Murder Will Out, The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows, The Horrors of the Queen City

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Excerpt from Murder Will Out, The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows, The Horrors of the Queen City: Being an Account of the Two Soldiers Who Are Executed at Old Fort Washington, And the Trials and Executions of John May, Philip Lewis, John Cowan, the Murderer of His Family, Washburn, and His Associates, Davis and HooverThe recent atrocious murder of one of our most quiet and orderly citi zens, James Hughes, and the summary arrest, trial and conviction of the murderers, have awakened such a universal feeling of interest in the whole affair, as well as, in fact, in every thing relating to the former deeds of blood that have been enacted in our city, that the author has concluded to give a short sketch of the more prominent homicides which have taken place here, with a list of every person who has suffered the extreme penalty of the law in this county. As a few of the well-known tragedies, enacted in our city, have been omitted from this sketch alto gether, the only reason given is, that the broad mantle of charity should be thrown over the first fault Of persons who never committed but one Offense, and are now occupying useful and honorable positions in society, or have left families that are now respected and honored.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.