Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-26
twholo No. 1884.
NEW YORK. s,,r f,.-ro.t NJ.

city yc>ierdav afternoon. in the destruc-
lion Of tWo hreihers by their own. or By
each Others ilandS. Cine ef tue edi.ors
passing by n respectable boarding house
IN Nassau street about o'c'ock, when
he was sNrsmoaed 10 attend upon a
Coroaer's Inquest. The Jury we're
conducted TO one of the Lodging rooms
IN the upper sie,e, whcse lay two men,
apparently hrtween twenty-five and
thirty years of age, uelierin- IN their
blood, the upper part II the heads Of
both, arl almost tie uaeIc of their
faces. literally blown inIo pieces. they
were lying II opposite directions, with
their feet nearly in contact. large
horse pistol by the side Of each, and
pieces OF ll,eir heads and faces mingled
with their. blood lpou TIC floor; The
walks and beds sprmkled With blood. -
The scene was too terrific aud appal-
ing ior the stoutest peves, aud the Ju-
ry tulued away from i as speedily as
possible.
1t sPaeaed, on examination Of The
witnesses, that the two young men were
aamed Hart; that they were. natives of
the Island # Ut. Thomas. John Hart
was agedsla, and Ralph Hart &c years
0. age. tne of them came 10 this city
and took lodgings where the act was
committed, early in April; The other
arrived IN June, and had ever since
roomed with his brother in the same
house till about three weeks past, when
they went together 10 Albany and the
Springs, and returned in the Chancellor
Livingston yesterday morning. They
were aiieetlonate and kind in their
treatment to each other, behaved with
proprieiy among their fellow boardeas,
and regularly diseharged their bills.
While they were at the dinner table
yesterday, Mr.. Seaman, an uuder sher-
III, called with two wriss, one against
Ralph Hart, and one against the two
brothers and another person. Zach OF
the writs was for debts of several thou
sand dollars. The landlord called them
from the table to speak with The sheriff
in the entry, where they manifested their
readiness to attend The officer, and asked
permission to 90 to lheir chamber for
their hats, whi-ll was granted
After waiting some time longer than
was necessary for them to have gone 10
tleir chamber and returned, the sheriff
requested the landlord to ascertain if
they had really gone 10 their room. lie
did SO, and at the momant Of knocking
at the chamber door, &c heard the re-
port OF pistol, and one Of them fall
upon the hoai. He started back and
called to the sheriff, and by the time he
reached the door, not more than thirty
seconds from the first discharge, tha
report OF another pistol was heard, and
the other person fell Upon the floor
|. The male boafders we're tnen called and
the door burst open II would appear,
from the awful manner in which their
beads We're mangled, that each must
have placed pistol in his mouth.
What Wasthe immediate cause OF this
desperate act no one can imagine. A
mystery hangs over the affair which
may and may not be cleared away It
is said they had transacted business at
Mayagucz, Porto Rico, under the firm
Of J. y K. Hart. From that place, it is
also said, they absconded some months
SINCE, IN a vessel they had purchased
and loaded on credit, and after visiting
Curracoa, Havana, and Jamaica, and
disposng of the vessel and cargo. arri-
we'd in tbs city. But this does not agree
very well with other circumstances. A
letter was taken from the pocket Of
Ralph, dated at Philadelphia, sd of Au-
gust, and signed by w. d. Wood, Man
ager o. the Philadelphia Theatre, in
which Hart is informed that the compa-
nyi.r the season is nearly made up, but
should he perform in New York. tn.
managers would hear of his ability. and
be able 70 decide whether any opening
was likely to happen. Statesmen.
ST. Louis, JuLr l9.-We hare seen
Messrs. Gordon and Keemly, Just from
The Upper Missouri, who confirm most
that we base herd from that quarter,
anil IN addition state that part of the
Aunckarees have descended the river
near to their old villages, and that a
patty OF several hundred warriors came
upon Fort Recovery and carried off
several horses belonging to General
Ashley and the United States. which
had been stolen las fall by the Sioux.
and reclaimed by the Missouri Fur
company. Ihise gentlemen also state