New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-01
THE SICKLES TRAGEDY.
TIE COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
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5,s,5r,l komiri5e va. eomaittei AZ Washington by
peyson = DO - Re oi.cre Of ths cltY - ole oi is
R.pl-ssnt- 'ives i8 C'1grc.s. l1s sttnei mao,
Daniel L S.ches rae IN pie ca'eeI Ee-cL5i tie stsss
of,,.a.s.GatoL sBd Dipped rs hands IL nG nan b-0I
A wong m.p. htbertO ors Of Dis associates Phip
B-r.1n Key, vac, according - n aHc j1Bt ron a
source rot 'eldy T. ckes detained ~ 'Ienl VI
to assassin 10 clDversstJ-, &, c02v+tIeUl spo',
mt, S.os lee rold have time 20 srm himself aud pre-
psre Tor putting BIN T. death. Tosre one nci eat
;eIs,ed Which gives 20 tie ci'cuns,srCs p5snhH
psikOs. Key wss uDsrmed; be hal 10 me217 Of DE-
i-rse ard mylorei BE sdyers1rg noc - Ill hi n.
Toe prayer fOr mercy ras nnleefed; Sckes vas
srn.d .i,a o1e Of those deadly instr1me. . walsh
cary s-vsrsi in-taa..,eo1s deaths; he tfei three
iiaes 10 succession, aEi tTo " the osLs tax ia'ai
.iec..
criminal il.:uacg % KY win pie Sif-, TIE trsn1s
Of Key Il y ssli deDy the arg; bu. the a2sOu1ts
iIvm Warrington affirm that Mrs. scs'-s hai il'y
kuo1l.dged her quit. Nesh )ult uc- so1fef Il tois
peretrue. Nrs. sickss ms'r,st % her bas5ar1
eta ne shsn s5e was not y. Ous q her girllo)3,
and re il even nov b1t tNeuty two years Of aga.
The character ~ the husbsrd 700 often cI,rlp's that
Of the Ee particularly A. he imp:esnole p-r1t OF
" coas home 20 zoos; sud o, L may D. al WITH
equal roth DO siulteries Scs-s ses eEclldei sron
d.cen. scc;y IN his city long ego; All y vo1.i oe
aa cst miracle II il the school 10 which De 70 X lie
ycnrk Wi's, WIN ~ character Jet INFORMED, s1e
sacud have preserved ter Innocence.
We 10 no. mesB D eXe;usie .La inil.y lone by
Kew 70 the ua- VEO cDcy .J5k hi lie: 4. i one
Of The sTestes. t1st oos m.n esG comm. sga0sC
sIothsr Bu- toere sIs states OF social existence 10
which TE'u.l tOl-ra-i0n ia The rne Of conduct, ani
Scbls- IN acquiring sO perfectly tle mo:ais, ta)lI
aso have acqnifed tos plLosphyo TIE eass % Sa1il
be be longs. Il III became i'm, Wno - - cHIsie95 OF
bic owo conduct - g.. on ZOOS hVes Soas US tts
morals az others, and 20 avsnge te,.e step Utl
desth. No mater how LeaTly The ofstse tJ1chf1
him. be shold have t-ea'ed It az he tes-rd er'nl9aI
iltiir1es Of the ssme uFure In WSi'h his O 20 "He
a. ~~naF "a n "a 10 Al a.
iasi 80 a thing 70 be passed OF Eth ely alus m end
a knowing look. 10 sb0it, 90 s)mst3Og wlIcn t4e
sdolreIous u'rg-er was welcome 70 cnTonicIe among
biz fIiumpns. -
p-onut, If sny sudden impulse, bur 10 hag3 perpe-
ir.ted the deed rth entire premeditatop. lie is re-
trss.rted a. tslkirg Uf the dsionO- thtt had ee1
Tone bin a term Of s'rAJge toln1 WHEN uN5T-d ~
sucb a Il an. Lis very Hsey That the desire Of Dis
tirguish rg himself 10y deed Of s,srtli1g lEsstloh
fl e. han some place in hIs motives. TIE Wa'llog-
ton oolTespl udeLts CT the mOrnlcg papers desf'
oos ,j IlaCipg conduct ic hglt which Will acquire
fcr him y pubnc synpsthy, and TO divert that sym
psiby from the victim If bis or me-t'e ynnns man
Who was doubtless as IL to live Scklss but vac is
"Cat tG. evsa n tie bo,s1ms Of hissl5,
U,hou,eIsi unsroatei, uu,n--d
with al b., iny,Iiscors 90 hi. n'a6.'
from rks PszE.tleaaid hqsrsr.
