The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-24
Death Of Charles G. RIoMn.

2 1t Is our duty, this morning, {
$ record the painful details of anothe
J tragedy, which occurred in this cit
t last evening, between the hours c
= seven and eight o'clock, in whicI
: Charles G. Brown, esquire, q pro
. minent Attorney and United State
D Commissioners Tor this state, was III
, victim. The particulars of this dis
, trcssing affair we endeavored to pro
! cure as correctly as possible, but /
was difficult, amid the excitemcn
, which prevailed. to hear of two &C
, counts that corroborated each other
Z The following is tho result of on
. investigation:
Last evening between the hour,
above mentioned, Mr.. Brown an
preached the house of George j
Caldwell, esquire. No. l67 Rae,
street, and found Mr.. Caldwell stand
ling on the front door step. A
Browns approach CaluwrIi 4 epprd
into the house, as ii he wished tC
avoid any conference with Brown
who, Notwithstanding, followed Cald
well into the parIor. and continued
following him until Caldwell had
retreatet through the parlor and ny
back flight of steps into his private
bedroom. lie closed the door, bu,
had scarcely secured it on the inside.
when Brown knocked and demanded
admittance. Mr.. Caldwell ordered
him down stairs, saying that it was
not his wish to have any difficulty
but Brown still demanding admit
tance, the door was finally opened
and he stepped across the threshold
into the room. What transpired
between the two when they were
thus closeted alone. ia not known:
but scarcely five minutes elapsed
after leaving the front part OF the
hnnsc. when the crack of pistol
was heard, and parties rushing to
the spot found Brown lying on the
floor, suffering great pain from u
wound on his right side. which on
examination proved to have been
produced 10y the bullet from Call-
wells pistol, which entered the body
between the sixth ard seventh ribs,
passing into the right lung.
Mr.. Caldwell, fevered with excite
mcnt and half craz,d Mt what h .d
traspired, rushed from his house and
walked down Fourth street to tic
corner OF Vine, where he met G.. +.
Buell., esquire. an intimate friend.
10 whom Inc sail 81 have sho' man
at my own house, and in my own
bed ,oom, and | now wish - give
myself up to the authorities" Mr..
BuelI asked IT Il Surgeon had been
sent tor, and Caldwell replying in
the negative, they startcd for the
residence OF Doctor Blackmnn, ccr.
ncr OF Rncc and Eighth, with whom
they returned to the scene o. the
tragedy. ID 'ctur Blarkman's arri.
val was too late, for just as he bent
himself over the form of Brown. the
victim brcathcl his last. Doctor
BInckman and Nj. Buell then to k
Mr.. Caldwell and delivered him into
the custody Of the Hammond Street
Station House officials.
Coroner Carey was called. and
was soon at the place, but he defer.
red any eX ,minption into the matter
until this morning.
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
1 The tragedy, so far "a we can
learn, seems to have been the result
OF an enmity that has long existed
between the parties. At one time
Mr.. Brown was Caldwelrs legal
adviser, and during the settlement OF
certain legal matters breach was
opened between them that has never
been repaired; and from the tceling'
of animosity horne towards eacI,
other, i, has been expected by thcil
friends that a personal rencnntre
would ensue sooner or later, but no,
with snch tragical ending.
The parties are both well knowt
in this city, and were individually
the centre OF large circle OF friends
Mr.. Caldwell was connected with tht
house Of Alfred Wood N Co., Pea.
street. near Main, and Mr.. Brown
was, as we have stated, an Attorney
! Until the matter is fully knowr
through an official channel, the fact
must remain ohscured. Brown wa
a young man, probably thirty-thre
years of age, and unmarried. Iii
body still lies in the bed room wher
he met his untimely end 1t vii
not be removed until the Coroner
, investigation has commenced.
, = Cincinnati Gdzett,
The GERMANS DESERVING SnA'
y DEMOCRACY IN SCORES. We are in
y formed by one OF the proprietors {
u n manufacturing establishment i
this city, which employs forty liv