, 1865-12-28

CnrcQufteI Love Mtid Fer0clot1% lto~
seDEe-A Young Wan Shoots His
Sweetheart and thcn attempts to De-
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CnrcQptfed Love xnd ffcrocIou* lIo~
%enEe-A Young Man Shoot. His
Sweetheart and t1lcn attempts to De-
xsroy 3in,HeiE.
From the New To1k Tribune, :3th.l
4 most cxtrao1dlnary affair occurred ia
11son streets, brooklyn. shortly before six
o'clock on Saturday evening, which will pro-
badly result In the death Of an csti.nahle
Young lady, and the permanent muti1ation at
least Of her 1nur1erous assaflant. The cir
cu1nstsnccs reveal the old story of dIsap-
have attached to them somewhat Of D roman
tic aspect. The names Of the parties are
William II. Russ md Miss Francca Dayton.
The former waa employed rs bookkeeper In
the Office oil The National Mexican Iona Com
pany, No. 81 Broadway, New York. where the
y99Og ggzo LAZY oDS asT brother h{per Dayton
Il appears That about ~ o'clock on satur-
day afternoon the three left the otllce for
Brooklyn. md crossed the South Ferry. Mr..
Dayton, however, left them On the New York
side. On arriving on the Brooklyn side or
lantic street toward the house Of Mr.. 2. W
Kenyon, No. 1875 Clinton street, where the
voting lady boarded. When near the house,
Russ drew his revolver. q seven-chumbcred
Smith Il Weston, and placing the muzzle at
Mrs. Dayton's head, lred. Tho shot took
elect. and she fell upon the sidewalk. LIE
then tired another SHOT, md walked about
The distance or len PAGES, when he returned,
md standing over her body, fired the third
time Parties herring tho report came up,
and discovering the lady to be injured, ono gen
tlcman pursued Russ, who first walked aW1y
very lcisurcly, but as soon as be found he had
been discovered ran quite hriskly till he
sight Of by his pursuer, who supposed that
he had crossed that thoroughfare. 1t appear
ed from subsequent investigation Tint Russ
turned down Pacific street, toward the river,
and on reaching the dock jumped overheard,
with the intention Of drowning himself.
Owing to the low tide be could not accom-
plish bis purpose, and, extricating hirnsclf
he selected any other part Of the shore line
he would have fonnd the water deep enough.
On reguining the land, according to his own
statement 70 the police, he shot himself
twice, with the intention OF ending his
existence at once. In this he also
failed, and returned up Pacific to Atlantic
stify frozen. He was here seen by Otllcef
Powers Of the Fosty-thtrd Police Precinct,
who took bin into custody. On reaching the
Station House, Russ was SO bcnumbed that he
could scarcely aTticulate IN intelllgible word.
With the cheering effects Of a warm fire he
was soon sufficiently revived to answer such
Meantime Dr.. Clark was called IN, and. cx-
amincd the injured man. He found two bull
let wounds, nbout one aud u halrfnches apart,
over nnd eomewhnt back Of the right eye,
both balls taking their course 10 the bas, Of
the skull, where they lodged without inIur-
TIC socket, and the sight is destroyed. Some
time thereafter Russ WAS conveyed to the
BROOKLYN City Hospital. Capt. Rhodes Of
the Forty-thlrd Precinct, subsequently,
paid visit 10 Miss Daytons reAdcnc:,
where he found her under the care of Df.
Williams, who had Mt that time succeeded in
extracting portion Of one OF the balls from
her scull. In his interview with the young
lady, she Acknowledged to Capt. Rhodes that
Eass had shot her, Int TINT she, did not want
him arrested, as she believed that he was IN
derapged state Of mind at the timc.. She also
informed the Captain where his place Of busi-
ncss wns at No: 81 Broadway and that he
had rooms In the same building, and lodged
there. In relation to her own condition, 1t
was found that three balls had entered the
brain-two On the right side near the crown,
aud one near the back Of the bead, on line
with the other two. The brains were oozlng
from The latter wound Her injuries are Of
house Capt. Rhodes proceeded to No.
81 Broadway, and after some difficulty Sue
cce1cd IN a1onsfng the porter, who admitted
him. It was here nsccrtaincd that nuss was
employed by Messrs. j. y. Tit and Johu ",
Corlis as book-keeper las heretofore stated)
and that be was the. occuprnt Of four rooms
ias 1s Wheh is hs S Saa tea Up 'd ,h fe 9o@ ea
housekeeping. He had housekecper IN his
employ, who had prepared tea, which was
s1ill standing on the. table, waiting his arri-
ral. His bed had been unoccupied. It was
believed that Miss Dayton's brother lodged
ut the same place, but it was iound That he
IN End Itc4%