The New York herald., 1850-11-16
CITY IntellIgcnce.

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN DEY sTREEr-oNE MAN MUIR
pERED AND TWO OTHERS MoRTALLY WOUNDED
ARREST OF THE ASSASSIN.
We have to record another bloody murder psrpersted
between and O'Clock yesterday morning, In small
German beer shop, situated In the basement OF the
premises No. 81 Dey street, occupied by an old man
and his three sons by the name Of Rousseau natives
Of Belgium. The old man. aged SO years, was
murdered on the spot, ana the two sons, Charles
and Louis, young men, aged 20 and p years were
mortally stabbed with q dirk knife, one In the abb
| domen and the other in the neck. The assassin
arrested whose name Is Henry Carnsl powerful,
desperate looking man. a swede By BIRTH aged 81
years The police succeeded In capturing the murder
err about o'clock, three hours after the psrpss.ion
Of the awful deed, In an area situated in the
Of No AZ Dey street where the villain had fed in
his endeavor to escape over the back fences. The
police Of the Third ward conveyed the dead body,
and the two wounded young TO the station house
Coroner Geer called to hold an inquest end in
vestisate the terrible and bloody tragedy The wound
ed young men were sent 20 the City Hospital
The deed was evidently done for the purpose Of rob-
bins the premises, the old man was in the posses
sion Of about s225, which money wa, found in his
trunk-the murderer not having had time, from the
alarm made by the sons, to look for the treasure,
scarcely having time to escape through the back yard
before the police on the spot
AT rHr roticE STATION HOUSE,.
At tan early hour In the morning, a large number OF
n4ous ~ bs.y Nj .ss ~ nnsaIs s ,sa, oing
on In reference TO the awful tragedy The inside Of
the police station presented scene, we think never
TO be forgotten by those present
The appearance Of the room most heartrending
and terrible 20 behold. In corner on the hoor lay
the corpse Of the old man. exhibiting the volsncs in
ictsd BY the assassin his throat cut almost frsm ear
TO ear and many other sabs aud cuts various parts
Of the body and the clothing saturated with blood.
m he noor In tha turn fnns Z m
In sinking condition, from the effects Of the wounds
received. Between these two wounded young men
fifteen years, who luckily escaped the murderous
hand Of the assassin By secreting himself under the
unipjured was attending TO his brothers In the mos.
tender and sfectionats manner, at the same time
weeping bitterly, at intervals ye. stll enoouragng
affecting and appalling to all present.
Before we give the evidence taken before the Coro
brief history OF the prisoner and the murdered
PARTIES win give a key TO the tragioal affair.
Charles Marie Rousseau, the murdered man, Is q
%ortsy wOunasa s SSa,s. . and M fcSs former
twenty-five years OF age and the latter twenty years
and his youngest SON Adolph: all these parties ar
cd for short time at No Carlisle street A. this
place the man Henry Carna under arrest for the
became acquainted. Eight days ago, the cd man
Rousseau purchased the beer chop, No 81 Deyst Tor
$780, whore the father and his three sons totk their
abode; together with weman from their Own coun-
try named Strange who acted a. hoJsekeePer
| Thus the family were living happily tovother; The
old man after making his purchase, had leit IN hs
poseession between two and three hundred dollars, IN
gold and silver which money deposited In trunk
/ The fact Of money berg In the house ~as known 70
the murderer; but n much larger amount u ~ pre-
sumsd, was anticipated by the assassin Carnh the
murderer is sviss By birth, thirty three years OF
sge, and In height about Eve feet eight and halt
inches and IL watch case dnishsr By trade He ar.
rived In this city nearly three weeks In the patks
ship william Tell, from lIavre. seme OF our readers
| might insgine this man 70 be a desperate looking
character from the record this deed bat his ooun
tepance does not indicate the demon ferocty which hs
| has exhibited this occasion. sharp dirk knife
| foundby the police on the floor, by the back windew
witch the murderer dropped Ia making his escape
from the premises. "a evidently the instrument o
death used In this appalling tragedy.
troUEsr.
\ Coroner Ceer arrived at the station house abou