The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-17
mys,ersous I,ess,. In spring street.


A DRUGGIST F0UND DsAp, SURROUNDED BY THE MOTT
DEADLY POIsoSs- -sUrEosED sUIoGDE--ouRIorr
CASE
named william williams, aged soou. thirty ave
years ~ss found dead IN bis bedroom, situated the
Of he q Spring street, corner street
yesterday morning. Ender circumstances which have Iro
duoed sc-'d cee OF excemen, in the neghsorhood II
appears that Williams druggist by profession, and
eesased IN he servt'e OF Nr -, keeping sbe above
ssTe, ~ clerk fourteen cays since Deceased slept ia
$40 ~ room IN Of she store aiose, tbs proprietor
sleeping e-ee here.
bali past six O'Clock policemen VIM 2 Palmer Of Toe
FUurteenlD va d, entered she bedroom from the rear
~ben be o4nd Williams lying tat hls face Ia bed.
o. surnns the body Mr. Palmer found that the r.an
sss dtad, having abraded wound his head
from which ,he blood continued how. TIE BODY was
stu rhor iar evideu Nv tia, life mad baen hong
sxtiDct On table beside deceased lay bottle Of
pAurio ao,J aud an empty bclll. labelled prussc scd
large boa II arsenic foand between 6eoes ,sds ie
portion Of which Sas spilled upon the soor On the
ter IN lhe sore large bottle of isQdsoum aud glass;
ioto which some six eight Of the Had had been
poured, he condition " the bosle fuy testified. A
large gsss o. ntEc scid slso found Beside glass
rhich tad conianco the iauGanum. The glass v,udors
o. The ooos leaning from The store 10 seoeaeds oedrvo
were broken AM me blood found ugsn tbs curLn,
Showing evidently dat struggle Of some s,1d hna taken
place IN TIE room. UpOo tie floor Ia Of the
sss found tbe head Of large pesiia while The
hsloe, which Dad been broken Oh, Uncovered lying
under TIE sos lA deceased was accustomed 70 seeo
upon
The general appearance Of tsngs Ia the store lea The
police 70 believe that murder had been commit
1oG, bet upon hsestfaiing the eE
10 ue Gay apparent 10 all that deoes cd had count
led suicide Coroner Conoery nodded in regard
lie matter and proceeding tho rs following
dcsei rtrnenls we're MADE 10 relation 70 TIE matter.
be deceased wss in the hsoit Of seeghis ID, The
shactea to Tie drug str. aud ia:re he Frequently
C,veo his WIFE lived a. No. Dover street. sn1 with
whom &c Fss not oD TIE very beet terms On aondsy
rght lis Ne the sore, and there Eten the
Prupetcs Of ne e-ab departed OIL ~ g.ng-
About o'olOcg NJ ;so butcher bows, naurd Pztrlos
hc6oidrlg snd Edward porrslly, ATTRACTED tue
store by the cree Of ceoeascds wife They AMI
foubd Der standing the sidewalk fneDtpg tbe cOndf
lion c ber hand snd ciotiSg Toe boys ID bee
va the matter, XheD she replied hrt decreased hal
noSn some -uinuric ACID over ner est had GfeSened
s0 sl her they then approached ,oe store there
fas deceSsod tsFgcrins acout the place
IL oxoaieo He 6r1 tuife n his hand and heeiins
RON h,s foreheJd Ne ssKed M-;alirF 20 cowe
rto he yc DEFINED TIE cfer ana in-iuu
ssed tha he do ~aut be murdered The Pugn-n
oempsf "a loudly Of the Conduct OF deoet towards
EDc che nl-o The projection Of BOYS. VITO osn
vowed hef to Der hquis In DIVER street.
The boys gsve thc alarm o TIE Fourteenth
roice bot Tor some r'asor The mater no a;endei %
cni near eiocs, wtcr, up1n making exaGilrsI"n
O he ttinres, Deceased ds,ve-~y VA. dead
hs bedroom door D. Sheehan examined tie bocy q
oessed soon after NJ 49, found ~ ue oioer and
nouncer NE 70 be entirely eSinct asCusb the boiy
thet Gatn The Nifc Of dec 1sed brcGght y
ht fo|re'nh ~srn st~iou house yesterday ulorSiDs,
he Croner sfet making ne above ting iri', Ia rcssrd
10 le osec, CONCLUDED % postpone me Inquest until
ccocs M norgIg, Fhel no matte w Dc filh inVes
1ssed he-nshi'vl fesi morem ozsminAton ~ln be
mace cp Ls blcy ~ dec ss1d when u -sry probable
ai the omsca All shO the presence 81 "a o he above
mentioned - -ur.-
fon tho pcrscn o. crcclsef Wa fouud 4 ssu sulu,y
t7e o. morphine, sd akp liutt nen cent? ~ change -
s4pIos-d sns unfortunate nan oommiu.a .sicide
While 10 Ftsts q npo .ry incl nty brought by
z, 10 tncu sepcs tn the u- oi ntxcsnR Ia i-ose-
ed a. IN iheif Imam ard On a- vuy D. Die country
o. arrs60 hs vie badly that tue cspS ne 81
v' o. sel % p-ce oef " separse par II ths shp In
0rcer - prolsC. her fror v.5cuoe Of hases1d
n hc1y hss cceD rerosC4 " he fcUre.sh .ard
n~lioa house, where Tue ia7uesi viii 6e held lie