Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-26
From the New York Express. Dec. 81
TRAGICAI. TERMINATION TO AVERY STRAN(
AFFAIR

TRAGlCAI. TERMINATION TO AVERY STRANGE
AFFAIR.
The examination in the Of JOHN H. Seymour charg"
with having conspi!cd with his wife 10 and did draud Air
JOHN H. Swr"c=ani out Of house and lot in 10TH street il
Ne" York, VALUED 81 near $40 Co., lid not oil in
sequence OF t,. Attendance OF M.. Siuyvesanf.
The defendant anu his connScl present, as1 A!te!
S;urrcYan counsel FOR tie complainant, and ready
prJCc"H had Wr. SuYvCsaat been present After waiting
nearly hour 3r him 10 come, Information from ceda
bic received in Cou't tina! aIt. Suyssn hat
died suddenly :; oc3cE this morning. i: is said OF Asl
! Cholera.
May think that he committed suicide bur yc
there facts 10 justify arriving al such conclusion.
Of course roIhng was done 10 the matter.
Mr. J. K. SiuyTcsant was resident OF Ponshkccpsic
yiSl; 10 this city, with his mother TOR the time) or
| second averu. where be- died.
The pGcHar circumstances connected with the 6X;rlu!t
nary affair wiG! has TINS ragGaIy cr:nna!ej, make
i; altogether dark chapter IN Crime ani DcIuson
| ever Wa recorded III romance or fiction.
The unfortunate deceased according his Slid vit,
nirceG !oNsit Tie house OF one Joan Seymour, a. No
g onsion scc, nntcr Tie impression that having The
reputation: Of cl,irvoyan:, Mrs Seymour might be able
render him medical assistance malay
with which he Wa suffering.
These visits repeatedly made Mr. Stnyresar rccev
ing medicines from MiJ Seymour for which lie paid her 81
per hottie The husband of this wUnan il is further alleged
mad sign hls door which printed the words Clair
v0yall Examinations by Mis-. Seymour No. 4yl Houston
street, (5Gtwenn BvweTy and Broatway) Consultations
daily upon Sickness business and absent friends from
NJ 10 r. NJ"
Mr.. Stmyycs,n continued his visits to Mrs. Seymour -
On these occasions Tic by her responses
nrlfuy leading him Co., I've quote the uliavitj as he al
forwards perceived and believed with The view and design
though conscious Of it al the timeOi getting
him suspicious and qIiv0cal situations would
enable Ter and her hus5andwn he believed cospIT
:h her for e cXiOIt moEcy and other pro.
pey'y from han.
iiat on The night Of the l9h Of May last, he the
house, when Mrs 5. informed him thu, her husband had
:cre Do<Dn she then gave him night key Inc front
The house, and Invited him ~ visit her the next
nch saying tt she would have The servants oaI OF the
way
That the following nah he visited The house, when
she repeated Tim what she had said the previous night
relative -! Gs5ats abscGcc, ard b. her seductive ad
vunccs and cases, induced him visit her sleeping
rGpu an! waite both partially uurOb4d she suddenly
gave s.nal 9 Stunning the door three timss, when her
husband Ghcd ino the room.
He had ira sword cane in is hand and struck him
Violently iii ugUG & head, AMI stabbed at him several
times and threatened murder him unless he would ray
hn money lis GquivIIUt and refused TO give him his
until he d! consented 10 transfer TO him house and
lot ,ic he Owned sixteenth street, which lie su5sc
Uupniy dii t.nSisr, wor,h from IS 600 TO $4,000.
r. i~"o~, neI"n' -
IS 600 bail Tor urlACt examination. And the sad Sequel
lar as Mi Stuyvcsant s concerEcd-s given above.