The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-06
From ne Neto Fork Times II the ~ ,n
THE WALTON AND MATTHEW'S MlhDhh .
lEEEERI IN

Roth or THE BROTHERS JEFFERD IN
CUSTODY.
The brothers Charles and Edwin Jeferd, who are
suspected of having murdered Messrs WI alton apd
Mathews ON Saturday night, or ut least OF oelhg
implicated in the crime, are Se.h ~ M 'ne nn""s
will be remembered, yielded himself into custody
ON Monday morning, and Charles attempted 10 fol-
low his example on the evening OF the same day,
but Justice Osborn, the magistrate to whom he
made an offer Of surrender, would not accept u,
and II was not until yesterday morning that he
could obtain a legal custodian. The circumstances
attending this achievement on his part are related
by himself and Mr.. William NJ. Belts, the gentle.
man who advised him to surrender, as follows;--
Mr.. Belts, who keeps hotel at CuchOgue, l.. L.,
is well acquainted with Charles Jeilerd, who, Tor
the past three or four weeks, has boarded at that
place, but during that time bad twice come up 10
the city to remain for day or two. lie last left
Cutchogue on Thursday, in company with Mr..
Belts Tor the purpose of wing the Great Eastern.
Having separated on their arrival here, Jeierd
was not seen again by MIR. Belts until Monday ev-
ening, when he was found at the Union Hotel, in
Atlantic street, Brooklin, the Ferry. On see
ing his friend, Jeierd remarked that he was in
formed by the newspapers of the suspicion that Mt
tached to him of having murdered Messrs. Walton
and Mathews, and that the police searching
for him. He therefore wanted advice as to what
he should do Mr.. Belts told him that the best
innocent person could take was to deliver
| himself 10 magistrate, and the young man having
promised to do So his adviser left on the cars for
| Cutchogue. He had not gone far his journey
before he regretted that he had not placed Jeferd
in custody, and leaving the train at its first stop
ping place, he returned to the Union Hotel, where
| ,eherd was still remaining. Both Immediately
crossed over to the city, and reached the TOmbs
about o'clock in the evening, where, finding that
| the Court was closed, Mr.. Belts suggested that it
would be well to go down to the Comptrolier's of
| fee, as he was acquainted with of the clerks
| there and they might learn where either Justice
| Osborn or Welch could be found.
Here they were directed to the house of Justice
cfp hnt, fhnyr Fnrn Int
home Their business was soon made known to
| him but for some unexplained reason he did not
deem it necessary to send Jeiferd to prison. but al
lowed him to depart, telling him to call at the
| Tombs in the morning. To this Jetferd consented,
! and left for the Lafarge House, on Broadway,
where he remained all night, having registered
| himself on the notebook as George Jackson"
He gave false name, he asserted, to avoid anv I'M
pleasant interference on the part of the police. In
| the morning he was faithful to his promise, ap-
pearing in court at an early hour. He demanded
| an immediate examination, stating that he should
| be able to establish his innocence, and repudiating
| any connection with the murders. The magistrate
| informed him that the was in the hands OF the
| on1r, and that he was powerless 10 grant MS
| request lie was, therefore, committed to prison.
In conversation with our reporter, Jefferd stated
that only one side OF the story, relating to the diff
fculties between Mr.. Walton, his mother, brother
and himself, had been given to the public. At the
proper time, he said the whole truth would be re
vealed, and quite different complexion would be
given to the affair. He denied in the most emphat
ic terms, ever having threatened to take Mr.. Wal
toms life, but admitted that good feeling existed
between them. The discord in the family was
brought about, he stated, by the mother of Mr.
; Walton, to whom the marriage of her son with hi
mother had given great offence, and her machina
tions had resulted in the divorce suit. He alst
charged that Mr.. Walton endeaVored to get hin
out of the way, to preclude him from givint
testimony, in behalf of his mother, in the trial o
the cause, by surreptitiously sending him to sea-
In relation to the murder, he reiterated that b
could easily prove his innocence. .....r.-
On Saturday night, to ii o'clock, he said that b
had been in company with some of his friends a
the johnson House, corner of Chambers street an
College place, engaged in card playing, and o
leaving that place he went direct to Brooklyn, an
r to bed. The pistol with which the murders ar
, supposed to have been committed, was nothing, b
asserted like that which he sometimes carried. ID
weapon had an ivory handle and was silver noun
. ed while that in possession of the Coroner VIZ
wooden. handled and steel-mounted. Moreover, b
was of too excitable temperament to have commi
ted act deliberate as that which had resulte
: | in the death of MIR. Walton. In opposition
y Jefferd's statement with reference to his manner
II spending Saturday night, the police say that the
e have traced his movements in another direction
and that persons who knew him well are ready
testify that at 10 o'clock the night OF the murd
e he was at drinking place on the corner of Fort
: first street and Sixth avenue: which is resort fl
railroad conductors, and where he was perfect
| well known.
