New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-02
THE SlCKLES TRAGEDY
rrRrHER DETAILS.


-.,,. not, wsica informed him Of bis wee d.
80, VA. representative diansr pvty-GspresertA.
Al washis stoo socie yof ~oc,I the ar sogs 10
.,..,. ,,d ,c.nd.ous features vii b. fully orengni
az, ,roo The trial, without dorb,. do no, feel Il
hb.,,, 10 saHe macy of the guests. Slfs It to ssy
4, a, sfnos them Mr. JAMES Gordon Bsonet,
q. Css-sie I wycA s., sr. Aps,1 Builins sne--'iSe
lem Nc. Sckss, tie IEly member Of Congress, | be-
lsy. 10 the ooupaoy sonic # TIE nlost respeo-s-
b. r.si6srss Of ws,birgtos- srsace 70 say hether
tss Plesde1t nor Mss Lane present, although
Brs BenSef, 10 Shose hOoor tre pAr;y was gwen,
,Ariesk q the Safe dhrtr, ~ winch THE TRBuSE 50
knsly Is.eueS cone weeks sso, at the Woris Houss
On the pr.yioes ev.riog On Toes sy tost estnsble
lssy to.k par Il the ramuoth ;eve> receiving eqnay
With Mss Lars; % .Yeinsrtoy wGs the Wnts Hosse
5up.r; en- T. srstGy the Ssckles ertetsim7Gt, when
h. Belleo led Mn. Benz eft 10 the table, leaving Mrs
sekle, 10 be escorted by nr. Barring ssne Toe din
Der YES excellent and as stylish a. aoy eaten tnls
Winter ss5 the heterogeneous guests fused ss Qsope
Ssse IN wasbs gtop into whose best society suy well
ares,sd man who chooses easily fOd access
! sav Br. Scsles in jail yesterday evening. Al
thosgb specifically N, for toe mos, p.rt, aod
seur,.tps ss usoa and ocose he appeared 20 be
hs.nng under gIest excitement, which occasionally
kyske ihrosgh the coverings Of manner He seemed
10 ne 10 feel tie deed ~hcb be bad just done as the
assAsTse Of 6niy which be oTed 10 socs'y, fstter
than the Outbnrst of s6ectiobste Jealousy II could
"sst live oD the ssme globe 9TH man who had thus
"isAonsItd 0e," be SAID, more than once. lie was
stil DIN ed with revolver, not hsvrg been sss casd
By ,be jsjer.
And We, those W. knew hin aud biz wife, as chill
}I.p .p.sk II Their attachment as dating from 10 ~
period and a. having been trae aod strong ever snce
spon his part. As by aud gIl tosy loved and Fiace
tssiy n.,r,al e. IN 1852 DO cloud has dsIkeaed their
hspkD.ss al this Key last session, aroused tue
busbaD0's rU,pioe De, Ano was forbidden hs house,
slts, Ugh Rot TIL long after toe Intrigue had become
tss talk Of Washington, and the woman had b,en
vsnsd by frieId,. But KY esd OF 3esist from put-
ssisg Der sbOm he, % accomplished hoerute, an@1
o. fac pIe,eDce add captivating exterior, had marked
feY h,s osD. He Ri,h her 10 the Assnu'; a.
p.r,b,, 10 the dining room Of her husbands house
eating sslsd 10 the morning, Mr.. cSles bang
swsy. AL Mrs. Douglass ball, three weeks aga, be
made love 10 her 10 o's ant coruer Of the cio"ded
posms, while Mr.. S,ckes danciog with the ~ido~
1D. Cosrsd. PfeviOusly TO that time be hal hitei
Peer negro but in the feds toue quarter OF mule
ose Ter houte towsd the back part of the city and
there che met uin between IL aod nearly every day
She would start out 10 90 the family msrkeiOg-snat
OF tbs Daos Cave wondered to ses two weldressed
DC. pls neetis these cirsust and 10 this
sl.nss,sns way, and it mey have been through Their
ss,scy tact the unsieDe note winch ed % the hom
s~e sss cent TO the injured husband. These meetings
we're blsDred elsewhere, and signals arranged. He
voss a,eh for her from the Club HOass the Oppo
sae soc Of the Park, which fronts tie Presidents
stsusdr and Oh which the Jack, on statue stands
ssisA her with The lorguette which he hurled at sr
ebcAles sHIirg toe sfrsy. He wOuld pAss by tue
hssse wSyrg ale hano k-cbIef IS ne did when Sokle
sspyln tim vent in search Of bis pistols.
The muIdereT's fIeEos soy that be had loved his
vie far yesTsi had svlsbeo money upon Rev, grNiy-
ing her sast and her RIestest deires - soo0 as they
vs. kto-b 10 bin. Where be got tee money Is a
nsys.Iy TO most. On the Otuer hand it Is sao tnat
sahes cid love bis size 10 way that emit led a'a
TO chastity On her part 70 geance for It's viola
bcs.
KeoviDg, as you must koov, how charitable
vtmeb arc to another, you vii he surprised to
ls,s that MI,. SIGH lee meets ~ln condemnation from
Ter Ard, certainly toers are features IL her
ease from which one tdrns with disg0st- Sac was
capable after proving false TO her manage time
and agst, o, be'rsymg Der peramour into what
abe NUT have known would b. bloody hands.
Bet if IT be true that NJ. Bu'Jerwortl was in Mr..
Sellers bou,e a few mibutes before the eTcouutsr,
ssd psIposey ostsited NJ. Key upon the uotl
tie jsred busbsne's arrival is most severely 20 be
esssenbed (, he hso ct Mr.. s Ckees provOostion,
and bsS hitherto been the ineod of all parties.
The FIVE children Of Mr.. Key, the SicSss's one
slid and Mr. Buchanan, who was equally intimete
vIh al the principals, ere the only persOns 10 De
piikd, IN my JUG gGeLt. The billed is beyond the
reash Of ply; the Aiher ends ois puohe career IN
better way than generally expected.
escb sifsbs THE are usefol not on y waning
that will follow, tue rotenUess and corruption witch
kslsI ~ cur large cities. There s evil in scAnds but
NeIe lie good in humility. C.
Pyen ne SPECIAL DispsicA 70 IN. Philadelphia Prss.
~ WAsHISGToS, Feb. ~, lo59.
Mr. Sckes requested hr. George Il Woodbridge, q
mutual fre nd II himself and biz ady 10 Ssceraa tle
t,nth fals. hoOd of tts assertions affecting his own
kessr aEd that OF his family.
Mr.. " oolcricge Undertook the mission, and visited
The neia ooit Indicated 10 the NOUS mssive
TO wbetber such house bad been let last Suumer,
sad uLder What circamstsncss the lease hal been
granted. He there ieAroed t5st Nc. KY bad biiet
sneh deelhbg az the tue .ged Tna Landlord
was . eoofei ran named Johu Grey, Who stated that
be received $0 p,oLth rect for his bouse, he hsviog
fuIsished u, Ga The house was a tao s,orY brick ;
DO one else "cc0ped ". Mr.. Key commenced gong
thsfe With Mrs. Sckls in the month OF Jenuary last
Key general entered hrs and going up siars, would
te~el white batdkerchief as ssna n Mr.. Sickles
Mat oil Was clear. He then would leave the door nj
sss Mrs Sichles 60 enter.
Ire last tiue Mrs. Sickes and Key hal oeeD st this