New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-07
Suicide Of Two Lovers.

| A most singular and sad case Of double sui
eide was discovered in Brooklyn this morning
| at the residence of Mr. Gustin, In Cermon
Avenue, near Myrtle. About five O'Clock SOM
members of the family arose, and on poine /,
the back part oflthe dwelling, saw their 20,
Horatio and young unknown woman sittin,
4 upon settee on the piazza, both dead. m,
police OF the station house on Myrtle Avenue
| near Mr., Gustin's residence, were immediatel,
| notified Of the. fact A telegraphio disnatcb ws
forthwith sent to the City Hall for the Coronsr
But as the Coroner, Mr., Redding, was at HON,
| at Bedford, a messenger was forwarded withon
| delay.
| A good many stsries are in circulation in re-
| gard to this mysterious affair. 1t is said tina,
Horatio had been loiDg business as a halter il
4 Iowa--at least stch was inferred from a bill
| found on his persoa. About three months no.
he came home, aid, being in delicate health
| his parents persuaed him to remain here. !,
| is supposed that while absent he became at.
| tached to a youngwoman, and that she recently
came to BrooklyI to see him Some eight 81
ten days ago, it SENS, he left his fathers house
| and nothing was hown of him till he was found
as described.
| At half past 8 he7Coroner reached the house
of Mr.. Gustin, AMI the police at his REQUEST re-
| moved the bodiesinto the back room. Mr. Red
ding informed ouf reporter that, when found,
| the woman was sitting in one corner Of the
settee, in an apparently easy position, with one
| arm over the endof the seat and cross legged :;
the young man vas close at her side. with his
head resting on her shoulder and his arm
I around her waist Their eyes were open, and
| they looked as If they had been sitting happily
together. VII, containing quantity >of
Prussic acid, wasfound near the deceased. and
| from this it was eident that they had commit
| ted suicide. Thsparents of the young man ex :
pressed a desire . have the body Of the strange
woman taken aBsy, and Coroner Reddine had
| her removed to TIE dead house in Canton street.
The woman is described as of fair COMPLEX
| ion, with brown hair, and about twenty five
| years of age. Sc was dressed in black silk,
with five fiounceson her dress black silk man
| tilla, trimmed with lace; brown CATERS, and
| slate colored silk stockings. She also had an
| ivory handled fai; and gold stud, marked
ct. G. Ks use for fastening her dress, which
was low necked. She had all her clothing on,
except her bonpt. She was about five feet
| three inches hih, with full face, and rather
stout. The youg man, who is said to be about
| twenty-five year Of age, was also in full dress
| except that his BIT was off. The superstition is
4 that they had cone to his fathers house with a
determination teput an end to their lives to-
gether, but from what cause is yet unknown.
Two letters wre found on the person Of Ho-
ratio Gustin, bsh Of which are in the possess
sion of the Corner. One is from the young
woman, Writtenin ink, and the other from the
young man, written in pencil. The former is
well written, ad shows that the female was
intelligent. Sh signs herself s'Sarah," and
he g Henry Wliams.'' By permission of the
Her letter was pt directed, and is presumed to
have been enclosd in an envelope. 1t reads as
follows.
NEW YORK, June 10 1856
Dear Henry II have been very sick, or should
have written yoi Immediately upon my arrival
in New York Twas taken down so sudden, and
have been SO unEell since, that was not able
to do so till noWmy dear friend. Ishould have
come out to youto see you to-day, but feel too
weak sol muswait with patience till you re-
turn, when sail be 50 happy to see you that
l shall be quiteFell. Hoping you are as we'll
and happy as Inu1d wish you, l am
Yours, as eer, affectionate, SARAH
Ihaye enelosd $s3 bill ON the Mechanics
Bank of Newan, NewsJersey
The other nos was written in pencil, on a
piece Of ordinfy writing paper. On the out
side was writtel:
My dear Saah: Remember the shirt r
told you it woua be the last it is not so much.
From yourewn HENRY WILLIAMS.
Miss Sarah Villains -.from your own dear
HENRY.
My dear Sarh-I bid you farewell for the
last time. Relember, you are my own dear
Sarah till dealt Perhaps you think me foolish,
but my love br you knows no bounds, and
rather than beam eye witness of your life,
prefer death-Oping you will live long and die
happy lam your friend,
HENRY WILLIAMS.
1t will be sen from the above, that the young
man did not sim his real name. 1t is also pre-
Hal IL
lieved to be hiIhly respectable from her appear
ance, made us Of fictitious name.
Coroner Reding, in order to obtain clue to
the female, AM also for the purpose Of collect
ing facts in tie case, has deferred holding an
inquest on thabodies till Thursday afternoon,
at the BROOKLYN City Hall.
Upon the iiquest it appeared that the young
woman was o prostitute of the " better
sort" but tie cause of the double suicide
was not elidSed The citizens Of Brooklyn
raised a subscription and buried the unfortu-
nate young wman in respectable style.
An AMERIuN EAaTHoUAkE.-The Baltimore
American Of the 10th gives the following &C.
count Of the earthquake which was expert
enced in thatsity and vicinity on the previous
day:
At about eisbteen minutes past twelve o'clock
yesterday morning, our citizens were aroused
from their slunbers by an apparent explosion
and rumbling noise, which was by some sup
posed to be anexplosion of o powder mill or
magazine, andby others to have been the effect
Of an earthquake. Anxious enquiry was made
in all directions in the morning, but it was soon
ascertained that the powder mills, both on the
Liberty road, Known as Jamieson's, and those
Of Messrs Beatty, on the Susquehanna Rail
road, were all in, good order, and that the
shaking of the sarth proceeded from an explo-
sion in mightier magazine than those con-
structed by human agency. We since learn
that Jameson mills on the Liberty road are
owned by Messrs VIM. Mason and Sons, and
that they are not manufacturing now.
At York, Pa, we learn from passengers who
came down yesterday that the shock was truly
startling. rouang the whole population and
creating such an excitement that but few were
willing to retire again for the night. The
shock and rumbling noise that followed it, eau
sing shakingaf furniture and rafting of win
dows, is said tohaye lasted full twenty seconds
at York
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