The New York herald., 1849-02-28
Another Case Of MISUNDERSTANDING Aurdcr
Love. Jealousy. mud Revenge.

Another Case Of shooting-Probabie Aurder
Love, Jsalousy. and Revenge.
Yesterday afternoon the east side of the city above
18th street, thrown into state Of the greatest
excitement occssonsd BY the Of tragedy
which is likely to end In the death Of one not both
Of the actors The parties concerned were Thomas A.
Walker. and his reputsd wife, Martha Eliza, who have
rssded for time past at No 40 Lexington avenue
rear the of 25th street At about half past two
O'clock yesteIdsy afternoon o report Of pistol
heard In Mrs. Walkers room, and her aunt, Mrs.
Wells, who resides with her, being summoned
to her niece's room, found her lying upon the
hoor gaspipg for breath it was at evident that
she had been shot, and Mr.. Walker in the room
at the time An examination being made it became sp
parent that tie ball of the pistol barrel
entered ker right shoulder passing down In oblque
direction and had finally come out just above the
lsft hip She could hardly speak, and Mr.. Walker as
serted that she had shot hersf This she denied but
old not scea.e any one cf having psrpetrAtsd the
murderous aot. Capt Johnson, of the Eighteenth
ward police, was sent for aud strived in very short
time, ompsnied by Officer Brown. Police Justice
Mountfort alec visited the house soon after, and
awaited the arrival Coroner, Who In
ordtr to make an ante mortsm investig alton in tn
premises The Ceroner arrived about half past five
o'ceck, accompanied by DR.. Holmes who in plain
terms told the wounded woman that she was probably
near her death; that the probability was that she
may God have mercy upon men She still in
dsDyiug that she had shot herself and at the same
time refused to say that Walker had done It, The CO.
roDer interogated Mrs Wells, the aunt, but it
that her niece had epe ed her at all upon
SUBJECT; she fou the unfortu living gasp
Ing on the floor, and .he could not obtain IRON
her any ipforration to who fred the pistol
on htr questioning her, she said Miss Walker turned
her head away, and begged that she might nst be IN
tsrr"gsted The Coroner asked her directly, 4" did
you .hoot your.eif % To witch she replied No"
pbs answered that she not going 8" 20 criminat
him" Who do you mean by him % asked the Co.
forgive bin for @ all he ba. done She said but little
more and appeared to fail fast her voice became very
. the m did not thSs Ss. IT to
what afterwards but to the Last peristed In refusing
to criropate her husband, though she denied having
The victim in this tragedy was formerly Miss Black.
well, Of Stamford Conn, an hsress to considerable
fortune. She is the same lady who created quite
rensaton years since. when her husband, . Mr..
Ner, abducted her from the house Of her uncle from
whom ,hs inherited her fortune Mr. Miller drove into
town in a barouohe drawn BY four horses; conveyed
bis wife specify on board vessel about to sail for
Norfolk, Va; and he wing successfully accomplished bis
project in quiet possession Of his wife After
the unces death check Tor $40 GOO was to
the SCENTS Of his tMr BIackwsnsl estate purport-
Ter. This check Milsr's wife pronounced forgery,
and she refused TO live with him. A divorce vas
from her frst husband the hsress became acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Walker. nd as she alleges, married him.
She has resided inLesiDgton avenue since last Ssptsm
Der, and hss been visited by Mr. Walker, who is man
Of wealth. and is said to live upon bis money He
just Leaving the house Captain johnson and odcer
Brewn entered II yesterday aftern They took him
into custody and conveyed him to the station house,
when six bsTrellsd revolving pistol was taken from
an inside pocket Of his He told Captain Johnson
that the woman was not his wife, and that she had
ihot herself Ono barrel of the pistol which found
upon him had been discharged Before leaving house
be something pieoe paper nd endeavoured
to get Mrs Walker to sign She refused, however and
Juttcs Mountfor has now the paper In his possession
II was the opinion Of the physicians that the woman
could not live till morning. The inmates Of the house
are not at all commu niostve and the could
not learn from them any thing which would enable
him to view the subject In any ineligible
ner than the sight Of the dying woman and the cir
oumstapces sready alluded to would enable him to. II
post mort, exsmi alton takes place or Coroners
inquest held they may be induced to speak, but yes
terdsy they were not at all inclined to talk Mrs
Walker Mrs Miller has sttaine her 35th year. and
bears the marks of former beauty She lived in splendid
style, at her residence in Lexic Rton avenue Some
further ipvestie alton will probably be made BY tho
authorities to-day. Fiat jmsitit rnat cGlum.