, 1859-06-07

HO RlBLE TRAGEDY.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF RESENTMENT,
II Fr"~t"r~f fsstsr* Shot Doten.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN THE CRY.
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Threatened Execution Of Lynch Law.
Il Fr"~tar~f <istsr# Shot Do.en

/ INTENSE EXCITEMENT, IN THE clrl.
Threatened Execution Of Lynch / ak
| TEE COUNTY L4IL BESIEGKD. :
THE MILITARY CALLED oUT.
tFron tie Missouri RspntAra.. taA Eaau,aay.1 :
There never was more excitement in tbe cit
o. Vt .tcais, than existed among our citizens vel
:asdayr-AboHt nine O'Clock ia the 1uurutur M
Joseph Chatless, man veil known and hiehi
I esteemed, who has been resident in ,hfs eli
for nearly hss wAa!e life time, and who |, 5 &c
cupied prominent plnce among her population
Was shot down ia public place while peaceab],
walking to his place Of business. Mr., Charles
was on tue south side of Market street. bctwee,
! Ihlrd aud Fou1tll, going down, when be va
met by Joseph W. Thornton, coming up, who
"nnon1 ny aisescatlon: without saying word
| took from his breast . EolL'a revolver. which ht
] presented ut Mr. G. and drcd. Thr bull took cf
icct IN The left breast Of sfr. Charicss, passing
! upward obhquely and to the right. and pcpe,ra
| ting through the abdominal cavity, and eoiue
! entlreiT through the body. Mr. CharlesJ fei
upon his knees and hands, and while in this 10,
sit'on Thornton fred again, the ball taking If
~ - t-;n,.,;' IA' ine ~9unoea man crept into
! Th,,nn.a,, T, fna"t a"a sure N r. j.
took ,,fnce md !nc oulrenee
upon tl,c fionr %t*' "e "4e S''o' saa1S
Nj. Henry Mei.ne&. a .tarte, for woux,
nlousses, was standing at the corner Of Market
Ilc turned and saw tha snnols 49,. ~ s.4.1
and iirrct,r of>er,.,rds fnnS ~ on tne plS1oi'
lie ran do;y, an3 fo,,4sa "a M MeT y 'ae secono fhot.
<,in1 vii, Tto~rtas =, ~ - - c cuule"s strug-
Ncisner toot the rerntrar ero,, y . e,
assa;1",. wv ~ mS te'ol'st llon the breast ofthe
0Hna ~ -. tHt.eo W nia 70 go 10 the folice
~, ~ aen tne 'atteT readily assented, the
.",.n Ha+kng - Aain n afm toge'ner. large cou-
1s.n;, W top.s to"efu taeln' .tart. htck
brfnrs fn.,;aa usr.ta eueo out warrant
no. was c,,,'n;..aS - ~, On wh1cn tne pr'so-
cr,m;nat;nn " '"'' ~ ""als preliminary
Dr liz nnre,1 bsn,,.,aa - :. .,
street u.han H. huappeneo 70 De on Fourth
tranxac,;on ] ~, ~, .la:ess was saot and saw tue
H. ,,rosaoJd mVu' =. ussce y ABOUT hfty yards.
fasaf'rsf s W sae spo1 ana rendered Ills pro-
+;o.' oF.L sc. OF. AcD'. from an e1asnlna-
da Luz "oaad. concluded that 3lr.
,Ta,nts ,'a saoou e.nan coance Of recovery His
N Ts.G ,,a1 suc earacer as necessarily
ia was ~ .b";s .a',eu ~ 10 rehaer Whatever
Mr f,har'ss. IL Po"st ;s =.
storc ~, Wa.t.ot s :. e1t,Gnie asonF, at Tue
.rlar h. .-a s'4set, un'ii hal past ~ clock,
,r,.s-.d - ~ - p'Aesu oA "a easy lounge and re-
~ ~ ~ rt Lss!uehee' near the corner OF Mar
1nn,,;+,aa Gu - ~ s.tsets. ue was followed by .
niuli!nde OF people, lining tile streets for fIEY
Me Instance ot block At his RESIDENCE BE-
80 s'si'eo ~ Tie relatives and friends Of the
4a"py.
