The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-14
City intelligence.


most intense excitement was produced on satur-
day, In the Ninth ward, by . report, that about
like Wild fire, that the family OF John Holm grocer a,
the Of Bedford and Leroy streets had been
poisoned The immediate neighbors, especially, we're
sgitated and suspicion strong against the party
supposed to have administered the deadly dose. It
sppcars that the family consisting Of Bridget Holm
(viie ofJobn) hrs.Msry Wynn, her sster) JohnHohn
Jr on Of John the elder Ia years Of aud Bridget
Phean, servant, bad all taken sick friday night
under the following eiroumstanees-Abput seven
o'clock on Triday evening these members OF the family
pstook Of supper, and drinking tea they
fonnd 1t had very osagrseabs taste ana then took
milk nsttsa of %, which they found had the same
tafte They were ali astonished, aud could not
count fort just after they had done supper Mr..
Holm came up stairs, and on his wife asking him
whether he would take tea or milk he said he would
his lip. aud scist.iy laid il down saying t had
very bad ,s'ts The son took III i'm sdiai.y siser,
aud sister we're seized with seized In half an
hour after, aud the servauE Ia about tSo hours.
Physicians we're called In who used tue stpnsch pump
IN extracting the posop from the wife and lister aud
90 lar succeeded that the patients prouounosf
on. o. danger on saturday e,sniss IN. servant srl
carious stats At quarter past Hine q ok on sstur.
day evening Helm sss arrested By CTsia LovstI, OF
oouot OF the affair self tory aai m sos un
safsc'ory Previous 10 bic srr.t he stated that he
had the balance OF the and nlf At the store and
IL siter~srds found there o. o sar On b4inx
taken 30 tho ,a house he said b. hal thrown the
milk int the sop pail, aud vent Immediately and
that be lived very dssgreeabe terms With hts wife
aud that there large estst. 20 vhieh be heir It
H. avery serious business.
INSANITY AND MURDER.
A eolorse man, named Peter uowIauge. Who has
lately returned from ssa showed some symptoms Of
insanity fec weeks siEce, and 9 complaint having
been made at the Halls OF Justice he first locked
up In the ro@bs and soon after sent to the City
Hospital He recovered however so lar, that, In
the opinion Of the phy-icaHs there he Wa capable OF
being discharged on yesterday and returned 20 the
hour No lB7 Leonard street, kept by man named
John Willisms 10 the where he had before been
boarding. For time, he displayed no symptoms OF
nssnity but yesterday early In the Afternoon he told
come fhipmstss CT his, for whom hs said he had
q regard, to clear out, he determined
to do harm This was not taken much notice
Of At the tim. the particularly ss be vent to
tea, and eonducted himself with much propre,y At
t.bl. 10 and others Of his shipms;es, retired
10 bed tome time between light and nine clock sai
coon after the err q murder -rs heard proceeding
from the 20 Which these persons had retired aud
Immediately some of the inmates rushed up How
lsBgs had. however placed himsef on the landing %
a., stairs and armed With bsdpost h set all oppoai-
tion at d.h.nee. and knocked down any who we're 90
adventurous within reach II this fctm5abs
vetron. and three four persons we're len hsr, 40
comtgi. In this way four persl disahied-ons
a. them female belonging 10 the hou-s. An alarm
having ben raised croSd INN sdistsly collected,
End OF The ssth -srd police having srrived -sy
was made for them snd they asorudrd The tArs; Int
a. only one could ascend A. time there -ss much
dniculty IN dislodsing bin. The nrst ofaser sh'
ascsnCed, rscsivsd heavy hoFs bat the negro,
being hit BY cone missile. Istrested % the gar
ret. .hsrs, having risuted himssn on the landing
tata whloh he Gurg - such ~ attr-ptet 20 ascend
N. stairs lie wounded zone fsr q the palie- snt
siso 90, NV - the crowd stones wers shro~f AZ
lie through both hack ana front -iuac.s many Of
Which took effect. Yet, notwithstanding ne contin-
ued 10 maintain thi. unsiasi sgt 70, nearly
two hours shen bios ~ missile more
sG-ctiv. thar the oth-rs. laid him PROSTATE.
rush vas thsn msae 40 sisfs BY ths police, aai
b. s,il attempted resis.ancs, sni h'kst and HE At
on vho came near him, in Desperate SD sage
rsuusr 80 cd no, yi.d tli beaten 900 srsiy whea
br, arbt the street he -eui have been raer6esi
ty the crosse uorgit siom rurnor hsd been ercula.
t.otts b. bsa allied three men sot ons woman rb-
th,t ers bss bsr Led byblun vnose skull
hss h~sn IMPLICITLY brotenin ~ "a stroke from The
post ia tsdstSss which he hod tori ssuoser W.
brought 20 the Tolba where h. AZ prsrert Hes IN
= cell hsndeuHed The uaauer in vhics IN. -om,n
vss injured - ssid 20 have hen ~ his throsiass
krfs 81 some of The rfrguns ascending the stsirs,
no that missing them it hit her Ia the check, In
Melting severe gath
The usm. 81 th- murdered m.n is John Nusray and
Trsueis Preppet 3 tssPsrsisy luiarsd 20 thst hiSfe
b. dssfsirsd - FnFa Entf-r q the name OF the %
male sh. -ss 80 a,,ensant IN he hoDs'. Ho-lsngs
g. ssid 20 b native 81 81 the Eardsch Islands
ssilor bsard The brig Esstath Witch arrived
hsts tee ussks sine and the - he insanity
" rsid "a b. his having attended some abolition leo
turss Oihers atifitufa 81 intsr Ssrsp.e. and
others stiil rrain 20 Unh ne is poaerfally built
msn srd none thss "a fret In h,isht Though
frtsftly bat-r there eraiusd for HIS
recovery Ouesrrrnrt b. has been frrharged from
TIE hcffi'sl. ord sDother sayshe oscape5 There
come Who atribute thls maaf nesuity q his having
been rtttsd II all be fssiuxs 81 this house
~ stout two o'cior this morning nr g~eeny gave
- - his cpiuira that uovlenge corld not recover
ne fsid however be Vas al bone and musois and or
Gered fcnne hrerty aud us;cr
TrrgH o'CtocK A M-rbs manner IN vhich the
atuve srraet rus ads teafn further enquiry,
We fcicvs--i hcre three spproachrs 70 the 80
crnl floor a this house a. tron sn0 one on ,sca
tide spd - a fefhie t.med john = i'm .nr - "
1 Is " tis eide stairs aod gave ne .lfT Nhicn
/ tnu-fsd tie fr.ptrs. doFn. rbeu ~ thnut"d@ IN.
10 fs8 dses % .rs thea those bslls rs'hed mp ana
| ccr tistsd che sfrelt
! Try psts - y 70 undsrE. ood that ths Hon
/ Hinisrd snd Ger Isms' 1sN-sirs ~. mass snNt