New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24


let the sppbcants have the apartments which agreed
to 90 or again seeing the lady. I .sked her where
L,r buband WAS she replied that he WAS 10 Phjade
pbia making arrangements about their furpure, aui
would BE- with ber in the course of few dsys. sle
then gave her nsme as Mrs Raymond. and paid me
tie amount Of rent in advs,ce. Three days ater-
wsrSs. taw man with her, whom she introduced to
Ire o. her husbatd who subsequently, turned ou, to
be J H. wagstoG.) Shortly aferward had some
little trouble with my worklnen aud my wife mpru.
cent?, mentioned the fact TO this Ms Raymond ala,
Wsrstaf alas Sullivan, who said to nv wife keep
still ard will tell my husband; be is lawyer; he
will help YOU a. soon as lie comes in will seed hin
down 10 see Mr. Peters" In the course of the same
afternoon the lady down, ard said that her has.
batd was ct home and wished to see me. | accord,
lrcy stepped up bis loom. and told him the nature
Of ,he difficulty had with my workmen He assured
nc that he would FIX that matter right for me, and
gave IRE q card at the same time telling me to call
upon him at Lis cfiice the following day, when he
would prepare The necessary papers On proceeding
10 the flee Indicated found to my surprise, that
he rss the same person to whom the lady had referred
ue a. the outset for character responsibility, &C. Up
to ,Lis time had known them only by the name of
RAYMOND. while on the card it was wagstaf. !,
therefore, did not know which the right name was.
After little conversation with him about my case,
he demanded S25n advance, TO defend me 10 the suit
instituted ageinstm ne by man in the Marine Court.
This refused to pay, inasnuch as had lawyer
whom usually employed, aud only called upon him
because he had volunteered to help me through gra
tui,ously told him, if he chose to be on hand and
in case Of need, would pay for what assistance he
might render ne, which he agreed to do;
bu. on the day the case was expected to come
before the Court my lawyer, Mr. Lutz, perceiving
Wsgsafl apparently Interested with me in the matter,
said TO me: "If you engage that man, Wagstaf,
"to deferd you, shall lay down your case a.
" ouce-he is a regular skinner, robber and rowdy."
therefore told Wagstaff that did not wish him to
interfere in the mater and he left then made some
injuries abou, him and heard sufficient to make me
anxious to get lid Of him. Shortly after that, when
come home one nigh. about 10 O'Clock, | found my
wife and children all crying bitterly, and about hun
dr. persons outside; the utmost excitement prevailed
in the street as wei in the house. All the neigh
bors care in TO inquire whatknd Of people Ihadinmy
house. ] ted then all TO keep stll and tell me al
shout tie trouble. They told me that Mrs. Raymond
had hallood for me end cried out that was kill
ing ter that my wife and several Of the neighbors had
teer 10 the door ard knocked, but could lot get in
iJso that an officer had been sen. for but he declined
10 10 snyhDg unless was there. then went up 20
their room door myself, and after some difficulty got
The door open, when found the lady's face covered
with blood and her clothes torn and bloody. The
man ,Vagsaif' had nothing on but bis shirt. called
them to account for such dsOriey conduct and then
left They shortly afterward went out together.
Beng ruch faiigued my elf retired, and left M wife
ard others 10 ya.ch what tine they came back aud
then awake ne, which they did near o'clock in the
motrirg. WREN another row began between them. l
went I'D 10 tie doo- and knocked, when I heard the
woman cry out "Mr. Peters como here and help me-"
81 opened tie door. Wagataf was standing there
with blood On his shirt-he had no other clothes on.
The woman told me not TO 60 near him as no
lad got pistol and would Kill me. Ithen went away
to fetch an tcer. On returning with one, the woman
opened the door again. at the same time said to me
ard the oiicer Don't come in, you aie not strong
" CROUCH, he will KIN you both" Wsgaen was then
standing in the In his shirt, having in one hand
q pistol and in the other knife with a long blade,
Threatening TO kill anybody that attempted to touch
bin. We ther went for two NOR, officers and when
they cane we sn went into the room together. Wag
staff then yieced and became quiet and promised to
behave himself Under tLe:e circumstances tue Off
Gers retired, Wag taf shting them down stairs, but
rcmeined near by the house a, the request of Mrs.
Peters who was ret exactly sa.;fed with such fn Ls
on the pait Of the officers. Mr.. Peters then asked
Waertaff what he doing there at that time. inti
mating that he did not know him; wheroupon Wa,-
staff set down the cardIe- stick lie held ia his hand
.eized me and put me down the floor got up aud
seized Veg staff when bis woman came and also mide
81 attack upon me then opened TIE door aud called
The officers who csipe and took both Of 'bem 10 the
Ststion.H House. That morniDg they were tekcn be-
fore Justice Mountiord who discharged the woman,
bn he'd WsgstafI to bail in the sum Of $780, tor his
fn,e q cd behavior After being locked up for about
a hourf George Gleeham became surety for him. and
he was discharged. From tba. time up to the title OF
his death, Wsgs'ef continued to hGrrass NJ. Peters
with lawsuit, Of al sorts, apparently TO SUBJECT him
TO TIE neceesi'y Of employing counsel, and thereby
ipculrirg expense which has amounted to cos deta
bic sum. 1t wclid Therefore Lot be very surprising
10 find Mr.. Peters rejoicing NJ tie fate which has be-
fallen Wag-taf.
TIE same day that he wa arrested O.. the instance
Of Mr. Peters Madame Restell, alias Lehman, pre'cf-
red charge against Wsgstsff for having committed
come otnae as she riding out on one OF the sye
nues, ard on the llth Of Sc otember 1851 about Elk
weeks si.er, Wagsaff was agsn arrested, on con-
glsint of T. f. d. Lexow, for having puDl-he1
highly Igfannaory and !ibelous piaca:d, cicui 'ed
to irjme Mr. Lexov and other gentlemen conIec'e ed
with TIE National Police Go:e'e and to give the
libel mere publicity wagstaG employed su isrora1t
IshInsn to carry it through the streets a. stated
ton,ptntaiion per diem. Oa this charge Wags.au
was required to find bail in tbe sun Of $500, wnch
was obtained in the pcrson Of Hugh Mckay, 90 the
following day, Wagstaf being locked up IN the mean
time.
Wepetsff was notorious character about soTn,
end well known in eiuOs. every house OF ill-rePnte
about the city. Some time preceding his death no
u. traat and hi rererAI Os-