Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-06-15
WEST INDIES.
ASSASSINATION IN TRINJDAD.


TRINIDAD, April Tt is with the most
painful feelings we perform the melancholy
duty OF detailing preparation ofonc of the
most malicious and deliberate murders ev-
er recorded IN the annals of crime, or that
uisgraced Christian country. We contem-
plate with horror the workings of that mind,
which could, for the space of three months,
carry III Its recesses the seeds ola revenge
so cruel and Unsuitable that nothing could al
lay or diminish but the life ofits victim.
On Thursday evening last Mr.. VIM. IT.
Smith, Solicitor, formerly of New York.
spent part fthe evening with the family OF
Mr. Warwick, in Duke-st. A little after
o'clock nc left the house for the purpose of
returning to his home /; he had, however, adj
Vanced but few yards before he met man.
who addressed him with the Interrogation of
What do you think oft now % Mr.. Smith
asked what he meant by such question
when he replied, by discharging pistol at
MS breast--the ball entering little below the
PIT OF the stomach. The unfortunate victim
staggered towards the door ofMr. Warwick's
house, exclaiming s" am shot-Tyler has
shot me" The assassin immediately decamp-
ed.
Mr. Smith was conveyed into the house.
ana medical assistance Immediately procur-
ed, but all their endeavonrs proved Of no a
val, as, after labouring i'll excruciating tor
ments until l2oclock yesterday noon, he ex-
nred.-lt appears that his mind was suffi-
GENTLY collected, after he received the
wound,to make his Will, wherein he declares
his murderer to be Thomas Tyler.
we are also informed that a young Lady
III the house next to DIR. Warwick's had seen
this person lowering about the spot for some
time previous land, as he could not be found
when search was made after him by the Po
Ice, shadow of doubt does not exist. as
TO the identity ofhis person by the deceased
In endeayorlng TO trace the cause that led
to the commission Of this diabocal act. we
must, to render the matter intelligible to
those who are not Thy residence on the ISL
ana at the tlme) acquainted with the circum-
stance to which we are about to refer, enter
more into detail of these unfortunate pro-
ceedings than otherwise we should have wish
ed to have done.
Ii will be In the recollection ofmost of the
community, that on day during the exist
ence OF the late Martin Law, the deceased
left his horse at the door of some house in
this town,at which he had called when he
came out nc found that some person had
taken it away, and being Informed that il
was Tyler procured cow-skiD, and meet
ing him ON his return beat him (Tvler) with
II The latter being in his uniform as a Lien
tenant of the Sea Fencibles, drew his dirk.
but other persons coming up, prevented fur
ther Injury to either party. Various attempts.
we are informed, were made by Tyler to
meet the deceased and decide the matter in
an honorG6te way, but the vigilance ofthe
foiice, and the parties being placed under ar
rest by their respective commanding Off
GERS, succeeded IN preventing that means of
setting the dispute from being rcsorted TO.
lle business finally became a subject of en-
quiry by Board OF Officers of Militia an
pointed by his excellency the commander
IN Chief for that purpose and upon their
report, Mr.. Smith was, in Public Orders, Sc
verely censured for the harshness and IN
temperance of his conduct on the occasion.
and was suspended from his rank as ensign
IN the Militia, for the space oftwelye months
from the date ofthe order.
This expression of fine opinion formed of
the conduct of the deceased, by the Com
mander IN Chief and the Officers who ex-
amlned into the merits of the case, would. we
should have thought, ia a heart not entirely
gwen up to the most determined revenge.
have operated in soothing the passions aud
taking away much Of the irritable feelings
Whicn we can readily imagine, must have
been excited in the mind ola man by an in
SUIT OF the nature we have described.
The body Clthe deceased was opened. |
ana the ball found to have taken a sianfinc |
direction downwards, passed through the |
liver, and injured the backbone; il could |
not, however, be traced furthcr.-.I remains
were TINS morning consigned to the grave. |
Sery respectfully attended.
we have not yet learned that the assassin
has been arrested
Capt Brown, OF the schr Lo Visa, who ar
l.ed here on wednesday from Cape Hav-
zen, states, that affairs there were in a very