New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-21

DIssRAcHyuL OvrRA6K.-On munday Of lest
week, our town va The sesse Of sn outrage more
oovardly, base and unmanly, thaa cen be foopd ~
corded in the annals Of crime. The crcumstssces
attending this brutal occurrence are briefly fellows
An individual BY the name Of Matthew WRhtman, IN
the employ ment Of William Robinson OF this place,
for alleged insult entered the house and bed
chamber Of the latter and inflicted upon Robnson's
wife and her sister brutal assault and battery with
sstick.
No sooner was this monstrous outrage inside public,
than citizens gathered around the Mayors room,
where the offender confined. The popular excite
ment intense, While the feeling OF indignation on
the part of each and all wrought no TO tse highest
pitch of resentment To the minds Of nearly all pres
ent, il outrage gross, 90 bare, and 80 unna-
tual none ,eemed disposed b be wiling 10 await the
tardy punishment Of the law or even to CONSIDER tnH
punishment commensurate with the crime. IL was
the fhst offence OF its kind ever perpecrafed IN our
communty and one which, IN the opinion OF all pres
ept ebouli be visited by the most degrading pubic
exhibition the human mind could devise, without en-
eapgering life, or infictiDg permanent injury.
fhe ladies thus assaulted and malsres'ed supported
characters beyond reproach They had the sympathy
Of the entire community, which no doubt greatly
heightened By the fsct, that they had failed 70 nd in
tie person OF Robinson, either avenger Of their
wrongs or protector of their rights They ~ doubt
had his symt sthy, too, but being " nonresistant
for the time bDg, AZ least he turned from the lacer-
sed and bleeding wife OF his bosom, 70 ntercede for
the ofrender, When this further fact made
known 10 the crowd. i, served fresh fuel 10 the
fame of popular indignation, Several speeches we're
made TO the sssemblege, by the Mayor and otheraw-
ofosrs present calling upon them 10 desist and let
the culprlt abide the penalty presented by law.
Their soothing and modifying efforts, however, Sere
lost amid the bos,erous uphesvings of popular ndig
nation at the enorInity OF the ofense. AT one time,
there appeared to be disposition to take him from
the custody Of the officers On reelection, no Fever,
i they determined to ct the officers convey him TO
prison. and thereby discharge, unolested, the do les
Of office.
Thereupcn the prisoner was escorted TO the jail and
locked up. Bai ere the allor, pro ec', had fairly
retired the room in which the prisoner was confined
was entered by the crowd the prisoner taken out and
mounted on rail. Thus elevated, he WAS paraded
through the principal streets Of the town. attended by
numbers Of our citizens and preceded By band,
somewhat calsihumpian, 50 far a. the mu'icai IN
TO the canal thrice ducked and returned to the Gus
tody Of the jallor.
In the evening a meeting of the citizens Of the
place was called at the Court House, to take
into consideration the nature OF the outrage, aud
10 give public expression 10 the feelings of indg-
nation entertained by the citizens toward the perpe.
traitor Of act at once so dastardly covardly and
urmsnly. The meeting wac called to order by inyi-
ting Dr. T. L. Atkinson TO the Chair, and sp pointing
w. I. SutheihD, Esq, Secretary. II was then sd.
dressed by the Rev s 5. BryaOt, Col Gr,sty, rhos.
d. Neal Esq. an6 others. On motion, Committee
of seven appointed 10 draft preamble and such
resolutions as were best calculated give expression
to the feelings and sentiments of the meeting. The
preamble and resolutions not having been furnished
us for publication, unable 20 lay them before
our resders Suffice il to say, however they we're
ALL in spirit and tendency, that might be expected
from q community whose high appreciation of the
female character had been thus grossly and rutiiany
outraged, by fhs commission OF deed without
parallel intbeir midst
We take il. that the dsy is far distant, when our
reople will be again called upon To avenge the per-
petrNiop of an outrage OF similar nature. The
lesson, which has be-s taught the offender ia. this
rstsnce. IL one which he will long remember and
la fha nsq nf SAY Il
females, The pain and notification CT sim Jar as
sauls and ir-dtyniti-. This people have thu. SUN
marty shown, that they hold any mao who lay, bis
band Oh lady, "a affection, as base ast lnfa-
mOus wretch. beg ond the pale OF common clvity ana
wholly unworthy The corntenance Of civilized men.
