New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-03
SINGULAR ATTEMPT At MURDER IN
CHICAGO.
From The Chicago Journal 2f July 2.


About O'Clock last evening, there was great excite
ment IN tie city, caused by extensively circulated
story that DIR. Frank Royal, livirg a, No 1917 South
Adams street, had, while walking with his wife IN
Quincy street cut her throat, infcting dangerous
wound, short time before.
The particulars as far a. we can learn are az fol-
lows: The parties reside in small frame cottage
No l7e Adams street, which is the of I'll
alley leading from Monroe TO Adams. They both left
the house last evening but not IN company; they
were, however subsequently seen together on Quincy
street nesr Wells and shortly after srs. Ro;a was
heard crying out "oh hus--oh bus" and holding up
her hard 10 the hight side of her throat from which the
blood was oOzng, sbe ran home 70 her residence and
was followed by an excited crowd. Dr. Royal Old not
accompany her home, but made of nothwsrd across
vacant lot.
DIR Jerome was summoned from his drug store, on
The corner of South Clark and Adams streets, and
found cut oD The rght side Of the neck, about tw2
inches long but not deep nor dangerous; hony severed
some Of the beTs on the man inosce OF tue tiost Inc
cut was in the form Of En- angle AMI appears not to
have been a slseh with knife, but an incison with
the point Cf a sharp instrument. He dressed the
wound and left the sOman quite comfortable; but,
owing 10 Subsequent mental excitement, produced by
visitors End iIquiTes, the wound took to 0isedog
airesb and he again sent for, bat not oeing az
home, DIR. c. n. Fitch was called IN, WHO again
dressed the wound which he aso pronounced NO, se'
r.ous The South Division Police Station beng within
a few doors Of DR.. Royals house, the police were
soon engaged in search for the Doctor.
Officers Mcintyre and West, and Mr.. Allen Plnker-
ton active IA the pursuit, ana III dDout di houi
and haf after the cOmmta OF the deed, the Doctor
was taken into custody ar his daughters Mrs kueis-
karne residence, No Ill jackson street lie came
IN there shotly after the ALARM and bad been In and
out several times before the police arrived, and even
then he was out but they awaited his return and TOOK
him TO The police station at about 10 O'Clock last
night, here be was lodged in cell for the night,
Dr. Royal is man of about the average hight, OF
middle age hae been a surgeon in the army, and came
to reside III this city last October lie Is native oi
Lypchburg, Virginia, is highly intelligent man,
seems labOrrg under excitement, Dut was hoV, /" Is
thought in liquor at the tine
He has two married daughters-one Mrs. Arm.
strong tie wife Of Il we-known circus performer, ana
the other the MIS-. Kceskar1e referred 10. Inc In
luieG woman said 10 have been an actress Inc 40
metic relations Of DR.. and Mrs. X. have not been OF
the most amicabe character aud on Sunday night 1t IL
stated that violent took place between them,
during which he is said to have whipped his wife
severely.
Dr. ROyal asserts mis- entire ignorance OF the whole
affair in It's inception; says he hah beeh 0o"h '""h
end taken an ice-cIeam at Wrghts near the Court
House and when returning, his daughter Rosa Mrs:
Armstrong met him, telling him that some one had
cut her mothers throat, and urging him " not to 90
home upon which be had gone with his daughter to
Mis-. Kneskarnes, on jackson street, where the ON
cers found him. He his ignorance OF the perpe-
tration o the deed and that he loves his wife as ondy
as ever any husband could.
The wife it is sad iutimatei to Ofoer West at first
that her husband had done the deed, bat she since de-
MES empatically he had anything 10 do with the act
Her story at the house 10 policeman was, that she
saw the shadow of who stole up behind her aud
Immediately cut her with knife, ans on her eAcaim
lug tnrned and ran.
Jl,ig II orning the accused was brought up before
Police Magistrate Mllhkep, but III the absence Oh hrS
r. the defendant was committed to jail on charge OF
assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit
murder, in s., coo bail Mrs. Royal Is rapidly recov-
efng.