, 1865-09-20
shocking fIM1r Mt Suspension Hrldne-
TWO Men MuFdercd-HIol and FloI1Sc.
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At four O'Clock yesterday morning tbf
dead body Of Mr.. Andrew Frank, a coustabie
| residing ct Suspension Bridge, was found ju
! the middle Of the road, about half wnr he.
tween the bridge and Niagara Falls. o. ex.
animation 1t WIS found that the deceased had
been shot with three bullets, one Of which
lad passed through his heart. In the i'm.
mediate vicinity oi the spot whero the co,pse ,sa
Tns found were several houses Of ill-fane.
which have been for long time RESORTS nj
numerous Idle and dissolute characters, Two
Or three lager beer shops are there also, and
anc e1ERee lay directly in front ofone ofthese
Great excitement was caused both at The
hridgc and the Falls when the intelligence Of
the tragedy was disseminated, Tfin dead
body WINS suffered to lie in the road unti1 tho
middle Of the forenoon, and hundreds Of peo-
pie collected TO sec it. The inmates OF The
hrothe,s in tho rciehborhood were arrested
prisoners number from sixteen to eighteen
~ but one Them being women. Tie exccp-
ton Is man named Ed. Moody. u desncmfe
character, against whom there has been mncll
icellnE IN the neighborlool. Some months
ago, many Of our readers will remember. q
woman with whom be had been living com
misted Suicide BY throwing herself from Goat
Island Bridge, I'll consequence, as was ALLEGED.
OF Ill treatment received from him. Recently
he married woman named Maria Ycomnns
who kept one Of ofthebrothels above mentioned.
:, Inc indignation Of the people who visited
the scene o. the murder was Intense. and a.
bout the middle Of the forenoon it began to
manifest Itself In deeds of violence. The eld-
est son OF the murdered man put himself at
the head Of a party Of the citizen. and nttack
was made upon the houses, four In number.
whose inmates had been taken into custody,
All OF them were sacked. Valuable articles
o. iainMure, pianos, &C, were carried out and
Hoekeo 10 pieces viii axes, stones and clubs,
and to crown the work, the houses the1nselycs
we're burned to tho ground. Justice Durkce.
OF Suspension Bridge, made one attempt to
persuade the cnraEcd popu1ace to dcs1st from
the work OF destruction, but his .remon-
strances were unheeded, md he could obtain
no assistance T. to Put the disturbance down by
away by threats Of personal violence:
Two Of the houses which were DESTROYED
belonged to woman known as Jenny Jones.
She occupied one herself and the other was !
rented to woman known as Poodle. Maria |
Moody. a7in4 feoman, aud Anni= Brown, oc- |
cupicd the other two.
fnrther Aggravated by the discovery Of a corpsc |
ut the foot Of the Precipice opposite the place
where Mr. Frank'6 boly was found, The
corpse WAS that Of q stranger, and It has not i
been identified. The deceased must hare had
! lail Of loo 1ees. 1t is believed that he WIS
Mr. Frank
Is yet there ls no positive clue to the mur-
1eIs. Mrs Frank states that her husband was
allied from Ills bed about 1e O'Clock Wednes-
lay night BY two men who wanted him to m
lown to Mrs. Moody's md quen q dIstuIb-
.nce which WIS going Oh there. lie drcssed
himself and went away with the men HoEas
lot seen again BY any OF his family alive. We
Iro informed that there was some tll-will be-
Eeen him and tie Moodys. Hearrcstel soma
nd he had previously given Moody himseffa
arashing. According to our last info1matio