Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-29

The sedneer ba1IY Beaten. s. - 5I-
From Reehs<ssr Unioa and Adssrtieees Nov. ~. D
The village q Canapdsixaa wat thrown ints]
oomm0ti0n On Wednesday, evening By the sd.
dsn sxposition of D cass q erim. 81, n which
parties well known there vere concernsd.
From the reports We, have .of the afsir Il Il
clear that nothing but The vant of Weapons BY
the injured hasbsnd prevented the snsstmsif
Of anosher eioklss tragedy .bak tsslb ss4 sossd
The parties coueerned are VIM. r. Phelps,
VIM. Warren and the wife Of the latter. Phelps
is bachelor Of sixty, brother Of Oliver ID.
Phelps IN nsursnco agent wealthy, and an
o'd residents Canandaigus. Warren = stone
oircumstancss, Of good standing and hos : fam
lily consisting Of = wife and i've childreu---thsl
eldest gin of sixteen, and the next > boy u
fourteen years. sfH sass9-1
warrsn had reason to suspect Phelps 81 I'M
proper Intimacy with his wife, but it does not
appear that any one else bad similar suspicions.
the yiliags, which Mr. and lMrs Wsrrsn yers
preparing 20 attend. Suddenly, however, Mrs
W. pleaded indisposition ss an excuse for re-
naining st home, and advised her husband to
attend the party without her He consented
10 do 50 and left the house. On his way mn the
street on which his house u situated he met
Phelps, and it occurred to him that he might
have arranged meeting with his wife, and
that her uneilhngness' to attend the party
might have been in CONSCIOUSNESS Of this ar
rangement-S Warren resolved tosatisfy him.
self on this point, and followed Phelps. He
saw him enter his house ibis wife meeting him
at the door as If she expected him. 49, -
Warren entered the yard and placed himself
pair holding . tste-artste BY the Kitchen flrs.
Presently thsy retired 70 The bedroom, Mrs.W w.
carrying candle. Mr. Warren being sufirsin
at home ON the .prenisss and - calm .ss could
Be expected under the circumstances, immedi-
stely repaired 70 the opposite ide Of 'ths house
where he could command visH Of the bod
room, and thsre saw, through Q window, prep
aFetions making for early retiring, fthis being
only little sfter 8 O'Clock } and presently the
lfght was extinguished - AZ Il was clear, ffat
hswss TO have no further evidence of his wifs's 1
| in6deIity in the position he then occupied. and
not caring to wait any longer ut the bsd-room
window, hszfspaired to door and knocked.
No answer came 70 his summons, snd without
repeating It ne burst open the door and ran to-
wards the bedroom. He met Phelps leaving
that apartment, and at once assaulted him.
Phelps was much the heavier man Of the two.
but the stone-cutter made up in his knowledse
| OF pounding what he lacked In Weight. Phelps
Nss thrown down, and beaten ssriouslv about
the head and face Meanwhile the wife looked
| on terror stricken, and the cries Of PheIns
brought TO the spot. from the chamber above.
much Terrified Inv the nronaed;n.~ ~. :.
stranes NJ Wsrrsn .seilsJ - I!s 80 - .sIn =
hun the carving knife, that he might dispatch
NV suS sss.-sJ n. f.tL.. 30 1s,s ~ - n
h,;n, -, n -, S;i,sd -. -. No "ouio %
Pssssnsys rt,s1,s ~ ss.s,s.s -.
,,n in,c -. xs,d h.s - o,re.l. .I siisn ana
beatsn Rv ,his -. - - s,sss ~ ~ nc ss1in
the neighborhood, and people repaired to the
spot to zee What was going ON; among the num-
- ~ III, .,,d - 49, 49, p rss.ps mo custody
ssS.I h.x,,s -. ss;.s.s,s s.y - ssiPe 80
~. fatnrs sprs,rsrss s,5 T shsn r o.li 10. ,or
room a. the 6snand airua Hotel vhsrs hs ~ h.J ~,