That was really interesting, David. Does anyone know the first name of Sam Fish's wife? Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kew" <David.Kew@verizon.net> To: <MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:41 AM Subject: [MaBarnstable] Ebenezer Smith Ward, Wellfleet, 1799-1859 > Ebenezer Smith Ward was born 30 May 1799 in Wellfleet to Elisha and > Thankful (Smith) Ward. He was married to Phebe M Briggs (Jul 1801 - 4 Apr > 1881), d/o Seth and Olive Briggs, of Wellfleet. At the time of his death > he was a farmer. (Wellfleet records) > > "Murder in Wellfleet.--Wellfleet, Mass. > May 2.--Last night, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Mr. Eben S. Ward, of South > Wellfleet, was murdered by his son-in-law Samuel Fish. The murderer has > been captured and confessed his crime. The first intimation of the > presence of any person being round the house, was at quarter past 12, when > two bricks were thrown through the window of the bed room in which they > were sleepiong. Mr. and Mrs. Ward got up, lighted a lamp and went back > into the room, and he, being terribly frightened, dare not go out of doors > to see who was there and give an alarm. All was still for half an hour, > when two more bricks were thrown into the kitchen window, where they were > sitting. They then went into the front room, Mrs. Ward leaning against the > door, and Mr. Ward walking the room. Mrs. Ward turned round, saw the > muzzle of a gun pointed towards them through the kitchen window. She > stepped aside, and at that instant the gun was fired and Mr. Ward fell > exclaiming, "Oh, my God!" One hundred and eight shot holes were counted on > his right breast and arm, two ribs were broken. Nothing was known of the > murder until daylight this morning, the women in the house being too > frightened to go out and give the alarm. Fish is not of sound mind, and is > at times crazy. He attempted to shoot himself after committing the > murder, but the cap on the gun did not explode." - The Farmer's Cabinet > (Amherst, NH) vol. 57, issue 41, page 2, dated 11 May 1859 (found on > NewsBank.com) > > > ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== > Visit the Barnstable County GenWeb site at: > www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst > It is ably done by the founder and former Admin of this list, and contains > a wealth of links and other information on Barnstable genealogy. > > >