New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-14
THE LATEST LONDON TRAGEDY.


20 pass from London Bridge to Hnngeriora on one o
the Thames ferry boats. He landed at sbont noon, IL
che very heart and center III the town. Nhlle plss
ky Hungertord Market, HE way 10 the S'fAn', nc
was accOsted 10y man whom he had never o'1'.
seen and who began conversation IN lee''",.
the Grosvenor Hotel Company, in when h'"Jo'
ray is interested as large shareholders.
introduced himself Mr.. Grey, ana o'i'iop IT,
proposi,ion for investing money IN t0e ''n,i n
order 20 arrive at an exact undeFslahops' :,
ray consented to accompany him TO DIS once. ."
Northumberland street, near "i''i '"''
themselves. oeshoo, ,s
h,s;o.t ,horoughfarcs in the world, 1t has
vey,beless preferved lie character as one VI 'o'
.,adod bauut. of ded and foggy res3cciabi'y which
cen;us of London Dullress shelters from tine rude
..s,,.oatiops around it. Maj. Murray had therefore,
-, hesitation in yiedioq TO the solicitations OF The
.sraneer slthoagh he at once explained that he was
mai authorized 10 act III tie business matter III question:
He coed nauredly offered, however, to give g. uest
Sukrr,paiion that was desiIed. This ell that was
asked The moment be entered the Office, at No. 10,
Mai. Murray was struck by the singular disorder
.r.snd him. Gle thought Il was the most eNtTaordi-
mary pice he had ever soen; papers, bottles ana
pictuics living abOut-a most disfeputable looking
pl,ee" A few WORDS settled the points in regard to
wlich hs qnesiioner seemed concerned, after which
te Major asked him for bis card o! address. lnime
diateL7" was the answer aud the stranger began 10
famble among his papers, the Majr giving,
meanwhile, no special heed TO Lis movements.
Presently he felt tonoh of something cold
nc the back Of lis neck and, simultaneously, heard
the discharge of pis,ol. He fcll to the ground,
nerfeeLy paraly red snd unable 10 any part Of
his body although his bead remained quite clear, A
few minutes later having partly recovered and finding
tlvt his wound Lad not disahed him. no raised himself
slowly upon one elbow, and looked cautiously about
hm. At the sane instant door opened, and his
ss-ailant agin approached, and tired pistol diredy
into his ri1t teinIle. The eject of this, strangely
enough was TO quicken the Majors restoration " his
faculties He felt that the flow Of blood which 1t pro-
Soced brought new life 10 him. Bnt vi gres' self
control he fell back upon the hoor, pretending 10 be
dead aud giving 10 sign Of consciousness even when
tAe ASSASSIN sooIed 70 close that he could feel the
breath hot upon bs face. Afler another pause be
heard retiring footsteps, and then resolved, with the
strength Il at remained in him, TO Try chance for BIS
life. 81 knew" he rays in his testimony, that if
could get On b my feet, should be able 10 make
eight for it." lie locked about him, that lis
which lay rear by, lis only ay'iabe weapon, and
stood erect.
Then commenced desperate and savage struggle,
the like Of whch the quiet chambers Of NorthumbeI-
lapd street had never before witnessed. As as
Mai. Murray moved, tie assassn turned and faced him.
Tbey were upon ore smother in fash. The lint blow
laprled by The Ma,r missed It's aim, but the second
tbrsw his sntscc;s.iist down upon the ground They
-. Il
struggled awhile for tie t5nv,, 2aa beng both p'w'r
fu, men The mastery for awhile wds doubfGl. ~ Iat
the Major found an emIty bottle uEon the RoOr, wbes
he dashed full in the. face Of bis adversary, making
him quiver all over" But tie contest continued, until,
sfter long struggle, the Major wreDched away the
tongs, with which he repeatedly beat the lead, neck,
and wrists of his opponent leaving him at las as he
thought aer breaking the instrument 70 pieces upon
him, sufficiently dhabled." Wile this was gong
on the strange man cried out first, That won't do,
Master William" and afierwsrd when the blows
named most fertey upon him, Come, NE, give me
fair play
lie had erept under table, ct the close Of the sirig
gle, where the Major left him oustre,ched and started
b make his way from the house. All the dooro he
tried wee licked. As he turned back TO seek another
means of eg ess lie was astonisbed by again meeting
his asalant face TO face, walking toward him. last
blow sent him to the floor iDsensble The Major then
threw open q window, leaped into the area below,
clRmbered over wall and passed through an sdon-
ing bouse into the street, whence he was removed
BY some bystandcrs 10 a hospital His wounds
were discovered to be dangerous, but probably not
fatal One bullet bad been stopped by his spine, and
was with great difficulty extracted The other party
% the sray wio also taken to the hospital died
In the course Of few days having steadily, att Ough
never very coherenily, declared that MAJOR Murray
had voluntarily visited him upon butness, and, in the
midst Of their discussion had without any warning
shot himself and then attacked ard endeayored to de-
stroy him.
For two weeks this extraordinary event continued to
excite throughout London the most various specula-
tons. Major Murrays statement was at first refdsed
the sghte,t eredenee, although it has since been ac-
cepted an individually true 10 seemed incredible that
two men, utter strangers to another, should, at
sLeir first meeting have come to such furious and
fatal conflict Al last the Coroners inquest in the
case Of Munays assaant hed the vail from the mys-
terry. The s,ory perfectly plain, although, per-
hsIe more startling hDif it had been less simple III lis
nature and details. The evidence ,bowed that the at
tempted assassin professional bi,i-dlscounter,
whose real name was Rooers and that he had, in the
way Of business met witn Miss Noodle, u beautiful
and attractive young woman who for some years had
lived with Major Murray as his mistress, bearing,
however, his name as If they had been married.
Roberts toon became enaDoFed OF Miss Noodle, not
sendery but with sort of ferCcous desperation For
many months lie had endeayored TO persuade her TO de-
sert the Major, and place herself under bis protection.
To accomplish tiis he spared neither entrea.
ties nor threas. Sometimes bis demonstrations were
bIutally violent He had thus worked urOn the Young