Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-03-29
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| In u certain month in The year | 8, the
city of New York was startled by the dis
covery OF ioul and brutal murder,
| that had been committed upon the bod
| les OF an aged couple, residing III -
street, near Lhe Five Points" The MUIR
dered pair had lived III that neighborhood
Tor many years. and were generally es-
teemed by the ini,abli ants of that vicinity
for their quiet and lnutlensive conduct
They were OF German extraction, and
KEEP. Il small tailoring establishment, from
which they derived a comfortable subsiSt-
euce. Ii WAS limited by many OF the
ncigtbors that, owing TO their fruSality,
they had amassed a very large sum OF
money, uron the interest of which they
intended 70 retire from business. in the
course of the following year. Indeed, the
old man had Frequently hinted~mords TO
that effect in presence of his neighbors,
but his wife had as frequently contradicted
the assertion.
They were childless; nor was it known
with any degree OF certainty, whether they
had any rclatives-although Il young man
supposed to be either love-chiId or a
god son-was frequently known to visit
Ihem. He was SAID to be lavUrite with
had been heard to pass between him aud
the old man; and it was supp pused that
these quarres took place i'll consequence
of the old man refusing him money when
he had applied for it,
The house in which the fatal deed was
perpetrated, constituted one in a row of
small dilapdatei frame tenements, occu
pied by venders OF retail articles, suited
10 the immediate wants OF the surround
ING inhabitants that, for the most part,
lived in squalid misery and crime. A low
sIoggery a marine store, a butchers shed,
small bakery, a gloomy pawnbroker's
shop, were the principal houses in that
wretched group. while the filthy brick Iene-
menls in The immediate vicinity, miabited
by various races-ncluding Negroes,
Chinese, Irishmen, Italians. etc, were
falling into rapid decay, as We're apparently
their inhabitants, crowding the various
rickety stoops of these dwell ings, and the
dark alley ways. at all hours of the day,
inhaling the foul and reeking atmosphere
of that poisonous district, which appeared
Lhen-as il does now-to consist Of an in
dependent section Of this great conlmer-
cial city.
At eight O'Clock on Saturday evening
whereupUn the murder was perpetrated.
the Young man already alluded to, as the
supposed love-chld of the ill-faLed man
and woman, entered the butchers shop,
situated a few doors from the fatal tene-
ment, and borrowed long, sharp knife,
for the purpo cas- he alleged-oi divi
ding a quarter Of bacon which had been
purchased that afternoon 0y his aged
friends. Mr.. -, the proprietor of the
butchers shop, noticed that his counte-
nance was flushed. aud considerably agila
ted; but, as he had seen him in that CON
dition on numerous occasiuns--when he
was supposed to have quarreled with the
old man--he imagined his trepdation to
proceed fIom a similar cause, and, conse-
quently, took no immediate notice OF the
circumstances; and as he had furthermore
lent him the knife for similar purpose on
previous occasions, he did not imagine toI
a moment, that it was TO be employed In a
foul and revolving deed.
On the Monday morning following this
occur. ence, the neighbois were somewhat
surprised at beholding The store OF the old
tailor closed AZ an unusual late hour, Ior IL
had been noted that both he and his wife
were early risers; but, AS the upper part
of the dwelling was known TO be occupied
by dodgers. that must have been disturbed
by any noise attending deed of violence,
and. AS these lodgers, moreover, were
known to be on friendly terms with the
aged couple, they imagined that the old
people had oversight themselves. especially
as they were sometimes in the habit of en-
loving themselves on Sunday evenings,
with such Of, their friends as were accus-
toned to visit them; but these were few;
for the old couple were said 10 be penu-
rious, and. consequently, aVerse to receiv-
ing company.
As the dav drew toward its close, and