New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-31
vrRDERs AND OTHER r CRIME s.

ID alias the Irish Niger, on VI" ,rc"NsIII.,
having Murdered oolo'ed nan Ds'us' copy Of
ne t,cor1 o n. inquest n.id on TIE e'dy o' I ~.
he testimony of the Coroner Jury yil oa 'osu Scd
,, Il, ,s principal DEF ais with the evidence aiuuLe
y,t.rasy before the Mayor, after lapse OF nearly es
Tie following is copy Of the official record OF the IN
ou, 4 h. I'd uI on the body of The murd' rel th sae
4"''' " y PHII,pELFHIA. Dec. IL, 1880
Ir,.. held on the body OF Francis Tunbleson eos1su
maj q a house in S0uth-st. below Ienth' o''! De' 49,
l.. vi Douglass sworn-witress said about ocoeS 'a.'
eveuiyc the deceased and tie person th -,
a.ed his cellar 'hat hey poh ,. ,I ei' MAX
musi treat tie other called ibe d eei-t oaSA & n,
- -, tLe deceased took a club; rley oOh wen. W
AID led TO n the street; after that wen n!5e aa
,i,rck The murderer three or iOur times W. -.
,rL ,L uurdsrer frs several times; the d-cetsc1
down in the street; tried 10 part them my VIZ IN -
betv.t the murderer and me for fear DE- Wou'u ~
yiep took old Of doceasei found be was deed. ns
,e sroL il wss Ill dore iD few uIinei's e'ners cao
No and we brought deceased here shere you see h 'e
murderer OF very soon ter ne rtapoi tuo a =,
t.e coocaeo haloed " Oh, Lord! when the uluruere' ~
Mia pouglas. sworp-witness said: Whom came mp
cut Of tne celer this u IN was Iyng On us osH a. ,hSed
lis manning the dsCeasodl tie other nln tla sopeu
linn ian 10 stab my husband, sud ran o-tVeen 'uel,
oud the murderer rau away the nan "ds ool
tie rlurderer struck by my hushahi 'ue ny e.
kcteo saw ny husband suke the muiueIeI' 'ne' "''0
pstton DunIan sworn-Witness said Another young
.r md myself were going down the street; heard
H;~a Toh,r3 The two men were in the street; the
!, ,cso.td WIS down and The Other tlp Of him.
did rot hear one word poken by eitnor "i hem; tooS
bold of he deceased ard said The man was neao 'A
tie FAR lasted not more than one minute - =.
The verdict of the jury that the deceased came to
is dc aih by siabs inflicted by some person
Sicr.d.Johu PAISLEY. Wm. Il. Woud'rly Dtyld Co-
hen Jos n CoIius Owe, lIaghes John Frazier George
Brr,ou james Corrow Wm. Clinton, John Deighan, An
drew Kane Thomas Doyle, JT,cI1; cprcoay c,-,os,.
tPhiadelr hia North American, Aug. So
REVOLVING MuBsLR AT PORTSMOUTH, NRGiMA-
VI. - 's SsNrp 90 lat
on Friday night last, in Portsmouth John llefney was
keo by Thomas H. H. CocAe both citizens ~ 1at place.
Tie uurdtr WIS committed in close proSm.t to iI"rney
louse Ger the depot OF the SeahoaIl anu h0ahoAe
Ksilroad wi ere Cooke was employed "a a Waterman.
Tie murderer fed bus subsequently arrested and
committed 10 prison J. is stated that tne indlSnatio o
tie populsce is inteEse. The correspondent slys;
Ffun What ave been enabled To- gather 1t appears
.fat Icrney who was intimately acqnai"td with COcke
Was tepsrg him s0out matter, ani there ny gave
ofoi &C. Cooke thereupon told HIM that Ii he did noi de-
si,t he would shoot him. Tlmey, not supp"sins for
ucneut tat Cooke would carry into execution So rash
,br, a. did not mmciIa'cy comply with his demand
vL, Cooke lr, " a pi,to aud fred upOn aim, king him
'nost instantly, The ball penetrating the heart oi poor
Iieney.
IN very otp pdct cun. ances who are thus suddenly
Eorof OF their clcf reliance for the comforts Of lite
Thtir condition il truly ptable, and they deserve tDe
sympathy Of the whole community IN tliS the time OF ther
Cooke. the murderer is man of perb ps 60 years
inward aid has an interesting family, consisting of
wife snd two or h'ee children, vino have been plunged
into the d, epest distress bv tho unioriuna'e affair."