Coroner Jackman has received great many lie
q tiers from persons who volunteer to testify on Il
: inquest, mainly upon the subject of the pecu
{ domestic relations of Mr.. and Mrs. Walton. Oh
e two state that they had good view OF the mu
derer and believe they should be able to identi
j. him. In some of the documents the most basele
theories that could be invented with reference
the occurrence are preached. As the case stan
4; there appears to have been no light thrown up
; the circumstances which it involves. The publ
!. however, still look with increased anxiety to a
1. luton of the mystery. The funeral OF Mr.. w alt
l. took place yesterday, from st. Peters Church
Df Twentieth street. 1t attracted large crowd. L
l. remains were inferred in Greenwood Cemetery.
ID CRUELTY TO SEAMEN.-We are aware that the o.
GERS of American merchantmen are convicted
:; England of cruelty to their seamen, but we we
10 not before aware that they would dare to col
n mence their brutalities before leaving an Amerc
port.
Two gentlemen, on Saturday, observed sail
es swimming towards pier head pursued by seve
e, persons in ships boat Before reaching the pi
nv he was overtaken by the boat, seized and bragg
into it, when he was knocked down and beaten w
cd a ropes end over his head and shoulders as hard
er vigorous limbs could apply it. The beating CT
be tnued until the boat reached the side of the An
20 liza, ship lying in the stream bound to Liverpo
~ A rope then dashed about the poor fellow, a
ne he was hoisted up the ships side. No sooner v
ITS he up to the rail than officer of the ship, und
3D. stood to be the mate, seized him, hurled him to
mt deck with great violence, and administered a IN
unmercful beating. The gentlemen who witness
as this exhibition of inhumanity felt it to be their d.
in to inform the owner of the vessel of the manner
which the deck of his fine ship had been disgrac
The information was communicated in quiet,
er- spectful MANNER but was not graciously receiv
be the only reply vouchsafed being, "What have
m. to do with it?' ''What is it to me?" "They KIN
M what they about, and are responsible" F.
IL ing of success in this quarter, they waited upol
IN magistrate, who regretted, in consequence OF
sufferers name being unknown, no process CO
issue. 1t is sckening enough to read of the det
KS of cruelty that revealed before the Liverp
es- Police Courts, but the horror becomes intens
.lon, ttakn ltnrr dnnhS III
in our own harbor, and within a stones throw
our wharves Is there really no remedy?-Char
ton Mercury, July2.
,na MYSTERIOUS Music THE GULF SCORE
M mystic music sometimes heard at the mouth OF
net Passagoula river, on still night, is one OF
Of wonders of our coast. 1t is not confined, how
,ai er, to the Passagoula river, but has often b
"a | heard at other places. At the mouth of the Ba
~ Cog del indie and other inlets opening into
In Gulf along the coast of our own country, the
on ious listener, lying idle in his boat, with lit
Of oars, when every other sound is hushed, may so
no times hear its strains coming apparently from
;u meath the waters, like the soft notes of dist
Of Eolian harps We have always supposed that
~ phenomenon, whatever its organ might be, natl
,pi or supernatural, peculiar to our own coast
.o' appears, however, from Sir Emerson Tenants
Ar cent work on Ceylon, something very like
ra known at Battialloass in that island, and it is
no trbuted to rather less poetical and mysterious
on, gin-that it is peculiar species of she'll
to They are said to be heard at night, and most
.as tnctly when the moon is nearest the full.
v;d Emersrn also says: "Sounds somewhat sim
rba are heard under the water at places
Of Western coast of India, especially in the harbo
IN Bomba. At Caldera, in Chill, musical cadei
ad are said to issue from the sea near the lane
tho places they described as rising and falling Fl
're. four notes, resembling that of harp strings,
hnt mingling like those at Battiaoa, till they prod
aTe a musical dscord of great sweetness and delic'
,ar The animals from whence they proceed have
been identified at either place, and the mystery
mains unsolved, whether those at Battialloa
Ola given forth by fishes mollusks. Mobile Her
"a ia ENGLISH VIEW OF Mr.. SUMMERS SPEECH
London Times closes a notice of Mr.. Sunni
or harangue recently delivered in the United st
rec, Senate as follows:
aIs, eve must, in the name of English abolition
tod at least, protest against these foolish and Endc
tejv harangues. Scarcely has the frenzy caused
col | John Browns outrage begun to die away than
w. comes Mr.. Sumner with speech which will set
ans whole South in fame. We we'll believe
r;ft the prospects of the Republican party have