Edenton Gazette   September 1, 1808

                                      Newbern, Aug. 25

   -- We have had the satisfaction to learn, that exertions of Greene County 
to discover the murderers of the Post-Boy WILLIAM WISK, have been successful.
Two negroes who had excaped from the jail of this town some months since, one 
called BILL SMITH, apprehended as a runaway, whose owner was not known, the 
other called SAME JARMAN, lately owned by MR. JOHN COLBY, were known to be 
lurking in Greene County and were strongly suspected -- their place of retreat 
was discovered and a party placed near it; late in the evening of the 17th 
inst., they came forth, both armed. They were fired on, BILL fell, SAM ran a 
short distance and was brought down after snapping his musket at one of the 
party. BILL appeared to be so mortally wounded that the party left him to 
secure SAM. We regret to say that while engaged in this, BILL moved 
undiscovered to Contentinea Creek, which was within a few yards distance and 
disappeared. From every circumstant, it is believed he drowned in the Creek, 
as no discovery could be made of him after the most diligent search. SAM was 
secured; part of the money of which the mail was robbed was found on him, and 
in their hut, the fragments of the Postbills taken from the mail. The 
exertions of the citizens of Greene in searching for and apprehending the 
daring Villians are entitled to the thanks of the Community.





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