The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; Also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835, and the Execution of Five Professional Gamblers by the Citizens of Vicksburg, on the 6th July, 1835 |
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Murrell ' s conversation and manner now became gradually more free and open ,
and he appeared to scrutinize less closely the countenance and demeanour of
his companion . He had feared that he was in company with one who knew his ...
Murrell ' s conversation and manner now became gradually more free and open ,
and he appeared to scrutinize less closely the countenance and demeanour of
his companion . He had feared that he was in company with one who knew his ...
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Upon these Murrell appeared to dwell with peculiar and fiendish delight ; and
would exhibit an air of triumphant pride whenever an opportunity was offered to
introduce and enlarge upon some exploit of successful villany . At length the
rising ...
Upon these Murrell appeared to dwell with peculiar and fiendish delight ; and
would exhibit an air of triumphant pride whenever an opportunity was offered to
introduce and enlarge upon some exploit of successful villany . At length the
rising ...
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... the lower country to sell his slaves ; that he had become rather conscientious
on the subject of slavery , but that the boy he had with him appeared to be so
much opposed to being sold , that he had concluded to carry him back home
again .
... the lower country to sell his slaves ; that he had become rather conscientious
on the subject of slavery , but that the boy he had with him appeared to be so
much opposed to being sold , that he had concluded to carry him back home
again .
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... very uneasy , and appeared to doubt our coming back for him as we had
promised . We lay in a creek bottom , not far from the place where we had sold
the negro , all the next day , and after dark we went to the china - tree in the lane
where ...
... very uneasy , and appeared to doubt our coming back for him as we had
promised . We lay in a creek bottom , not far from the place where we had sold
the negro , all the next day , and after dark we went to the china - tree in the lane
where ...
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... had already confessed himself capable of the blackest and most unprincipled
falsehoods ; and whose whole history , so far as related , appeared but a
continued series of the basest deceptions , and the darkest deeds of villany and
crime .
... had already confessed himself capable of the blackest and most unprincipled
falsehoods ; and whose whole history , so far as related , appeared but a
continued series of the basest deceptions , and the darkest deeds of villany and
crime .
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| Título | The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; Also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835 ... Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920 HeinOnline: World trials library The History of Virgil A. Stewart, H. R. Howard |
| Compilado por | H. R. Howard |
| Editora | Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 273 páginas |
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