Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-07-12
ANOTHER SHOCKING TRAGEDY N NEW Yo o. X
A M0IHEK AND CHILD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER
Brief mention was made by telegraph in Yesterdays
Sun Of another shocking and most brutal double murder
perpetried on Monday morning in New York, at the
house Of John Shoemaker gardner residing a. the cor
uer of Seventy-rst street and Eleventh Avenue The
victims are Mrs. Ann Shoemaker wife Of the above and
her infant son. child Of seven months old Al CLOCK
on Monday morning they found brutaly murdered
in their bed the deed having to all appearance oeen per-
petrated with hammer bureau drawer had been bro
ken open and robbed of $500 bills and coins together
with silver doublecase watch the outside case oil the
watch was however, left in the drawer.
Mr. Shoemaker itappears left the house al about Two
o'clock in the Morning. with wagon load oil vegetables
for market. Two hours afterwards, his two "orkmen,
Ernest Frost and Jacob Strip left the house to go to
work in the garden, and at O'Clock returned TO get
their breakfast To their SURPRISE they found no lire
built or table set and fearing that something had hap
pened to Mrs Shoemaker, they went TO her room ana
there discovered the manged bodies ofmother and child
The 22d ward police were Immediately notified and af
ter visiting the house. discovered tracks which showed
that the murderer had eaped from the bedroom WINDOW
to the garden and thence passed through the garden to
patch of woods not far distant His tracks we're follow
ed and in the woods some papers bearing the name oil
Frank Hoffman," we're found. Suspicion was at once
excited that HofaR the perpetrator oil the foul
deed and search was Immediately commenced, with q
view TO his arrest.
Hoffman is German, 80 years Of age, cigar-niaker
by trade and was recently employed by Mr.. Shoemaker
i 10 WOrk IN us Barutn, OuI hpout az
discharged for Incidence. While in Mr. Shoemaker's
employ he slept in the house and had every opportunity
of learning where Mr. S. kept his money. Shortly bt-
fore noon Monday, he was arrested in 51th street.
near Broadway, and his person was found $751; 81,
together with the missing silver watch, which belonged
to the case left in the bureau drawer, some gold studs
and new knife all Of which we're subsequently ident
| fed by Mr. Shoemaker as his property.
Mrs Shoemaker is not dead but her injuries are so
severe that her ply scans did not think that she would
live through the night The held an inquest
upon the body of the child when the evidence Ia
KEN the jury after few moments elaboration, render
ed verdict of death from Injuries at the hands Of
Francis Hoffman" On the rendition Of the verdict Hof
man was examined and denied his guilt He was then
committed TO the Tombs await the action of the grand
jury; but the officers experienced much difficulty in con-
yeyng him thher owing to the excitement OF the crowd
who had assembled in the neghborhood OF the 22d pre-
cinct station house, and threatened to lynch him.
STILL ANOTHER MURDER.
While an organization called the Barry Musketeers
were on an excursion from New York Bdde's Grove,
Staten Island one Of the party, named John Pheelan,
was so severely stabbed in encounter with fourth
ward rulian known as Michael Welsh, that he cannot
survive his wounds The police endeavored to arrest the
assaant his arrival at the city, but we're unsuccessful
AND ANOTHER.
An inquest was held on Monday, in Jersey City, over
the body of woman named Alice MCGEE, whose death
is alleged to have been caused by injuries inflicted by
James Gray in an attempt to commit outrage upon her
| person. A post1aortem examination was made, which
revealed various severe bruises and rupture Of the
omentum hernia sufficient to death. Gray was Ia
ken into custody.