Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-11-11
The Tragedy in Phiadel-
phia-----Additional Par
ticulars.

count of the killing of Mr. Richard Carter,
the president of the Anthracite Bank of Tam
aqua, Pa, on Wednesday afternoon, at the
St Lawrence Hotel in Philadelphia, by a
young man from the South, named Thomas |
Washington Smith. From the Philadelphia !
Inquirer, of yesterday, We gather the follow
ing additional particulars
At 81 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
Carter and Smith were observed sitting upon !
a sofa in the corner of the parlor fronting on
Chestnut Street. There was nothing excit-
ing in their manner, aad the casual observer
would have supposed that they were engaged
in the most friendly conversation. They oc-
cupied their seat for considerable length of
time, when Smith suddenly drew from his
pocket Colts revolver. Both parties arose
| from their seats, when the former commenced
| firing upon the latter At the third dis
charge Carter fell fatally wounded, but Smith
fred two more loads into the body of the un-
| fortunate man while lying prostrated upon
the floor The sudden and rapid discharge
of the revolver naturally attracted to the room
almost every one in the house, and for a
while the place was the scene of the widest
excitement. The appearance of the dying
man upon the floor in pool of blood, the
coolncss of the murderer, who quietly walked
| off, and the terror which WAS depicted on ev-
cry countenance in the room was q scene well
| calculated to chill the blood and strike terror
to the heart of the spectator.
| The wounded man died in few moments,
| and was conveyed to his room, in the upper
part Of the building. Officer Albright. of
! the reserve corps, who happened to be ID the
| vicinity at the time, took Smith to the central
police station, where he appeared perfectly
cool and collected, exhibiting an Indifference
lily becoming tho terrible position he occu-
pied.
The officer searched the prisoner and found
on his person beautiful six barreled revol-
yer and an enormous bowie-knfe. Five bar
rels of the revolver had been discharged, the
other one was still heavily loaded with a ball.
The knife was about two feet in length, and
the blade about two and quarter inches in
breadth, It was enclosed in red leather
case upon which was inscribed in black ink,
Thomas Washington Smith, De Bows re-
view, n O., Washington ID. & At seven
} o'clock hearing took place before Aid
Eneu.
The first witness called was Mr.. II.
Fleming, Of Allegheny city. He stated that
he was stopping at the St Lawrence Hotel.
: The prisoner and the deceased were sitting on
, the sofa talking Tho witness proceeded into
the back p:rlor and returned to the front
, parlor; he reached within ten feet Of the
party, when the accused drew from his pocket
revolver and shot the deceased. who fell to
the floor; the prisoner then fired two shots
e into the body of the deceased when he was
on the floor; the accused then pulled out =
knife. and said he would surrender to none
but an officer of The law; the prisoner left
the hotel and went out the witness pursued
: the accused and then came back to the par
# lor where he found the man dead.
Mr.. James McCandless, Of Allegheny city
was the next witness He testified that he
. saw the prisoner and the murdered man ii
+! the parlor of the IT. Lawrence Hotel; h'
b passed and repassed them several times; h'
It then took seat in the reading room, with h;'
h back toward the parties; he heard pisto
shot and turned his head VIII IN he saw th'
man killed. whom it is said is Mr. Carter
IS he saw the prisoner shoot the deceased wheI
It he was down; all he heard the accused ex
e claim, was, Oh oh y
Officer James Albright. of the reserve
corps, testified that he arrested the prisone
9 while he was passing along Chestnut street
e He took from Smith q bowie-knife and ps
) tol The accused told me he wanted to pro
n tect him 1 told him l would do so; the
"a brought the prisoner to the central polio
station.
'e The accused during the hearing, did no
J. appear in the least affected. He held hi
E. head down, covered his forehead with hi
It hands but afterward, raised his head up, an
!, looked steadily at the magistrate and the liz,
. mepse crowd which had crowded into tn
'S Office to hear the evidence the accused said
j, :" l acknowledge l killed the man, and de
re sire to make statement"
Alderman Eneu cautioned him against say
ing anything, As he would rather not hear ii
=. He told the accused he would be tried for h
life at some future time, and endcavored
impress upon his mind the impropriety Of b
e making any statement at this time. He ad
IN vised aim to keep his own counsel-convers
with none upon the subject, but those who
.. he had selected to defend him. The prisont
:, said he would prefer making statement.
Alderman Enue said he would rather N
III listen to any statement, but would comm
ID him to answer at the next term of the Cou
o. of Over and Terminer. on the charge of wi
G, fully numbering Mr.. Richard Carter.
In The prisoner was then placed in the eel
in under the central police station. and soc
:, after removed to the Moyamensing priso
When the prisoner was brought out of II
cell he was rather more excited than at Il
ot hearing. He had cigar in his mouth,
nd which he puAed most vigorously, with /:
,c- evident attempt to keep up his self-possessio
Il, He was placed in a private carriage. al
while on the way to the prison convers
'd quite freely with the officers. He said
cr committing the act he thought, under the ci
elf cumstances, he had done his religious du
,st dome justice to God. to man and himse
M Lieut.. Dickhart told him it would be bett
. for him to make no admission of the terrih
", crime of which he was charged, but the pr
ed oner paid no attention to the precaution of I