II ia further stated that Cooke under the influence
Of liGuor at tLe time of ihe homicide.
Tie N0rjok 1rgus has the following account OF the re
cent homicide in Portsmouth;
on Friday evenirg in Portsmouth, between aud 9
o'olo Mr. John Turner, Tor Iierney worthy man md
stationary er gineer in the employ the S1abOar and
Roanoke Company shot through the heart anu in-
tan;.y killed by l. H. H. C0cke, watchman in the SER
VI e OF le sane company. We learn lAasls lanentlbe
oecuueIce bapI ered il 'front.' If the dwelling Of the de-
ceused rhat only few words passed before Mr. Z,
who was intoxceed drew his revolver and committed
the dreadful desd M r. leaves W e and several chill
drep TIE excitement on the occasion very great.
C. Immediately gave himself up aud was lodged in jail.
A WIFE KILLED by HER HUsBAND.-Our town
WIS thrown into considerable excitement on Tues
day evening last report reaching here that Mr..
b. F. Shoot living Ek Fork, some four miles south OF
town had betwee0 two and three clock in the afternoon
of that dsy killed his We by shooting her with ashOt gun
and then attempted destroy himself by ripping open his
abdomen with large butcher knife, and letting ou' ms
bcw. Medical sid and coroner were sunioleo u sne
spot tragedy where mot revolving scene
net their view The wife lay dead upon the h,or one arm
nearly from tie .fst and some twenty or twenty
Eve snot having entered her left brest seeming TO have
caused instant ab In another part OF the house lay tue
husband apparently in great agony his bowels protrudag
from the wound in the abdomen and large portion oi the
sane were out and lying before HIM. ~ physician re-
placed the bowels and sewed the would while Coroner
Grove held inquest over the body of the unfortunate
voan: the verdict of the Jury being i'll substance, I'll It
she come her ath by charge from gun in the hands
Of her husband. On the following day shoot was brought
BE- fore Justice AbtnGthy warrant issued by said US
laced in nt Eti d OI bOnsdU SpecD
al xsmnaOn OF the case the said Judge committed the
prisoner TO jail refusing to allow bail where he now lie,
and recovering from the wound inflicted by his own
hand James Carr Ed acted as counsel Tor me prsOner
Tie principal witness III the is little girl eight
years Of age sister of The murdered lady who was the
oty uers on about the house when the dee cOmnl
tied Sic appears be- very sprgb'y girl ~ she gave
in her testimony before the examining Juce uncommon
" cle ar and free from embarrassment Tor Of her
This awful tragedy is traceabe 10 the free Of arR
SPIRITS, Shoot to this country from kentucky, some
eighteen months since and about three months ago mar
rcd very young and quite handsome and respectable
girl daug of Mr. Elias Waltz Of this county for the
murder of whom he now stands committed He has been
acdiced TO the habits of temPerance and his general
course conduct has been such to give his friends
siderable uneasiness and 10 little trouble.
We learn that Judge Reese has determined to hold a
special term Of the Circuit Court for this county the rt
GPshs (ao) Mercury, ,25th
A BLOODY AFFRAY-The Marshall lrex4s) Republican
of tho 18th inst states that the Monday previous at the
election precinct Of the most sangunery efrays
cured which had been known in T. county for many
yeGrs. 1t appears there Misunderstanding existing
beweeo Mr. slls and the Star family, in which threats
of violence had been used by the later On the day of
ue election the parties met and shortly afterward the diff
fculty commenced One Of the Stars shot Walls wfh q
revolver three or four iines Walls advanced upon
him after the first ire and pursued him some two or three
hundred yards and overtakiDg him. stabbed him several
times with bowie knife from the effects of which he died
that night. While this being enacted, dihcuy
going between the brothers of Star and the GOWNS.
Young Gown sho one OF them and killed him. while L. ).
Gown the father received wOuad the shoulder
from kuiie besides cutting his own hand nearly OH
ExAHEAIIos os CHARGE oF MURDER.-Int the Police
Court this morning, Michael Hland brought up
charge of muIderng Humphrey w. Duncan at South Bos-
ot the South Boston HOTEL the night Of the 2oh
Of AUgust Officer Long the first witness and esti-
fed that he called to stop fight going in the
Of the hotel, and found who he thinks the
cus.d top of the deceased beating him in the head
and str king against the sidewalk He arrested the man.
and Duncan alsO taken TO The station house. Other
wtIesses testified that Hiand the person who
beating the deceased that they both out of the
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