New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-09
AWILrrL AND DELIBERArE MURDER COMMITTED

AWIFrL AND DELIBERATE MURDER COMMITTED
IN BEIHLEHEM-ARREsT OF The MURDERER.-A
party OF five young men yesterday afternoon was
engaged in hunting and fishing in Norman kll Greek,
on ihr premises of David Brngod. While there Fred
crick Stumpf who works the farm on shares with Mr.
Bringold cane 10 the stable whore he found Mr. H. In
the act Of taking of horse belonging 10 Abraham
g.. Wands who had come to pay him Vi5t Stuinpf
then informed Mr.. Bringold that party 0i men wer"
on the creek destroying his property ana that one ol
them had thrown II stick ut and wounded the dog, so
that be- walked on three legs. The three then starter
for the creek Stumpf taking the lead Upon therarr
val he told them 10 leave, when the party rshcu upon
lIn. Brngod came to the rescue, when ne ORDERED
them his premises Some of them were very abusive
ard refused In go while another was endeaVorng 10 &c.
om off They taied there some tlTne, wheh Dfihgvu
pushed of the party ana tod MN 70 ieavG 'ne
place S,umpf then came toward John cummings
one of the rMry raising his and Inotionng 10 nun
to 60 on and at the same time SAID Leave lle
place" When he got within short distance, Nuiii-
mings sezed his gun took ann ana hIe W'H VEL; T'I aa
said Mr. Brngod come 10 me- On, DaVid, alh
sLo; md immediately whred around anu ien. MI
Wends who was standing but short distance on cd"
Cummings raise the gun, take aim and me- lie ,iie
diatey IAN toward him, when cummings ih'acu ~.
Gun Nth tie apparent intention of striking nm uo"n
ri,h the butt VIXEN Nands seized Il, crHc,' ou Va
his hands the time grtspng nm ny 'Ic ino,
Cummings then appealed TO his party ana ASKER 'c.
if ,ioy going 20 allow MN 10 Dc 1rrc'el ~ .
way when one OF them replied that they "ouid 7ec
him safe IL,
Mr.. Wnnds conducted him to the stable, where his
horso was Put in harness before the wagon IN "hleh
he brought Cummings to this city, and hal hun locked
up in the First District Stationllouse. IN me rean
time MI BrinsUld with the assistance OF herniIi
ATTEMPTED to cary Frederick Sumpf to the house pu
L. suffered 81 much pain in moving tha' 'hey we.e
obliged to get n wagon 10 convey MN IN pom eA-
animation !, was found that the contents 81 the gun
which YVES loaded with shot, had torn Oh inc nShy
pert of the leit em below the elbow ana na cncIet
the body between the two lower RIBS Medice ara was
y eedily obtained but the wound was OF 80 rishiul
character tia, the surgeons gave his friends nltle en-
enlargement He fingered in great pam UNI CLOCK
last night when death put an end to his sunermSs.
Before his death Coroner Winnie took hi- deposition,
which we understand does not differ materially from
the statement made 10 Us by Mr.. Wahds; Wheh
Cummings shot Stump he was ten to twelve ieet rom
him 20 that the made by some Of the p, party
If rkinp Cummings Mr. Wands says, is utterly false.
There was no fighting or attempt made by either
Sumpf or Mr.. Bringod to injure any member oil the
party. -.
Mr. wnno has called together coroner jury, who
| are 10 convene in Bethlehem at IL M
CUMMINGS has been committed to jail 10 await the
| action Of the jury. ALBANY Eve journal, Monday