Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-02-15

SHOOTING ArvAIR.-0ur city was illeC
with rumors. yesterday morning. that
man had been shot at house Of ill-fame
on the night previous.
The most reliable information that ",
can gather Of the affair is as follows: A
young man, named Daniel Colsen, wht
has been in the employ Of Jeremiah Voris
went about half past IL o'clock at night
to the house on Second street occupied by
a woman named Hughes. and sought ad-
miltanee. This was refused him, and he
went across the street to the house Of an
Irishman and asked for admittsnce, but
was refused there sl.o. He again return.
ed to the house of Mrs. Hughes. and com
planning that be was cold, insisted on be-
ing admitted. The door being partially
opened. a collOquy ensued between the
parties, which was interrupted by the re
port Of pistol. Three or four shots were
! fired. when Colsen ran across the street
and fell in front Of the house of the Irish
man before alluded to, who took him in,
where he lies at this time, in dying con-
dition.
Colsen asserts that there was a man IN
| the house of Mrs. Hughes who shot him,
and man living in the immediate neigh
borhood. aud who heard the whole pro-
ceedings. asserts that Immediately after
The shooting man left the house of Mrs.
Hughes. sud ran rapidly down Second
street.
Mrs. Hughes statement is that she fired
the pistol in defence Of her house. She
was arrested and placed in Jail. These
are all the facts that We could gather du-
ring the early part of the day, and we
presume are very nearly correct.
Since the above was written we have re
ceived such information as to fix strong
suspicions on another person. in regard to
the act OF shooting. From information re-
ceived from little daughter Of Mrs
Hughes, q warrant was issued for the ar
rest of John W. Stratton, who was brought
before Mayor Patterson. and Saturday next
set for bis examination. he is now in Jail
in default OF 81 900 bail, which he has, as
yet, failed to give. Mrs. Hughes was also
brought before the Mayor, and o'clock in
the afternoon fixed for her examination.
MORE OF THE SHOOTING AFFRAY.-The
young man who was shot at the house of
Mrs. Hughes, Oh the morning Of the Sth
inst. died between twelve aud one o'clock
yesterday morning. just "a hours after he
was shot. His real name was Daniel Cor.
sen-not Celsen as we enormously wrote it
for yesterdays issue-though he was gen.
son.
Drs. Bell and Thompson made post
mortem examination of the body yester-
day morning. and found that the ball had
entered the body a short distance below the
steynum. or breast bone. penetrating the
liner, gall bladder and pyl0rie extremity of
the stomach. and lodged In the folds of the
mesentary, or the membrane which con.
meets the bowels together.
The ball was a small one, something
larger than a buck shot, and was but little
f1attened.
A Coroner's Inquest was held and a
pumber Of witnesses were examined. We
do not deem it proper to give any of the
evidence, except that of the ply ysicians,
which was to the effect that the deceased
came TO his death by bullet shot-that
the wound vas necessarily mortal.
Below we give the verdict of the Coro-
ner's Jury:
I'VE, the jury. find that the deceased
Daniel Johnson alias Daniel Corsen, came
to his death by q pistol shot. from the
hands of John W. Stratton, at the house
/ of Missouri Hughes, aud we, the jury, ais .
6nd said Missouri Hughes an accessory tc
the shooting"
EXAMINATION or MRs. HuoHEs -Yester
day being set for the preliminary examin
alton of Mrs. Hughes and j Jobn W. STRAIT
ton. the Tswn Hall was crowed with per
sons DESTROYS to see aud hear Col. X. w
Thompson, counsel for Strattoa. waived
preliminary examination. on part Of hi
client. and by agreement, the considera
ton of the question of bail was postponed
until this morning.
Airs. Hughes was then brought int
court, and Mayor Patterson appointe,
Baird d Basse,t her counsel. The affida
sit set forth in eleven different counts, tn
charge of killing Daniel Colsen alias Dan
iel Johnson; and a number of witnesse
were examined. We do not deem it adv
sable TO give the evidence as detailed. a
the matter will shortly come before tb
Circuit Court.
The examination was not closed unit
81 o'clock, p M, and resulted in her bein
bound over 10 await the action OF IL
Grand Jury. in the sum Of SO 900, in d.
fault which, she was remanded to Jail.
Mrs. Hughes is tall spare made Woma
apparently between 40 aud so years
: age. She has little daughter about
years old, who appeared aud testified
The case. She is sprightly and INTEL
gent little girl, aud with proper trsinir
9 and associations, would no doubt becou
ioe locking lady and useful member
T. society.
y good home should be provided for h
e by the proper authorities.
u In answer to the communicate
!, signed "An American" which appear
: in the Express of yesterday, Mr.. Nelso
who IS a member of the State Central Coz
mittee. authorizes US to say, that he kno'
nothing of the Interpretation which t
Chairman OF tho Committee gives to
4. Call for the State Convention to be be
st on tho 22d inst. except from the editor
quoted in said communication, and thinl
at that the language Of tie call is SO pls
no and explicit a. to admit Of no doubt
~ meaning. II means precisely what it sa.
and was intended TO invite the cordial u
n on aud cooperation Of al! who are oppos