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A man has been pursued from Harper’s Ferry and arrested at Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., by the name of Markle,
under strong suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Cunningham. He answers the description given of the murderer
in most respects and has served 18 months in the Virginia Penitentiary. He returned to Loudon county on the 19th
ult., after being absent from the 1st March. He informs Mr. Shriver, a respectable citizen of Loudon, that he passed
by the place about two hour after the murder, he was the first who gave Mr. S. information of it and conversed
about it in a manner which betrayed some anxiety or uneasiness. He was much disturbed in his sleep, frequently
exclaiming, “there they are! There! There! Don’t you see them? Look at her! Look at her! She’s a beautiful girl!
Poor thing she’s dead! Where’s the child?” When awakened and questioned on the subject she said that whether awake
or asleep, that he felt much disturbed and didn’t know the cause of it, &c. As soon as he heard that a suspicion
was excited he disappeared at Loudon, was pursued and arrested at Charlestown. -- Md. Rep.
[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 18 1825 - Submitted by
Nancy Piper]
Information received in this city makes it possible, if not probable, that
he murderer of Evelina Cunningham has been apprehended, and is now in prison. A letter from a gentleman at Havre
de Grace to the Mayor of Georgetown, stated that Mr. Stebbins had just returned from Harper’s Ferry, whither he
had gone to examine a man taken up on suspicion of being the murderer, and that he says the prisoner is the same
man whom he described as having seen coming out of the woods where the shocking act was perpetrated. – Nat. Intel. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 18 1825]
Baltimore, May 14
The man who was examined at Harpers’ Ferry and committed on suspicion of being
the murderer of Miss Cunningham has been discharged. He is now in the Frederick county jail on a charge of robbery.
[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 25 1825]
Assassination of Col. Thomas B. Dunn
The Frederick Citizen gives the following additional particulars relative to the assassination of Col. Thomas B.
Dunn, Superintendent of the Armory at Harper's Ferry, by one Ebenezer Cox. It appears Cox for his worthlessness had been discharged from employment by Col. Dunn, who
persisted in his refusal to give him employment again; in consequence of which Cox made bitter threats of vengeance,
which however were disregarded. Previous to the time of the fatal occurrence, Cox was seen going into Col. Dunn's
office, and soon after the report of a musket was heard. Those who repaired to the office to enquire into the cause,
found Col. Dunn sifting in his chair lifeless, and the gun leaning against the wall. Suspicion immediately fixed
upon Cox, and after a short search he was found concealed in the water wheel of the works. On being taken into
custody he acknowledged he had murdered Col. Dunn, and expressed a regret that he had not an opportunity to wreak
his vengeance on others who had incurred his enmity; his conduct was that of a demon, uttering the most horrid
imprecations, and evincing a total destitution of compunction or remorse. He was carried to Charlestown and committed
to prison to await his trial. Thus has fallen in the very prime of life by the hand of an assassin, Thos. B. Dunn,
a man of sterling merit, and an officer whose devotion to his duty was always exemplary and praise-worthy. He has
left a mother and sister who were wholly dependent upon him for support.
[3 Feb 1830, The Baltimore Patriot - Submitted by K. Torp]
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