New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09
ABOUT MURDERS.

CRIME AND RETRTBUTIOS.-OuT readers VII re
member that some days ago We Dotced the arres' oi
Mr.. Dillon, of Clay County on charge OF having
killed his own son ten years before the bones having
been discovered in his cellar. The SnHiedA Democrat
gives the following account OF tire termination OF the
mans awful career
"The old man was arrested taken before magls-
trate, examined ard acquitted since which time ne
has been at liberty, though the neighb0rs were a.
firmly convinced Of his gull: a. before. IOtterng on
the verge Of the grave, he being sixty years OF age
justice in fair way of being cheated out OF lis
victim; but the old villain has met n shocking fate
which is thus described by The Bra-I Ners:
"'On Saturday last he bft Bowling Green IN
state of Observation-Disclosures, We are told, has
always been leading trait of his characer-and
made his way TO his comfortess home, an old, dllap-
dated domice in the woods, over which he has DOM
ineered for many years, unaccOmpanicd except by
cats dogs and perchGnce his own conscience.
Nothing more was known Of him until some of the
neighbOrs, attracted by the garng flames of the fast
decaying structure, reached the scene OF the coniia
grafton Just in time to hear the wreched mans last
lamentations, as they arose above the sound OF the
cracking flames. But, alas they came too late !
The devOuring element had the ascendancy, and the
efforts of man TO check its ravages were IN VAN.
The accused was wrapped in sheet OF flame, con-
fined within a prison whose walls were fire, and
which like an enormous coil Of serpents, with lts
thousand fiery tongues, forbade the approach and
laughed TO desion the feeble attempts of man TO res
the career on earth of Simon Dillon, the alleged muir
derer of his II he il guilty, swift-footed
Justice has Overtaken him. Vice, a. well as virtue
is sure Of its reward.
A BLOODY AFFAIR-A WIPES HEAD CLEFT WITH
AN AK Great excitement was produced in Church
alley last evening by an attempt of colored man
named William Jones, deck hand on a steamer, TO
murder his wife, Angelina Jones 1t appears that the
parties had been married years have lately been
very auarrelsome with each other Jones accuses his
wife of infdelty and she has bad reputation gem
orally. They got into quarrel early last evening" and
each applied vulgar epithes toward the other. This
was kept up, off and on, until about ten oclock. At
this time Jones was lying the floor, when his wife
aggravating him by sOIne remark, he got up walked
to the OF the room seized an Ak which he had
used an hour two before to chop wood, and gave
her sudden and heavy blow the top Of the head.
But for the instrument being very dull and she easing
the blow somewhat with her hands, her head would
have been cleft in two The edge of the sunk deep
into the top of her head, nhictng frightful and
probably mortal wound. II Frustrated the woman,
and the Infatuated husband dealt her blow which, 1t
is thought crushed her breast bone The was then
taken from him by persons attracted to the room by
the assault. The woman lies in critical condition.
[Cincinnst Gazette, May l.
Cow TO LIFE AGAIs.-We copy the following cir
cumstance from The HuntsrWe Ala AdcOcdte:
"Some two three years ago, Berry Hill, Neal
Mccoy and Benz. Bggs were drinking together in VII
emma in this county Hill had plenty of money; they
started off about night TO visit noted house, after
which Hill was not seen any more. Mccoy and Biggs
were suspected of having murdered him. the natter
was partially investigated and the circumstances
strong against them. They left for parts unknown,
and their present location is not known. The last
Grand jury in this county were again investigating
the matter, when Berry Hill himself appeared denied
having been murdered declared that Mccoy and ggs
were innocent of his murder, &c. We mention this
that the absentees, Mccoy and Biggs, may return
home again."