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NHG-P.772.085
11 Sep 1772:32 (829)
Williamsburgh, (in 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,
barbourously murdered Mr. Jeremiah Beall, a merchant of
that place, by firing thro' his door at him with a rifle.
It seems Mr. Beall, and some others, have been merrymaking
that day, and in the evening, hearing a fiddle at Curlott's
tavern, they proposed joining the company there, but upon
their coming were refused admittance by Curlett, who shut
the door upon them. They persisting in their resolution to
enter the house, Curlett went through his back door to a
neighbour's for powder and ball, and upon his return,
finding them still at the door, instantly fired. The ball
entered on one side of the forehead of a young man, Mr.
Beall's store-keeper, which has been since extracted, and it
is thought he will recover. Mr. Beall received his mortal
wound by a splinter from the door.
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