The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-04

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ald OF Monday contains an account Of the murde,
OF Albert >. Moses, at the Sea View House Neva
SlbK' Ne" Jersey, by JAS. Z. Donelly, from whom
no had won sum of money the night before n,
was nearu crying murder, as he was running il
ms night clothes from the hall of the third floor
the main building: and on the approach of thos,
attracted by the cry. he retreated to his room am
his Dtn, some twenty feet from the stairway II,
was lound IN MS bed with his throat cut and bleed
ing profusely. The mating on the passage foo.
was literally covered with blood TO the stairway
It appears that Doneley had entered his room I,
Try ana steal the money he had lost. Tho Heral,
says
Unable to find the money the presumption i.
that Donnelly's mind was wrought up to a state n.
phrenzy, and that hence the murder The de
ceased, as he lay upon his bed, the last of hi
blood slowly OoZng from the wunnd in his throat
told friend present where to find the Innuav !.
WAS accordingly produced, and found to consi.t q
three parcels in handkerchief-one parcel thirty
hveioiiars in,gold and twenty six inhank bills til,
Whole amounting to nearly ninety-two dollars -
he deceased requested the sixty-one dollars of tn,
hrSt parcel to be sent to Mrs Matilda Couklin III
| Locust street, Philadelphia, and said that tn,
| othcr money was not his own, meaning perhaps
that it was the money of the bar
Tho coolness and self possession of the diving man
III his last aGonieS were very remarkable He per
sisted that Donnelly had killed him and when tn.
latter stepped forward to assist the Doctor il
something about the wounded mans throat de
ceased SAID, Keep that man away; don't let hin
n.
ry and spoke to him in pleasant tone of voice anc
spoke of a certain Dr. Richardson. of New York
Deceased, when exhausted from the immense on,
pouring OF blood from his throat in the hall com
piained OF the pain and cold in his legs as far
er than the pain of his terrible wonnd and called
for something to warm his chilled extrenities II,
also called for water but it passed out of the ea,
IN his throat. and the jugular and orsophagus hay
ing been severed, and the trachea opened by tha,
single desperate and ugly stab.
Upon the strength of the testimony before Coro
ner Connery. an examination was made of the wa
ter closets of the back yard and lot of bank bills
torn to pieces, were tished up from the sink tn,
money consisted of one one hundred dollar bill
and number of small bills the whole Amounting
We understand, to about one hundred and sixtI
dollars. The key of the safe this morning couIo
not he found; Donnelly conld give no account OF
1t; and the dirk knife of which he was known +,
be possessed and with which it is believed he com.
mitted the murder, was probably thrown into the
river.
Donnelly appears to be some twenty-five or TWEEN
ty-elght years of age-isa small mari-very pale
and nlanltestly very eXCitable and impulsiyo YET
he bore himself very well under the trying circum.
stances OF his situation lie was neither stoli1l,
indifferent, nor ablect weakly confused, but
seemed to feel at once becoming regret for the
catastrophe and the necessity of keeping awake ali
his faculties in his defence. Moses appears 10
have been of nearly the same age, and has we un-
derstans. led arambling and irregular life though
not regarded as bclligerent qusrrelsome char.
acter.