The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-09
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Murder at st. NioKOias Hotel.
We extract from the New York I1i6-
xne and Times the account of this des
perate affair.
Shortly before six o'clock "Wednesday
morning a fatal ARRAY occurred at the
St Nicholas Hotel, in which /Colonel
Charles Loring of California was run
through the body with a sword-cane, BY
DR.. &. HI. Graham, of New Orleans, and
fatally wounded.
Both, with their families, were board.
ing at the Hotel, and Wednesday morn
ing about 5 o'clock DIR. Graham, who
had been out drinking most of the pre-
vious night, came home almost crazy
from the effects of liquor. He became
quite disorderly by constantly ringing
the bells in the hall lei his apartments,
and calling loudly for the servants, great
ly to the annoyance of some of the board
ers in that section of the house,
Col. ~Loring came out of his room,
which was nearly adjoining that of DIR.
G., and asked him to desist from making
SO much noise, saying that the ~servants
were in bed and that he could not find
any at that hour. The DIR. answered
that he had been ringing the bell in his
own room for two hours, but had not
got an answer In making this state
ment he swore considerably.
Col. Loring then closed the door and
went to bed, and a moment afterwards
the hall bell was rang ~furiously again.
He again got up, and opening the door
a second time, said to DIR. Graham,
"I would be much obliged to you sir,
if you would not ring the bell so violent
ly, as my wife is quite unwell." He al
SO advised the DR.. to put On his panta-
looms, for if he wanted the maid to an
swer the bell, he was not in a condition
to be seen by her.
DIR. Graham then said he hid not care
a d-n for maids or any in the
house, and would dress as he pleased.
The Doctor used other violent language,
and the Colonel told him if he repeated
it he would break his head with a stick
Col. Loring then again went to bed,
and soon afterwards the bell rang vie.
lently about thirty times. He then got
up, put on his pantaloons and slippers,
and put one arm in his coat sleeve. He
then opened the door and stepped out
and told the Doctor that he would go to
the office and see whether he could find
a servant. Mrs. Loring then jumped
out of bed and begged her husband not
to go out. He requested her to stay in
the room. The Doctor at this time had
nothing but his shirt on. Mrs. Loring
went back to her room and dressed.
. In the meantime her husband was alb
sent, and becoming alarmed, she went in
search of him, and found him lying dead
at the extreme end of the hall, weltering
in his W blood. The scene which fol.
lowed was truly -frightful, and for some
time the greatest CONSERVATION prevailed
throughout the house. Two of the wait
ers Witnessed the affray which resulted
in the death of Col. Loring.
The parties disputed in the hall while
moving toward one end of it, about Mr..
Graham's ringing the bell and making a
noise to the annoyance of Col. Loring's
wife. In the course of this dispute DIR.
Graham called Col. L. a liar. The Col.
in return slapped Graham in the face,
when the latter, who had a sword cane
in his hand, made a blow at him with
the Loring took hold ofthe cane,
and in an instant DR.. Graham drew the
sword from the stick and stabbed his an
tagonist through the body. The weapon
entered the left side six inches from the
spine and twelve inches below the shout
der-blade, penetrating the lower part Of
the left lobe of the lungs and coming in
contact With the bones of the breast,
when it bent nearly double, and produced
instant death.
The only words the deceased uttered
were /: I" I am stabbed 1 am killed ;"
Graham did not attempt to touch his
victim after he inflicted the fatal wound,
but threw his sword in the pantry and
walked up and down the hall, apparent
ly much agitated. He was Immediately
arrested and held to wait the action of
the Coroner.
The Coroner's Jury, after a short de-
liberation, rendered the following YER
dict:
"That Charles Loring came to his
death by a wound inflicted on his person
by means of a ~sword-cane in the hands
of Robert NJ. Graham
On the rendition of this verdict the
Coroner committed Graham to the Tombs
to await examination.
Col. Loring had recently returned
from California, where he held an Office
under the Government.
The prisoner is about forty years of
age; he, it appears, had been going
about the streets ofthe Eighth Ward du-
ring most of Tuesday night, visiting
porter-houses and other resorts. His
disorderly conduct attracted the atten-
ton of the Police, and they were about
arresting him when some of his friends
promised to take him to the hotel and
keep him there. They did conduct him
to the hotel, but it seems he got out again
during the night and became consider
ably intoxicated; and it was shortly af-
ter his return that the fatal deed was
committed. The painful affair created
a gloom over the boarders of the hotel
the day.
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