New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-26
The rrasedy at the 80. Charles.

Prom the Troy Daily Budget .
The bodies Of the two persons vefe pisced IN
separate coius and placed In the city vaat ia sne
public buryipg gronnd yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Cabs Of w hitehall father 81 the suicide,
snd ". K. Caldwell Of York, bis brother. aud
Mr. AIMING s Wygsnt Of Brooklyn, brOther.is-i.v
Of the female arrived here this morning. We bad
AZ interview wish NJ. Wygsnt, who IL an inseli-
gent and hisbly respectable gentleman, doing blsi
ness in New York city, from whom we learned the
allowing particulars
Caldwell, the deceased, had been convicted Of
burglary inc: arson" ss stated in another psoer,)
and cent TO the Auburn State Prison, from which,
il 10 said oe was soon discharged proof Of his Ia
nOcence- For this statement, however, We do not
pretend 10 voucb, though IL 10 knows that he was Of
respectable connection.
Mrs Louisa Knapp, The other victim ia the
daughter Of a widow lady Of the name Of Van
Winkle residing in BroOklyn who has 4 re sons and
three daughters. She had hasb and living In CON-
Portable circu instances in Narray-st, New York,
Mr.. Frank II. Knapp, who has been for some time
past suffering from an intestinal consumption, so
that for the lsst six months be has been iacapci'
tsted for business Caldwell had become al &C.
quaintsnce Of bis family, We understand In May
last, and had finally cultivated an intimacy with bis
wife that ws considered Objectionable by Knapp,
and led 70 some npessant remarks between them.
On the day after President Tsylors funeral 10
New. York the Gath of JAY Caldwell called upon
Knapp, and induced him 70 ride oui with him from
10 4 o'clock in the afternoon While they were
out sought TO explain bis conduct and relieve X.
OF any suspicion. When they returned X. invited
Q. into bis house, bat the latter excused himself by
saying he bad Al engagement that afternoon at
o'clock. When Knapp entered hls house be
missed his wife, but thought she had gone to her
sisters or mothers He soon discovered trunk
Of hers gone, bat the servant could not tell where
Il bad gone. lie went to her mothers and found
she had not been there. he then supposed she
had gone 10 a sisters in the country. and on re-
turning. found under the folds of his bed note In
which abe stated she had gone to her sisters
He supposed she had possibly gone OF in 4 milf
and would be back in a day or two. he went to
the sisters and found abe had not been there
INQUIRY at the steamboats, led him to believe that
Caldwell and bis wife had gone up the Hudson
the same night. About week subsequently,
gentleman from Brooklyn saw the guilty pair in
Albany. They appeared to be soisg from the
steamboat, and did not see the gentleman who
was acquainted with the woman Since that
time nothing was heard OF the wretches until To-
telgence was received Of the horrible tragedy at
the 81 Charles.
The woman was "a years and months Old
She had been married ak years, appeared to love
her husband, and died chidless, having lately
buried her infant aged nearly two years. Cad.
well was some thirty years OF age, and had been
leading disso'ute life.
The friends of the dead will go this afternoon
to Wiismstovn, where the baggage and letters
spoken of in the memorandum eft at the St.
Charles, are said to have been left The letters
may throw further light upon their condact and
their motives for self destruction though We pre-
sume il will prove a short stDry-guilt, shame,
fear, remorse, restitution, despair, SUICIDE