Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-04
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II sffm. 10 be popular superstition that the
perpeirs,or # "a murder must necessarily lraVr
.arne clue 10 b.. detection. Yeti j. by no mean.
- uneamman a thing a. Is generally surpassed
FIR thu crime 10 escape detection by the "iis' -
IF ja-fiee. The Bardeil case looks much "a II it
M II, be one of ihi. kind Many &c oar readers
may remember a murder committed al the corner
81 Broadway and l.spnard street, some years
since. on a man named Cnrhes If we recall the
name rightly. All that vas known at the time
"a that the victim wgs called out of thu Carrie
ton House bar rontn into Broadway. and soon at
ter va found dead On the payems nt.hafiug been
shot The Coroner called his Jury together. and
a pretracted Inquest was held; but na clue to he
author OF the murder found. The jury we're
obliged to bring in ayeTdiet 0f murder by hands
unknown. nor To this day. have the authorities
been able TO fix the responsibility for Coriie's
murder upon any one.
We now propose to state some ci eumsiances.
derived from what deem entirely authentic
sources, in CONNECTION with that mysterious as
sassnaton. which % to show that. contrary TO
the general impression, in the ma'titude If par
iies to murder there is safety; and also. that
murder il sometimes perpeirated III the most eX-
posed and public places without detection
The murdered man, a. W. have been given to
understand. formed an attachment for the beauti-
tai Niie wealthy citizen Of. New York; nun
whose generosity oi nature and strong personal
qualities had drawn around him devoted set OF
frends-mn,i Of them. like himself somewhat in
the sporting line. The lady, false a. fair re-
turned the guilty love guiliy,and was locked up
by the husband whose devotion t. her was such
that he could not give her up. even after what
had passed. He made oycrtures to III. determi-
ned Lnthairo-tir,t by thrents which were un-
beeded then by brides, which were partially sue
cessfu SO that. ON receiving sum 81 money the
,eduoer promised to leave the city for the term
Of the Indy natural life.
A few months Jaw the money sent and the
returned, and pacing up and down the pave
ment opposite the ladv's place Of detention. las
she only wen, out well attended.) making signals,
&C. 10 her; and She. consistent IN her intideity,
replying TO hem with determined purpose 10 If
feet her escape in some way. The husband.
stll unwilling to abandon her to herself. renew
I'd his overturcs to the intrusive gentlemen. aud
made an agreement TO pay down another certain
sum to secure his perpetual absence. The lat
meni, bat before The money had been paid, back
ed out of the agreement and utterly refused to
make any promise in the matter. He continued
his demonstrations I, wards the lady, anl the
consequence that he was called out from the
bar room of the Carlton House on the fatal after
uoou-it was. we believe, about dusk--nud found
some half dozen men on the pavement at the cor
ner. Which of those six ii was that did the deed,
Is unknown. but Corlies shot he stood
among them; the six men got into six cabs which
were in waiting. backed up to the curb, anl were
driven in six different ways. each diver being
AN accomplice, and the guilty hntation en-
ded.--N. J. Post.