New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-25

mans hood, ss Eeaid hare aHled LIZ 6'rss II u, ~
| 10 lis eYbo-s.
ssys-sl DAYS ,i-ce Mr.. V. w. s.1-teyao. srpbsc
70 Judg. 6t,c,g to ostsir ysdress ssIst NJ Wstsrs
fer slsnde.s which he lad uttered concerning him.
| Judge Srorg wrote Mr. Waters letter, giving hin
| Until the erd Of this week to make amends In. Mr.
Waters received the Letter Friday yesterday. In the
evening he mentioned the mater TO sore enc IN the
store, and, handing him the letter, Iuested him %
| read il. Itvss read aloud. Mr.. Waters then re-
msrked ,ha. it would probably al he settled before
| Saturday isht, or words 10 ths. effect
He was n,an Of few drec. remsrks, much IN
the habit OF insiuuatpg things, meaning geae'suy'
cutie a. much az he said srd this account the re-
marx produced come effect, srd caused some unsss-
nefs, at the time il was made. He vas regarded oy
.ome a. an eccentric, half crazy man. The p,iaopa
cause of THE, however sppe.rs to have been the unre
strcted free iom with which be taxed Of al his p.1vfe
family matters TO Indifferent persons, even to snsh
boys. He vas strictly temperate industrious, good
raured. generally wearing q smiling countesancei
ard ca mot learn tha, he had icuity with anybody
outside of his family. There is no doubt that the
whole thing was deliberately planned, and thai
be Intended 10 make clean work Of the en-:
tire faulty Joe uding the boy, whose escape was very
narrow II is thought that he had long since intended
the same bloody deed but tbs. his wicked purpose
failed him before lis contamination. AooGt q year
stree he gave out dark and mysterious sayings
and went off s1d got shroud made for himself. is
corjeouItd tia. their meaning s now explained His
shroud was still in bs trunk st the time OF his dsah
MIR Waters is said 20 have been native Of Hemp
| Sc ad or Oyster Bsy OIo Circumstance struck me
| in nslrg inquiries abou. hin: must have a.ked
abog dozen Of bis peighb before f0uLd one
who could tell NE his given name
The murder created most profound tensstion Ia
the Ieghbohood. il not en- med 10 the village;
but from the country, for miles aror1d, the people
flock ed in cs1sges and on foot, to view the bloody
corpses ard to lien 10 the oft-Iepesed story from
| the lips Of neighbors Of The dire event.
One Of the mos. interesting and extraordinary of al
the circumstances connected with tas bloody AFFAIR is
| dream, in which the coming events seem to have
| cast their shadow before them.
Mr. John +. Dsil'rg, already spoken Of, the reaFe't
neiehbor Of 3Ir Waters, had dream the Eight pre-
yious, ref.c.rg the approaching tragedy. HIS ltds
el suffering from severe cold, and IN order 70
keep watch Of her be had le his usual bed add gone
| TO lie down in her room Some tine during the o'snt
about o'clock he thnss, be was awakened by ear-
| ful dean or nightmare. He dreamed that Re head
| his niece, Mrs. Stultevatt, screaming very loud
"Upcle Johp Uncle John, Mr.. Wat ,rs is killing the
whole of usls The d-esm made very great impress
sion upon him. lie got up and told TO his wife, who
was Gle ping in the ext room and said TO her that he
was 80 frightened by it that he could not sleep
| any mole. lie still more alarmed from
| the circumstance that while he was telling
IL. his little daughter, who is usually very sound
| sleeper, raised herself up in bed and exclaimed,
| "Fsther, what man is this, standing here Z" Her
father Quoted her TO ssep sgso, but eoud not quiet
his cwn feerr. But after lille he fell into second
slrmber, ard from this he was awakened just az the
mult srer wss psun mating Lis work, probably and
as lie himsef supposes by tie cres OF Ills vic ms
Tie fret words he heard srticuated were the very
ores which he had heard N bis drean-" Uncle john,
UIce John, Mr.. Waters s kill, the whole of US y
TIE following is Mr. Dariings own statement Of his
| dream:
TosAe Edto. Of The y. Tribvne -.
"SlR Ny nitIe gil was aIwell; and was lying
| down in her bedroom. About ] o'clock vas awsk-
ened by q dream dreamedthst my niece. Mary Jane
Suilevant, IuhiIg our VI the house, screamrg,
Uncle John, Uac!e John, Mr.. Waters is killing
the whole Of us.! | ipoke 10 my wife,
Who Was slet ping in the adjoining room with
the door open, ard tod her l might as well
get up oouidn go TO sleep again, l had hsc sues
awful dream, it had frightened me almost 70 DEAN
Just at this moment ny little gill woke up, and SAID,
Father what man is this standing heieP don I
kLOw that he ever woke up in the night beiore she
eeLe,aly sleeps very fouLo, ard on that account 1t
frightened e. told Der there wss no one aud she
tuned over ard went to sleep. must have fallen
asleep sgain uypelf also, and a. daylight woke up,
END beard my niece, May Jane Sultevsnt just as
| lad o'esMsd, screaming, Uncle John, Uncle John,
Mr. WateIs il killing the whole Of u.s. Her mother,
Mr. Wotert Iurnir with Ars. Stu,teysnt out OF
| the frert yard ard Mr.. Wster. after them Mr. Wa
iers disappeared. j heard eight or ten blows Mr..
Waters lei 10 the ground. Mrs. Staitevent came to-
| ward me- and ISssisted her into my house.
JOHN F.. DARLING.
| Port LcSeysOS, l. /, Nov p, 1872
In explanation, in per: ct least, o. Mr. Daring S
dream, 1t nay be rem aked that be wss one OF the
persons in the store the evening previous who heard
Mr.. Waters comments on the letter from Judge
Strong and that he ssd a. the tine to third person,
who a. ked him if Waters didn't generally mean some
thiIg by what he ssid, eyes; and | don't like bis
! speaking in that way"
This is the first murder commit. ed IN this vii
Iage. ABB ut FIVE years iitce an cd man named Pc
wick wss killed few miles from the pte by lis SON.
But ii murderer was aojudsed zane, and placed in
| innate esylum.