New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-01
A Story OF Jealousy and Crime.

,rbich have become so frequent OF late, has re-
Gently transpircd in New. Orleans, in the case of
John b. Cummns, who murdered his wife, a
,boyt time since, and, being arrested and con-
6ned in prison, committed suicide in his cell.
The Picayunc thus relates the sad story
THE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
.This is thy work tic object ro>ous ssht.
John b. Cummns, who cut his wi!c's throat,
.,I5s Old Lcvec-strcct, on Wednesday night,
Nd who cut his own throat in the Parish Prison
an Friday evening, died in the course of the
s,mn night the knife having entered The carotid
artery. 80,
,esce. destroying monster, jealousy, was an ac-
,;rc and primary agent. Cunmins, after his
cost. gave 10 Lieut.. MoTe of the First Munici-
n,E,y police, key that unlocked the dark cham
bercf his pclturbed spirit. 1t was in substance
dis lie married his wife, Elizabeth West, in
Philadelphia, about eight years ago. She was
,be daurhter Of George West, who resides in tho
So,,bern Liberty Road. She was Young (about
eh,epl and very handsome, and he loved her !;
bc was Young, vigorous and healthy and he be-
rsved she loved him. After some time, he left
pb;,,delphia and worked III this city for some
,b,,e years He returned, and felt he mad cause
N believe that his wife was untrue to him. This
60, his mind on rack from which he never
conrd cxtricatc il till he severed iiles thread
.snc6er. lie and his wife then went TO Liver
ooo and returned to the city not long since on
board the ship st. Lawrence, she as stcwardess,
and he as hand before .he mast. He had not
bccn long here when he learned that the evil star
of his desriny-hc whom he suspected of having
had Illicit intercourse with his wife in Phladel-
mia. was in this city. He, to i1y from the conse-
onences that threatened beSought her to leave
n 90 again to sea, where the of discomfort,
ifno, obilerated, would at least be greatly mar
-oyed down. She pcrt!naclously refused, and, as
;f,he evil one had concocted the plans which led
N the subsequent traglcal result, ne net, Oh the
dsy Of the night on which he murdered his wife,
her real or supposed paramour, who told INN 10
leave the CITY, or he would C. cut his throat"
This determined his cuurSc-he resolved to
murder his wife. TO nerve himself 10 the deed,
he drank freely, took his wife to the house out Of
which she never went alive, mad supper with her,
and they went to bed. La the course OF the night
while she was asleep, he carried his dreadful pur-
pose into execution by throwing himself Oh her
body, pressing his left hand on her forehead, and
with the right nearly sevcrlng her head from her
body. The torments of his mind now increased
ten thousand fold. He paced the room for some
time terror and regret alternately or smultane-
ously tuggipg at his heart He left, but nor peace
nor quiet for Il moment could he find abroad. He
then resolved to end his torments by putting an
end to himself, but before doing so, he resolved
TO take one last look at his murdered wife, not
thinking-for it was still carly-that the people
OF the house would be aware of the bloody drama
that had been enacted. They had been made
aware of it, by the blood dropping down through
the boards, and when he returned he was arrested
as the murderer.
OF the closing suicidal scene, our readers are
already aware The deceased gave to 1t. Nor
rel letter, which, at his request, he put in the
Post Office, for the person who caused him to
doub,hs wie's fidelity, requesting him at the same
time to keep his name from the rest of the world.
STEAMER Losr.-We learn from the Galveston
News that the steamer Ellen Ffankland, owned
BY Nlcssrs. Frankland & Co. was wrecked dur
ing tic severe gale on the 18th instant. She
was at anchor above Red Fish bar with full
freight OF cotton, &c and went down at her an
chOrs about ii O'Clock in tho evening. The crew
and passengers succeeded in saving themselves,
with the exception of one or two, by clinging 10
pieces of the wreck, which were prevented from
floating eff by having been previously ashed to
the hulk of the boat. In this situation they re-
manned till eleven O'clock next day, when small
boat fortunately came to their relief. The gale
is represented as being Tremendous, and the SUI
fcrngs Of those on board very severe.
The person known to be lost was German,
name not mentioned.
u The Journal dc Calais states that an nhah-
tant of Southampton has recently been amusing
himself by filling 1000 bottles with 5000 copies
ofan abridgcment of Universal History" These
bottles well corkcd and sealed, have, by his order,
been placed in deep cavities in the icy caverns of
Greenland, in the hope, should a partial dcstruc-
ton of the globe again cnsuc, that they may sur
vive the wreck, and cnightcn future ages, who
would otherwise be ignorant Of the events which
have come to pass in this world. 1t is not stated
what language this bottle conjuror has chosen 10
preserve the knowledge of the present race Of
mankind.
Bjr The Montreal Minerec, of last Thursday,
outhe authority of letter from Longucull Cana
da), gives the case OF young man named Jc-
seph Nllet, aged 30 years, who lived forty-ninc
days without any other sustenancc but water
He was laboring under monomana, and express
ed a wish to die During the last two days he
suffered cxcruciating pains in the stomach, and
it was then that he asked for something to cat
He was worn down to d skeleton His health
has been perfectly rc-cstablishcd under med'ca
treatment