Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1842-02-05

| great, and almost all but the bankers and LARGE
creditors are opposed to the repeal, and in favor OF
| cept churches, literary societies, &C..
| Some curiosity has been expressed to know who
is the author Of these letters Some have said they
| were written in New York by some of your people
connected with the Herald, and Others have aribu.
ted them the unsuccessful candidate for Post Mas
| ter, above mentioned. But wish them all TO know
that these surlses are incorrect ana that they are
written by myself In order, therefore, to enlghten
them as TO who am. place my initials to Ibis let
| ter. Respectfully, yours, NC.
Richmond.
| lCorrespondepce Of the Herald
RIcHNoNp, Jan. %, 1912
| Things in Richmond 7heatrcaIs-- Gambling Hor.
,Ible Murder.
| DEAR BEKNErr,-
| Our city movements are such at present as
know would equally interest you, and your read
ers; therefore, crave place in your paper fer a
very few lines.
| The" fsshionables" are making the most Of the
glorious weather we have had for a month past,
and every night, the bright and beautiful ladies of
the Old Dominion throng some mansion in our good
city. where ysu may be sure beaux are not lacking
for them to exercise the artillery Of their eyes
upon. We can boast of mere fine ladies, and hasd-
some men than any other city of the same size in
the Union.
Our theatre has been doing good business this
season; the Sleek Company is an excellent one and
! cannot speak too highly Of the acting of Miss
Fisher, and Mr.. Thayer Miss Fps style of acting
is chaste and beautiful, and she is always at home
in her part, whatever it may be, and am sure
it is no more than Mr. T. deserves, to say that he
10 decidedly the best "artist" on eur boards. In
every piece this winter, without exception,
believe, he has sustained ficult character and
always 10 the qualification Of the play goers. Az
for the rest Of the company MIR. Chapman, Mr..
LAMBERT and Miss Ayres are good, the balance so
SO. By the way, observed letter IN the Herald
Of the 2lst, which think emanated from the pen
ef thea trical gentleman making an attack OF the
| smallest kind upon very worthy young NAV, at
| present resident Of this place. This attack is
evidently 80 little in itself, that it does not merit
We had quite tragedy here last night Two
gamblers, partners in the trade, had some differ
snce about a lewd woman, and one Of them went
behind the other a. he was sitting, and PLACING a
pistol behind his ear, and shot him He then inn
| mediately preceded to the house of the woman,
and after breaking in the door, brutality murdered
her with Bowie knife, cutting and manglng her
body in horrible manner. She died en- the spot
Strange as it may appear, hear, As write, that
the man shot 10 likely to recover. The murderer
has a. yet escaped.
two, with some particularly Interesting details Of
matters and things in general:
| Yours, SC. c.
/
being able to lay before readers, this morning,
the happy tidngs that Fletcher Heath is conf ed
| in the city Jail, and will be examined before the
Mayor this morning. The entire credit Of the ar
| rest 10 due to Messrs. White and Pierce, police
Off GERS, and the citizens generally them their
most prefoud gratitude for their vigilance and per-
severance, which has thus greatly aided the cause
of Justice Information of his capture and arrival
in this city was sent to us very early on Sunday
| morning, and within half an hour Of his commit
msnt, we saw him in lis cell. He was stretched
upon bed Of straw, in irons, with his hat com
plc:cly drawn over his face that we could not see
his features. In removing him TO another and warm
er cell, we had full view a him He was dressed
| in grey pants and a black frock coat, black satin
high shoes upon his hands he still wore black kid
| gloves I; upon his head black hat and over his
| coat green suitout He is about 5 feet 10 inches
high, weighs about 100 tbs, and seems about rs
years OF age. His dark eyes and long black hair
sineularly contrast with very livid complexion
his face long, features sharp and cheeks sunken,
| with most prominent cheek bones. The expires.
sion Of his face perfectly accords with the nara
tive of his deeds for keenness and malice lurk in
every feature. He was arrested in this manner =
Mcssrs. White and Pierce left this city in the 4
and arrived at Freash's hotel about O'Clock MI
| Finn, police oGcer, was in medately sent for
| 10 consult AZ to the best mOdus operandi. A gem
tlemaR, living very near the mother of Heath, told
| thcmithat sboQ 4 o'clock that morning he hear
| somel knock at'her door, and sawa young
| ter, answering his description The officers, how
| ever, had no search warrant, nor did they thin
this single crcunst efficient to war; ant thei
getting one to examine her premises. Mr. Fin;
thought that Heath Was still secretcd in the city
and advised that q secret watch should be institu
ted for him. Mr.. White, however, was Of the OPT
mon that Heath's first move would be for the
South, and proposed 10 Mr.. Pierce TO 20 immc-
diately as far ~ Weldon, in the hope that Provi-
dence would ard them in arresting him. Pierce
consented snd they left Petersburg at o'clock, in
in the mail train, with their eyes pretty well on the
alert Nething remarkable occurred during the
first thirty miles-the horrid deed was the subject
Of general conversation, and every one, who had
sing the account in the Star, and the conversation
had turned 20 tho question, how IL possibly could
have happened that 20 authentic statem could
have been obtained !, and made before the Coroner
| third watering station, in Sussex county, 30 mite
from Petersburg, near Jarrots tavern. Soon after
| stopping here, young man was seen to enter and
seat himself near the door. Says White to Pierce,
| That's our mani know him" Presently the
| stranger turned round TO look about the car, saw
the officers, and seemed to bury his face in
his hat while bis knnes shook from very fear.
He recovered his composure, however and
| when Pierce addressed him, he denied his
name as Heath, but it was Of no use. The
conductor stated that he had bought a ticket
| Tor Weldon, and given his name rs "Hill."-Plc-
senily young nan, barkeePer at Jarrots, came
into the car, asked for stranger that had left his
horse to be baited, and seeing Heath, immediately
said to him, ''are You going on without paying for
| the horses batting ~ Heath made reply, but
upon inquiry il was cetansd that he had arrived
~ the tavern horseback about half hosr before
the cars got there, and ordere that his horse should
be fed. He offered no resistance and was secured
and bound. They proceeded ON till they met the
| train from Weldon, which the cap ain stoPps q, and
the officers placing their prisoner on board OF II,
started for this city They arrived at Petersburg
| at one o'clock in the mornng Of Sunday, asd were
auety loo ed in the together, till three o'clock,
| when the omnibus conveyed them to the Richmond
| depot.
and took him to he watch house. where they guard
| ed him till the Mayor paid his morning visit, wsen
| he issued an order for his com ntment He will