New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-02
Horrible Murder.

FROM ihs fHilautlpma OF oatuiuay
The annals of crime N this country have
rarely borne record of a more cruel and revolving
murder than that which has lust come to light in
the District of Richmond adjoining the city. Il.
may be remembered that Jacob Lehman, aged IL,
son OF Aaron Lehman, German Jew peddler, Ie-
siding at No 497 North eth st near Franklin, Penn
District has been missing since the 9Th of January,
when he was sent out by his father 10 dispose Of
about $500 worth of jewelTy.
A little after p. NJ, Yesterday two little girls
PLAY ing on the ice above j. L. Morris Co.'s Iron
Foundry, Richmond, found three bags of coarse
cloth with geese feathers and geese wings fastened
upon them. On calling TO some men who were
cutting wood near BY, they came and opening the
bags found portions OF a human body Enclosed in
them cut ard mutilated in shocking manner.
The sacks were Immediately conveyed to the hO-
tel of Captain George McCallen, on Richmond ST.,
where jury of inquest was empanneled Tne aD-
pearance OF the remains was se s IN one
thorax, arms and hands with tho viscera OF the
chest and IN tho third, the lower portion OF the
trunk, and the hips and thighs, with the viscera
in different sacks were with parts Of the cloth
ing OF the deceased, fixed and tied together, so
as to occupy the least space. The head had been
severed from the trunk, the body hewn in twain,
the legs chopped of at the knees, and the feet
partly cat from the legs, at the ankles, SO that
they might be bent upward There had also
been an attempt TO cut the thorax in two length
wise. On the top OF the head were two fdshtful
wounds, tracturing the skull. The nose was ike
wise broken and the eyes blackened On putting
the whole out ia the Coroners lce-box they formed
the perfect corpse syoulh about Il years old-the
age of the lad Lehman The hair was Ike his. The
body, fultlGImOrc, cOTresponded to his IN SIZE
hieht aud general appearance, and there marks
upon il pToyiHg its identity beyond doubt Inc
agonized father was present and although In state
oi distraction at the spectacle was able 70 recognize
The lemaJs of his murdered son. The clothing was
cut an6 torn into fragments and all the buttons we're
removed fiom the great coat. Around the pieces Of
Tire booy both inside and outside OF the SACKS, were
flrra In aNh oh n halU ~
paving stone.
We suboini such portions of the testimony before
the COroneis Jury as it has been deemed prudent to
publish:
ting wood WHEN two little girls discovered some
goose wings they then saw the halr, and haeed up
10 ne My c. Phillips came with all Ak and cut the
head mart aud clothing from the ice then took u p
tbe sx and searched further, when | discovered
hand over the body next cutthe ice from around It
there were three different bags about htsy or sixty
yards fro tie shore where the tide rises about four
feft kne v nothing about the body heard of boy
having been missing have seen no persons gong
that way saw the jewecr boy in the house OF mos
Galliger about the time he was missed he was then
dcceIetlv clad cannot tell whether the body looks
hle the missing boy have heard II reported that the
McBrides were seen IN his company that day he
was in our house The day of his disappearance.
J0s McD0Hsd, swom-l saw the Jeweer boy, l
think last Thursday thee weeks Arthur McBnde,
nov aeceased, Andrew Mcbride, and their cousin
nessed up when the Jewoler boy was accosted py
a,,hrr did not hear their conversation hedr1 the
hcv say he was 4 liar Arthur then struck the boy
with his is. clenohed, which staggered him told
NcDride 20 go of he I'D so, and came back and
esi5 he would mark me did not see the boy alter
I'D he VAS dressed IN blue coat
M. fares Lehman, the father OF the boy, was
sve,r-I think this boy is mine by the cloth coat !
S,lieve tits my boy on the s,h of January ias',
seV him alive thc value Of Jeweiry in MS possess
jor ras a5out $500 The box conta ned rings glasses
-. two rszors 90 rot knog who made men
the bottom Of the box was tin on the sloe Oh VEG
Tx were two brass fastenings The handle was OF
scUc White metal one Of the speclacies had TOUT
gbsses. I'LL. =. a.. hay wit,
ttirtv.two white stones also key win an agsle
stone The bIcastrins in the box ISostly haH Que
towers set IN with stone. The ear rings were secoha
rand lad a white stone IN H. He had smau
french watch with him, to which was at.ache1 d
klaCk cord II wound NJ or the face.
At O'Clock the jury rendered the following Vei-
dict: That the lad Jacob Lehman came 20 MS
death az tie hand or hands OF sone person or per-
cons TO the Jury unknown
We may add. though we withhold names, lI"'
house in the District lately occupied Dyt"o iencn'
men, who left January 18th or lGth, mas oeeh eAs,h
med and drops OF blood have been found On ne
fo9r and stairs spots Of blood and feathefs IN w
closet, and cellar bloody fDger-mAks on TIE WALL
and other suspicious traces &c..
Prof MCClintock, IN company Win w" NoIonssi
ard Vim. B Reed, Esq District Attorney, proe ecu
"a TO Richmond this afternoon with the view OF teS,
ing the sIos Of blood found an the suspecteu mousse
with the microscope The Ponce are on tue "soA
OF tie lnuICeTerS