New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-31
SHOCKING HTRDBR " The FIRST
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ATTAIN
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shocking murder wss bought % afSs O O-sh a.,
of Shippen-st. above Eighteenth. Fac house &C
cupied by three Irisb famf.,~, named revPecuvuy
Field. Doughsry ard AcAliss. II SCENE 'nst g. me
t,ne MENTIONED Mrs Dcu,hort. weot ns2 =, ,ne oa'H
room upon the frs floor, occulsc oy ,ne le,os -
ktcter, and there discovered hy the ifefess body
Thomas Field man shout thirty " thr! I'VE yess
of sge. Tle alarm was promptly s:Sec- ahu INC "
lice. upon arriving AT the spot iocS AZ ~ lnlnsss
the house into custody and csnveJed mem 70 INC
seventh Ware SITS Toulouse, ia Broct-et so''e iihe
Upon receiving intelligence "a the alsr We rsPsIed
to the spot and found excited erpwa SCOUT
the house, which was ia charge ID patH oi 'he f"s'
Ward officers. The latter politely afforded US eyeiy
ia, ility for CanDg the facts VI tnf case zoe o0t
Of lie lsy ~ the kitchen, in the same position IN
which il was found Ii was entirely slvee"soi e'eac-
il z snd smCaIed with blood from hSsd 20 ioct ne
blood seems 10 ave flowed from Pash OF the LETT
cheek und,r the exc au from wounds npon the top OF
tie hcac the extsnt Of which We werv OF conrse IN
able 70 ascertain, the Coroner not ha~inS arnYei
when we left the spot at l2l O'Clock.
There was considerable blood about ira walls aad
floor of The apartment and II ore spot NV ieet uo
the body, there was quite pool OF gore "a wees Wa
pitce Of wood some eighteen inches IN hegih, wnics
may have been lsod ss bludseon. There were seye-
raj tracks made III the blood by bare feet upon tho
floor. Nest Of these marks appear to heve eeea u.adS
by the deceased, but we observed one de'iIet ioot-
print which was considerably Ices than tho others
rsg.csrpei that hsc been upon the door was touna
10 have been dragged away from around the boy AMI
this carpet wss still wet with blood. There were 10
booo stains in any part Of the BUILDING OUTSIDE OF this
room Near where the body lay was u broken char,
from which the deceased seems 81 have fallen.
TIE shit OF the deceased found in tho Kitchen,
torn to pieces though Sorcbiy dragged tro" h~
back. .
ILe Field family consisted Of the husband and wife
and two Young children. They occupied the front
room in the third story chamber, in edition 10
the kitchen already do scrhod. Field, seems, wss
an industrious man. and not addicted TO habits oil u
temperance. He was reaVer by sade. lhe Niel
il is al eyed was incorporate ond qualrelsonc, and
the connie id not live haupily together The hus
band was sGsht-boilt man and Ito woman waS q.i's
h-shy.
Az old lady who lives next doorsstoi the house aud
who sleeps IN TIE third sioTy, in room WHICH inme-
Sat,y acioins The bedchanbcr Of the Felcs, stste~
thai about or o'clock this morning she heard loud
ousrreling and a shniiiag of feet in fielde room
She thought she could distinguish Mrs.. fleld0 voice
which i usually loud and harsh. one oi Toe emu
dren vas cryng AZ the time.
Afier the quarrel had continued for some time ana
heard Humping upon the stairs, thought some person
was dragging another down the stairs She then heard
the wr5nglug resumed down stairs, and finally sl ee
came quiet. This old lady also says Mrs. Fleid Hst
intoxi stcd last night.
Grocer who resides in the neighborhood ssYs that
Yield was IN his store last night obo1t iol ococs asa
that be pu-ch ssGd some groceries Iheso sftcle'
we're found in the kitchen. Among them was some
brown sugar. This sugar hal been omphed Ion The
peper BAG 70 bowl and the beg was found cOyar~d
iii the poias Of bloody nngyrs. bottle corsaiS',g
liquor Ves also found.
Nhen the officers vent 10 the house thss mcs MN.
Mrs Field with her children were found la their bssi
room y The door fastened upon the inside. she pro
fesed to &c unable 10 account Tor the death OF her hus-
bend and .ai0 that che left him esi night sitting or
q ali in The Kitchen She tnec, she sa % Pufsoai'
him 20 20 10 bed which he refused 70 do.
This shockin, AFFAIR n Involved An much inT.te'r,
and prtnt excl ernbt has been created by q n 10
nei. ht o.hood ia witch il occurred