The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-13

yhen he was in the front rooms he acted strangely, as
though he wanted something to eat he said he had ao
eaten any thing since Thursday la she did net give him
any thing drink she mad not got tea ready she
did not notice while the deceased on the bed whether
he had his not; she heard noise; all was
quiet; she heard Mr. Nixs iootstep, which she knsw
sno then went into the bed room and said Robert
| can't you get up, Mr. Nix is comngi" she received
no reply, she just inside OF the door when she
spoke 10 the deceased, but she did not advance
towards the bed; she saw the bed but ava not
think he mad hurt himself; the sight OF the
blood appeared to astonh her She did not kno" wna
think not dark but that she could see Inc
just rising, and she thought II was blood she
the ned she thinks the sheet was over hn; she
lett the room 70 down stairs she remained IN the room
only moment before she went down stars; she ws ~
the entry by the bannsters when Mr. Nix came up. ne
passed her, but nothing said by either OF them TO me
other. Sac does not know how long she remained down
stairs; it not very long. Mr.. Nix appeared very
engry and she then went down stairs again, end ra
NAMED down some time, fearing he would i'll use her
She had drunk 40 liquor that day; she did not a from
the chair TO the floor did she sleep the hoor she
did not lie on tn foor she number Of gentlemen
the house on Tuesday night might have been about
half past or 10 oclock she remembers some one taking
hold of her. but she knew not who was she DID not
the deceased take the from the cupboard she saw
tthere during day He might have gone into the front
and got the razor while she down stairs; she
thinks he must have done heard the deceas
ed make any threat of violence towards himself she has
heard the deceased say that he stayed at Mr. KIDS In
New York
We have here given the testimony, taken by the
Coroner, with all its absurdities, deficiencies, and
contradictions, and now that the case may be bet
ter understood, we proceed to give some further
particulars of the parties Nix, who is employed
at trfing pitance, as a clerk in dry goods store,
No "a Maiden Lane, New York, came originally
from Nottingham, in England, where he abandoned
his wife, some seven years ago, in consequence Of
her infdelily and dissolute habits. He has been
married to her upwards of twenty years, and an
only daughter was the result of the union, and she
is settled in life, having married person named
Jackson, who now resides in Brooklyn. Nix puI
chased the house and lot he occupies in Williams
burgh, in the expectation that he should
tiRd domestic peace apart from his wife, whom
he never hoped to see again but the
tates ordained it otherwise. She followed her
husband TO the United States, and bitter, indeed,
has she rendered the cup which he has had TO par.
take. Repeatedly has she been confined In the
county Jail his intercession for drunkenness and
dsordery conduct; and when Whitford, her Ipara-
mour met his untimely fate, she was in state of
helpless drunkenness so HELPLESS indeed that she
lay for hours on the bare floor in state of uncon-
scousness; and thus she was found by the coroner,
her own testimony, which, in the main, is per-
pecty unintelligbe, to the contrary notwlthstand-
ing. Whltord was an freshman OF some 3S years,
who, with his brother, very worthy man, was
formerly employed In Ex-Alderman Cooper's glue
factory bat of late he has been without employment,
and has devoted his time TO dssolute pleasures He
has left family in Ireland, whose abandonment
excited the Indignation of his brother, and has
spent much OF his time with the wife Of Nix
and other females of Brooklyn and New York.
And the occupa ion of Nix was exceedingly
bIs nf fha lfu nor Az
early hour he left his home, and returned not each
day until the evening had somewhat advanced
Returning, on Tuesday evening, the drunkenness
both OF the deceased and of Nix's wife, prevented,
IN all probability, the resort to their usual caution,
and the impression of the neighborhood was-but,
il was an impression which the verdict of the coro-
ner's jury will remove--that Nix had discovered his
wife in the embrace of her paramount, and while he
slept, had, with hasty hand, become the avenger of
his own wrongs. Of the evidence we may observe,
that it is exceedingly Loose, and by no means salts
factory. There is no testimony given to show the
finding of the razor--the property of Nix-n the
hand of the deceased-nor can the estimate of time
given by the witnesses be relied on. The fact that
Nix had removed his jacket, that he examined the
room in which the body was found, and that he had
had the interview with his wife, of which he gives
the detail afford abundant proof that more time had
been consumed than the witnesses estimate
and that Whitford's death was recent the
movement OF his jaw, as described, will fully
establish. The body lay, when we viewed it, in
way to create the impression that the wound had
been given while he slept His coat had been
thrown over chair, his boots were placed by the
side of the bed, his vest was beneath him, and his
panaloons were IN disorder. These circumstances
elected remarks their sufcency to justify Nlx's
suspicious of his wiie's guilt, but will not reiier
ate them. The attitude of repose in which the body
was found, might have been that of man who had
slept in state of intoxication. The wound itself
was deep, and had evidently been inflicted with
determined hand; large quantity of blood had
flowed beneath the body, but the ghastly counte-
nance of the deceased exhibited the mark Of con.
vusive struggle, and the glazed eyeballs were ap.
parently fixed on the ceiling in intense observa
ton.
Nix busted himself las we entered the apartments,
at temporary table on the landing, adjoining the
door of the room in which the body lay, in cutting
away excrescent matter from dried cod, and with
the utmost non chalance viewed the arrival of the
coffin and the preparations for the funeral. The
razor with which the deed was done lay on the
bed, and with somewhat of petulence in his man.
ner he required it to be delivered to him. He said
SIT is my property and will have it; have had 1t
for thirty years, and it belonged to my father before
me-" He observed that he was perfectly astonlsh-
ed to see so many persons come to see the corpse.
and he expressed bis 'wonder whether they had
never seen dead body before" Some persons
present ntimated that he had better submit, without
repining, TO the consequent curiosity attendant
such deed; and leaving the room he proceeded to
the stoop in front Of his house, where he seated
himself, and entered into conversation with neigh
bors and strangers on the subject of his wife's inf
deity both here and in England
He raid he could hear enough now from the
neighbors, OF his wifr's demeanor, of which he
had been ignorant until that moment. Whitford