The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-05
DAILY DISPATCH
,'.s" " ~" FSUAf MORNING. Auat-sr -
tragedy at Nevastnh. NJ

, AT Ncyastnk. N. l.
me We" ofk papers of Monday contain .dd,.
II, POI i.'uiArs OF the tragedy at tho s.s Vi. W
~ 'e'asihk, n. j. Alfred y soaas a..
was IN .lchmond recently on n vi.it IN II.
D,o'nor' VINO Is dagnerreotypist here Tho H.
- s"s N'"'ehieht OF Jas. 2. Donnelly, the al.
IL. hteamrIacquainted with tho deca.s., ~, w,
heaidy last that on Friday nigh, i.. .s on w Cd
,4tI- together at ths bar until ahor, so' PIhyed
" II N'oCh, when they went up s,air. t ii" teS
~ -; o1t ''Ioi'y after the deceased went ir, 80
i,rst ssii rooin 70 light piece of candle. and at
~, ,'J' Sau no was going to bod afterwarJs .a,
ucu ti'"t no would not as he did moi faI
t To4iu go OUT and play cards DonneIy stat ~
tio, ,hen applied to him for monev a'J
sU that the Latter Vse@Ted 1S $50 in gold upon prom
ISo VI tue money that night The unrJoroI a. III 'n
% u.C9lulhg to Bonnelley's statement Isf, tb.
r. ~ "4u ""S not seen again by the prisoner t;lI
stairs nninnfs aitsf he (Donnelly) had gore down
''iis' unlocked the safe, took out the bnots .,d
!Stu,heu up stairs to get his cravat wbsn h. , a..n
Tue deceased rush out of his room with bis 10 , "
~ cry murder. aud seize him (DonnelIvi hv ~
ah'i' Oh ms coat, tearing it nearly off Mil a vi.
aud sight he (DonneIIyl saws friabtan MH.ch 1 ACT
l" MAKE hlm nearly crazy SO that he run aroUr5
scarcely knowing how, where or whv sur ~ .ha
statement OF the alleged assassin he saws that tha
er aud deceased talking and playing cards tnyatLr
TIL 3ocIock in the morning, is mistaken: that tb
victim vi the tragedy died with perjury on ~
tongue. That Donnelly did 40 down and open the
sale before tho cry of murder was heard, * true
and 1t is also true, he says. that he went b.ck
up stairs; that when the cry of murder was th.r,
heard, that the deceased rushed from his room and
he (Donnelly) fed before him
tlr smith tho proprietor Of the house testified
to hearing the cry of murder saw Donn.llx rrn
past his bedroom to the back porch: asked him
what WAS the mattcr he said, 'the man is deat-he
II dead; he SAID deceased rushed upon him. asked
who killed the man. aud lie said he did mt know.
Mr. Donnelly Is q graduated physician he enter
ed college at Georgetown. and graduated at Mount
It. Marys College, Maryland. Among his effects
is an ofiice sign He spent several of the earlier
years of his life in Montreal was born ~ we b.f,re
stated in No. q Mercer street. His father is
man OF quite moderate means in BrGoklyu and
does now, or did short time ago, keep "A tailor
shop there. His mother Is dead. He has three
sisters, two OF whom ara married. He is the only
son.
His brother-nlaw, Mr.. Couzins, worthy and
respectable citizen went out to see him ON SUNDAY
and arrived at tho Highlands about II NJ The
prisoner has travelled considerably and il general
~ we'll informed He stated that the spurious bills
were thrown INTO the water closet two davs before
this murder. While being taken to prison he COM
planed that the irons hurt his hands and wanted
10 have them removed. On SATURDAY. afternoon he
wrote a letter to his father and while engaged in
doing 40 s said to have wept like child
lie appears TO have kept a large quantity of spu-
rious money about him, and made use Of il when lie
had an opportunity Of doing So On Friday he gave
spurious 81 bill to Mrs Smith the landlady On
being questioned about the spurious money by the
coroner court he said that it was usual for all
persons III his position in hotel to have ouanti-
~ Of such money
sohe thirty families have left the Sea View
House on account ofths tragedy; only two families
az no" remaining there; every person who occu-
pie" rooms on the floor on which the deadly deed
was enacted has left tho hou5e
Inc tragedy is thu sad Of
SPaniard having deposited $50 in the hotel safe,
and Donnely having taken it out, lost it in gam.
bling with Moses, and then murdered him in the
attempt to recover it. Young Moses the brother
OF the victim, left Richmond yesterday morning
for Nevasnk