New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-24
THE ISTHMUS.

The Panama Star Of the 9Th inst contains full
details Of the shocking murder committed on the
Chagres River. The victims were eleven per.
sons, passengers on board the steamship Empire
City, from New. York-eight men, two females,
and one child, whose bodies have been found.
The leading particulars are contained in the fol-
lowing letter from the American Consul at Cha
gres, addressed to the Consul at Panama:
CONSULATE u S. A, CHAGREs, Feb. q, 1851.
SIR: Our town to day has been thrown into
considerable excitement IN consequence OF t9e
mgrdeE and rohSsTs O" The bod;es Of sT man have
been found near Vamos Vamos, floating in the
river, and, from appearances, have no doubt been
murdered
On one of the bodies was found paper, on which
was written Joseph Brooks-sailed as passen-
ger on board the Empire City, bound to California,
on the 18th day OF February, 1881 residence cor
ner Dey.st and Broadway, New.Y York"
The names of the others we have not been able
to ascertain.
A boat arrived this evening, bringing down a
trunk marked H. Ruduschinder," which the
n r stated was left on board his boat at
Ciorgona, by one Of the passengers that he carried
up the river; that on his way up they found the
bodies of two men in the river; that they stopped
! and buried them that on one of them they found
! $50 which was taken by the passeDgers-and
/ $50 was aiterward paid by them TO each Of the
with the trunk above mentioned, has been placed
in my hands, and the crew are now being arrest
ed. The circumstances against them are very
strong.
that issued the following certificates on the cath
inst; shipped by ]. IL. Kronso & Bro, per
steamship Empire City, New York, Feb ID, 1851
Colder, trunks containing caps, sls6; h. Hu-
duschinder, do of clothing, 1905; Fl. Barnett
DO of do s475; w. Aushbery, DO OF pistols and
I f. NJ Anal 1 n n.
ing, $500"
/ As the trunk received from the boatmen ap-
| pears to be one Of the above lot have to request
that you will make inquiries in regard to the per,
son or persons accompanying these goods ana
communicate the same to me IS soon as possible,
together with such information as you may be
able to obtain in regard to missing passengers
HARVEY GLEASON, u S Consul.
! ToA. b CoRwINE, Esq L. S. Consul, Panama
/ The excitement on the Isthmus, in consequence
of this outrage, was very great. As soon as the
particulars were known, meeting Of the Ameri-
can citizens Of Panama was held in order to take
measures for the pursuit. apprehension and pun
ishment of the murderers A company OF armed
citizens had proceeded 70 the River Trinidad on
the eth of February. One of these gentlemen re-
ports:
Found boat painted black, with white line
round her Of about three inches wide, two oars
and rudder inside OF the boat. On shore we
found chest broken open, some OF the carpen-
ters tools which it had contained thrown about
the ground seeing footsteps Up the bank leaolng
to the bushes, sent up to see it anybody or goods
were there, and being answered in the afhrma'
tive, we went up ard found two trunks locks
broken q carpet bag cut and knapsack, all
open, and wearing apparel. bed'clothlng &c,
strewed about, all more or less besmeared with
blood among these, found two pairs OF pants
and one or two shirts of sRckng, such as are gen.
I orally worn by Carthagenian bostmen. The par
! ties guilty of the crime of robbery and murder
must have dressed themselves in good clothes
and taken the surplus with them not single
new article OF clothing did lind.
al proceeded, and ionud between the entrance
of that part Of the river called PaO Matiss and
that of Juan Gaegos, az different parts, four
dead bodies caught by their clothes among the
anags: these were white men, and had been dead
three or four days.
/ "In that part of the river called Ahorca ell La
garto, saw two graves, the lower OF which was
not entirely covered, the hands and arms being
exposed to the elbow | could not persuade my
men TO land me, but saw two cuffs Of what ap.
peRred black velvet, the dress being torn away
by the birds Of prey to clear the aesh. saw no
more.
81 was informed at Los Hermanos that three
Carthsgenians, little below, had that morning
the 26tb asked an elderly man who was on his
way up, alone, 20 put them across the river, bat
not liking their appearance, he refused. These
men were on the same side Of Chagres River,
and little below Trinidad. We found two pa.
lancas in the Trinidad and on the bank bottle
with wicker work for liquor.
"R M MUSGROVE.r
l also found a number of papers and books
some Of the latter left at Dos Hermanos, the for
mer are in my possession.
The names found are Fidele Pepin, native of
Gap in the Higher Alps-per passport. San Fran
cisco; Honore Landry, gold bester, Of Paris, col