Revolting Atrocity in Norfolk County- A Boy Murdered -
A most revolting and diabolical outrage was committed a few days ago on Wood's farm, near Hickory Ground, Norfolk county, by a negro family named Seguine. The facts are: the family sent a negro boy in their employ to a grocery store in the neighborhood for a dollar's worth of pork, giving the boy a ten-dollar note to obtain the same. The boy returned with the pork, but was minus the nine dollars change, he stated that he lost it on the road while coming home. Enraged, and believing the boy bed stolen the surplus money, Seguine pounced upon him with a horse-whip and beat him until he crashed the collar-bone of the offending youth and had given him an unmerciful thrashing. Next morning the boy avowed his intention to have Seguine arrested, and started for the nearest magistrate. Fearing the result, three or four of the Seguine family started in pursuit of the boy, and overtaking him on the road they took him bodily into the nearest piece of woods, and having first cut out his tongue by the roots they then put an end to his horrid suffering by cutting his throat from ear to ear. The fiends then bid the body in a clump of bushes and went quietly home.
As "murder well out," other negroes residing in the neighborhood got wind of the affair, and started out to hunt up the body of the boy. They soon found it, and yesterday notified Deputy Sheriff Stephens, who, summoning a Jury of inquest, proceeded to the place Indicated and held an Inquisition,
We learn that those of the Seguine family Implicated have fled, but we are unable to gain further particulars until the return of Sheriff Stephens tomorrow.
The missing $9 were found In the yard about ten yards from the house in which the Seguine family resided.-Norfolk Journal.
[United States of America, Virginia, Richmond Weekly Dispatch - Feb 2, 1870; submitted by Frances Cooley]


Fire In Norfolk.-The store No. 7 Market square was partly burned Thursday. C. W. Newton, owner of the building, loss partial, covered by Insurance in the Mutual Miles and Creekmur, on the First floor, loss total almost; insured for $6,000 in Deming's Agency, $2,500 in the Richmond Fire and Marine, and $2,500 in the Home, Hew Haven. Melville Wood, loss partial, barely covered by Insurance in O. Windsor's agency. Haskell's losses are not known, nor his Insurance, if any. A huckster occupied the basement as a store-room, but we could learn nothing in regard to his losses or Insurance [Norfolk Virginian, United States of America, Virginia, Richmond Weekly Dispatch - Feb 2, 1870; submitted by Frances Cooley]


Letters Stolen.-A colored youth about fourteen years of age, in the employ of Mrs. A. P. Royall, was ordered a few days since to the port-office for the mail with a number of letters to be mailed. . On his way he broke open the letters in his possession, one of which contained money, which he appropriated to his own use, and continued his way and obtained four letters out of the office for Mrs. Royall's family. To make his escape good, he stole Dr. Trent's mule, and with money and letters departed to parts unknown. It is supposed that he went In the direction of Lunenburg or Charlotte Counties, but as yet no clue to his whereabouts have been developed.- [Burkeville Times - United States of America, Virginia, Richmond Weekly Dispatch - Feb 2, 1870; submitted by Frances Cooley]

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