The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

MURDLR AND SUICIDE.

There is no large city in the Union where the
crime of murder is less frequently committed than
in Boston, and whenever a bloody deed result-
ing in the death of one human being at the
hands of another occurs, the community is
startled, and the matter becomes subject for
long-continued and eager public discussion. At
noon yesterday, not only in broad daylight, but
in the vicinity of one of the principal avenues
of the city—where thousands pass and repass at all
hours of the day—the life of a young woman, as
well as that of a male companion, was attempted by
one who almost succeeded in terminating his own
feverish existence. The bare facts of the case, as at
first revealed, are as follows :—Miss Fanny May,
of prepossessing appearance, and about 17 years of
age, met her former employer and the husband of
her cousin, Mr. Joseph Hernandez, at the store of
Reynolds, Mollendy, and Co., No. 43, Hanover-
street, having engaged to meet him there, as we
are informed, to look over with him some disputed
accounts between him and a Mr. Pratt, of whom
he had bought goods. Miss May was employed by
Hernandez to take charge of his business, and, as
is said, was supposed to know something about the
accounts. The bills and ether papers were scat-
tered over the desk at which Miss May was sitting,
and Mr. Hernandez appeared to be engaged with
her in looking them over. Somo time was occu-
pied in this way, and nothing unusual attracted
the attention of the other persons in the store,
until Mr. Hernandez, without a particle of
warning, drew a six-barrelled revolver, and, aim-
ing at Miss May's head, fired it. The screams of
the woman and the discharge of the pistol were
heard in the adjoining store, kept by Messrs. Wil-
son, Fairbank, and Co., and Mr. "Wilson at once
went in to ascertain the trouble. Miss May, who
was sitting in a chair when Hernandez first fired,
threw herself into the arms of her brother-in-law,
Mr. C. 11. Hall. A second ball was then fired at
Mr. Hall, who had a narrow escape, the ball pass-
ing over and in close proximity to his head, and
lodging in the wall. Hernandez, finding that he
had failed in his attempt, suddenly turned the pis-
tol round, aiming at his abdomen, and fired. After-
wards he swaliowed a dose of arsenic, and calmly
divesting himself of his coat and vest, lay down upon
a box, remarking to some one who desired him to
go to a carriage which had been procured to carry
him home, " Let me die in peace." He was even-
tually conveyed to his home, Flo. 32, Leverett-street,
in a dyin,, condition, Miss May was taken to her
home in Alston-street, in a carriage, by Mr. 1.11-11:
son, when it was soon ascertained that slice
ball,lad
fortunately escaped all serious injury.
Thho ut
after striking the forehead, glanced off
in-
flicting any wound of a severe character.wl;lkalsrt. Her-
nandeztNco was in a dying condition at
hisha pocket was
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
found a letter, in which he exprleliisessdt
Fanny and himself should be buried otfflieet hweirs.h This
kill her and then
shows that his intention was t
himself. The parties had beene
possessor of a wile
and two children. quite intimate,
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In reply he stated that it was
ness. While he was sensible he asked for a minister
to be sent for.—Boston Post.

MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On Sunday afternoon,
a tragedy of a fearful character occurred on board the
American ship Jeremiah Thompson, Captain Blake, in the
river,
and about to proceed to New York. The crew joined
the ship on Sunday morning, and among them was a fo-
reigner, whose name was Joseph Wesberz, the victim of the
brutality of the boatswain, named John Keggan. Several
times during the day Keggan was seen by the mate and
other sailors en board the ship striking and kicking the
deceased, who fell down exhausted by the ill-usage he had
received ; and about 4 o'clock in the afternoon he died.
The body was then put in a box and sent ashore. About
9 o'clock a rigger's boat left the ship, pulled to the landing
stage, and deposited on the quay a box some six feet long
and about two feet wide. The police officer on duty inquired
what the box contained ; he was informed that it was a
box of dry goods, sent ashore by the mate of the Jeremiah
Thompson, with a letter to the captain, and another ad-
dressed to Mr. De Costa, the shipping master, Waterloo-
road. A Customs' officer interfered, and said that he could
not permit the box to pass before it was examined. The
box was then conveyed to the Prince's Dock and broken
open, when, to the surprise and horror of those present
the body of a man was discovered lying upon its face. : It
was the body of a sailor, apparently about 30 years of age.
Medical men from the North Dispensary were obtained,who
examined the body and found marks of injury on the face,
and one on the back of the head, close to the loft car, ifiateel;
was sufficient to cause death. The police were immediately
sent sent after the supposed murderer, and detectives II
Scott proceeded to the ship. They
Jeremiah
7 o'clock the mate and pilot on board the ~
saw a
son heard a splash in the water, and, looking 1
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packet which was passing seemingly pick
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out of the water. liegg,an was never t specf searching in-
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the circulation of the blood. They expel all naorbifie mat-
ter, and purify every solid and fluid in the body.