Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-08-07
Shocking Tragedy and its
consequences.

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Shocking Tragedy Gambling and ii,
Consequences.
On Saturday morning, at about quar-.
ter past five o'clock. shocking tragedy
occurred at the Sea View House, Neva
sink, N. j. Albert S. Moses, at tho
time designated temporary bar-keeper
was heard crying murder, as he wa'
running in his night clothes from the
hall of the third floor of the main build
ing; and on the approach of those at
tracted by the cry, he retreateG to his
room and his bed, some twenty feet from
the stairway. He was found in his bed
with his throat tand bleeding profuse-
ly, The mating on the passage fool
was literally covered with blood to thc
stairway. Upon inquiry, the dying mar
said that james p Donnelly, the book.
keeper of the house, had killed him
that during the night they had beer
gambling, that deceased had won some
iifty-liye dollars of Donnelly, and that
the assassination was the result of DIES.
perate resolution on the part Of Donnelly
TO recover the money
Upon the strength of the testimony
before Coroner Connery, an examination
was made Of the water closets of the
back yard, and lot of bank bills, torn
in pieces, were fshed up from the sink,
The money consisted of one hundred
dollar bill and number of small bills,
the whole amounting, we understand, to
about one hundred and sixty dollars.
The key of the safe in the morning could
not be found Donnelly could give no
account of it; and the dirk knife OF
which he was known to be possessor, and
with which it is believed he committed
the murder, was probably thrown into
the river.
Donnelly appears to be some % or 90
years Of age, is small man, very pale,
and manifestly very excitable and impul-
sive. Yet he bore himself very well
under the trying circumstances of his
situation-ho was neither stolidly indif-
fcrent, nor abject or weakly confused,
but seemed to feel at once becoming
regret for the catastrophe and the neces-
sity of keeping awake all his faculties in
his own defence. In his evidence before
the coroner's jury, Donnelly testified
that he belonged to Washington city
Moses appears to have been nearly the
same age, and lbs led rambling and
irregular life, though not regarded as n
belligerent or quarelsome character.
The prisoner, when about being sent
to jail, desired to send Geographic
message to lady in Washington, to
whom he says he is engaged to be mar
ried. His counsel advised him not to
send the message, as it would get the
young lady's name into the papers. The
prisoner thereupon desistcd. The pur-
port of the message was to tell the young
lady that he was innocent of the crime
with which he is charged.
Donnelly is graduated physician
he entered college at Georgetown, aud
graduated al ut. st. Mary's College,
DID. AZ, ng bis effects is an office sign.
he spN several years of his life in
Months was born in No. 3S Mercer
street, New York His father is a man
Of quite moderate means in Brooklyn,
and 1oes now, or did.a short time ago,
keep tailor shop there. His mother is
dead. He has three sisters, two Of
whom are married. lie is the only son.
lie appears to have kept a large guam
tity of spurious money about him, and
made use of it when he had an opportu-
nifty Of doing SO, On Friday he gave
aspurious 81 bill to Mrs. Smith, the
landlaay. On being questioned about
the spurious money by the coroner's
court, he said that it was usual for all
persons in his position in hotel to have
aquau6ty of such money.
THE Mon MURDERS IN Iowa Shock.
ing Sdaes TT is time that The lynch
ings which have recently taken place in
Iowa were called by the right names,
and the legal tribunals of the State were
setting about to vindicate the majesty Of
thelaw by the punishment of the wretches
who lave taken the laws in their own
hands, The hanging Of William b,
Thomas, in Montezuma, was as foul 3
murder as was ever perpetrated by a
midnight assassin. The Oshkosh Herald
gives the following additional particulars
Of the event:
No sooner was the declaration of the
court given (changing the venue, in or
der that he mighS have fair trial) than
regularly organized mob of about two
hundred men PROCEEDED to the old court.
house, whore the prisner was confined
and demanded, and by hrce took Thorn
as from the custody of TIN sheriff, art
amid the terrifying shrieks &c the prise
per and the most hellish reveracs Of Oh,
mob, carried him away to tire, which
they had previously prepared, IN tn
Suburbs of the town. Here, wihou
I even adhering to the customs of lynol
Jaw, or abiding by the honor of mo
Nree. they placed the rope around hi
mex and demanded confession of til
crne. The prisoner plead his limo
Gene. The rope was drawn over