Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-17
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN "HIGH LIFE"

SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN "HIGH LIFE"
The New York correspondent of the Woodstock "enth
Legion" thus writes:
An intense excitement is at present gng in "upperen-
don from awfuy ragica circumstance which has re-
Gently taken place In the Ft Avenue Ii appears hlt ABOUT
years and half ago. gentleman who was ut that time
Of first merchant monarchs was compelled by an
unpleasant business transaction between some OF his foreign
connexions and himself 10 temporarily renquish the society
Of yUnng aud lovely wife, and To proceed voyage from
this city ST. Petersburg This matrimonial separation
rendered the poignant by the fact that the parties
had only been united about six months and most ar
denlly attached 10 each other The merchant however, sci
out.
In the course of the voyage the vessel touched London
where the merchant ddshng arisocratic FRIEND who
had lust completed pleasure Europe, and was
about returning the metropolis Of the Western World
The merchant communicated 10 his friend the object and pro-
bable duration Of his visit ST. Petersburg and requested
his homeward bound contryman become the bearer of
his wife. As This lady Of the handsomcs
and accomplished women in New York. the FRIEND oil
pyuy undertook the embassy to the court Of beauty
The merchant continued his voyage and, arriving at
ST. Petersburg, he found that his affairs in that city were so
complicated require his presence in the Russian capital
for much longer time than he had anticipated Meanwhile
his arstocrac friend arrived in Gotham presented the letter.
and effected much closer introduction to the merchant 5
wife than her absent husba nd had originally Intended
Well, day last week, after absence of TWO years
and five months the merchant landed this por but ina
CINE his asonsncnt wcn upon Unexpectedly presenting
himself his old residence in the Fifth Avcnuc he discover
ed, his unnterablc horror that dmnutive stranger Of
sir reeks DID, had recently become member OF his
tween the child his wife and his a:isocratic friend the
fortunate husband experienced difficulty in arriving
very unsatisfactory conclusion respecting the aiaon Of
the little intruder.
Frantic with rage, the merchant Immediately commenced
the task Of retrbuun and having learned the whereabouts
Of his ws senccr he rushed into his presence and shot
him down like dog The maniac husband Then escaped,
reached his homc dismissed the servants stabbed his
wife TO The heart threw the born babe Of the back
window and finally hung himself from beam in The ceiling
Of his own BEDROOM where nc was found few hours alter
wards perfectly dead
Such an extraordinary instance of wholesale murder is
unparalleled in the annals of New York crime; and the
element produced among all classes Of society," proper
cnalr great; but in compliance with the request Of
the friends the deceased the reporters of The city press
present. withhold the OF all parties connected with the
above dreadful occurrence
An Irish laborer entered in Fulton street. week
ago last Friday with lighted candle. The vapor therein
ionted and burned him in such manner TO his
death II very seldom that hear Of accidents of this
in the city They sometimes happen in mines but
r. ever in civ subcrrancaa places. Your tculv
SHENANDOAH.