Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-18
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:. J$rUN IN 1855.

AN affair, VI. IS inception a.d earlier stage
a?F,i:sd . SO. iy ibrcI with :.u vul.ariiy
o: :.G cyvl'". .stun- S!.icn disclosed al liz.
o-c - IN" ..'c'. art, that ,nGeavored t. spare
oar :Grs Tie :ciiui Of ;hs dctails, con;ontin vu!
.ots wan bare r-c": q. liz: I:g'iiG, iacis las al
:-t r'hchcn meI6nr:.:y termination, serious rs
~ h''c The matter worthy OF the ur.;iu.
mat :":itn I" the fuD.ic who are hliro 10 ;!c tctudi
sthtc ~ "ur.ciy il boston ~ i've present DAY.
| Tho s"fy caunVl 10 ro! without n-,.il. ing names
With prrr:aecu unasuai IL thee cC.i.ns, and
pa.-ivu an. Two i.uu- h.r.y OF NJ jain Cove n
IN :I:itt youu. nr!n= Inward o. Z ii GrH
F.aak Dal0u. I.esc "lIrs - :"r 10 Is mot cen.
vriicat Ia cali thcIa-contracud all intimacy. uG-
nEown 20 'hei. hu,bsnGs, with your II .n aun,
JOSEF! Porter William Sumner. lhs acGGuin..
nee Hc9Gu 10 copf=ction.ry sdpoa, and |is CHER
:nod " appointments u; alt.ae places, walks upon
lie s:rCr,, a.d o;!!rr .iups Some iei-
e:s had passed oc'"er! he par;!es; Dut, athcu.
iGIy cL".acc:so ouc!! proceedings wrong Tool
.E II cIas Mht ;ppt." that The acquaintance OF thV
young w!;a ti!eir chrr:, :: had heel ur ;ed 10
'.c-rcc either rurltl' ~ dangerous. The ynuas me-:
lad v!-:'ed ;i hour, Of - i i.rnd., uud nr-
vrT n;s: t.lu n except i'll PuhiIc :. !GEs.
lac ac1 sanGGce Il. intimacy, sach rs II whs, be-
,:nnc kl"wn bow"v"., 20 tie husbands; aud Oh t,.
7 u: November lhs', that day bCi!g Saturday. NJ.
Porter received note from Mrs Cuburn, begging
him rc cal upoa her 1T ST. Snar:nut avuirur, (hcr
ro;isr whore he had never beet > adding tia, her
husband WAS absent. The request was urgent AMI
Ilr "orer compiled. On entering tile house he wis
Instantly .sZod by cobUrn and lis hrorhcr uuw
Dalton. who proceeded IL assault him Violently with
cowhiGes which they had IL readiness for the purpose
Before ;hu cvwardiy revenge of the husbands hid
been stated by this uuinaBy attack, Mr. Porter sG.-
cccdod IN cscap.ug from the huu-e.
luis WIS not all. On tie SAM. day, .boat two
hours ia,cr, Nj. Su!n!icr in entire ignurnrcc OF the
attack upon Mr. Porter, wns discussing, cup OF rr;
L, reficshuut IoDm before pro, redug IL take the
carr Tor his residence IN Milton he waited upon
bv Mrssrs Cobrn and Dalton, both strangers to him,
who informed hun that Mrs DCitJn desired partiru.
iar!y To- SEE lin, immediately u: tins same house. No.
81. S.,awmUt avrtut Mr.. Suii.ucr rtpiic: that hl.
aan,ianamce with Mr|. Dalton very slight--,,at
he could not supp"s" thai visit from hin should lie
matter nf essential consequence Ia her-tiHt il
would no, be convenient iur h;,n 10 call now because
b. hui bul ju-t time to take tie latest train vi
Tor his ".-Iarmre IL Milton.
