New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-02
A NAV AGED SEVENTY TWO MURDERS
HIS BROTHER AGED SIXTYONE.
F,oa n. Tyey Tines, jay y.


sf cts Of ipjuIies inflicted With pooke.-kn.e n tbe
hsros Of his brother, Henry Di,nond, nsn o. -
yesre az shout 10 ociock WedDesdsy n.gh,. The Cir
cuns.sr ces Of ms STRAY are sc follows:
Henry Diamond, tie elder Of tne brothers, sid RE
n uYdeIer in corseq1eLce Of sdvanced age AID bs1
habits has for some time past been aasb,e snd un vi
hr 70 work ard hss bee sintGired ss town ps1-
per at the plbhc t1perse: Darpga Po'-oa oi the
tion he spept in vsgabopdiziog at different places
about town. His character wss bad, snd IN coLse-
qusnce be YVES in very poor repnte WIN nis .eIow
towrsmep and supporters. Even Vilhsm, his brother,
who old not occupy 6 very elevated position on the
socsl ladder, seemed - have some idea Of sting
ton between himself and hs brother aud ire luenby
spoke OF the Disgrace b.ought upon the Diamond
family by his conduct. Iois, Henry by no ulssrs
relshed In the fret Jlsce, his perception hal been
blunted tc tboce keen distinctions which are msde by
morsists ss 10 rsstive chssc.sr, and he considered
himsef quite as good ss any oiher member OF the
family. But II this no, 60, in the second place,
be regarded bic superior sge as giving him cl6n
upon the respect of hs bothtr. Ii he did reiuse -
work, ard Il be did diilk more whisky OF poor
quality than was proper for town parosr - drl1k,
that was NJ after to De talked 6bsut by s0ue one aho
wss 10. member OF the family. Very naturally, the
dieer ces OF opi ion # the two on sutsot 50 trhiog
that of moral etbic brought about differences on
all subjects which rpsned into mutual An noalty ana
intense dislike. On the oEe hs.d, WlIsm nss oeen
head TO declare tn he wished his brother would die
with the tremens and n defsul. Of that he sonsmss
had gcod notion to knock his brains out, and thus
iepeatedly asseversted that if Wil.m dd no. stop
talking about him in such discourteou5 sinner ne
would have hs hearts blood, and that, 1t Is 10 have
been supposed, would have fixed him."
On WedIescay night Henry, who had p-ooSo,y
been drinking little, but evidently not 80 much So
wss his ususl custom, entered Williams house. in
this house, in addition TO the brother, lived Ssly
Maria Hull HeDrys daughter, and her several chil'
dren. The II an seemed cro.s peevish s5d irritable,
and had not been long in the house before he com.
menced q quarrel With his grandchildren, sco.ding
them for beng Doisy, and threatening them, waen
the answered him rather perty, TO "ts their tin.s
for them" Mrs. Ssliy Msrs, who entered the lIouse
coon sfler, attempted TO quiet m but in vain. he
was determined upon quarrel and hsr ln'ervennon
Only ferved TO secuIe for her portion OF the sbuse
About this time william csDe in, ard finding the
quarrel progressing nteifered with Il. He told Henry
the quarrel must be stopped. He weuit no; have
such Babel OF oiscord IL the house. Ii his brother
could lot i've in pesce with the children, he could not
live there at al. He might go up 70 the barn. who're
u ere was room enough Tor him. and sleep upon tle
hay. His water food and the Ike could be sent TO
him there. But Henry demurred. He would stay n
the house az long be pleased and tight rs much as
he liked. What was more, he would drink as much
as he liked, and if William did not like 1t the best
thing he could do was to keep his mouth shut abont
it. He had talked about mis- being pauper and hsy-
ing supported him lorg enough; there wssnt going TO
be much mcre OF il. lie wound up by assuring VIII
liam that he had better not talk much abou. character
when his cwn wife WAS harlot.
This provoked Williams ire, and he declared thst
il Henry aed that preston he would brain HI n.
