Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-03-31
ATROCIOUS MURDER,

terrible murder was perpetrated in streets last
evening. All our readers doubtless remember the
attempt, mentioned some days since, Of Mr.. Henry
Cotton of No. 26 vessey ST., to shoot Mr.. Charles
Corllcs in Leonard ST. The pistol then merely snap.
ped. and Cotton was arrested. He was bailed, and
has since been at liberty A day or Two after this,
commit suicide by taking laudanum. This added
strength to the rumor we had previously heard, that
the assault OF Cotton was made IN consequence OF the
alleged seduction ofhls wife by Corlies.
Last evening few minutes be(orc7 o'clock Mr..
Cores was seen TO come out of his Bowling Saloon
under kreemer Co. s coach estabshmentln Broad
way near Franklin street in company with woman,
He passed down Broadway to Leonard ST., down
which no turned and proceeded towards his residence
at No los. He was ,hereast seen standing still and
in conversation with woman. moment or two
after the explosion Of pistol was heard. and passer
by in Broadway man fall-but saw near
have been shot. ball had entered the back of his
head, nnd on examination is supposed TO have lodged
just behind his nose. He was speechessw when found
and remained. Portions Of his brain escaped
through the wound and his recovery was of course
impossible. He was Immediately taken INTO room
in the Carleton House. and attended by physicians.
When we left he was still living but died at little
after nine.
! Officers Immediately went after Mr. Cotton, who
was found at his house ana taken into custody. He
surrendered himself without hesitation and denied all
knowledge of the transaction. Cotton has for long
| time kept gentcel gambling establishment at his
residence, Corlles is q single man and boarded al
! No. log Leonard ST. We have not heard of the ep-
prehenslon of the woman with whom he was last seer
in company, nor do we know that her name has beer
ascertained. 1t is surmsed by many that the muir
derer was a man dressed in woman's clothes.-N. Y
Tribune Of Tuesday,
Officers are in active pursuit for the woman wht
came into Mr. Colon's boarding house while tn
magistrate was there 1t is said that they have oh
| tanned clue to her residence.
There is also good reason TO believe that Mrs. Col
ton may have been this woman, and that she hal
changed her dress before the coroner arrived.
The whole matter will undergo an investigation be
fore coroner's jury this afternoon ut 3 o'clock, i
the Court Of Sessions Ioom where it is probabl
some fifty witnesses will be called for examination.
III not improper or Improbable to add that thi
fatal ALTAR arose from an improper intimacy betwee
the deceased and Mrs. Cotton, who is young an
attractive woman.
We have heard il said, however that the first &c
vances were not made by the deceased, and that Ii
did not know Mrs, Cotton TO be n married woma
! until some time after the relations between hem ha
been OF the most intimate character. N. Spect'
tor, same date
, The Mr.. Corlies who was shot by Col,o
was native of Orange county, in this Stat.
: and was about % or 20 years of age, an
!, we suspect, from the accounts We have sec
i of him in the New York papers, that he ha
!. not sustained character altogether unblen
n ished before his late melancholy death. @
$ the contrary both he and Cotton seem
;, have been professional gamblers and accon
plished debauchees. The Coroner was hol
d ing an inquest on the death of Corlies whit
: was not closed at our last dates.