Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 4, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Roberts or search for Roberts in all documents.

Your search returned 3 results in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: January 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], Murder in Wythe county. (search)
rs, the little dwarf, who was only three feet two inches high and 40 years old, was murdered in Wythe county, Va., on the evening of the 24th ult., by a man named Roberts. It appears that they were returning together from a still house, at which place Walters had exhibited a considerable amount of money, the desire to possess whicere returning together from a still house, at which place Walters had exhibited a considerable amount of money, the desire to possess which by Roberts is thought to have led to the commission of the horrid deed. Roberts was heard to say that he had killed Walters, but pretended it was done in self-defence. He is still at large. ere returning together from a still house, at which place Walters had exhibited a considerable amount of money, the desire to possess which by Roberts is thought to have led to the commission of the horrid deed. Roberts was heard to say that he had killed Walters, but pretended it was done in self-defence. He is still at large.