The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-25

hands Of Waters and rcady 70 dosccno 70 compcte me
another victim 70 the list But other eyes were opened
To view this stage Of tho ragic scene. the dow was
Caused the hand q he assassin 70 be poweress IN he act
of attempting to nct further injury on aught but as
own cdsoas life Here Mrs ssnrtevants statement ends,
and that Of another eyewitness begins.
JOHN Il. DARLINa's ACCOUNT OF WHAT HI saw.
got up about O'Clock, and hurried in putting on my
pants, imagining that late In attending bust
ness as believed that had oversept myself account
dents tina, have related Suddenly overheard the cry
Of "murder," accompanied by the most terrifying
from which the shouts proceeded, and, on looking
out Of my window, in the ond Of the house
which commands yw o. waters house saw % snree 81,
Of whom now thought, were shouting and running away
from persons by whom they had in some way been
covered with blood What my sensations at that
full moment could not attempt TO tell After taking
quckgance at them ran TO my wifi who was still n bed,
and said in a hurried manner Why, they all Killing
themselves in the next house what viii l do?'' And
without waiting another instant darted back to the win
dow What terrible scene now burst upon mel clear
iy understood the whole matter at glance for saw Mrs.
Waters lying in her blood the door the young
running towards this house and Waters after her
fast he could with what appeared 10 10 be cudge
in his hand shouted Murder ~ loudly possible,
and by this time the blow was raised and ready to de-
scend upon the young lady's head Instantly the muir
derers arm grew sack-he started and the direc-
ton OF the house, and darted the spot where the
young lady was, who hearing voice raised her
self her feet and looked towards On arriving TO
her she asked to help her 10 her mother which did,
and then ran TO call up neighbor. After returning,
which ! did in about minute, helped the young
lady into my house, and did what could for her. but
saw IL was all over with her mother After having what
in my power done for her, then went TO look for
Waters who not 70 be anywhere. After passing
10 the rear Of the dwelling house, length discovered
him in the barn hanging by the neck from jois close by
ladder from OF the steps Of which believe he had
swung himself. Thinking that he doing pretty well
there, just walked out and left him TO swing, and
reaching the front Of the house discovered that crowd
had collected then walked into the breakfast and
discovered battered
and lying on the floor which covered with his blood
EMMETT B. pARLING's STATEMENT.
Emmett B. Darling informed reporter that he
sleeping up stairs but was awoke by the shouts of muir
der proceeding from the breakfast He got up
dress himself and felt much afraid He then heard
blows, and more screeching than wha he thought
fight outside the door, and after that he heard foot
ing the stairs and something heavy knocking against
item the step moved the lobby. He then hid him.
self under the bedsead and before he well concealed
there Waters entered the with bar in his
hand and after searching the bed walked out to another
and then the boy down stairs and Waters passed into
the rear Of the house by another stairs The boy then
proceeded down stairs, where he the bodies in the
state that they were when Mr.. Darling saw them.
The entire story Of this melancholy tragedy contained
in the three statements which given above. Dr.
Dechng the physician VINO resides the village attended
10 the murdered persons, both of whom died immed
atey after he arrived at the house where the murder took
place-Mr Sturevant first, and Mrs Waters five minutes
afterwards. In the evening at O'Clock Coroner Price
arrived and held two nques,s-ene the body Of Wa
and the other Mrs Waters and Sturte-
want On the first the following jury empannclled by
Wines Emmens, II. ii. skinner,
r. H. Wilson, Lewis Trapp,
Decatur Cakes, Joseph Brewster,
VIM. Hlloson, c. Emmett Hickman,
William Dowd.
The first witness Darling, the boy whose testimony
included in the statement OF himself in relation to the
murder which is given in its proper place. He not
sworn by the Coroner on account OF his extreme YOUTH
but simply questioned.
there al about half past six O'Clock in the morning.
and went into the barn he the body of Waters hang
hnp alt- rlaA
left the barn; he believes he the first who it.
