The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-20
Copsp,rnc, to MA, der Ia new YORK.


Or, Michael Price Moore. who within the last
saw months has been twice arrested on charges OF
havirg andeavored to hire persons to murder MIR.
Alfred l.. Livingston. of Trenton, New Jersey,
yvas Yesterday re arrested by Sergeant Smith and
Cd; or Webb of the Lower Police Court, on
sr-.h comp aiot Joseph A HIS att, son of a patent
medicine dealer, ID also implicated 10 the matter.
and was likewise arrested. The principal witness
against the parties is Miss Mary Worden, of Div
sion avenue near 5th street, Brooklyn.
She daposes that, in the month of August last
abe was In Dr. Meores Off e, Warren street, and
the Doctor seeming to be depressed in spirits she
asked him the cause, and was told that Mr.. Liv
.usston, residing at Trenton, New Jersey, With
whom be had been on intimate terms almost from
their boyhood, and to whom he had assigned his
property had refused to return 1t to him, and thus
he had BEEN wronged out of fortune that IT,
however, Livingston was ont OF the way, he
thought the property might be recovered. He
IA n proposed 10 Miss No den to take Mr.. Ii, /.
ingstnu's life but she refused to have thing to
do with the matter, and left the Office.
She saw no more of the Doctor until two weeks
sf'er, when he sent Jos A. Hyatt to her with
request that she would call upon him. She did SO,
and he again urged her to take Mr. Livingston =
hfe. After considering the matter she thought
best to pretend to DR.. Moore that she would &C
q1tesce with his wishes, and then after ascertain.
ing the programme Of the plot, TO apprise Mr. Liv
ingston of what was going on Having intimsted
10 the Doctor her Willingness to accede to his prop
ositon, he went on to describe the residence of Mr.
j., and stated that it was In Cottage Row, near
tho depot and the canal, was white succeed
bouse, and had large trees in front of it, He ther
proposed that she should 20 to Trenton and call on
the Rev Mr.. Starr, of whose church Mr.. Livngs
ton was q member, and state TO him that she had
recently come from Norfolk, Va and needed solne
way to earn . living, and further that she a
member of q church of the same denomination
that of Mr. Starr That Mr. S. would probably
recommend her to call on Mr. Livingston. ana iu
this way could gain admission to his house. DR..
Moore then gave her BEETLE containing some
liquid. which he told her to mix with his coffee,
and this would cause him to sleep. She was theu
30 take dagger which the Doctor gave her. and
plunge 1t into bis heart. He then showed her
where the heart could be found.
After doing this she was TO take train for Phil.
adepha, bat on arriving there she was immediate.
" to take a return train and come to tuis city
He then went TO say that If abe dii not succeed
| getting into Mr. Livingstons house, she was to
hide behind one OF the trees Ia front Of Mr. l. e
house at night and with hammer, which the
Decor gave her, TO strike Mr.. l. upon the temple
and thus hill BIN. Hyatt was aware of all that
had occurred between her and DR. Moore; and,
she says, told him that IL il were not on account
of his family. he would so himself to Trenton.
He also asked her to meet him 8. Peck slim Ferry
and there promised IN give her some money and a
parlor pistol, which made but slight noise when
discharged
Hyatt did meet her and gave her some money
aud not the pistol For performing the died. Dr.
Mo re promise her comfortable home for ut rs-Ir
an rmother in the country. On Sunday, the 14h
Of October, at nigh, siiss Worden taking with her
carpet bag given her by DIR Moore, the osgg-r
hammer and bottle Of poison, all of which She
produced ia court proceeded TO Trenton aud theD
called ulou Mr. Livingston, TO W hom she narrated
what had taken place He thanked her for the in
formation, but expressed no fears in regard to his
life. Miss Worden, the next day. returned 10 this
city, aud has not seen DR. Moore since The bar.
tes on their arrest. were taken before Justice
Connolly and committed to, prison 10 defaul, 0,
5000 bail each, to appear aud answer the charge
hey have demanded examination, and lO1
O'Clock this morning is the time fixed for il 10 take
q aee.-MD York C0nrier