TIE .sc.;ieul-n,' however. Tsiuincd that Mrs Dial
ton certainly very arxinus Ia ki,,- and that
Il H.. ~ui. strip i.i;n carriage which lhrv hHd in
wning they would cnrdlct him to her and afterwards
drive him home,
Oar readers will agree with IFS that nothing but the
most innocent consciousness OF integrity could have
Induced Mr.. Summer {" comp y with this PROPOSAL
tie did comply, huwtI or, aI on reaching the hous"
on ShGwmui avenue, he was dragged into the cellar
by tue two husbands, and inter being most unmerc-
fully pounded, was thrown ont at III. buck-dnDr.
whence he elected his rscnpc over Il rnce-iiis us
sa!Ians continuing their blows until the last moment
SID finally nu'l" shift 10 reach his hVlGr III Mou.
Yesterday he died.
Both Coburn AMI Dalton are clerks; tho former in
The store u. his !athernaw. IN Merchants Row.
They were long since arrested aud bound over IN:
irai u answer for the assault. Az rl sod: III the
history of crime Likewise occurred, from IN arraIg
;I,ru; ot Cu5rru "a tiI-wcr u charge OF stealing
- 700 from the sa!r N! Mr. Cove, his employer mia
,a,i.rn-,aw They have both been put
und.r arrest 20 await the verdict Of the coroaer, jury
summoned 10 investigate the facts cnn.rc;.d sikh
tie death vi ;lirr Victim, Sunicr. We shall not
,!c.'nn, 10 anticipate that verdict.
What is called the resp"cthbiiity," of the parties
who are made the victims 81 this cons piracy OF cunre
r. nu:!l!ng To- DO with th merits Of the case: yet
may remark that understand thnt Mr. Porter is II
graduate u Harvard C"cg" ut the class Of 1852 and
that Mr.. Sumner, cousin NJ the Hon. Charles Suui
nav had Recently mlrI"d couSr ut studies pre-
pgrrfury 10 entering upDl profession.
We 10 not urrusHr IN" !rciiOa Of Judge or jury,
aud simply undertake. ~ STATE the facts We UUdvr
and them. But We feel bound 10 add that III INCA
suri. the degree ol gui!t utachn2 respectively 10
Cohrrn and Dalton, !! sb"u.! he remembered lhu'
;h. latter j. much vuIn"I .ai his associate b. fore
,,, pu,,ic rvrtat be- * newly marriri "a wi!- ui
,yh.,,. character what have nreu'y Sn sul!i"-iIi-
is speaks and tina; 1t i perhaps not uniaura! iha'
h., shuuId have submitted 10 the ui',lcucu ut h.s
hrnrI.r.ir-i,.!aw nt;rbutuG his want ut domestic
felicity To tie wrong cause and III Joining m III seek.
inS Il rc,I:edy Tor u.
ma, h.arsei lis history nsrutiy any gnsHipn4 GU
r,,,v W.. should BE- free from any such suspicion.
i Cr no u.!Icr rr;.un because the facts HAY: long
sine. been spread widely abroad BY prc'sr~ more
rrynns 10 disseminate sacI t;du@s iiut beg tie
attention %; the thuug hitul pur;ion Of the community
r, tl- stats of society in city where such are
enacted, not in the by-ways aid pureus, bur among
thn,, who nave had oprvraute, for knpwiiii. and
!nus better. lh" houses III Shnwmut avenue ure ne
stately and haisonC the generality al the bst III
,lc ry tHc:: occupants, sc-iI IL any public place,
would have made good IN appearance hall the
people We meet IN our daiy walks. They would
ay. i'll, ns u,rd bad ry been reiused the style "t
.:-m-mcn' AID ''Indrs.' And yet these people
C,a,l, o;e of the houses III Shawmut aveuu. The
18th OF November the scene uf affair .iissru
fu ANA D!urdy ~ those WHEN characterized The
E,.i; So ~ the Five Points i'll their darkest days
In view OF state Of s0rcty nt this, il is verify ot
consideration whether there may not De qi's'
.ls :or the r::a!ist aud ph!ln;Iropst, of "m III
poriaLcc c"raiu,y no less lressiaG ai perhaps az
,n.;n; s'!Ci!"n more ready, than the d!ie" "'ou
i-n,. III negro slavery, ia:empe.a;cc VI lore o. !"
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