, 1859-08-17

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We have mads tts tzf nsatioa II tho death
o< NJ. sssslint. i promtsssi ~ is1.sstial eiti-
zcn Of Cleveland. Ths verdict ii ~ CoEonels
JURY xas u follovs:'". =: :. ..:"%:::7s :": -.
= Tia Jury find that N,. etsssisg esne to his
4 fracture 1t ths sfnn; thaa ~ ie4ns4.aoes
surrounding u eass, = aereePs9 bs4ofo the
jury, lead t6eA TO bAt3sre th& IL fAotAre wAs
caused By ,vio1asea, but 4 Nhea. hsnds they
cannot de4e1mtne &hat Whle exReessang satd
opinion, shsy siso belie.s 4 po4.lhss sa'd frae'
ture was csaaed By fall
!: The people are dasstisAed with fhe verdict,
and with the Sheriff hsre offered rewards
amounting to $500 for the apprehension and
conviction Of The muldereEs. ----------~--
The Cleveland L<ad<r Of safurday, says:
IAN arrest of tie parsons implicated By the
eifcnmrtancfs of III. sterlinKs: dsssh, as dis:
closed By their OWE. testimony md The f!idsnce
Of others, and thorough, searching. Judicial
'insestiga!iont ate demanded By; she blood 81 =
murdef ed citizen, BY justice, ths pnh'ia sstety.
aud The public voice. Had the same bloody
tragedy beeh enaeted within and before some
low gambling hell, the actors Of u would have
been in Jail before the removal Of; tho body Of
III. Sterling frou, the clotted gore The build
ing would hare been taken possession OF, the
multitude would have been kept ont; and most
thorough search for evidenees Of murder moet
foul would hare been instituted In the BANK
street murder nothing Of ths kind was doue.
What are the confessed and proved facts be-
fore the Coroper's Inquest, In hrief7 They are,
that the unfortunate Sterling VAS first excited
with drink, then ssupsded and robbed Of his
money at gaining, and about three o'clock in
the morning, when in condition unfit to take
caro- Of himself, was left in the dark md alone On
the stairs near the head Of the second light
leading to the street, his companion in aissipa.
ton having turned Of the gus in the hall, re-
tired to the room Of their orgies, and locked tue
door! Next be hears sounds Is If made by
person tu1nhling down s!alrs,: he waits few
moments, looks down the stairway, sees dark
object on the pavement, goes down finds sser;
ling insensible, lifts him into the entry, prups
him On the lower stair. goes up stairs for = per
sou in a room adjoining his own, and with bis
aid conveys Mr. Sterling to the room be had
just leit, and although he continues inseusible,
waits some hours before obtaining ply sician or
notifyin: the friends Of the disoessed Of hia dy-
ing condition. Il this the usual conduct Of man
to man! Of e7en professional gamblers to their
rictims?
This unnatural, this improbable Tersioa Of
the startling tragedy, h con;radieted IL impro-
tant particulars by several Witnesses. That it il
tho whole truth few, if my, believe. It Is ito
inhuman, too revolving, too brutal His onn
testimony before the coronert places 5lr. Sher-
man, the last man Mr. Sterling was seen with
the fatal Saturday night, and in whose room md
keeping be was found dying and dead on Sun
| day morning, in the inhuman, tie revolving. the
| brutal position described. Il innocent Of the
death Of the friend be piled With liquor aud
robbed, he thould demand legal Investigation
and acquistal. Each hours delay but strength
ems the terrible suspicion of murder t1oat foul
| By tue inmates Of the Block, whose portals were
reddeped with steaul1ng blood on the morning
OF the 7th Of August. The C0roners Inquest
has giyen clues that Judicial investigation may
carry to complete unrarelment Of the mystery
attending the death Of the lamented Sterling,
for often "nnrder doth speak with Most mirac-
ulous organs"
For the past three years Ar. Sterling has been
addicted to the use Of strong drinks, which led
to gambling and the loss Of money. Three
years ago he had a sesere u!tack Of sickness ind
was greatly prostrated. Ills physicians RECON-
mended him to take stimulants in definite quan-
titles to hasten the restoration Of strength. It
| was then he formed a tsste for brandy aud
other ardent beverages that he was never able
subsequently to discard, but the appetite grad.
ually grew upon him, md we now see the sad
denoaement For many years he was one Of
! the most esteemed and influential citizens Of
Cleveland. It is the prevailing belief in Clevc-
land that the gamblers robbed and murdered
him, first stupcfying him bydrugged liquors.