Pitt County NcArchives News.....Murder of Van Buren Hopkins September 29, 1859 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com November 16, 2007, 7:23 pm Thurs. Sept. 29, 1859 North Carolina Argus September 29, 1859 -- VAN BUREN HOPKINS of Pitt County, N. C., was murdered a few days since by a boy in his employment who entered his room at night with an axe and crushed his skull. The boy is only 12 years old, diminuative and in feeble health. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/pitt/newspapers/murderof250nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb