Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-04
The New York TRAGEDIES.
DR.. GRAHAM'S STATEMENT.
VISIT TO HIS CELL.

Dh. GhAHAMo oIAIEMENT.
VISIT TO HIS CELL.
Full Particulars Of the Brooklyn Murder
A CHILD MURDERED BY IT'S FATHER
The New York papers furnish additiona
details of the terrible tragedy at the st. Mich
olas hotel in that city.
Dr.. Graham submitted the following state
ment to the coroners jury.
am aware that a statement made BY m,
cannot be used as evidence in my favor. Tit
could have been easily proved by the facta
which might have been ELECTED upon cross
examination of the witnesses against me.
AS the coroner refused to permit me or my
counsel to cross.examine the witnesses, or tc
say one word in my defence, on the examina.
ton Of the case before the jury, respectfully
\ decline to make any statement of the particu.
lars of the case but do most solemnly de.
clare that, whatever did at the unfortunate
and melancholy occurrence whi,h has placed
me now before you, did in self-defence
against most sudden, violent, and unexpect.
ed personal attack upon me by the deceased.
-.-. OR. M. GRAHAM"
After the commitment of Dr.. Graham to
prison, he was visited by one of the reporter.
of the N. Y. Evening Post. The Post says:
About ten O'Clock this morning one of our
reporters visited Dr.. Graham in the Toombs
He found him in q cell about ten feet long BY
four in width, with rusty walls. The only fur.
niture in the room was a single bed.
DR.. Graham was sitting on the bed. He
looked about the same as yesterday, with the
exception that he did not appear to have been
shaved.
On looking at the prisoner our reporter was
surprised to recognise in him q gentleman
whose acquaintance he made at the Lake
House, a few miles out from the city of New
Orleans, last spring.
By his side sat his wife, fine looking woman
apparently not more than twenty-five years of
age. She appeared to be much affected by the
sad occurrence which had placed her husband
in his present unhappy situation.
She said that she witnessed tho whole of the
affair that took place in the hall. She stated
time, and when he went down stairs. He said
that he would see if he (Graham) would not
stop his noise a-ringing; that her husband
went to bed at twelve o'clock and did not get
up till five O'Clock in the morning, and that be
| was net in the hall nearly half the night, as
| was reported; and that the morning papers
! have made several incorrect reports
Mr.. Graham says that he got up and rang
| the bell, as he wanted q bottle Of Congress
| water, but that no waiter answered his call.
Under our telegraph head yesterday, We
published despatch briefly stating that Mr..
Tucker, one of the editors of the Brooklyn
Daily Freeman, had killed one of his children,
and had also attempted to murder his wife.
The New York Evening Post gives the fol-
lowing particulars of this terrible tragedy:
Yesterday afternoon Tucker left the Office of
the Brooklyn Daily Freeman about o'clock,
with the intention of proceeding home to his
family, according to his usual custom but on
his way he met some friends with whom it is
asserted he took considerable drink. In con-
sequence of this he did not reach home until
later than usual, and found his wife awaiting
his arrival to take supper. Over the meal a
discussion took place of very unfriendly
kind; and the names of the wife's relations
were alluded to, Tucker, as was his custom Oh
previous occasions, accusing his wife with the
fact of setting her relatives in opposition him
This the wife denied, and when he was through
he prevailed upon her to take walk in At
lantic street, in order to get the benefit of the
cool air.
Having got her baby to sleep, the unfortu-
nate mother declined to 20 out, but after the
husband had again pressed her to accompany
him, she assented, as she thought it would be
the means Of quoting her mind
After they had been together some time,
Tucker produced Colts revolver, and -four.
fishing it about declared he would have ven
geance, for that every one in the house was
against him. The wife again denied this, and
requested him not to say so any more; to
win 6 as 1sp1 Brains you ':X that again
that she exclaimed: "Blow them out" and
started off, and stopped finally at the corner
of the street.
After this, they did not meet until the wife
reached home, where Tucker had previously
arrived. The quarreling again commenced,
and Tucker upbraided his wife for leaving him
in the street. High words ensued, and both
parties retired up stairs. Tucker swearing he
would be revenged. Upon reaching the bed
room on the third story front, whore this un-
fortunate child was asleep on a trundle. bed,
he rushed to drawer and got out small bot
tie Of brandy, then went to the window and
threw it out, and appeared DESTROYS to jump
out of the window, but eventually came back
and said to his wife, CHOW will you protect
me, Frances ~
The wife answered that she would. He then
went to trunk and took out q razor. He
opened the blade, and rushing to the bed
seized the helpless child, and out its throat
from ear to ear, nearly severing the head from
the body.
Upon seeing this, the frantic mt Their rushed
to the window and halloed " Murder" but had
scarcely done so when the villain made for her.
and, seizing her by the throat, inflicted hor-
rible cash on her neck. The blade OF the
razor fortunately glanced, or fatal wound
would have been inflicted.
The brute then struck her with the butt end
of his revolver three times in the face.
At this critical moment the other child, an
interesting little girl of six years, came into
the room to see what was the matter
The Infatuated murderer rushed towards
her, seized and cut her about the face and
hands with the razor, and attempted to kill
her. The poor mother fought desperately, and
in this case successfully.
Mr.. James Denyse, the landlord of the house,
was down below during the enaction of the
awful tragedy, and thinking that he heard
| fighting above, he rushed up stairs in company
with two young men named Myers end Hen
| derson. On reaching the door 81 the room, he
found it locked, and hearing the cries of s.mur-
DER" "murder.'' "murder," within, they
smashed in the door, and were shocked to be-
hold the bloody scene. Upon the floor, in the
centre of a great pool of blood, lay the mangled
corpse of the infant little boy, its throat cut as
| described. The murderer stood erect with
glaring eyes. his thumbs and fingers clinchinR
the neck Of his wife once sworn to love-