The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-21

him. asr both ths wife and deceased took tho
came and took deceased away but he soon came
BACK again. deceased then went usual only taking
he took his dinner Sunday and 1t about str
O'Clock 10 the evening he went out and when he eamo
he told his vie that /. had shown that which h,
had In paper In drug store supposDg to be poison
usual but It one O'Clock on Sunday night hs eot upi
e hted lamp and made fire. and remarked that he had
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his wife drank he them kept working until shout three
O'Clock A. NJ Monday he then put shsvin under tho
jumped out of bed and threw something the Aams to
imothsr it, she did he gave awful yell scream,
his table on which stood nuid lamp, the lamp up!
sol the fluid spilled, into which he threw the chd
ny sister hsn rushed 10 directly fCr the sad And Nc,
wife BY the throat and threw her against the clos -
The dark the lamp having been sxtinguisbsd
sharp and also that she had cuts her face shG
gradually to the door, and having cried OUT the sarn
brought to her AID the people IN the So1 ar
and on after that he did not home again; at
half an hour after two policemen came and laid ihaG
deceased had given himself up and confessed that he "a
Or. Uhl sworn aays-I made post mortsra exanua!
ton of tho body OF deceased and found handk h s
tied around the neck six times and pulled very to
10 make well marks inc entation and ecchymoz
coDgssted and the heart isd with blood the body gen
orally presented the usual signs of stranguaon Fonn
the in which the handkerchief tied and tina
caused by strangulation.
On the evidence above gver, the jury rendered tho
following
"That William Kirk came to his death BY committing:
suicide BY ss1s himself Sc With hsn eek
10th to the 20tn Of December, 1853"
THE LATE REvOLT AND FATAL ARRAY ON BOARD
THE SHIP JAMES WRIGHT.
Coroner Donnell yesterday concluded the inquest
the body of shadrich simpson, formerly first mate Of the
ship James Wright who was beaten and cut the head
be- SsS sunda last ~ s
No Jog HAmsrsley street i appeared from the svi:
dence that the ship Lay at Quarantine ready for sea,
board OF said ship when of the became dis
orderly and dsebe,ed the orders of the mate when an
ARRAY took pace but the Eve prisoners could be denti
ned BY the pilot the assault took plAct in the forscas
where the mate bad gone order out the their
duty There WAS no evidence .edussd before the ooronsr
denos that the mate coming aft from tho
forecaste bleeding FRI the head calling for assistance.
After the assault steamboat was hailed and the sapta
and deceased taken ashore and the remained
on board In . state OF revolt, until arrested.
In the sbenes of any positive evidence duplicating the
prisoners the jury rendered the following
'That deceased shadrek simpson, came to his dsatts
from wounds received board tho ship James Wright
on the Path day Of November at the hands Of per-
son or persons to us uni ncwnn
The deceased native of Scotland, aged 20 years
The prisoners were remanded back to the custody Of
the United States Marshall to indictment
pencing against them for utiny this very eccason.
FATAL ACCOMMODATE OF CAPT. JOHN BRouaHs
TON, OF THE SHIP GEORGE HURLBUr.
Coroner Hilton was yesterday called to hold An inquest
on the body OF Captain john Broughton master Of the
ihiP George Hurlbnt lying At Buring slip who was found
dead early yesterday morning. lying In the hold Of the
Of the ship Monday snd that evening they had BEEN
taking cargo rather late and the hstchway left opsu
and deceased looking the ship, accidentally fe
into the hold and killed The wife Of the deceased
board the SHIP says that about 10 O'Clock he
left the cabin but did return and much anxiety
manifested In consequence of his absence.