Wake County NcArchives Obituaries.....Conway, Patrick 1809
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Raleigh Minerva
Thurs., April 27, 1809
MURDER OF PATRICK CONWAY
-- We have to record the most daring and outrageous murder, ever committed in 
this or any other county. On Friday night, a little before 11 o'clock, MR. 
PATRICK CONWAY of Raleigh, merchant, was found lying behind his counter, in 
the most shocking condition.-He was first discovered from his groans, by two 
young men, JOHN OWEN and TURNER DAUTRY, who alarmed some neighboring 
gentlemen. Medical aid was procured, but to no effect - the deceased had as 
many as eight wounds about his head and face; his skull was fractured in some 
place, in others mashed, and his jaw and cheek bones broken; he spoke but 
twice and then only one or two words, and died in about an hour. The floor, 
where he lay, was covered with blood, and from the violence of the blows had 
gushed up on the shelves. He was too far exhausted to give any information of 
the murderer. Among the blood, and about the body, were several fractured 
pieces of green pine stick and bark, which had apparently been knocked off the 
stick by the violence of the blows.
   It appears the murder was committed in order to rob the store of the 
deceased, as  the money drawer was found open, the money taken out and some 
dropped on the floor. Though it is believed that the perpetrator did not get 
much, as the bulk of the cash was kept in another place.
   JOHN OWEN, a cabinet maker, one of the young men who first gave information 
of the situation and the deceased, has been suspected. He was taken up next 
day, and after a lengthy examination by the magistracy, and after hearing 
testimony, was committed to jail of this city, to wait his trial the first 
Monday in October next. The circumstances are strong against him.
   The butt end of a pine stick has been found in the store of the deceased, 
not far from where it lay; it is bloody. A witness has proven that OWEN cut a 
pine stick in his presence, the afternoon before the murder, and on comparing 
the stick with the stump, they very exactly fit.
   MR. CONWAY was an Irishman by birth, and had resided among us nearly two 
years, during which time he has sustained a worthy reputation. He was 
remarkable for a lively disposition, and desire to please. His death is 
therefore a considerable loss to our society.


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