Henry did repest il, vita emphasis, when william
seized heavy chair and raised 1t over his head to
strike him with il. At the intercession of his niece,
however, he sat il down again, and Henry, mutteilg
TO klnself get up weut TO bed which stood IN me
corner Of the ROOM and lsid down upon l. lie lad
been there but short tine when William got up and
went TO the bed, whether for the purpose si contnu'
pg the quarrel ending it, does not very cesry ap-
gear. AS he reached the side and was ct 1opDg over
Henry struck him twice with jack knife, winch ne
appears to have taken from his pocket and opened.
k1Ax, thn haE
tight arm and ed the blood vessels OF the arm
a very dsI gerous cut. The second was on the left
side of the eek, about inch below The lower JAW,
end extending from the back TO the ffont ao)ut tT9
inches, without severing any oil the large oi~d
v,sssls.
AZ he dealt the blows, Henry exclaimed, Tners.
Cd d-p you, take that William staggered back
ircm tie bed. across the room and ou OF the do,r,
oe. As he reached the road in ..cEt Of the DOR ne
fell. The blood purted ircm the wounds four oF i've
feet as he walked scro:s the room. Mr' HUI, fng y
n ed by the spec acle and sent enc OF he: c1i
dren to ak persons near by to TO the houf, -
her father had stabbed her uncle William, and re Saa
bleeding to DEATH Three or four refused To go, bsas
afraid of the man. At .ss, farmer named ives, wac
lived st some dstsrcs, consented to 90. When ne
reached the house William had been tsken up snf
laid on TIE bed by the children, and vss covered wan
blood. He vas very wesk. bardsge hal been
tied about his arm, which be complained hurt t.m,
ard Ives loosed it, when the blood splrted out freely
II was soon tied up sgain. DR.. S.bn, a sdrgeon of
the ylise was rent for, but dill Lot reich the Rouse
until about q o'clock 10 tne morning. N nen ne got
there the jured man was very weak, and "a a i'S
minutes bfea;hed bis last-hayrg oIed 10 cea,1 tf)h
the wouId in bis arm.
It is stated that after William was cut, his brother
remarked that tbs old s.aker b.d got his Jut punish
nent for tis many crlmes aud that he Vas hot sorry
for what Re had done. Ills granddaughter, . girl Of
abou. sixteen, stated that short time before he oisd
William asked Henry ~ come and raise him up 80
tba. be could kss lin orce but the rarice exc,a M
D eA.-n
ed, Get out, you ID oil cqss, II c'ne tnere sni
cut the liver out Of you' Henry vas arrested :nd
lodged in jail in this city by Officer MLnicf. On n:s
way down he tod the officer that be was not 8 DIT
sorry for what he had done; he was gst he had killed
William.
TIE parties TO this afffsy were 81 of tho b~ss.
csss OF country poor people, and they are worse gsn
trsly than the same sort in cities. Willism wss q
farm laborer; Henry, when ne did anything 81 al,
worked at ihoernsk og, but i: wai seldom The saans
in which the murder done, wss 'i:us'ed 50 ial
thirteen miles hom this city, northeast OF tue VlSse
CT PoesteI Kill, ard near Whist IL knosn IS Borestees
pond. Il is ore story frame .keleton, d-s,hate o.
lath ard plaster. Several OF the c.speoards have
been worn of and broken in such manner that sea.
n the center OF the OILY room 10 the house snsoss
TO command view Ct all the surroladng scea-ry
thrc tie crevices The floor is aso broken thEous
in PAGES end young lady who attended yesterday
performed feat OF sgerdemsin in coLsequs,c a-ons
II her limbs going clean through IT, MOS. OF tae
widow ssstes nboceLt OF glass and tbeir sosence
s atoI ed fer by boards tinges, hats vests AID
that have been drilled into their service. Inc i1rni
,ure is OF the veIy nearest descrp.or-an snte ill
visp stove nCcent Of backing; three or four rag
mertsry chais, a beds;esd with mussed snt dirty
cottiug, good portion Of table, and 40 OF three
shelves pegs, bocing .ndry PoVr sSes, eoastii at
irg The complement.
TIE fsrlly are ignorant and of low cha-scter.
Williams wife, II is said has separated iron MIN, sad
ia - joyirg the society Of another msD. Sore, are
tod CT ;he others. TIE daughter Of Sally hT.s wno
eaI ed that she heard the conveseon between her
grandfather srd william, being told yesterday
norrir that she would be waited Sc w..ress, n
away to the woods, the .upPoslon tsa, SEE woad
he taken 20 ,l, tco, ard could lot ts sJlaa c1aos
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