Tue CROWD Asp TIE EXCITEMENT. i:
Reports Of tile terrible affair flew with The
raplolty OF lightning from ear to ear throughout
1nc ers, creating an intense excitement amount
Ing almost to 4 panic. Soou Market street in
The V1cinlfy Of tue occurrence was blocknt1ed
BY eager thro1gs Pressing to obtain Il pl;m,so
Of the wounded man. THIS was. however. far
manifest rensons, denied. 4 ropc Was stretched
across tie pavement to the curb stone 1e,rin~
hollow place Oh the sidewalk for officers wh11
were stationed to guard the snot and ken b,ri-
the swelling tide wiljci, was ,1athcriuv ,non,rt>
ar'ls. Besides the surgeons, only ffhe faniir
and relatives of Mr.. Ct11rless wcrc aIlo,ycI ;Y.
Gress.
When the family Of the suffering man wentin
to behold their lorcd prntcctor. nprhnns ~ fho
Inst time, as they we're apprised lie scrna xns
the MOST iupressire and he.rt.ranin@r ~ ha.,
ever witnessed. Their n7;ef vac hsSond ND odse a.
scription. It mar be appreciated hv fb1sa ,rbosc
breasts hare throbbeI With The tir,l;no ,,n;@.
nant agitation which cnsues fran nnv "a! tn,t
abrupt Swapping Of tie tsn,icrr., III. oS cnn nu
panionship and kiudrcd-the unwarne,l hr.aEI
ing assunder Of the most dear and sncraG o,tach-
tnents. Synpathv NAV lament and condoIe u<ith
this sudden sorrow, Int it cannot fully realize
it. and it would b. rain 10 attemut its norf5urai
There seemed to be cloud resting on the hror
Of I'LL that concourse of ueon1e whist nhserr;na
that melancholy meeting or listening IN ~,
sobs and sllrieks of the family 90 bitterlS rohhnd
Of IN obiec Of thcir affecEcn. Mn1y furnud
away heart sick
Al length the crowd became 80 thick around
lhc dopT i'm, nothing could BE- known 10 TIE t|e
tunf -,f
They then gathered in knots Of four 10 si-bt.
engaging III quiet conversation about the events
u the morning. Little was known among them
ot tue circumstances uf the shooting. aud the
curiosity to bear and ascertain all wus at the
highest pitch. Nevertheless, all was unusually !
quiet, aud tic conversation was carried On Il,
[uw tones. 1t was apparent that no srmnat,,r-
vas felt for Tl,nrutou, and hut oup oni;nin;
seemed to prevail in reference 10 the uwtnf ~,
amity which had fallen unon 3r Charles
That opinion was t1,ut the occurrence. vac IN
outrage upon IN uuotfendinr citizen. IN awfnI
blow npon bis family, relatives and friends. an
interruption of tic ruE,1ic ncarr
aud reproact upon the citv in Which sucf =
tarful crime could be pcrpetrat,sl. It could mt /
be disguised that such WIS 1hc Ecfino of ;nd;v
nation there wa. a yerr t,,ncrot on;n;nn ,hat *,
punishment Of Thorntnn st,on1J Io .,,ro o,,.1 80.
pcd;t;ous. Several eYnressna ,ha hoInf 49,. |
Iynchins would moi be ion rona for bin a,n,,t
10 o'clpck shout WAS l,enTj from he ran,r ,ro ~,
lile crowd, and bun,rc.js i,nmriiate1r nroxsed ~
towards the spot. INT onnor,mnalv >cy.rai
wagons came down Market street aboutt'te satn"
inlc md compelled tho n,ultituda 70 se,,er',,
md scatter. Had it nut been for this tr;fIinv
there is little doubt Int lint :
noh would hayc been raised nt 1ord ;n,n,,t
apou visiting summary ;udcmanf u,,,,,, rhnst
.ou, Soon. hnwrrcr III &C. anal o.-,;., ~,
:rowd retrrn;nv ~ canr"rs,,;nn 49, ~ rsms a, sne
~. - ,r:.s - Fe'iaps
,ast ten uclock fwo or ,lree non i; ,1,a ,,,..,
yart Of tie assefnhl,s,. +,orcd ~ " ~ 14'S ur
street Thrn wns ~; ~ NJ s;, ~ ~ ~ aar s.t;
,bservc hr which # no;vt hc in ths. .S'