Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1772.07.21

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Index Entry Fiddle, playing at tavern, attracted patrons, murder committed 
Location Winchester 
Citation
CC-H.772.045
21 Jul 1772:21 (395) 
Williamsburgh (Virginia) July 2.  The governor has issued
his proclamation, and offered a reward of fifty pounds, for
apprehending one Nicholas Curlett, lately a tavern keeper in
Winchester, who, on the 27th of May last, barbarously
murdered Mr. Jeremiah Beall, a merchant of that place, by
firing through his door at him with a rifle. It seems Mr.
Beall, and some others, had been merry making that day, and
in the evening, hearing a fiddle at Curlett's tavern, they
proposed joining the company there, but upon their coming
were refused admittance by Corlett, who shut the door upon
them. . . [10 lines]


Generic Title Connecticut Courant 
Date 1772.07.21 
Publisher Watson, Ebenezer 
City, State Hartford, CT 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0012582
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