The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-02-23

CowHIDNG-A You've MAN SHor AND KILLED
-Carondelet street. near the intersection of
Union street, was thrown into the greatest ex-
element last evening by rencounter between
two worthy and we'll known young gentlemen,
which resulted in the killing Of one by the other
Thomas H. Uhlhorn and Eugene H. Levy, were
the parties, both about 81 years of age; the
former clerk, and the latter q cashier, in the
house of Messrs. Hawkins 4 Norwood, No. 4S,
Carondelet street, near Union. Thomas d. Uhl-
horn, the deceased, was a nephew of the Hunt
and exchange broker, Mr.. j. L Levy. Both the
young gentlemen being SO well known and 80 re-
specially connected, their tragic rencounter
aroused more than the usual excitement apper-
tanning to such meetings.
The best Information we could gather was this:
The young men we're long time friends work
ing together, as they did, in the same house. A
few days since Uhlhorn found himself accused Of
embezzling the amount of bill which he had
been sent to collect, but which bill he and his
friends asserted Was never collected. Day before
yesterday be had an interview with Levy about
this and denounced him 'lying Jew son of
b-h." Levy says he accepted the insult, not
resenting it then, because the partners in the
house we're absent, and because if he had made
fight he might have sacrificed his employer in
terest, by being arrested and taken from his re-
sponsib'e position as per pro. Levy further says
that he intended calling upon Uhlhorn for satis-
faction Yesterday morning, but was dissuaded
from it by the advice of his father and some 9th.
er friends.
Yesterday morning Uhlornn was dismissed
from his position as clerk in the house, by one
Of the proprietors az his friends SAY, for his
abuse of Levy, and as Levy says for dishonesty
Uhlhorn then determined to have satisfaction of
Levy. He got two of his friends to promise to
meet him in the afternoon, and 60 with him to
Hawkins,& Norwood's Office, to call Levy out
and have settlement with him. The two friends
promised; and was punctual to the appoint
ment, and went with Uhlhorn to the office; the
other friend, arriving at the rendezvous ten min
utes too late, missed it all. The friend who was
punctual to the appointment, and who went with
Uhlhorn to the Office, was young man named
Salter.
It was about 81 o'clock when they visited the
Office. Az Levy says young man unknown to
him came to him in the countipg-roon, whilst he
was busy at the books, and informed him that
Uhlhorn was outside awaiting an interview with
him. He declined going out, but his visitor in
sisted upon it, and taking him by the arm, In
formed him that if he refused the interview he
would be denounced as coward. Upon this
be went out. Though not in the habit or car
rying weapons, as he says, he had armed himself
with q revolver, and had it in his pantaloons
pocket, believing that Uhlhorn would probably
insult him again, and maybe attack him upon
sight.
As he stepped out on the bsnquette, Uhlhorn
drew white cowhide and went at him. Levy
SAYS he received two violent cuts over the head
the has swelling on the crown to show for one
Of the cuts). He tried to catch the cowhide and
take it away from Uhlhorn, but not succeeding
in this, he drew his revolver and fired twice
The first shot missed the second shot, he thought
took effect. Uhlhorn fell. and he then went
back into the Office, where, in few minutes, he
was visited by officer Hays, who invited him to
20 to the lookup, an invitation which he accept
ed willingly.
We have no further particulars of the rem.
counter, except Mr. Donovan, gentleman who
upon hearing Levy's shots, ran across the street
and fosnd Uhlhorn lying on the banquette, half
raised, his face covered with blood, and four
barrelled revolver in his hand, which he was ap
parently trying TO FIRE at somebody. Fearing
that he would fire Wild and hurt somebody, he
took the pistol out of his hand and left it at the
Office Of the Chief of Police, with the above
statement.
Soon after falling, Uhlhorn WAS picked up ant
carried into the bank Office of Perkins Co.
Hawkins l. Norwood's Office being upstairs II
the same building). and laid out on cotton sam
pling table where he breathed his last in about
quarter of an hour.
Coroner Beach being notified, soon arrived
and empanneled jury. The postm0rtem ex
animation was held by Dr.. Chastant, assisted By
DR.. Hunt, uncle of the deceased. The fatal bull
let had entered the right cheek, about an incl
Below the outer corner Of the eye, and, a wa
shown by the probing, passed under the eye, ant
upward obliquely through the brain to the skull