New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-20
The Awful Tragedy in Cnyugn.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
ArpuxN. n. Y. March !,

AUBURN, y. 7. NthTch LEW
y.,b have doubtless ere this heard OF the horrible
der committed on Thursday night last, within
-. spd a half miles of this town The murderer,
+..sman. was arrested a, PhGnix on his way to
y, Canada line. and brought through Auburn 10
=. scene of his atrocities aboo two o'clock this day
.lloyed by an immense conoourse of people VINO
wsre with erea, difficulty restrained from butcher
iog him on the spot. Some five or s'A nu''U'e'
more assembled ut the jail for The purpose .. .un
us 49, ',f;cers who had him ia custody lie IL
-. dorL negro about twenty'one years OIL age
SUI t ont of The State Prison only SIX months,
here he had bccnfo five years being placed mere
III school in The most Impossible period OF his HE
aS;tJ, os was his crime-justly furious as Is the
np, il the sight OF
" Innocent slaughtered victims OF his tendish rage
ona cannot but feel that the State has been his
o .o,aI teacher What else can be expected than
,Se nuuiI will follow he bent of bis teaching
U cIsms 10 have been falsely unprecedented the
~ az With which he found, was given him 10
On an errand on by tai! grown man ana mar ne
81 os sixteen did not think Of iaquirlnS INTO the
az; IS oypership-th8t he mcdiaed his revenge
r.. the last wear OF his imprisonment, and for
Gu? 80 ,anned the mode of its accomplishment
w. !, has been executed and on mistaken victims
~, !, was another Van Nest who testified against
s;r,l the Mortified public have seen. Had ms be-
;ab.ed wretch on conviction 81 that early age,
..bsther gully or innocent. been placed In House
~ Correction and educated with portion OF the
,oceeds Of his labor; spri: OF benevoence ana
srgiyencss inculcated by the precept and practice
II ibosc about him, instead OF the revenge and In
ssreuce manifested added 10 The severity OF prison
Nscnlipe. on the one hand, and communication with
va mos, hardened matured criminals on the other
,bis dreadful tragedy had not occurred uorhe. auoth
- victim 10 the laws now await the halter. Beyond
his there cannot be the slightest sympathy Tor the
s,lnri, n more cold. FLOODED, villanous butchery
rad probably never committed in this any other
ace or country; and as strongly opposed as am 10
CAPITAL Punishment, could yield in this case TO It's
application.
Perhaps nv judgment is overruled at this mo.
nent bv my feelings. | have just left The horrid
Gene and YOU NAV well suppose that the natural
animal emotions are the livciest in my breast There
Law tall man, Q few hours before IN the prime OF
lie 40 ycars) Of benevolent countcnance-"ltn
deadly thrust four inches deep and one and haf
Id in hi, left breast Near him a child OF two
Gears OF age. with sleeping smile upon lis face
;nsrclcd 10 death. Halfdoubied IN bed IN an OPP
nnsie end Of the house, lay the wife and mo'her
nor eyes open and glazing as with horrihed fright,
,bethjrd viciim OF dcmoniac buichery. On bed IN
a. adjoining room his head propped, and famed by
; genie nurse rccned hardy looking, sinewy man,
dive bot with his breast laid open by the murderer
knife and every thing about him cotted with his
blood A short distance from This scene ot woe at
a peighboring house. lay woman. aged seventy
Eve or eighty years stabbed 10 the v!als and only
half conscious OF existence since dead. Upon the
Boors-upon the snow-upon the steps-the doors
every W here-bood, blood marked the murderer's
track What night of horror was that, IN lone
house upon the Winuy banks OF the Owasco ; no
bto at hand 10 sound heard with the groans OF the
lypg innocou,s butthe night.breeze upon the chilly
hike The heart sickens, the hand will mol trace
The lines necessary 10 recital. Tomorrow they
will all sleep beneath the snow clad turf OF Sand
Beach Cemetery. A thousand citizens OF Auburn
and Fleming preparing to attend hefuneral rites
When commo,ion shall have ended. will endea
yor,o give you some farther interesting particulars
Distance may cause butlittle comparative interest in
5our readers but here other subject is thought or
,vokeu Of I have been al over the Cnon-n
psny exciting scenes-but never witnessed one TO
compare with this. An unfortunate and, think,
false connection has been made OF this and Inc case
ofWyau; many boldly and loudly asserting that
failure 10 convict Wyatt settled all doubt in Free
mans mind us to his premeditated act A lawyerof
Standing in town ran down the street an hour or two
since ing ont Would that Se'card 'cerehere
10 see this deed % Is not this shametully wrong and
ujastl In great haste, very truly yours, D. H.