The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-22
Crime In Haafon.

ton. on Saturday and Sunday last The fo.Iowins
particulars are copied from the papers Of tha,
city
The violence commenced in yar,i which open,
by gate on the north side of the house No a
1bsh street Abont quarter before 1--WE o'clock
three men named Heary l., sutton. George j. Sut
ten brothers. aud sylvester Bacon, Captain of the
schooner Galota, lying At Commercial wharf as
ihey were passing through the street stenned int.
the yard aud committed tresaass, attracting the
isuaSteS ot the house ana those of the houses on
posiia. hy their grossness. Mr. Fagin, who oceu
pies the house No. IL, requested two OF her hoard
crs John Donovan and Michael Kelly, TO o., ON,
and romonStrate with them The former did So
sad the Sut'ons and Bacon attacked him. driving
him bach in the house Michael Kelly then went
IA search Of a policeman, and soon after startine
fell in with John Hilton who resided DIRECTLY opno
si,s aud nthrmed him of the state of affairs Hilton
~ once repaired 10 the scene Of the disturbance
and entering the yard. demanded Of the men
whether they belonged there, and what business
thew hal there Some answer-sueh as what va,
that ,o him, 81 20 the same etfect-was given: aud
h. replied that lie would let them know if they
didn't clear cut,
The three then set upon Hilton, and threw him
ovcT barrels in the yard. and on 10 the
grand. Donovan, hearing the new oatcry. again
r.H ont ior the purpose of aiding Hilton As soon
= ne joined in the fray Henry l.. sutton was seen
io uabuitoa bis coat. aud search for something
Mrs FaGin. who stood at the back door fearing he
was about drawing a pistol withdrew to a safer
n. IA
a. instant beside Hilton, who was also oyernover.
ed. As Donovan resisted aud struggled enereeti.
eANy, Sattog drew a knife and stabbed him f,ur
Simes. iaiicting dangerous wound under the
arm one IN the shoulder, one ON the head, aud one
in the breast.
Donovan cried out that he was stabbed, and was
irn ,aateiy released. lie rushed into the housr,
bleeding profusely, ran mp stairs, and fell In the
frrBt hall near the door, the floor and walls being
horribly stained with blood. Miss Campbell n fe.
male hoarder, who had hut a few minutes before
GENE home To dine. hurried into the street shut
th- gate. and held il with her utmost strength.
ping - detain the ruans until an officer should
arrive. Finding il impossible to force open the
S,;e. the mea climbed over it, and the young wo-
man seeing them above her. took refuge in the
house. The three men ran rapidly away and Hill
- As soon as he recovered himself set out in pur-
sgit of them. Thus ehded the first act of the ira
geiy, the events Gf which occupied only about fif-
teen minutes in their occurrence
The euttons aud Bacon ran down Pearl street
and Henry L. sutton on to Liverpool wharf fol.
lowed closely by Hilton and a number Of pers, ms
attracted BY the noise of the conflict Finding
that he was about to be overtaken sutton faced
about, and. after few words, was struck over the
head by Hilton. Sutton instantly sprang upon
LjE and buried the blade of his knife five inches
II length, in his neck, the point penetrating as far
the lungs Hilton fell, and was conveyed to an
apothecary's shop. where be died in about an hour
He was stabbed about halfpast FIVE O'Clock, and ex-
ylred about twenty minutes before seven
After inficting this fatal blow, Sutton was sur
rounded and an attempt was made to deprive him
al his weapoD and arrest him. He resisted fll-
ruusly. Mr. Jacob Todd, one Of the oyerseers of
tby poor for the Tth Ward, who does husiuess on
Liverpool wharf seized she murderer. and received
kulte-ihrust III the thigh. which was pierced
through This wound, although deep and painful,
is probably not dangerous. Sutton was then over
powered and carried to the Second station House
AM subsequently locked up.
soon after. George J. Sutton and Captain Bacon
were arrested on Commercial wharf, they were
going On board their respective vessels.
Henry l.. SuttOn. the murderer, is a native of
New York. He has resided in California for the
last seven years, and came back to this part of the
couatrF in late steamer lie not At all I'M
der the influence of liquor when the deed was CON-
niitte ne states that lac is not accustomed TO use
ii. lie Is little twenty years OF age prepos-
sesslng appearance and with ready and genteel
address Ills Own version Fl the affair is, in every
important particular, identical with the above, ex
CeIting that Ae alleges greater degree of provo
cation than seems to be admitted by other parties
lie says that he did not contemplate murder, but
that, finding the knife ready, he involuntariy
drew 1t. The habit Of carrying a knife he acquired
in California. lie says also that, knowing his bro
ther TO he partly drunk. took all the responsibility
OF his quarrel on himself, and thus became in
VOWED. His most important statements are. that
be "as first attacked by Donovan that Hilton
broke cane over his head in the yard, and that
the wharf Hilton used knife well as himself
and that he received wound in the thigh which
he shows. When arrested he was not aware of the
extent OF the mischief he had done, and made in
guiGies respecting the condition of the men he had
stabbed. lie does not appear TO consider his act
uuiustifiabe.
John Hilton, the murdered man, otherwise
known as the = Limerick Boy" in consequence of
his having been engaged in one or two public
fights, is said 10 have been peaceable and indus
trpus man. He had within a few DAYS been di-
yorced from his wife. He leaves a sister and two
children. 1t is thought that Donovan may re-
ever.
The other murder consisted of the deliberate
shooting of policeman Ezekiel n. Hodsdon at the
oosner of Havre and Maverick streets, East Boston,
about five o'clock on Sunday morning. The officer
WAS dragging along prisoner, when third party
came out of an alley and fired. Hodsdon fell i'm
mediately, when the prisoner and the assassin es-
capped Three other officers ran upand took Hods-
don TO the station, where it was found ball had
entered his head aud penetrated the brain. He
entirely speechless, and died at ten o'clock in
the morning, leaving a wife and one child. This
lynch law was freely talked of in case the guilty
party should be arrested. One or two arrests had
been made, but very slight suspicion.
CHILD STARVED TO DEATH.
We copy the following from the Boston Post, of
Monday:
Coroner Smith on Saturday called to investi-
gate the circumstances attending the death ofa child
II orange lane Tor Orange court) strong suspic ms
beng entertained that its death caused by those
who shonld have been its careful protectors. As
We are informed, the mother of an illegtimate
child, living in the lane above mentioned. put her
Offspring in charged of another woman. by whom il
starved to death. The physicians say that
there is no doubt that the child died of starya-
ton and the opinion is that the mother was cou-
SlFe 10 the crime. AS the Coroner il out of town,
and the Police disclam all knowledge of the mat
ter We are only able to give these rough facts
they have been stated TO us by gentleman who
knew much about it, and no more.