The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-29
The Tragedy I'm New 1ork-rurther
Particulars.

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The telegraph yesterday noticed the occurrence
OF terrbleaffsir In New York, 10 which Francis
doulay, only 10 years Of age, attempted TO
XIII the whole Of his family, and committed sui.
eide The N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, Of wednes.
day afternoon, has the following particulars Of
| the tragedy.
He returned home Tuesday night after all the
family had retired except his father, the latter Of
| whom let him iD when the bell was rang The
young man acted rather strangely, aud at once
proceeded up stairs to his room where he took OF
MS coat and b,ots. Being Ia his stocking fset he
seized heavy Ratchet in his right hand and eau.
t'ousiy went below. Creeping into the sleeping
.oom where his father and mother were siee ping,
the youth dealt his father powerful blow on the
mead with the hatchet, which split his skull. The
deadly weapon then fell with tremendous force
upon the head of his aged mother, hacfuring the
sxuii M and laceratiDg her face mes. frightfully -
rms nend In human shape then entered the room
"nere MS two younger brothers we're sleeping
| and struck each of them blow with the hxtchet
stii feeking with the blood of his parents. The
orotners wero knocked insen sibie at the rat
ries. '''~
The murderer then came to room occupied by
the two servant girls apd served them in like
manner. Two OF his sisters, one girl Is wears of
| age aud the other child 81 months old were In
announcer room and on account OF not leaving Il
| their lives were saved, or the desperate either
overlooked them or preferred to let them live
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the murderer ran up stairs to his own room ap ain
and placing revolver TO his head Just above the
r,9ht ear blew his brains out. The report Of the
plseo', ana an alarm made by some one, attracted
the attention OF officers Hill and Morehopse, of
the 20sh precinct, then duty in the necbbor-
hood, and they hastened to the spot Finding the
front door barred and bolted. they were tempora-
rily delayed, but being satisfied from cries and
groans they heard issuing from different parts II
the house, the door was bur st oreu.
A horrible and sickening sight was then pre-
sented to the officials. q, in the various rooms Law
the bleeding and fully insensibie yjctir,s The
| officers managed to learn who the perpetrator of
the bloody work was and then went to the room of
young Gouldy, whom they found stretched on the
h'or in the agonies of death. Beside him was
pool of blood and the pistol with which bc baS
shot himself, also the fatal batcbet and ,arge
carving knife, which, apparently, had not been
used. Captain Curry VAS Immediately informed
OF 'ae most horrible affair, ard went with posse
oil officers to the honse of Mr. Gouldy Physicians
were called to attend the victims and every thing
possible was done by the police and citizens to miti
gate the sufferings the unfortunate psop!e The
doctors In making examinations, found that Mr..
Gouldy had a compound fracture of the skpI,
and his eldest son, lad IL years of age. was in
jIred in the same manner. Large pieces of the
skull were taken from each head aud it seems
totally impossible for either father or son to sur
vive, even fer q short time.
Mrs Gouldy seems TO be in a less dangerous
condition, though her recovery is considered ex.
| treuely dorbsfnl Itis possible that the youngest
ooy, VINO was struck with the hatchet. may
recover, but his life Is la great peril By advice
Of the physicians the two seryaut Girls were
| removed to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. Itis
| thought that they will recover. The cause, which
led to this terrible affair have not vet been satis-
| iacsoriy ascertsined, although, according to
| runor, the murderer was highly incensed a. his
| father, for having undertaken to reprove him. /,
| was rumored this "wednesday morning that
young Goridy had taken his fathers bs nix book
| without his authority or consent and drawing
| money from the bank had used il for his private
| purposes. The young man, among other vices,
was in the habit of staying out late at nights
and bis father thinking be was not in the best
OF company or acquiring habits which would
rebound to his credit reproved him gently and re-
| quested that he should come home earlier and 90
| to bed At respectable hour MIR. Gouldy was a
| nigniy respectable and wealthy citizen, be being
| retired hardware merchant. His son, the author
| CT the bloody work, and whose act has cast such
| gloom over the family relations and the conmu
| nifty, generally, was engaged in a hardware store
either In Platt street or Maiden Lane He was in
c'incd to be fast yoaDg man. and withaI ia said
| 30 nave been possessed CT reveugeful and mali.
clous disI ostion It is charitable to believe that
the young man was quite deranged at the time of
committing the awful ceed and for the sake of hu-
manity, 1t 10 hoped that such was the case The
aiaif caused the greatest excitement in the upper
part OF the city when it became known.
| The Tribune adds
For few weeks past the young man has been
leading very dissipated life, aud his father has
| reasoned with him several tmes A few nights
| ago the father locked him out OF doors, aud YES.
terday the son went to his fathers desk aud TAX
ing the bank book, went TO the bank and drew k5O
which he fpent The father touk him to task
! severely, and told him it was no better than rtea
construed to anything like provocation of such
deed.