John f. Darling was then sworn, but all his testimony
included in the statement which he in reference
10 the murder.
After these three witnesses were examined the evil
denee on the inquest of the body Of Waters closed and
the jury returned verdict 10 the effect that Henry
Waters met his death by sranglng himself with his
hand
On the second inquest, the following are the names of
the jurors that were empanDeled =
r. Fl. Wilson, r. B. Punderson,
H II. Skinner Charles L. Nurse
Wines Emmens, Benjamin Jones
W " Al ] Tiio,sou, T. flnme" A''ehHAh'
John F. Darling was the first witness sworn. All his
testimony however, this case well in the other,
Is compreherded in the statement that he made TO
reporter concerning the murder.
Ut Decing the second witness The Doctor de-
posed 10 his being practising physician in Port Jefferson
and its vicinity he called upon to visit the OF
the murder, and on arriving there found the bodies Of
VIM. W. sturtevan and Elizabeth Waters of in
sensbiiy The Doctor further testified that from tho
nature Of the wounds inflicted the heads Of both they
The boy Darling again questioned on this inquest by
the Coroner after which the evidence ended and the
verdict OF the jury 20 the effect that Elizabeth Waters
and William Surtevant came to their death by blows in
fcted by blunt weapon IN the hands Of Henry Waters
Emmett Darling very smart little fellow, and
twelve years old He Is the heir the property OF his
mother he being her only The property Is said
be worth between twenty and thirty thousand dollars.
Mrs. Waters married Ia Waters two years, and
during the latter part Of that time there great
many family dspntes OF a small but growing nature,
arising out OF some jealousy 90 The part OF Waters with
IN N Mrs
native OF Port Jefferson and the former wife OF
Mr. Matthew Darling, ship builder, in Port Jefferson. she
rather under the medium size and well looking Her
father a hero Of the revolution. Waters
native OF Jericho, l. /, and part Of his life In
Of ship carpenter He was ifty-seven years old
a weak minded man, and in consstence with many
others OF his foles had shroud in the house for some
time before he committed suicide. He also ordered q
coffin, but that brought N the house. He
man Of robust appearaneenot tall but stout He has
relatives Port Jefferson his remains are con.
ycyed out West by some OF his friends for tho purosa Of
nterment the popuace of Port jefferson refusing to nd.
nit them to be buried In that locality All his wife's
relatives reside ia the neghborhood Of Port Jefferson.
Sturtsyant was tall man, aged twenty He
well made, and Of a sandy complexion He was also a
native q Port Jefferson and all his relatives reside
long Island. Mrs sturtevan;, his wife aged twenty
handsome, and resembling her mother in poiut Of size
Her case Is very doubtful one, yet 1T. Decng has
hopes Of her recovery. All the parties engaged in
shTbulding and agriculture
The house in which the murder committed large
frame one, consisting o. story sttc and base
ment. and containing many apartments. II painted
white and has wooden pillars front in the Tuscan
style Of architecture. II is agreably situated on
gentle slope rising from the bay the distance Of about
hundred rods from the water. The which the
murder committed j. in the form OF paralleogram,
IS feet BY 20, and the ceiling "a feet from the floor
The walls and ceiling, which stained with blood
after the murder, have been painted and they
white. There two doors leading from the outside
into the BY The porch at the south end Of the
house and the other the front between tho windows
which look down upon the sea- two being side Of
and the other.
Port Jefferson Is quic, little town. surrounded BY hills
and built round the extremity Of very bay the
mouth Of which IL Long Island Sound The bay runs
southeast and northwest and Of tho safest on the
American coast The houscs chiefly wooden once,
painted white and rising above the other and
tered all around dot the hin sides and the valley and
give the place appearance OF picturesque beauty The
inhabitants have their invested partly ships and
partly in land and universally In comfortable circum.
stances. The population Is !. 500.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE CONNECTED WITH THE MUIR
DIR
There was a copy ~ magazine on The mantepi in
the al the time the murder committed. The
book happened 10 be open the time and Of the
raua nod no orda nd idast