New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-04
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,imel by ~. citizens and his person searched $50,
of fresh blood wore fOuon on his coat the 'aiSes
OF which he lad attempted to wash Oh, but serera
small spots remsioed Blood w 40 '0asa . % " y
| bIco3 were s,ao fupd or his siiiIt-bosor let'e
was found in his pocSst addressed TO Monrc Stewart
bv sister Of Charlotte jones residing IN Mononga
hes City IN which she Oppressed grcN admiration toi
Stewart because he was q - deyilish. ana desiring
! 10 see him and have dsyh OF tius, sOuie-
| thing TO that eject
| Stewart, who was in the room at the time, wss
placed under arest immediate $1,000 s,aias were
| also found on the skirt and Isppsue OF his coat
closer search showed that he hs attempted TO tear out
his kets in which he was but partially success
full There As blood IN IT, and h1gsr'msrxs 90 IT, a.
though bloody hand had been thrust IN AID with.
drawn. No money found on tire person OF either
They placed in confinement IN tae care oil Ohceg
job Patterson, and brought to this ei, on the Lu'
zerne on Friday night.
Charlotte Jones, or Mrs Fife, ia abodt forty years
old--taT muscular and large frsmcd-bscS eyes and
dark coarse hair. with Indasn cast features Her
friends reside in Washington osnty, not ftf from the
scene Of the late White tragedy She has been noted
as disreputab- woman, and tssowned BY many OF
herrelHlires She claims TO hsTe been nEsrried TO
Fife, and was about taking residence with him at
Henry Pic is abcs. twentyiy yNsrs of small
in sat,ire-Slue eyer snd brown ha'r, with eest Of
cruntepsnce decidedly snpreposseSs'ag He is s.na-
tive Of Montreal Cans.ie. where he Was raised sad
learned his trade of shoemaklng. he came TO the
States six years ago, and during mat time hss
VIZ Sed AT his trade mostly in Washington county.
About three weeks ago. shortly after the murder a
Samuel II. White, be esme TO MeNsesport ant
was in ihe employ Of Ssmoel Stroh, at the time
Of hi, arrest When arrested he manifested
conside able agitation, b1t became composed,
soon siter denying al knowledge OF the
murder and of marriage with Char'y'te Jones
Some oue informed him that sse confessed the crime,
and tina, he was implicated. His countesanee fell,
and he remarked that Stewart - would get clear, but
he would have to SITTER Some one assed him
where a dirk, which he was Known to have was TO
be found. He said Re had thse~u it into tie river.
ON being asked in which river he refused to ewer.
III. said he had bad heart and was afraid II would
GET him into scrape ara so he threw II away After
a time he remarked that his mother " tod LIN ne
Hould be hung, and he believed It would be se, as
"sAe as there was God" He affected composwe,
but il Inv concealed the agitation within whicltre-
veaI-d itself in twitchings Of the fingers aud ress
desire to be moving.
M,rroe Stewart il not more than 81 wears old He
is a tall wel.forIned young man, vito hair and eyes
nearly black and 3 r0wdysl beaiing mat Is uniaNo.4-
be. lie looks the william. He i a native OF ono,
and his parents now reside in Harrison or Jefferson
Countv in that State, He learned his fade shoemas-
irg in Steubenville During the past Winter he has
worked in Msnongahela City and was engaged IN
row there ON election day. He but recently came to
NJ 'Keesport and was working in the ssnle shop with
Fife He was tacitun after hs arrest, refusing to an
swer but in mouosylabes. He put on bold air when
on board the boat and manifested indifference 10 the
momeptous scenes transpring around him, and so
nearly affecting his welfare. He denies al knowledge
If the affair.
Another shoemaker. aSootehman named Garaner
at work in MKsespert, pack up his kat aad LETT that
place for parts unknown soon after the news oil the
murser got abroad. What cOnaeohon II any, he had
with the parties to the murder. is unknown.
George Wilson was about 10 years OF sge. lie was
tenant of Mrs. Gamble, and lived BY making boat
pin. fer which he tound extensive sale along the
river. He q very Industrious economics al and ia
offensive man. greatly eneebed by age and Ill health
INtnaa rfDrA
He WINS respected by oil his neghbors, sgoed neigh
Dor and useful citizen and had residedi the neigh
borhood for score two of years, and in the house
where he murdered, FIVE years. Hs oody pre-
sented horrible spectacle-dabbled IN oood-the
ewes staring iearflly tbe mouth open, and the whole
muscular frame contracted with the last agony.
His sister was grass widow, her husband hnv-
ing left her years ago She resides wan her Drolhet'
kent his house attended 80 his personal wants, and as
sisted him in various ways to add to their income.
She was seventy Eight years of age, but IN better
health than George. Her face was bruised ana blood
issued from her mouth and nose. The neghbors often
insisted that they should have to live with
them but they refused, it would only add to their
xpenses. Prudent in their management they laid
by. little by little, till it became known that VII
son had money loaned out, and considerable by him.
1t does not yet appear that there was much in his
chest at the time Of the murderno more than s2OO-
and few worthless bills, either counterfeit or on
broken banks.
The bodies were laid out last night the beds taken
down. and all traces OF the horrible tragedy removed
SUPPOSED WIFE-MURDER AT Enthusiastically
afternoon tragedy occurred at Edgeworth SlaldenI,
resulting in the death of wife under circumstances
which lead TO the suspicion that she had been muir
dered by her husband. The name OF the husband ~
Michael Coflan and of his wife Mary. They are mid
de-aged perscus with a child Of about years. The
husband il mau of Incorporate habits and III conse-
quence or several years past his wife, who said to
ihaye feen a temperate woman has led life OF mis-
cry her husband being in the habit ofquarelng with
and beating her.
Yesterday afternoon the little girl Of the Coans ran
into ore of the neghbors' houses, carrying IN her
arms a kitten She then asked why she brought her
kitten with her, to which she replied that father was
heating mother and she afraid that father would
kill the kitten, too. The neghbor went Immediately
TO the house Of Mrs. Cofan, and found her extended
mon the floor dead or about dead. little blood was
flowing from the mouth, and there was also mark
upop the forehead as IL she bad fallen against the stove
An OK was resting against the stove, as u recently
used, and the little girl said that her father took
the axe ard struck her mother on the back wan the
fiat Of il three times. Upon examining the Dack OF tne
deceased il was found 10 be dEcolored. The husband
sffer committing the assault upon his wife, bed, and
had not been captured al last accounts. lie was
heard nom at the residence Of his brother IN Jamaica
Plain 10 whom he stated that he might be arrested
for killing his wife but was not AFRAID oil the resusot
an investigation. Justice Hall of Maiden has sun
moned Jury and will hold an inquest this afternoon
~ =" boston Traveller. p.
pRESBYPERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN
MISSIONS.