Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-09
a Pai,hrc,. wife and Tragedy.

| John S. Carson, New YoIk merchant, SHOT
aud mo.fa'ly wounded his partner, Mr.. Watrous
in the b ID room of the latter Oh Friday The
=" Herald says;
| Carson, who is said to be very wealthy, was,
before the war broke out, reputcd 70 be worth
between seven and eight hundred thousand do
LAYS, most OF his property beng il real estate in
the xest aud southwest
About FIVE years ago ha male the scqua;ut-
aucs of WstrOus, who, atthlt time, was Ttpu'ed
to be in very easy circumstances, hut shortly
afterwards lost his mOney-being \ man who
lived very fast. About two selrs ago be b, cIme
very intimate with Carson, 30 much so that the
latter put implicit eonhlo in him. lie intro
duced him to his wife, and he has been r frc-
qlent visitor to his hou 6. He also alleged that
shortly after WatTous was made the guest Of
Carson at his house, al intimacy grew up be
tween Wa!rous and CaISon's wife, and that for
tho past eighteen mouths they have ff quenty
been seen in company together aud on very IN
favorable occasions. Carson was several times
informed Of the fact but he seemed to sc rTu the
Idea always asserting that WatrouS was a man
who would never be guilty OF doing a GishOLOT
abe act towards hin.
About this me it is also alleged that Watrous
became considerable s.ratsned in iIaucss, and
Carson losned him sons $ 10000
About two months ago certain facts came TO
the ears of Carson, who for the first time con
cluded TO ferret out Inc truth Of tho reports, and
satisfy himself whether there was any fOunda-
ton for such assertions, or that It was a desire
of certain parties to inju-e Watrous Accord
ingly during tho early part of las week, it is al
legged, WatrOus called upon Mrs Carson, and in
vited her to go ou:. They left the house in East
FOuIt'enth street, tie residence of Carson, and
proceeded down Broadway. Carson being in the
neighborhOod At the time, follow ID them. They
visited one or two places and woie finally traced
TO house Of assignatiUn in Greene or Wooster
street, where they REMAINED for some time, and
were wa ciod by Carson and friend Until they
returned Eona
Carson returned homo SION af,sr his wits thai
night, but said not wo,d 90 h9r a3 to what he
had seen. He however, C cjuc|u1fd to seek sa,-
isfsc:ion from Watrou., and tcc rdingy, on
Tuesday night, repaired to his boarding house
in Plince street Il is there alleged that he
charged Watrous with having criminal inter
cOIrss with his wifi, which tbs latter stTic ly
denied at first bat when told that he was
va ched, it is said that WS.rouS fe upon hi:
knees and begged Carson not 10 kill him. Car
son, however, became 50 enrsged at Wat:Ous
that he shot him on the spot.
The wife Of Carson is sid TO bs very respect
ably connected, and is from Dc,roit, Michigan.
She is the sister OF CT Mayer Dane sn, Of De-
tro:;, and is highly respected. Sls has, since
the unfortunate difficulty, lcit tbs city fJr the
West. Carson, who is said to be almost frantic
Ov>r hS telri5ls misfortune tina: has ovsrtaken
him, is still in the city, and viii, in al prObG-
billy, give himself up to the custody OF tie
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