The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-05-30
Shooting Of Major J. q. Watrous IN New
York.
DYING Observation-Disclosures OF THE PERPE-
TRAITOR.

We find in the New York Tribune Of last
Saturday the following account of the
shooting of MAJOR j. s. Watrous, a gen.
tleman we'll known to many old citizens Of
Minnesota
Last evening most unhappy affair took
place at a respectable boarding house in
Prince street, near Mercer street. About
61a o'clock Mr.. Corson called upon his
partner 10 business, Major Watrous, at his
BOARDING house, and while there, in the
most unceremoni0us manner, shot the Major
under the circumstances set forth in his dy
ing deposition before the Coroner.
Coroner Wildey made the following ante.
mOrtem examination
John Stanley Watrous being duly sworn, and
informed that he is not likely to recover, de-
poses as follows. Mr.. James COrsOn called up.
on me about six and half o'clock this even
ing; he came into my room and shook hands
with me; he sat down on the sofa and we
talked about business, and he said he had been
drinking great deal that day; sat with him
until he pretended to be asleep. asked him if
he would not lie down upon the bed; he said
mo-" l then went out to get servant to take
package Tor me; the servant came to the
door and got the package; all this time Cor.
son pretended to be asleep; l walked around
the room carefully. both out and in, so as not
to disturb him; on my return from the outside
hall door, and when close to the inner door,
Mr. Corson appeared before me all at once and
fired, without saying word. and then ran out
OF the house; there was not an angry word be-.
tween US; Mr.. COrsOn and me never had any
words together; we have been on the best of
terms; he has lost great deal of money in
business, and in our connection together; We
have been in the mining business; he attributes
his loss to our going into this enterprise and
has said that he would not have sustained such
loss had not got him into the business.
JOHN STANLEY HAIROUS.
The alarm was given to the police imme.
diateIy, and officers we've sent to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Corson, where they found that
be had arrived before them and left again
He resided at No. 80, East Fourteenth st =,
where two officers were kept on watch
all night. DR.. Quackenbush and DR.. Sands
were called 10 to attend to the victim of the
deadly assault. The ball entered the right
side OF the body, just at the tenth rib, and
lodged in the liver, where it remains.
Dr. Quackenbush said there could be no
hope OF bis recovery, inasmuch as the inter-
nal hemorrhage would continue until he
would die from exhaustion
Corson lie said to be worth about $780,
600, but has lost considerable amounts in
the mining business of the West by recent
reverses.
Through the medium of the police tele-
graph, intormatian was sent to every police
station in the city, and lookout placed at
all the steamboat and railroad depots, from
which there was likely to be any convey
anoe up to late hour. Notwithstanding
thtse efforts, he bad not been seen nor heard
from up to midnight. 1t Is scarcely proba>
able, however, that be can long elude the
police, who have been so early on the alert.