Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10
Mysterious Occurrence.

at the grocery at the corner of Mary and
Nassau streets. a young German, MIR.
Henry Linstcdt, was found dead, with a
pistol, discharged, lying ON his left side
The deceased was clerk in the grocery,
OF which MIR, John Henry Rickels was pro
prietor, and the two men occupied the same
bed. MIR. Rickels states that he, himself,
retired at or ear eight o'clock on Tuesday
evening. That lie was awaked by the en-
trance of deceased into the room, of whom
he inquired if drun-beat was done. De-
ceased replied yes, and prepared to 60 to
bed. Dlr. Rickels again fell asleep, and
knows not what transpircd, until in the
midst of the night he was aroused by the
report OF a pistol and the smell of gunpow-
der, lie then pushed deceased, and in
quircd, "What's the mattcr?" Receiving
no answer, he became somewhat alarmed,
arose and proceeded to the story above,
where Mr., Drcyer resides. He called to
1ir. Dreycr, WHO came down with a light
forthwith, when they discovered Mr.. Lin
stcdt dead. Whcrcupon they gave notice
to the police
a Jury of Inquest was summoned and
organised about s o'clock yesterday, who
commenced an investigation of the case
The body was found in a small room back
otthe grocery, on bed, lying partly on
the back, Inclined to the left side, with
small pistol on the bed near the left side of
the body. On the right side of the face
was deep wound leading from the corner
OF the mouth, and another on the left side;
the upper jaw on one side was broken in
three places. Tho wounds appeared to
have been made with hatchet or some
such instrument, as their edges were
smooth. The jury, in doubt as to the
character of the wounds, summoned Dir.
Aldrlch to assist them in their inyestiga
tlons. Upon examination, the Doctor gave
as his opinion that the person had first re-
ceived abiow from a liatohct Oh similar iu-
struuent whichbro the bone of the right
Jaw, and chat tue pistol was subsequently,
discharged into his mouth Furthermore. :
he did not think it possible that the dis
charge of pistol could have produced the
wounds upon the face, inasmuch as the ex-
plosion would necessarily have forced the
edges outward; in This case the edrcs of
the wound were inclined inwards. The
course of the ball was easily and distinctly
traced
The following verdict was rendered -
That Henry Linstedt came to his death,
near the hourof eleven o'clock on the night
of Tuesday, the thirtieth of March, 1858,
by wounds across the right cheek, crushing
the jaw-bone, apparently inflicted with a
hatchet, or some such instrument, and
from wounds caused by the firing of a
pistol into the mouth, the ball from which,
penetrated the head, and from their own
examination and that of DIR. Aldriah, they
are In doubt whether it is a case of suicide
ornot.
The Coroner felt it to be his duty to ar
rest MIR. Rickels, who was committed for
further examination.
Charleston Mercury, april Isl.
DEATI OF A STRANGER IN TuscALoo-
sA.-We learn from the Observer. of
Wednesday, the 24th inst, that a gentle
man, apparently near forty years of age,
died suddenly Mt the "Mansiou House."
in Tuscaloosa, Ala, early on the morning
OF the 23d inst. He arrived there on
"Wednesday, just one week previous to his
death. lie registered his name "John
ltenning, N. O." He appeared to be suf-
ferlng under great mental distress-had all
his meals in his room ---shunuod society,"
drank freely of liquor, and was often heard
In his room bewailing his fate. Tuesday
morning nc bought some chloroform, of
which ne took a large portion, for the pur-
pose, he said, of making him sleep. 1t had
the effect of vomiting him at different times
through the day. DIR. Friend visited him
soon after taking the chlorotorm, and was
satisfied that he had ompticd the contents
of the stomach. He was again called af-
ter midnight, but the vital spark had fled !
1t is supposed that the immediate cause of
hls death was apoplcxy.
The deceased was an entire stranger to
the community, and from some remarks
that fell from him, YES connected with the
fishing business in North Carolina. He
was large, musesslar men, yeigEsssn1, pfvb-
ably, two hundred pounds said she had a
mother living. He had in his possession
S225 in gold, two gold Watches, and a pair
of Colts repeaters. No letters or papers
were found on his person
a VIRGINIA DIAMOND. .--eAIr. G.. p.
Matthews, of Virginia, has exhibited at the
CincinnatG Tones Office what he claims as
a diamond of the first water, and the largest
in the world Ithas an inch and a half of
diameter, and nearly an inch ofthickness.
The Times says:
II is surprisingly brilliant, particularly
when viewed by gas light Mr.. Matthews
says he has been offered for it 4,000.---
" was found BY the father of its possessor
Al. q - q