Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-09

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| Murder Let Loose.
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Barnes Foye residing in Eighteenth street
near Ninth Avenue. Gowsnus, died yester
asv morning from Injuries received on 2Sd
~ March while on his way to bis residence
7, .nneers that on the afternoon Of the 23d
nil he received, from Chaa Devlin, Street
Commissioner. n. Y, q check for $50, which
he had cashed at the Brokers' Office Of
lawrence d Co., Nassau st. He then start
ed for his residence and before going home
went into a porter house, kept by Michae!
Mahony, Twenty first st., near Third Ave
nue.. Gowsnus, Mahonev, John Bahan
and Mahoney's wife we're in the place at
the time Deceased bought two shillings
worth of liquor, and when paying for it he
took the roll Of bills from his vest pocket
and gave Mrs. Mahoney one dollar biz
and received the change He then started
towards his home. When near Seventh
Avenue in Twentieth street he heard some
one following him and FASTENED his steps.
When he got to the corner, Mahoney and
Bahan pitched upon him, and after severe
w beating him about the head and breast,
robbed him Of his money. He then made
his way home, it being about 10 o'clock p.
NJ. at the time On the 25th, he made com
plant before Justice Blackley, of the high
way robbery and assault, when Mahoney
and Baham were arrested by Sergeant Me
Clane, Of the Eighth precinct, and held to
await examination. The examination has
progressed from time to time during the
past week. and on Saturday was adjourned
over until Monday.
Deceased as confined to his house after
the injuries, for come days, and has not
been able to o any work. On Saturday
evening he went down the Third avenue to
witness q political procession, and soon at
ter returned home The exertion and ex-
citement superinduced by the injuries he
had received undoub eddy caused his death.
A post mortum examination will be made,
and an inquest held this morning The
! prisoners are confined in Jail on the charge
of highway robbery. They will now be
further detained to await the. result of the
/ investigation. Deceased leaves Il wife and
! three c.iildren.
! ANOTHER SUPPOSED MURDER john
! son, Of the Sea Side House. on Rockaway
/ beach, L. L.. reports that the body OF man
was found on Saturday morning, Sd inst, at
! 10 o'clock a. NJ floating in James Bay, near
! the beach. He brought it ashore. and a
Coroner's inquest will be held to-day. The
! left eye presented the appearance OF hay
ing been cut with some sharp instrument.
the eyelid being partially severed. The
| whole appearance of the man and dress was
that of a person in good circumstances.
| SUSPICION OF Foul PLAY.-The body of a
! man was found at the foot Of Sacket street
Brooklyn, on Friday, and from some marks
found on his head and face, is supposed 10y
his friends, to have been foullv dealt with
He was identified as james Mcclure, who
had left his brothers house, near the church
'Star Of the Sea- Court ST., about two
months since. On making inquiry. it was
ascer'ained by his friends that he had n
quarrel with a man in the Porter House
near where the body was found, and they
therefore urged a thororoagh investigation
by the Coroner, (SnelD. Witnesses were
examined, but it has not, thus far, been
shown that violence was used, neither do
the marks on the head indicate blows Of
sufficient force to cause death. The in
vestigation is not yet concluded.
SUPPOSED MURDER IN WILLlAMsBrRG.-A
Nan and his Son found dead in tie Streets
Circumstances attending the Discovery Cor
oners Inquest and Verdict Of the Jury-the
Fam,iy of the Deceased, dc-A tragica
discovery was made by two boys yesterday
morning about o'clock, at Greenpoint
Williamsburg. 1t appears that Chas. Bur
ris and Windfeld Mount, the first being
about II and the other years old, had lett
their house and proceeded as far as an EN-
l A. ~
Normand streets, which is only about 100
yards distant from where they live, when
they suddenly. and at once discovered the
bodies of two men lying on the ground aud
a wagon which was turned upside down ly
| iny on the top of them. Tho boys stopped
moment while they gazed on such extra
ordinary scene and having ascertained that
| the men were dead they became terrified
and ran back to their home in state of
excitement and instantly gave the alarm to
the family. Mr.. Burris questioned the
boys, and having satisfied himself that
melting must be wrong, he went TO the
house of his neighbor, Mr.. Blank, who re-
sides in the next house to his own. and in
company with him, proceeded to the spot,
where, to their horror, and astonishment,
they beheld the melancholy spectacle of
which the boys had spoken. They imme
diately proceed IT, the Seventh precinct
station house and related the circumstance
to the officer i'll command there. When the
police arrived at the scene of tie terrible
tragedy they raised the wagon off the bod
les OF the deceased, and Immediately noti-
fled Coroaer smell, who was soon after
wards in attendance for the purpose Of hold
ing an inquest.--N \. Herald, april 9th.
AWFUL MURnEE.-About o'clock yester-
day afternoon, in a quarrel, on the lower
deck OF the steamer Crescent City, lynn at
the foot of Elm street, William Ruiersberg
stabbed Edward Koch, below the right
breast, so that he i ed in about fifteen min
utes. They were both Germans, and both
deck hands. They had been disputing with
one anoth'r nearly all day, but " hat about
We could not learn, as their conversation
was all in German. At the time he was
stabbed Koch was. as We'll AS we could find
out making an effort 10 strike the other
Ruf.rsberg admits all he did but saws he
was acting in selfdefence. The matter will
probably be inquired into to-day, when the
real facts will transpire. Rufersberg has
been arrested and several witnesses sum-
L.oned. Koch leaves a wife and two child
rem, in Toledo, Ohio.-Sf Louis RetuJlican.
20 The individual mentioned below, is
undoubtedly the same, who pulled the wool
over the eyes of some of our citizens. We
clipit from the State Gazette:
REMARK ABLE RESTORATION OF SPEECH TO A
MyrE.-An individual whose name we did