The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25
THE ROCHESTER, TRAGEDY.

| Ahe hoenestsf ". ~ American, OF fhe Zle
instant, gives the sutjoinsd particulars Of th
murder In that city on Saturday night last, whicl
has beon alluded to heretofore. The case parallel
In atrocity. and almost In mystery, the Burdel
tragedy, and has created most intense excite
mont.
The victim is Chas. W. Mstles, a LAWYER. q O
years. lie came from Danville, i've or six year,
| siuce, and entered the Office Of Mesrs HYDE 4
| Nudge. In 1855, he was admitted and subsequent
| ly was associated with Mr.. Nudge in prosecution
OF pension claims Fer the last year be has been in
| the Office of Henry Hunter. lie was married some
two or three years ssce to Miss Stout, and year
| ago separation took place. He has however 4
lew months past, occasionally visited his wife, who
was living with her mother and brothers, but
there seems to have been continual jar and discord
On Sunday morning about o'clock body was
discovered tn the river, below the Falls. Instead
OF being carried OF, as was doubtless intended the
| action OF the water threw il towards the shore.
| The spot where the deed was perpetrsted, the
pools OF blood indicate on small spot near the
Bowery, at the brink Of the precipice. The road
way is cut down ten feet and IL Is not easy to
| reach the elevated ground where the murder was
committed How the parties came to be there in
the night is yet to be explained About five rods
from the preeipice is large pool of blood. Here
no doubt, the first fatal blow was struck About
ten or twelve feet farther towards the bank is apo
ther pool. Mr.. Littles must have remained in each
place Tor several minutes. Within few feet OF
the preepice another spot of blood is seem and ID
rs also also plainly visible on the earth as the body
was rolled down. On this spot desperate strpg.
gle must have taken place. Here were found ar
tleies corresponding very nearly TO those wore by
Mrs ldttles, and pair of spectacles said 10 have
belonged to her brother
From the level of the spot, to where the body
struck when 1t was thrown over, is some 25 or 80
feet and from thence it was dragged In straight
line TO the water. over rocks brush End rongb
ground over loo feet-most of the distance being
steep bank. down which the body may have rolled
with out httie ass stance. All the way down to
the water the bloody track is plain IL il with
great difficulty that the River can be reached from
tue spot described. The path is steep. and the de-
scent by daylight requires care and in tile night
must us be attended with some danger.
The wounds are all upsn the head numerous and
terrlble. There are three deep ones ever the nose
ana eyes, which sreso regular and alike as to in
duce the belief that they were inflicted with a
three pfonged weapon, at single blow-possibly
with pair OF iron knuckles. On the side and hack
OF the head there are others Of similar character
and which render it probable that the unfortunate
man must have been almost INSTANTLY stunned or
dlsanled op9n his person was dirk. which was
| not drawn. This leads to the supposltion that the
attack was sudden, sld that in defending himself
ne had no opportunity to get hold of his weapon
His gold watch and money were unmolested.
AS soon as the body was identified, officers repair
ed 70 the residence OF the Stout family and arr. at
ed Mrs stout Mrs. iitles, daughter OF Mrs Ira and
Eli Stout. the wife OF Eli. and small boy and girl
children OF Mrs stout. Her husband is supposed to
ee IN PennsyiTana. The family came to this city
from that State several years since The a, rested
| persons We're placed in separate apartments In
search OF the hOuse there were found several
bloody garments, and among them skirt torn and
Just washed, upon which there were still marks of
piood Upon the vict1fine of Mrs Littlas I'm her
| hair and some of her garments were found bnrrs
snch as grow in abundance down the bank where
| the body Of L. was dragged. Bat perhans more
suspicious. the left wrist of Mrs Liltes and the
| lett wrist OF Ira Stout we're found brokenl and
othef marks about them, indicating that they had
Deeh actors IN some extraordinary occurrence. The
| fracture to young Stouts arm had been attended
to about o'clock Sunday morning Mrs Littles
wrist had not been set. and she alleges that she
was not aware il was broken
There are all sorts of surmises about the reasons
ior Little being at the spot where he was murCred
Mt late hour in the night after he was seen by
| several witnesses at his usual places of resort-
some believe that he was in company of some 9th.
er female, was followed by his wife and her broth
| er, and that he was attacked, and his GONNA MONS
| allowed to escape; others suppose he was deceived
TO the fatal spot for the purpose Of murder while
other surmises are plenty to tho motive and the
manner in which il effected The inpressiop
made by the demeanor of Mrs. LittIes and her bro
| ther upon the stand was unfavorable They were
oil course aware OF the suspicion entertained, and
seemed only anxious TO turn it off and tbwart the
object of the investigation.
AT the Coroners inquest, large number Of wit.
| nesses were examined, but the foregoing embodies
| all that Is known OF the murder
The Rochester papers of Tuesday contain n con.
tinuation of the Coroner's inquest upon the body
OF Mr.. Littles. The evidence thus far, brings out
no facts in addition to those above given Iittlss
character is said to have been fair, up to the time
OF his marriage with Miss Stout, since which he
has been addicted to gambling and dissipation The
evidence against his wife and her brother seems
strong.