apr 14, 1853, 
Page 2, Newspapers.com online, https://www.newspapers.com/image/64282003/?
terms=newby, accessed 6 Sep 2025

We learn that a most brutal murder occurred yesterday morning, on the farm of 
Mr. Nathan Newby, about five miles from our city, in this county.  Mr. Newby had 
occasion to punish one of his negroes for some act of disobedience, but the 
negro resisted, when Mr. Newby called another negro to his assistance, who 
coming up behind seized the refractory negro (Abe) around the waist; the first 
one drew a knife from his coat pocket, and with a single back-handed blow, gave 
the one holding him a fatal stab in the groin, severing an artery and causing 
almost instant death.  He then struck at Mr. Newby but inflicted only a slight 
wound on his arm.  The murderer then fled, but was soon arrested.  We don’t know 
what course has been taken since his capture—Weston Reporter


Additional Comments:
public domain, article written 172 years ago, Abe was a slave and Mr. Nathan Newby 
was his owner who was hurt during the murder of another slave that came to Newby's 
aid. Deathpenaltyusa shows the county as Bates but the article was written in 
Hannibal Missouri

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