New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-27
THE LATE ATTEMPT At MURDER.
ALLEGED CoNFEssroN-STRANGE DEvEL-
OPMENTS.

Frederick Myers, situated at the corner OF Seven
,e,nth.st. and Third.a%. The whole matter was, at
,bo time. Investigated by the Fre Marshal, aud such
evidence ELECTED by him as led to the opinion that
.ho ere had been the work Of design, and Of very
suspicious character.
Since then il will be seen, quarrel has arisen be-
tween Myers and Williams, his late partner. One
has attempted as alleged to take the life OF the
ober in fact by their own story, one has attempted
i,o kill by poison and the the other by pistol. 1t
further appears that the suspicion of the fire being
,be work Of design has been justified by the alleged
confession made by Williams to Myers-the latter
now having revealed the mystery in full statement
bsfo,e Justice Stuart and Mr. Baker, the Fire Mar
,bal. The following are the statements, as made by
Nyer. and Williams, respecting the whole affair:
JEFFERSON M,kKEr Court, De- I, 1854
prAR SIR You'll remember that had hfe some tune ago
~ supds, afternoon when nobody knew how It occurred,
ssa believed that thief vent In and stole $50 DOT
saspesos ss FIRE TO the sore The case however little
different as have fouod Gut "a, eysnns I@e man
Wlu the Of this which he confessed -
Il se, mentioned time We were GU, td,ns !. the lime
s.ei High Brids- on The way home 6sios where
~ n,hsr s.fyn He drove arourd on about fifteen
hlosis and then said be had loss his porte monnas He
xn dd 60 but be stayed away about hours 10 this
DIM, he had been home aud put the store Ere have
~, esone Judge Beakley Jefferson Market Court thea
1 hall sivs 500 further particulars -
Dee u, 1854
hereby acknowledge the above statement to be written
Hw,..s A T. BAKER Fire Marshal
Frederick Myers being further examined before Justice
s,u. and fe Marshal in references to the fire 10 his
.,srrs Of the 18th Of October 1854 states as follows Charles
Wss ana had been in o0psrtnersbip 10 the
.ha abo %
he Itb DAY October when we dissolved partnership and
s supdsy following dissolution Of partnership be popssed
~ me- IN 70 oui riding with him; be hired the hose and
fom Jsco Ia Broadway and We Left our sto at between
a.n 10 the High BLDG o. being a1ou.
IeIeh Sky 6rss ("Hisms was driving he pro posed
,oupd ana Harlem 6een eighteen blocks
sss stopped be hsd lst mis- monn.e jumped
Of and told me 20 drive slowly up and down until
Ia ,eurned be came toward the City, and drove
wua Harlem; after drviof about FIVE or six blocks,
,Ss on he Thrds v When Williams l,fs me It was JUS.
liDe dsk 1t wa. about oe9ss sns when next sas ni
about o'clock de got into the wagon and told
h aid col find his porte monnaie asked him why be stayed
70 oDs be replied be looking all the time but could not
fpd He then took the rens from and drove slowly to
sv Fiitieth and sxtehss Al the time we arrived
Le putting the horse and wagon We walked together di
reilly my We found that fire had ssen place
be having taken From that time 10 tue I'd day
December inst. nothing Of importance uanspred between
be TO bed an unusu.y early hou'; it was about
" o'cIOc, We SLEPT in tie bses. basement, as usual
him awake; he mad light standing on the bedp'st
sane bed When got into bed he said me. Do you know
how the fire occurred in store the las, ume said no.
Said he put on fire" laughed as could rot believe IT,
lie then the words again and ted that be mad
sst II the time When he away from that
Lost my porte monnsie took the city went into the
basement from the street got the ley, Of the store 0Pened
threw the floor aud set fire to It. tie said he locked tns
'sso and s Ss s 1o he s 10 e store @ @
be might keep the $50, and as was insured could MAKE
was dark be the and after setting Ire
to the he IN car TO meet me on the avenue
there were hsiae in the house stars whose lives he
mah. have destroyed by lie replied, That's nothing On
s W.Ia asleep, went into The yard when came out
again to into the store, met Charles Eserha my CLERK
Gaming ont OF the basement He said 10 II could not find
syou; called Charley Williams aud asked hin where
"wsre he answered he Old n2 know, Is he had been
s,p both then into the store and msde Ire in
The :,sys Then sem % w sA sf shcS hses o
we concluded beef-steasi ssut MIN after
m, sniime looked al The Ire and then went dom,
bass msp call Charley wiliisn for breakfasts FOUND nun
s,'lrg up the Afer called him he asked
the bed for moment as he had 10 tel me some
,a me ,s he had gwen me poison three time, arsenic
udsnum and opum-ayiug inst he could not rest any more
very TOLD him At LAST that was going TO have him
arrested thai very Gay N So win n & na@a so
be same words sgsiD TOLD him going hight
il tse bed and snapped il st me but it did of then
took hoo Of his wrist to twist the pistol out oil hs hAnd en
struggle the pistol OIL it double bsrreisd pistol
TIE ehsrse from the pistol went inone eii " uss
then ba, the uol hove IL behind me; al tue same me
be jumped Of bed and .d 10 se b ,e po OK the
mw.T ana threw 1T up tue basement stairs, la the
William, jumped ~ again and ran up stars went
Isni after caught him about halfway up stairs pushed
Nm bach ahead " him got the pistol sgn aod ran
the yard He then mp right sfter me- being
10 have other with him oli him
not 10 would shoot him Intentionally tss
tune He s0. Don't shoot for Gods sake; IN shot enough
He then up stairs to the second door heard HIM say
open door, then retained toto tho store TO see the
had come back lie was not there put on my over
ard went of with the intention OF going 10 the SAUL"
Ca the altered mind aud went over TO bio9
Ign OF my acquaintance told hun about the case e
then toa TO right away bscs to New OK ana Sys my
sup Nv object 10 sons TO Brooklyn waste bal s. knr"
tsst stopped toto Helms No 66s Wniers airend Of
nine told him about the tie ADVISED me not 10 lose
was going now right away At thi. time two Police Officers
ssue IN Wa. sitting on bench osek par, oil lae sote
hold him One of the pocemeu men came up 70 me and
attd II did know him tola hin yes; but did not
vfh him as all the neshbors knew The officers then
and TO the Station house Ia the second
ssiererc 10 the $50 taken BY Williams from the
be fred the he kept It and said be would sse
leave II s2D agreed to that arrangement ~ ,,,,n,
T.ieu before me this 10Th day of Deeember is5i
5 ii. STUART. Police Justice.
In conformity with the above statement, Justice
Stuart ordered the arrest Of Charles w. Williams on
Sunday last, and Officer Crclius took him into Gus
tody and transferred him from the hospital to tho
Tombs to await an examination. On Monday, VIII
rams war conveyed before the Court, and Justice
Stuart advised him Of the charge preferred against
him, as made by Myers, and Myers's statement was
read to him by the Fire Marshal under the dire ton
Of the magistrate. Williams then volunteered to
make his statement, and the re-Mashal took it
down in writing, as il now appears
STATEMENT or CHARLES WILLIAMS.
Wi.su,s now M q Of setti