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Attempt to murder a Clergyman.

--A few nights since the Rev. Mr. Buchan, residing at Stirling, Canada West, was struck twice over the head, while in bed, and jumping up, seized his assailant, who proved to be his housekeeper, Mrs. McAvoy, who confessed to intending to murder him and then rob and set fire to the house. She was sent to jail.

The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 21, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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