The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-11


ARREST OF WILLIAM BAYS, CHARGED WITH THE
MURDBK-A AYsTERIoUS AFFAIR
Considerable CONSERVATION manifested yesterday
morning. at TIE Of Broadway and Grand streets
conseguen. upon finding the eless body Of Dr. william
Lutene the floor OF hs office, situated at No. 45S
Broadway corner of Grand street. When discovered,
blood flowing from pistol shot wand in the back
Of the head and apparently but very brt pssod had
elapsed from the time Of the murder until found The
office occupied BY the deceased stuxAsd the ucond
foor Of the said building the where dis
covered fronts BroAdway. The noisy condition Of
Broadway supposed to be the reason Why the eIposioD
Of the pistol was not heard by the inmates OF the pre-
ies.
The who attends to the cleaning Of the Doctors
Office named Azusa G. Shpman, at about IL o'slo,k
tered the Office and there behed the deceased p,ossts
with his head under the table and bleeding profusey Be-
evpg at first that the Doctor had ruptured blood
sell she from the for assistance, and after in
forming several In the building she returned back
to the and commenced to battle the Doctors head
with cold water kupposng that he might only faint
ed but further examination 1t ascertAined he
dead The neghbors came in and at frs was thought
Of suicide but from subsequent examination
evident that Il was the deed Of an ASSASSIN.
Coroner Gamble was notified and that Official hurried
to the Of ceath and in utod inquiries respecting
parties who we're nown to be hostile to the deceased
who had made any th ats recently sgainst the deceased
William Hays doing bushes. No. Nassau street. hsa
been involved In difficulty with deceased respecting
cOnCUct LuteEer towards a.
Shipman that she Mr. Hays about three weeks
sgo in the Doctors ocs when angry words sssed be-
tween them. and Mr.. Hays heard 70 say that no
would take the life Of the Doctor words 70 thst effect
at the same time exhibiting pistol which, she says,
refemblsd the found discharged the floor BY the
deceased.
These facts led the Coroner to the suspicion that Mr.
Hays bette guilty party and he according
y proceeds in peron to the office Of NJ Hays and there
ordered him into custody the chsrge When arrested
be did not exhibit any signs Of and whom informed
by the Coroner thar Dr. Luener murdered he pro-
aI hta tnna L. . 49, o.. 49,
Office then spoke up, and said sYes there was Difficult.
ty some short time existing between Dr. Lutener and
MT. Hays in relation to Hays's wife, but that had al
The pistol found en- the floor near the deceased 10
ibs new, srsls s"Is.sd pistol OF Aliens PATENT and
The Doc.crs pistol was found in . private drawer;
II is one Of COLTS six barrel reyolvsrs, and whsn
identity Of the small pistol may lead to the de-
lection Of TIE murderer In addition 10 the above it
shown that short time before the Doctor was dis
covered, he had borrowed . morning paper FROM Mr.
Wood, one Of the tenants the floor; and when
found that paper grasped firmly in the right h.sd
showing that he had taken his lfe the pistol.
must hare been held In his left hand and the wound
being At the haee OF the skull it almost i'm possible to
have given the direction Of the ball In that position
Further evlden,e vas shove that day or two since,
Hays wife called 81 the Doctors Office and asked for
refused to give sS.m up when abe tSrs..snsd X haas
tAsfaction" and after angry Conversation she left
the Office On these facts the Coroner ordered the arrest
Of Mrs Hays, to await the result Of the invssgA
During the afternoon Dr. Uh, assisted BY another ply
fician, made post norton dissection of the body OF de-
ceased and found that the ball had passed through the
base Of the fku and toto the occpita bone where 1t
lodged, pointing towards the right sids. Tns bullet
fitted the barrel Of the pistol found the ocr by Co
ceased and the impresficn Is beyond doubt that
murder has been perpetAted but BY whom yet TO bs
shown by legal testimony.
The deceased Vas a native 81 England, snd about
thirty five years OF age he resided In l2Sth street. Har
lem near Fourth svenue where he has . wife and two
children living His medical practice consisted In the
eatn emit Of diseases Of the ear bat OF late no
what notorious FIR intrigue amongst married women,
which now supposed TO be the caass Of his untmely
death
Mr. Bays protests his innocence any participation In
the MURDER md says that hs became aequaintsd with
Luteper some THREE four months ago the train OF
cars going to and from Harlem MI Hays residing within
short distance Of Dr. Lutcner and being
maHns, they soon became acquainted, the DOCTOR te
quentiy visiting Mr. Hays IN social manner, and tho
dootor embracing the opportunity made himself very
pleasant with Mrs. Hays dinioulty arose between
HAys and HE wife, she left the house. ana loon up ner
aboee with he doctor Bays then called ON the doctor
about the after, and some high words ensued between
them; and the doctor, fearing personal assault vent
before Police Justice and procured warrant sgsnst
Hs vs. who was arrested the charge. Subsequently
reconciliation took place bstween Hays and his
wife, and this week It was arranged that she
return back to England Yesterday morning Mr.
Hays says he left Harlem for the city BY
the 10 O'Clock train, arriving at the City Hail. few min
before II o'clock at he went from the TO the
auction store Of Mr. Kemp in Nassau street. Fulton
street. and from there 70 his off and them TO the soe
OF the Evening Post and bach again to his Office where
after short tin the coroner came In and arrested hm
and hats al he knows about It. This may al b trus
and II 90 there IL certainly great mystery about the
whole anair II reminds M very much OF tbs Oorles
lies wss shot dom in the street BY pistol ball. which
penetrated the back of his head the pistol thrown
down in the gutter where it found BY the police Mr.
Colsop aed VIE we're detained By ~ Authorities Dor