Gettysburg Compiler
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
November 6 Page 2
Cumberland, Md., Oct. 27 1822
MURDER!!
Mr. William Polling, of this county, was shot on Sunday night last, about
7 or 8 miles from this place, by a negro man belonging to a Mr. Stewart of Virginia. The wife and children of the
negro, we understand, had been sold by their master, and Mr. Milbourn, of this place, accompanied by Mr. Polling,
were going to the house for the purpose of bringing them away. The negro fellow awaited their approach, and on
perceiving them, immediately lodged the contents of a musket in the side of the unfortunate Polling, who survived
but a few hours.
The murderer has been committed to the jail of Romney, in Virginia, to await
his trial. – Herald.
[Submitted by: Nancy Piper]
