The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-15

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We ycstcsdAy Pa6iisAed 4 brief Account Fl g'ae
,szAifwhica 10 toshs dessh oty young Wa een,
ncf q srntons near Bsssea Tbs saais from s.s
prc.ninent poaision In Bossou 81 Al concefned WIN
=. m. crratsf intense excitement there AZ the
- caseners inquest r. A. sumner testified os io'
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- INN brcther Of vhe aeesased he was 70 hk el.s
wear stfhe lime &C his death; presiess b his death
my brother told me that he Was sstseked ~ two
gentlemen; he was mel. i'm . sSloon IN Wet street
Il, f,vo men, who informed him that Mrs. Daiton
dasi,,pti "a ser him in Shawmat avenue, At the
nd use of Mr. Coburn: he informed them that he
hadn't time, and could mot go 10 SEQ Mrs Dalton;
they told him that they wouti take him. home On
carriage; he then went 70 tho house Of Mr. Co.
burn with the men, and was taken to the Ahiri So.
rs Of the house; he Was there confronted by Mrs
Cohurn and Mrs Dalton, and the two men who
took him there proved to be the husbands Of the
ladies' Mr. Dalton then asked him several ques-
tons in regard 10 liberties taken with his wife !;
to some Of these questions he answered Eyes, and
70 some Of them NOS after talking some time
they left him alone In the for short time :;
latton came back In his shirt sleeves, followed by
Coburn. and they commenced an attack upon
him: the ladies began tn scream, and .implored
their husbands not to beat him; they then dragged
him down three flights of stairs: while going down
stairs he saw two men standing In the entry, aud
he told me that his courage then left him, and ne
did not dare toresist, as he was afraid they would
kill him. they dragged him into q cellar and then
commenced beating him with their hands; he told
me that they did not get him down, but while he
VS. stoolin2 to pick up his has they pushed him
against wall snd hure his head 80 e5HSt
= After escaping from the house he took the ears
for home and went 10 bed complaining Of pains IN
the head and back; ON the Friday following. saw
him; his eye was badly discolored, and he com
planned of bad feeling in the head then saw him
on Thanksgiving Day, and he told me that he felt
we'll with the exception Of slight pains in his chest
The next time saw him was last night when he
knew me, and asked me IL could forgive; he then
wandered q little, aud said TO me, keep those
men away, they want to- Kill me,"
& As has already been stated, It is alleged, that
Coburn and Dalton decoye young Sumner and
another young man named Porter by turn into the
house by stratagem. and inflicted the outrage on
the ground that their wives had been insulted by
them. Sumner and Porter were in the habit of
visiting a confectionery saloon where Mrs. Dalton
and Mrs. Coburn (two sisters) also visited, and a
harmless intimacy grew up between them, in con-
sequence 1t is alleged, of the coquctry of the two
females This came to the of the husbands,
and hence the assault. The Courier of Wednesday
slys ...-..
Young Sumner was the victim of pair of frts
and ii is TO be hoped that the whole race of street
eoquets Will take warning by the misery which
this unfortunate couple have entailed upon them.
selves, their husbands and their friends. Master
SHInner was a cousin of Senator Sumner an l is
described IS a person of good behaviour" -s
The deceased was son Of Rufus W. Sumner,
native OF Milton, and his death is the first that
has occurred in the family, which numbers ten sons
and one daughter. The Courier further says
Coburn and Dalton were arrested for the as
saut on Porter, and on the 18th of November they
were bound over for trial. Subsequently, Coburn
was surrendered by his bail, it having turned out
that he was suspected of having robbed the safe
htsf fhar In-ta i'm Of Al.
new charge, he waived an examination, and gave
bonds in 5000, to answer at the upper court In
the meantime, the staggering snobs walked the
sreets-heads up-impudcnce beaming from their
empty countenances VIM. Sumner, a youth of
less than nineteen years, well bred and of respee-
table parentage, who not only the victim of
the wanton women, Mrs Dalton and her founced
sister, but of their brutal husbands-disguised his
wounds, and denied that he had been hurt when
questioned by his friends. But he was hurt. and
yesterday morning, after many days of pain he
died from the effects OF the murderous attack at
the residence of his parents, at Milton.
The police went in search of the alleged murder
ers. Dalton found ia an effice in Court street
and Coburn at his residence, No "a Shawmut ave.
nue. They were taken to the office of the chief of
police and detained until post norton examina
ton had been made by DIR. j. b. s. Jackson, of this
city, of the body of young Sumner, and until the
coroner had inquired into the manner of his death,
In due time the doctor reported that the imm edate
cause of the death was inflammation of the throat
anu bfaiui inquired INTO
the assault at the house in Shawmut avenue The
jury found that Sumner died in consequence of the
injuries received at the hands of Coburn and Dali
ton, on the 18th of November, 1855 and upon this
hndlng, officer Ham came to town and committed
the prisoners TO answer to the charge of murder
in addition to this serious accusation the grand
jury of the Municipal Court yesterday found a bill
against them alleging the assault on Porter upon
which they would have been called to plead, but
for the death of Sumner -
The Times, in noticing the arrest of Coburn ana
Dalton, says: .=5s e.. -.I-4--
Mr.. Dalton appeared much depressed in spsrts
during the afternoon and considerably sympathy
was expressed for him. He declared with great
earnestness. that whatever might be his fate even
1t he was perfectly exonerated from all the charres
time could never eface his sorrow and regret at the
recent transactions In which he had participated =
Coburn appeared more stod and careless abont
the matter but still it evident that his manner
was IN great measure assumed and studied
Most certainly it is sad to contemplate the chance
In the life prospects of these two Young and mntiI
lately promising men that has taken place within
the past few wecks,-and all occasioned Inv !.
tnonghtiess folly on one hand, and premeiiiated
ana un]udictous revenge on the other --
GREAT FEAT OF ROPE WalkING.-Sss,,or and
slgnora Caroni this afternoon performed tho feat
OF walking tight rope from the ground in front of
the International Hotel to the fourth story window
OF the building. The distance being ahont 175 Cot
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