The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-02

society, or to contribute more TO it's vivaci.y. =
few of Keys personal friends profess to dis
believe his couduct to have been actually criui-
nal, and maintain that it the result merely Of
| inordiDa.e personal vanity which led him to seek
the appearance of being favorite with the lady
| In question.
| When Mr.. Sickies surrendered himself to Ate
| torney General Black he requested such DISPOSE.
tion to be made of him was proper. The At
torney General sent for a magistrate, who, with
the chief OF police, came speedily. Soon after tho
Mayor arrived, announcing the death of Key,
Mr.. Sickles conducted iu a carriage to the
jail. He was evidently laboring under strong
mental excitement, and his haggard countenance
presented marked evidence of tie effects of the
fearful emotions which have narrowed his very
soul during the last twenty four hours.
| The Hon. Robert J. Walker and Messrs. Carr
lsle and Ra;cliff have been retained as bis coun-
eel. They will bring him before Judge Crawford
on a writ OF hdbeos corpus and move his discharge
upon bail.
| THE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE INQUEST.
The Washington Star of Monday afternoon has
the following:
| In a small room in the rear portion nf the Club
house the dead body OF Mr.. Key lay stretched upon
| the aoor denuded OF all clothing except the shirt
| and pantaloons, crowd of friends gazing upon it
in silent horror, and with fearful eyes. The face
was calm and nuruffled ii in sleep. aud tue
unnatural position of the left arm aud the ap-
pearauce OF blood upon the apparel, the unfortu-
nate deceased might have been supposed TO be in
| n gentle slumber.
Drs, Coolidge and Stone testified to fhe wounds
| Inflicted upon the deceased
X. ii Downer testified as fJlows 81 saw 10 Ess-
| tol in the hands of Mr, Key; picked pisfUfF us
| from the pavement; il is Derringer pistol; the
pistol here shown it was Dad ed aud the cap
was exploded, picked it up the corner of Six,
| teenth street aud Pennsylvania avenue, but do not
| know to whom it belonged. Note-The Derringer
pistol referred to had evidently been very recently
| fired.-Rep
Samuel F Butterworth. sworn.-I was present
| when the firing tool, place; / standing at
| Maynard's corner, talking to Mr. Key, when Mr.
| ScklPs approached and called Dir Key by name;
| it was about o'clock 10 the day: Mr. Key
standing facug Mr. Sickles. when Mr. Sickes said.
| "You scouudreI, you have dishonored me-" or Tiny
| family" know not precisely which; he was stand
| ing about ten feet from him at the time; desire
| not to go into a minute examination st this time
| / state that Mr. Sickles fired, and Mr. Key fell Mr.
| Key, simultaneously with the first firing, drew
something, which | supposed was pistol, and
| threw it at Mr. Sickles-which afterwards picked
| up and fund to be an opera g!ass-MT Sickies
| fired three times: l stood by the side of Mr. Key;
Mr. Sickes did not put the pistol to Dir Keys
| forehead.
| In snswer to a question as TO whether he exc
| pected attack would be made, the witness des
| cliued to answer, stating that he had been sums
monel to attend at an examination on Monday
| Mra Sickles is the daughter of an italian music
| master in New York city. named Bagioii. She
was married when not more than sixteen, under
| circumstances which were subsequently comment
| ed upon invdousy by the press. In this city her
| career that of an intensely fashionable So
journer. Mrs Sickles, in appearance, resembles
| Piccolomni 80 closely that one might easily mis-.
| take them for each other.
| In Mrs. Sickles' confession she admitted that
| the deceased and herself had signals by which
she could let him know whether she could meet
him, aud explained those Signals. That shortly
| after she explained the signals the deceased came
| over from about the club house, where he had
been using lorgaette 10 see whether signal was
out. into Lafayette Square, and in sight of those
| in the house, he waved his handkerchief at the
house.
IT Is certain that 80 public were the commuui"
| calons between the deceased (standing or sitting
| in Lafayette Square when the signal was out J
aud the woman from o window the porch of
her house, us that many persons much about and
| around the square had observed them for weeks
if net moHths.
| ''Mrs. Sickles still remains at her house at the
west end of Lafayette square, aud it is understood
that her husband has telegraphed to New York
city TO her mother to come and take her homs"
The States notices the following occurrence af-
terthe fight:
| Mr.. Sickies reGnes ted the officers to permit him
| to proceed 10 his own hOnse, he wished to make
some little arrangement before being placed in the
hands of the authorities. Permission was given
him. and a hack procured in which he was
| Immediately driven TO his residence.
| BY this time the chief of police had arrived at
the Club House. where he found the Mayor; and
seeing that Mr.. Key had been killed they proceeded
| to the residence of Mr.. Sickles, where they found
| that gentleman, in the parlor, surronnded by se-
veraI friends. AS Mr.. Sickies observed the
| Mayor he approached him, and shook hsnds with
him, and then turning to the chief of police, he
sajd II was just making some little arrange
ments here preparatory to coming 10 you to sur
render myself into your custody"
Before the Chief and Mayor had arrived, Mr..
| Sckles was permitted by the officers to go up
stairs to see his wife, he having pedg gei his honor
| he would do DO act CT violence, and come down
| again soon. Mr.. Sickles conveyed to The Jail
| by ;he Mayor and Chief where the testimony of
| Mr. Butterworth. as given above, WIS taken, and
| the Mayor examined to prove the death. AS
Mr. Butterworth was not aware, when he gave Is
| evidence, that MIR. Key dead.
| A Washington letter says
Mr. and Mrs. Sickies lived in elegant style here,
| occupying house OF $4,000 rent. Mrs. SiCkles
rode in splendid carriage with outriders; wore
jewels to the value OF $1,000, aud seemed to want
nothing that she did not have. Her father has
| been a resident of New York fer thirty years
| An elder brother of Key was killed in duel by
| Nidshipman Sherburne, OF New Hampshire.