Nor is tbi. eli. They have also demonstrated and
rssoirsd that the mau who lie such pOltroOl, not
TO protect and defend the wife of his boson from the
rufsian q, FAULTS Of a dsstmdly " rOmdr-Thipyrr, is
DO better the wretch who inhIcts the blows, aud
equally with Kim, unworthy the cOuutensncs snd re-
Daayi.ie ga Register, Dec Is
SHockISC 1PAGEDY.The quiet and pea eiul com
munity Of Winchester hooked on SUNDAY morn
ing last by tue news OF tragedy enacted the uight
Or, yous betg cen the hours OF 10 and II clock, az
he Fountain Hotel on Loudoun IL, by which Isaac
WIZ. Smith son OF jonathan Smith. OF this county
ctme 10 q violent death att6e oanns OF William Henry
Spur, the correct name aud T.. \. j. CoPenhavef,
OF his place.
IL appears that a difficulty hsd existed between the
parties for soue time pat. Upon the Saturday night
IN question they ue, in the bar Of the tavern,
sui alter drink together had passed, some allsion
wss made a difficulty that hal taken place between
other parties. week previous, at the same place.
quarrel quickly ensu.d IN reference 70 the parties
themselves. H1d finally COpeDtaver dared Smith 10
striks Spur Smith mace pacific reply, decarin;
il was his wish to create Disturbance, aud that
the boufe was not the place for a fuse. few more
words passed, aud Smith whose head wss turned to-
ward the door wasthen attacked by Copenhayer, who
gave him, with metal knuckle fender upon his RICH.
NNAfun ina ias of
whieh broke bic nose Smith, powerfully built An,
srsspeo his assa!iant and held hin al arms length,
stl nsuiftstiDg no desire 10 1ght. Whilst III this
position Spun struck hlm vice in The lett side with
a dagger and was about 20 continue hs atfaek when
the knife wss wresed from bis hands by oystanders.
C0penbaveI and Smith then backed ont from the bar
room a. 'be reading room, where they were parted,
and Smith ~ho was bleeding profusely stood some
minute or Two upon his feet, aud after passing his
band over his .orehe oil az il ia pain, fell dead upon
the floor.
Tht brief account Of the prominent poirt. OF the
affair s s!l that EN- with prolrety be given There
were several witnesses of the whole scene wnose tes
timopy Wei be clear snd decisive AS 10 the facts.
The post mOrtem examination made by pnysl ian
shows thar stab ws inflicted between tue nth
and tytt ribs OF the left sce. and he otaer passed
through snG spit The sixth rib. Either stab, ia ths
estimation OF the physician, would have caused death
The blows inflicted by Copennsver broke the nose
not the skull, reported, and the question a. 10
whether or not they would have caused death is c
A Coroners Jury was empannded on Sunday morn
ing AID after patent hearing Of all the evidence
that could be obtained. the following verdict was
substantially found on Tuesday morning:
Tia, Isaac Vim. Smith was killed on the night Of
the 9th December ls5i between 10 and II clock,
by Andrew Jackson Cope nhaver ant John Wm.
Spur: that the wounds in the thorsx inflicted
by John Wm. Spur, with a Spanish dagger in his
ri III hand; that the wounds in the face Of l. w.
Smith were inflicted by 4. J. Copenheyer, with an
iron or zinc fender that the wounds in the
horax were the immediate cause of death, either one
Of them being sufficient TO produce death and that
the said killing was premedisated by CopenhaSer and
Spur.