The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-21

From the Philadelphia Press, Noe 5.
A Tale Of Seduction and BiOOd-A n"N
President ShOt-The Murder at the 81
Lawrence Hotel.
About 81 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
most shocking tragedy which it has ever oeen
our lot to record, was perpetrated at the st.
Lawrence Hotel on the south side OF Chest-
mt Street. As far as we can learn the facts,
il appears that Mr. Richard Carter, the Pres-
;dcnt of the Anthracite Bank of Tamaqua,
Scbuvlkill County, arrived in the city, and
took IN his quarters at the above hotel, yes
terday. i few days previous to this young
man. who gave his name as Thomas Wash
ipotou Smith, arrived here from the South,
and mt up at the Madison House.
At the above hour yesterday afternoon,
Carter and Smith were observed sitting up
on a sofa in the corner of the parlor fronting
on Chestnut street. There was nothing ex-
citing in their manner, and the usual obsery
er would have supposed that they were en-
gagged in the most friendly conversation
They occupied their seats for a considerable
length Of time. when Smith drew from his
pocket Colts revolver.
Both parties arose from their seats, when
Smith commenced firing upon Carter. At
the third fire Carter fell fatally wounded, and
Smith fred two more loads into the body of
the wounded man while lying PROSTATE upon
the floor. The appearance of the dying man
upon the floor, in pool Of blood, and the
GOODNESS of the murderer, who quietly walk
ed off, and the terror which was depicted on
every countenance in the room, was scene
most shocking.
Al ,o1 in H,uy
and was conveyed to his room, in the upper
the Reserve Corps. who happened to be in
the vicinity at the time, took Smith to the
Central Police Station, where he appeared
perfectly cool and collected.
The officer searched the prisoner, and found
upon his person siX-barreled revolver and
bowe-knife. Four barrels of the revolver
had been discharged, and the others still
heavily loaded with ball.
The prisoner, who is rather young look-
ing man, of medium height, and dark COM
plexion, with dark hair and mustache, stated
that his name was Thomas Washington
Smith, and that he was 30 years Of age. He
claimed Philadelphia as his residence, but did
not stop in the city permanently, travelling
from place to place as an agent for some mer-
camille house or commercial agency.
He states that, in conversation yesterday,
he asked Mr.. Carter to take some measures
to blot out his (the prisoner's) disgrace that
the deceased tol him it was no disgrace and
that he himself intended soon to visit the
prisoners ster This Smith considered as
unenduIabe, and shot him upon the spot.
STATEMENT OF THE ACCUSED.
After Smith had been placed in the cell he
expressed desire to make statement, but
the officers generally declined listening to
him. He alleged that he was Southerner
"A high minded, a gcntle,nanly man, who
would not be guilty of mean act that he
had met Mr.. Carter at the coal mines in the
interior of this State, and thought that he
was an honorable man, one in whom he could
place implicit confidence.
About six months ago Richard Carter
brought his ward,a young lady then at board
ingschoOl, in contact with Smith, who
admired her, and after a short courtshipmar
ried her. The pair lived happily together in
this city two or three months after the mar
riage, when Smith discovered, to his astOniSh-
ment, that his wife, whom he looked upon as
virtuous and pure, was about to become 4
mother. This discovery drove him almost to
madness, and of his shame and dishonOr.-
He succeeded in intercepting letters passing
between his W ite and Carter, in which it was
made too evident that Carter had been her
seducer. and that he had been an instrument
to hide her shame.
The wife cOnsenting, separation took
place, and shortly afterward, in four months
from the time of her marriage, she gave
birth to child. Smith consulted cOun ell,
and took meas res to secure divorce, but
meeting Carter yesterday, wreaked his ven
geance on the author of the trouble. He al
so learned that there had been an illicit inter-
course between his wife and Mr.. G.. since
their marriage, on more than one occasion,
and having been cruelty deceived by a man
in whom he had the utmost confidence, and
smarting under the wrongs to which he had
been subjected, he determined upon re-
vcnge.
HISTORY OF THE PARTIES.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The circumstances Of the past history of
the parties, as we have learned from one we'll
acquainted with them, is as follows
Mr.. Carter was an Englishman by birth,
and when he first came to Schuylkll County,
some years ago, began to work as a MINER
lie saved money, and gradually rose from
ms huihoiS poSitiOii, DOSdtlC tkt ldSt q
large property holder, and a man of inhu-
ence. His wife, who is also English, is some
ten years older than he was, and they have
never had any children. 4 few years ago
he became acquainted with Mr.. John Nc
Cauley, residing in Luzernc County, whom he
assisted in busine,s. Mr.. McCauley had a
young, intelligent and handsome daughter, in
whom Carter became interested, and he had
her placed in seminary at Wilmington
He used to accompany her to and from Will
mngton, stopping frequently at Philadelphia,
his wife not being informed of his move
ments. At the school Miss McCauley was
understood to be his niece 1t is presumed
that guilty intercourse between them was
going on all this time. Mr.. Carter was
about As years of age.
About year ago, and while Miss Nc
Gully was still at Wilmington, she became