New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-02

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s,, expressed h- belief that he bad been poisoned
He was afraid to walk the streets alone at night and
dared 10 venture into the presence Of either his
wifi or her sons He frequently remarked to his
friends that be was fully convinced that be should
roa., violent death at their hands. About three
montb- since he summoned laSyer, and made hrs
viii saving that he stood in fear of his life every mo-
ment and thought it absolutely pecese y. After the
doc, m, nj drawn 40. he expressed himself as feel
inc much easier in he mind and said that he then fe
lees dread cf his wife and step-soDs.
Having given this statement of Mr.. Walton's do
mestc relations DOW suhjon the statement oil the
trsgedy as related to our reporter by the gentleman
who was with him at the time
srATiMENr or RICHARD HENRY PASCAL.
am a cousin of the deceased; his mother aud my
mother were sisters; he al d roomed together over
bis store, Nos 90 and IS West Twenty fifth street;
have teen employed by Mr.. Walton an assistant in
tie stoie he one e the firm OF Long * walton
distillers their distiery is located in Eighteenth
st,eet near First avenues be 10 the habit Of gong
rom tie store TO tie dstieIy every Thursday and
Saturday evening, 10 take etar se of the receipts tor
Il csc days. the other partners did the same on other
days Of the week since the deceased separated from
bic wife he has continually expressed fear that his
life would be tab zen by her her sons for this reason
he requested NE to the distlley every Thurs
day and Saturday evening for the purpose of accom-
Janyirg him to our room, and / always did so; on
Saturday night ast left the dislery together at
% minutes Tast IL O'clock and walked up Eighteenth
street. on the Dorh side, till got to Third avenues
there Jaw leabpg against tree but paid no
attention TO i'm; then going to get something
10 eat; we bad got PAST the some five or six feet,
when heard pistolshot close to my ears, and in
stanrly saw Mr. WALTON fall to the pavement; he did
rot say a word, but uttered very low grcan;
| was panally stunned by the report Of
| tie pistol so close TO my head, but instantly
turned around, and saw the mau who had been lean-
itg against the tree acrOis Eighteenth street, he
was dressed in light clothes and bad on straw hat;
he eontinu running and crossed Third avenue, going
toward living place; / had Immediately raised
alarm and started in pursuit Of the mani several per-
sons ioinod IN the chase ard followed him through
Eighteenth street TO Irving place. here there were
| TWO men ahead of me leading the pursuit; when at
Il c, rrer of Irving place, the murderer turned and
fired az the n an resrest to him. who Instantly dropped
10 the pavement wheu came up to the fallen man
stopred as did several others; meantime the MUIR
derer eon ued his flight and we all lost trace Of him.
II murder, man. whom | afIerward ascertained to
he John Matthews, was conveyed to drug store at
the corner Of Sixteenth street and Third
avenue he died before reaching there
some PERSONS continued in pursuit OF the
nurdertr bat ! returned to where Mr.. Walton had
fallrn found THAT be bad been taken into the drug
store at the corner Of Eighteenth street, he was still
alive but entirely unconscious spoke TO him several
times but got reply be not seeming to underrtaOd
nc; be was 5ferward conveyed TO Bellevue Hospital,
b1, did not live but a short tme officer then came
| to ne and requested me 10 60 The Eighteenth Ward
Station House as n witness Of the affair, IN appear
before the Coroner; / complied, AMI remained there
over night hr Walton considered his wife very bad
w,uan, b,th az to morals and temreri she had re-
rfaedly threatened to take his life; at one time she
told him tlat she bad two sons who would Kill hlm,
but ii lhev failed she bad anot er one growing up;
nv own life as been threatened by Mr. Walton and
both Ter bows Edwin and Charles Jeerds on account
# the interest to- in Mr. WaltOn do1 este Affairs
have been in fear Of my life, and dare not go ou'
alone after dark; expect my turn will come next
Mr.. Walton made a win between two and three
months since but neither his wife nor her boys knew
anything Of it.
SEARCH FOR THE YOUNG JEFFERDs.
Tie police were Immediately sent in search o.
Charles and Eda in Jeferds but rs yot have not sue
ceeded in oresiDg them. Capt. Bennett of the
Eielteenh Ward was Immediately informed of the
tragic oc uIIence and he with his meU started afte
tie murderer. The body of Matthew's was conveyed
to the eadbouse a. Bellevue, where also was the
body Of Walton subsequently placed. Coroner Jack
man was notified hold nquests on the bodies, anc
Dr. Eugene Puguet House Surgeon Of Bellevue Hos
ral. ade a 2, st-moItem examination Of the body o.
Mr. Walton; Drs. W. aud j. Beach, and DR.. Christi
pher WeFj held post mortem on the body of Mat
thews. Tie sutioined paragraph was found Ia the
PACKET of Mr. Wat n. 1t was pasted on the back o.
one Of bic bl.heads and Endorsed in his handwriting
US +, llows:
FyoM The Evsaiag Elpyess. .E,Ae4, 1860
1HE BREWER AND THE wiDO"-EohANcE OF MAR
RGED LIFE.
SUPREME COURT-sPECAL TERa-J1ue 4 SUTHERLAND j.
| John Wllion at. kltu " Walton.
This was q somewhat ont of the ordinary routine
Of divorce cases being brought by the hush and for
seTsIauOn from bed and board neRS0 % t90ro, on
the er ind Of cruel and inhuman treatment which rem
deItd il nnsaie him 10 live with bis wife. By hls
complaint, it appeared that tie plaintiff wealthy
dser in Twenty fifth street, his residence being in
Twenty bind street. At the time Of bis marriage the
lady was a boarding. house keeper who, according to
her statement lad been twice led To The bymenlal al
tar auo had he en deprived Of both her partners By
cruel death. She represented that she bad three sons
two Of hom children Of her hrst husband JET
feds cDd the third the child of her second husband
! Capt. Russell. She also stated that she had tte
| Girl In The country, adopted niece. The pldullt
CLAIMED that the lady had made false sensations
10 him: that instead of being married twice she had
been married three lmes and that according TO his be-
| lief No. . naued Morrison, yet living, IN the
| Stale Of Ohio. The niece no niece, but her own
child the offspring of a man named lelyerton. The
tlanH then alleged that the defendant lady Of
srru pssliors and had repeatedly threatened nim;
that .lc Dsuled his friends that her sOn, with her
cor sent, brought mprOl company to his house. and
that the lody hersslf KEEP, improper company, aud
| vert 10 bOrsts of questionable Tepute.
N defendant den,urred 10 the complaut that IL WAS