Henderson Ky. April 4 1861.
His Excellency Govr Magoffin
Frankfort Ky.
D^r Sir

On Monday evening last, Dr W A Norwood, one of our most prominent & respected citizens, was murdered by a runaway slave belonging to Mrs Pentecost of this county. The facts are briefly these — Norwood discovered him in his stable loft & ordered him to come down. He refused, Norwood sent to the house for his gun-While the messenger was still absent the negro fired from the loft shooting N through the heart & then made his escape. It is feared that he has gone to Indiana (where the stepfather of his mistress lives & who harbored him for four months last year while runaway) and the citizens here believe that it will require a large reward to ensure his apprehension. They have therefore requested me to inform your excellency of these facts and to ask of your immediate action upon them

Very Respectfully
Your obd^t servt

Rob T. Glass