IT, 'h;s case * not become Us Until TIE evijeOce
is ftlly preseLied, 20 comment Up the decsrma,d
slaughter OF human being, further tn - express
our detoriDg an act dTe7dfll ard deadly, eni 50
calculated % edo 70 those examples Of laslss.nsss
an inJividusl gevsI e Which, from me 10 time, nave
been exhibited in various parts Of the county, az II IA
cefsrce Of Law and eJoge the admins ration ~ us.
tice. Tie whole world will soon be srouset by Cle
reports Of this unhappy deed and it viii flrnsh mpre
perhaps, than any smaar event In oar hl5.OTy, a1-
other seeming proof al the manner IA which men
sometimes unrer institutions rnn the rsb If any
AID e,eiy tribunal, to tskA tie ls1 into their Own
h,ucs. Il the tesgrsphic report be correct 10 Al
uouncirg tue chief facts in the case il si be 1cdt
10 Isllia'o crime 90 m1n7t ous II is i5st1fts.
From The PA94s.IAia Moth 4@srtels
The Telegraph advises us OF the preparation Of &
deed IL The capital Of the nstion whcn must amaze
the county ss the victim snd his assai'Ant are oot1
men bi,h In DO iioc. This Of i.s,E e11l1 not -
for much sce the disclosures If late years show that
TIE highest of are no. strangers TO the
6s,est motives and actions II Therefore reg nice
bold anl ssI9g deed IN such circles, 10 awaken RE
attetti of the pujip mucL lsss O. este md Z. Blu;
this Fttg-d7, q ~hch refer. is 80 peculiar IA
Ell its paTfs thst IL mus. create great mon To
see oer representing the prouiest and 81 lthi
80 city IL the UtiOo 81 recently 700, the sod ald
.ssCc'ate Ct 2esi9eut Buchanan 10 tls enbassy in
London, snd reelected 10 toe mex: Congress- mark
&C ursnitisted ssteen-to ace sucl msn, IN me
Sabbath dsy, yak deliberately 10 the ope1 st,eets
o. the nttOgal capital % = The Uasej Ss4es Dis
tict Attorney, and, telling him that he bad icstrOysd
bic domestic pssce, snd dishou0red bis name shoot
bin down WIN repeated shO.s from revolver ucsll
he Died must leave lss,i0g impression upon tae
public ulud. 1heTe seems to have Cesl Z
y 90, .hout Mr. Slcsss when he id this. lie il Dr..
y..hi.mT csin, sbresd, careful ulan. IT, manner
We that Of who feels uIder the obj atom OF soms
iotIo;an.s duty,
AID whs; On scca's'ion wT that which melted him
to lie DEED. Con- non r,pI make fools or knaves of
themselves y Their ips4ne passioa ios loose women.
But nat any public mao any one elevated by lJns
he Offices Of responsibility 20 conspicuous post
ton should r Dder cimsei liable 10 such test, or
De. q 20 disgIacsfol is really startling. HJs mlcn
more, then, have reason TO be confOnnied wlsu
the vi.,0 IN this was tue public prosecutor OF
crm.r al offences in Washington City. Alas for the
Lls Of the Nation when Irter i11ts tie thOlsnts
Of it's representatives, and crime even bssef feds
shelter under tie T0Oes OF the s1.
Fros The Sg-aaf.l. (Na.s) RsDsbAda.
The social and poliral positions Of al tbs oerties
wll, give 10 this occurrence vide potoiety sod much
impon,nc Mr. Sickiss hos never been regarded a. a
T. DE- Of al the coussti, virtues and # he wife had
ec'ed upon the principle that animated bin ia u
ater, ard on which he VIII rely for sequ,stal sae
would probably have killed move than wOpsu
before 'bis time. And Why shoalt enc rot have
equally vi5dieated ~ tae revolver, the purity Of her
marriage bed
VARIOUS DETAILS OF THE ASSASSINATION.
F,sr. Tae Nsi5- Go,k Tia.es Corrs,p,.d.nss.
Once having Quilted the preseDoe OF lns sife, Mr..
ii kes gave Say u the most terrible emotion, sad
pss,ed the isht 10 . sta,e bordering d-'r.cOns
feeling which gse worked Ito naduess this mOrnilg
on ieins the cause Of BIS misery, Dir. Key VITA gay
aucacty pass opposite the WiDdOg Of as w.!ss
sno wave BIS ha-okerchief-th The usGsl sges. for
sgrsron,
Asking Mr.. Bu.terEorth, who IVES e. bis acnse, 20
iio~ Key md engage him in conversation 80 that be
w,aS ge. Of eg1t, he rushed up stsirs for ois
pistols ard quickly following, fouoi R4rter~orlh aai
Key gstheE az the o, Sixteenth street,
tue trsse5y took place.
GA conapg up, Sckles walked directly ~ Key sd
,ard, "You have hlshonorei ay bed sod family, yJl
scoUDii.l-preps'e 10 Oh " 9: the ss1ie tine dIs ~.
ilg lie pisiOl. Amos. simultaneously Key placed Lis
L.. m. Il M t-ax I'm.