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Date 30 janvier 1864
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal New Brunswick Courier
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
On 18th inst., Donald McPHERSON and Peter ELLWORTH met at a grog shop at the Mines, Glace Bay about 15 miles from Sydney, Cape Breton where they indulged freely in liquor. On their way to their homes, they quarrelled and McPHERSON was so badly beaten by ELLWORTH that he died of injuries received. An inquest was held and a verdict of wilful murder returned against ELLWORTH who at last accounts had evaded the efforts of Constables to apprehend him.