The New York herald., 1860-12-08

The apartments were furnished and ht.ei up la the
manner omay In the Establishments OF mliners aat
odia The stock Of the store principally consisted Of
ades skss crinoine and Other garments Of female a
parel togstrer with embroidery and necdework Of va
rious kinds The inner room was occupied by Mrs
shancks as q sitting and bedroom Here she w1 In the
habit also Of taking her meals and from the testimony Of
the little girl who brought her her breakfast at twony
minutes past eight O'Clock yesterday morning, the sup
position Is that the murder was committed bo-
tween hsfpass eight and nine O'Clock, and that the
hst blow WAS given while sho was sin seated
At table Hes murder which, judging from the butch
cred condition OF the body must have been attended
with great violence, could have been committed in the
full Iiehs Of open day and great thoroughfAre
il indeed mater OF considerable surprise The tenants
above and below heard . nose, which not so pecu
liar however, 70 attract particular attention. and they
escribed IT 70 repairs carpenter which they
thought Mrs. shancks was having done; nor the
seem according 10 the present Developments Of
the Coroners inqset, ei her entering leaving the
store
The efcers upon the alarm being given, hastened TO
tie eptt and proceeded make inspection OF
premises On entering the little sitting oom, the
end Of the shop, ghasty and sckenrg ssns met their
eys The deceased i, log upon the carpet, with hss
head at the foot OF the and her cct al the door
She turned Ter right side, with her face partly
concealed, her right lifted and resting under her
head, around which deep pool Of blood was gathered
BY her side . small nre shovel thiokly coated with
blood ard bent DOUBLE a. by the assa~in In striking
her Around her were the fragments OF her last meal
the pieces Of bread which had Alan from th table and
become soaked with blood, together with broken
pieces Of three bottles, q pitcher AMI an
tarthsn-ss.- al of which had been apparently used
by The IN consummsing the terrible deed Her
hair ned with pieces Of tho broken glass and jar,
fragment q the latter SIN beng partially embedded 10
lie skull Near The stove plate clotied with blood,
together sh portions 0. broken croskery. now skirt
tr cbtmse oiscove,sd the bel In the opposite
corner Of the imeSrcd with gore whsrc tho mur
derer had evieonay ,hrown 10 aftor wpiDg his haads
In, head q the body which the orly njdred por
I'll Of the deceased preseL ted horrible spectacle The
itrosi VAS cut frtu ear 70 ear, In . legged, ir
regular uarncr, a. WITH q blrnt knife or
o,htr iL,,i ucett, seyerng The trsshos, uophagus,
carotid artery, jpgplsr vein sld oil NE
blood vs'es Of the Leck aud sinking 10 ani par
italy ptncuAlpg the cerviosi vertebr@ Tho top of the
head Fractured ard portion OF hs skull dentod
through 20 the braa, By edge OF chsci tho
corner an axe Oh tho left ride of e face beg onpg
al The spge of the lower aT ard extending IA curve
around TO ibc mouth deep cot, which laid bare the
Jaw bono and severed the carotid artery. Across the
poc and separating It's apex was another cash, which
terminated IN The flesh the chetkbone and pcntstcd
into The cavity below the eye. The scslp on the fore
head vas terribly soers,od exposing the skull 70 view,
ard from their jagged irregular spp rArce, the wounds
wcre syiceItIy Inflicted VITA ehcr he bottcs or the
r the fragments OF VII ch found In the vioioisy Of
ne body Ihe oces rpoe turning over, found iying
Immediately beneath inc Be.k and up y the time Goa
cea,ti ~ The position Of tn body, asmsll breakfast
knife which hal probably fal,n from tho table IN ,hc
sct le laat m0f nsso taken pace, but which, from s
ghincts and weak nature hardly capable q oaci
liz sush extensive wouEts lne remains exhibited
Tbe cccsssed wr at,Foi ID drea Of black elk,
,be uprcr rcr.or 81 w. ch Wsa lhcky saturated win
bl,od her hancs and ssevcs being also snearei with
the rsd acio zoe CARPET IN the mnei neghscrhooi
Of Icr head vas covered with pool Of blood, while
smaller spcs Il gore spa,crcd shouiupon the f'or
ard 'ceerd pco gathered upon the threshold q the
coor Tht ian NJ caSemt Of tie door were sso scat
tered with blood phere her head had probably come Ia
cuntsc. uleu ialnrg From oil indicsiocs the blows
were given and the work oou pleted within the small
frsce rg between he stove and cocr, as ths marks Of
violence bleed rco and other evidences Of the nsgedy
are confined 10 this spot AT The southern por
ton or lhe room gent'eman's shirt was found
blrT tp.n the back or ss,s, With two Or three snail
circular stains Of blood On The bOsOm spasered mere
by tie force o the bowsproosbiy The one gvep
by the stone jar.
The deep wound In the peck sucb ~ V LEAD TO the
beilcf that coui not have been given while the dc
csascd lifc hcr Struggles you'd preveui 30 Dc
i0,ra,e operation. muss have been inflicted Whine
sho vas lying srtshss dead opcu the nor, snd Was
probably The nniihpg stroke r be tcrriois tragedy
The appearances Of things about the store and rosm
showed that the murdered woman hal ust conPe'ef her
morning arrangements for The baiines OF The Gay, sod
bad sat down 10 breakfast Her good, ~ere dsrsJoi 10
,he window, nd Ores lighted ~ The stoves, boh 10 the
,iote and snlng room While the a,bCs raxei from them
were cocs,ea In ps near by, ready for ,te cali o. the
arb ssintrtr,
THE TRICNs or TBE sUEDEsEs,
Upon further nve,iissiiop q the spsrment 70 wh'oo
iho hc6y rssylrg, ,viseocs sas ruu'er s1 me n've
which prompss TIC msrd,rcr IN she Commission q w