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

MURDER 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, bit
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 other 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. • Some 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. H. 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 ho swallowed 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, N 0.32, Leverett-street,
in a dying condition. Miss May was taken to her
home in Aliston-street, in a carriage, by Mr. Wil-
son, when it was soon ascertained that she had
fortunately escaped all serious injury. The ball,
after striking the forehead, glanced off without in-
flicting any wound of a severe character. Mr. Her
nandez was in a dying condition at half-Past two
o'clock yesterday afternoon. In his pocket was
found a letter, in which he expressed the wish that
Fanny and himself should be buried together. This
shows that his intention was to kill her and then.
himself. The parties had been quite intimate, not-
withstandin g the man was the possessor of a wife
and two children. The wife of Hernandez states
that she some time since discovered
informed hi
it, at the same time stating that she forgave him.
His wife inquired of him whether he killed himself
on account of Fanny or on account of his business.
In reply he stated that it was on account of his busi-
ness. While he was sensible he asked for a minister
to be sent for.—Beston Post.

MURDEIt IN LIVERPLO afternoon,
a tragedy
of a fearful character occurred on board the
OOn Sunday
American ship Jeremiah Thompson, Captain Blake, in the
river, and about to proceed to New York. The crewoined
named John Reggtahn. Severaltan
the ship on Sunday morning, and among them wasfo-
reigner, whose name was Joseph Wesberz, the victim af
the
sailors en
etnhobdoaarydlitehgegashniwp
brutality of the boatswain,
asstr iSkeienng by
d kickingmge the
deceased, who fell down exhausted by the ill-usage he had
toters
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 quayboms.
fet long
and about two feet wide. Theoleae offioxcesr onedultx °inquired
what the box contained; ho 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. L'',lt
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 tho fa.,
1 and one on the back of the head, close to the loft ear,
1?-iT
was sufficient to cause death. The police were immediatelyorueii
sent after the supposed murderer, and detectives Horne
Scott proceeded to the ship. They there learned that about
7 o'clock the mate and pilot on board the Jeremiahout, saw a
Thomp-
son heard a splash in the water, and, look/nag b
somethin
packet which was passing seemingly
pick p
en on board the
out of the water. Keggan was never seen
a searching in-
Jeremiah Thompson afterwards. After
.
Tairy the detectives discovered Ibis morning that the
the captain of Nv prep states
packet was the James Atherton ,a heard a cry for help, and
that at the time mentioned h
'se in the water and
looking out out he saw some one.ri.
An inquest was held on
diately sink, never rising giun
day, before Mr. P. F. Corry,
the body in 'the course of the
the borough coroner,
d, after hearing the evidence, the
jury, on the 11
recommendationa of the coroner, returned a
verdict that "thoe
d eeased died from injuries received on
board the ship Jere iniah Thompson, but by whom or how
inflicted there was no evidence to
these injuries were
show."
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