Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
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ond RuFdell Affair.
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!. st. Charles street, in the ars,ocratic aud fash
ionabie neishborhood of Canal, is becoming
famous for scenes Of startling Importance. Il
is but few days ago that We had to chronicle
) one OF the boidest Rs we'll as one of the mos,
successful cases of garroting. in this vicinity,
that ever occurred, even in that terrestrial pan
demonium, New York, and this morning we are
3 again called upon TO notice stabbing case,
s which only wanted change of time. from day
to night, and the total annihilation Of the VICTIM
TO equal the celebrated Rurdell tragedy, which
4 tor months occupied the attention OF the press
4 and the fashionable reunions Of the modern
! Gotham. ~
i The first question of an eccen ric friend of
ours, whenever he hears of difficulty, row, or
anything approaching the tragic, invariably Is,
Who's the woman?' always taking it for grant
cd that a woman must be at the bottom Of such
1 things. Its appropriateness was illustrated i'll
/ the tragedy Of st. Charles street yesterday, for
xoman Mrs. Mary Jane Charles) welded the
/ dagger, James Andrews, the daguerreotypist,
| being the victim
| From the best information We could obtain,
we learn that Mrs. Mary Jane Charles lives, and
| has lived for some Time past, in a large and ell
egant establishment at No. 269 Common street,
where she rents furnished rooms. She is
widow, and has been for some time; is about
thirty years OF age, beautiful, highly accom-
plished, and fascinating in her manners. An.
drews is a young artist OF lofty aspirations and
Byronc exterior; aid as he, some two years
ago, took rooms at the establishment OF the
beautiful and fascinating widow, it may, with.
oat much stretch Of Imagination, be supposed
that unity Of sentiment soon sprang up be-
tween two such congenial spirits. They loved,
but did not get married. They progressed on
the mutual confdenc, plan for nearly two years,
fhair hons har
haps became obscured by the overshadowing
influence of the comet which is now whiskng
his ponderous tail over our planet, killing the
early blossoms, and destroying not only the
fruit crop throughout the Union, but the sugar |
crop OF our own beloved Louisiana. Andrews |
abandoned the ideal, gave up all thoughts OF
reaching the round Of the artistic ladder, when |
his admirng countrymen would concede to him |
the unquestioned right of wearing the unappro. |
priated mantle ofa Michael Angelo or a Rubens. |
He became practical. The charming widow |
was flush of the "sordid lucre,' and, with true
Jacksonian energy ahd will, he laid bis plans for
a transfer of the deposits, which he soon accom-
plished, and, instead Of erecting a villa on the
banks of the Lake of Como with the widows
funds, he established two daguerreotype looms
one at No. st. Charles street. and the other
at No. 10, few doors from Tile True Delta es
adjustment This was not alt-the cup of the |
ch rming widows misery was not yet full-the
last drop that overtiows the golden goblet, like
the last ounce that breaks the camers back, was
poured in when the unfaithiul Andrews deserted
her, which he did a short time ago, and married
a Miss Hoffner.
We have now stated the case as it was yes
terday morning, and will give the sequel in as
few words as possible. Mrs. Charles, it seems,
made up her mind to wreak her vengeance on
her taithless swain 10y assaulting him, and then
end liies troubles by killing herself She pro-
cured a beautiful pearl-haudled dagger, we be-
eve at Guion's, and crossed the street toward
the eatrance Of No. st. Charles street, intend
ing to reach the daguerrean saloon of Andrews
and strike him while in the act Of transferring
The features of some fair one to the metallic
plate. She met him on the sidewalk, and as
quick asthought the gistening blade had pierced
his neck. AS he turned and reeled she inhicted
,wo more wounds on his left arm, and before
he bystanders that thronged the sidewalk at
he time could interfere, she gave him another
'tab in the thigh, when the dagger dropped from
ler hand. With the utmost GOODNESS she then
orced her way through the crowd, no one in it
attempting to interfere with her, and proceeded
o u carriage in waiting at the next corner, and
vas driven rapidly to her home, No. 269 Com
non street.
At a late hour last night Andrews was still
wing and Mrs. Charles was at her home, no ar.
est or ieea: investigation that we could hear of
lavng taken place.