New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-31
sTARTLING TRAGEDY-GREAT EX'
CITEMENT IN BEAvER-STs
A Gauger shot Dead I'm His Once ~ HIS
Fsrmcr Partner-Arrest Of the Ahegeo
Murderer IL Held 70 Await s"c
Action Of the Coroner.

| Shortly after | o'clock on Saturday, tragic
afrair occurred in Beayerst causing intense eAo"',
ment in the vicinity, where the actors IN " "eio
known At the hour mentioned, Mr.. James "i'~'
tho firm If Dram & Thomus, weighers and CANCERS, Ut
No e, p-o,as entered the oflice OF Mr.. Joseph an
Doror also xyegher and gauger at No. ~ Deavers'
F,,c,v what TRANSFERRED there is not yet KNOWN o"' -
sbot time the report Of two pistol shots was nc"i
aud Dram Was seen TO run from the once. He ""'
rursncd BIZ Mr. William H. Kirby oil No IA i''''
Sixteenth ST. and caught while entering NO. 10 '''"
At Officer Riley of the First Precinct tneh camo up
ard the prisoner given Into his cnaus'. no ""'
taken TO the Station House in Newest ana III LIS po'
ssss,on was found snglebnrrcled pistol, heavily
loaded.
found living upon the floor, the head i!ing ." INC "
s IF sirht Of stairs and the feet under the hnich
way. The blood was fast flowing from deep WOMB
in the eft breast Around were lthe marks OF oespe
rate struggle. in the vicinity was found ro'o"e''
With two Of the barrels discharged. This the prisoner
has since admitted belonged TO him, IN the "e'hsco'
inc above the body and Just on line with the head Of
the deceased when standing upright, was seen inc
Mace where the second bail had entered. The body
was conveyed TO the StotionHouse, ard Coroner 'o'
lin notified TO lold an inquest Ia short tine he
made his a2rearance. and impanne.ed jnry consis'
inc OF very intelligent men, but owing to The excite
ment prevailing. considered it woud DO best to post
pone the inqucst until to-day at O'Clock +. M
DR.. Thomas Robinson Deputy Coroner. made post
norton examination ~ the deceased, and found ris
to slot wound in the eft breast. directly over tie re-
eon O. tie heart Tie bah entered TIE thorax at tho
fan in,crcosial space between the cartilage OF the
fifth and sixth ribs. grozing tie siernum ~ passed
through tic edge Of the lower lobe Of the rGht innT
through the percardium entered tie heart at the hight
ycnricc. passed through the muscular between
the twoyen,rices passed into the LEFT vcrtFcc glanced
inward ard to the lef TO tie upper part II the eii
auele passed through that and tie percardium, ana
into the ef thoracic cavity where tie bali was fonnd
Il was Of conical shape The cavity Of the thora1 and
the referendum were filed with blood and coagulum
Death was the result Of Tie wound through the heart
Deceased wls aged about 45 years, and resided NJ
No 30 Jorsey.avc.. Jersey City where he leaves wife
and five children. lie was possessed Of considerable
political inference and a, time held seat IN the
Aldormanio Board Of that place
The prisoner Is ng1d % wears and resides at NO. $40
West Forty.th.rsL whore his mother and s''er also
reside and who arc dspendcntupon hin FOR support ne
STATES that FOR some years he connected Win the
deceased I'm business matters. ard that when they
.enarted the hitter went to several cf his Uhe prs
onor') friends end declared that he was thef ana
ucrv Enthusiastically ard IN this manner attempted 10
,nure his business On Saturday he called on the de-
ceesed 10 demand an explanation ard the latter as
s,ulted him What lie did was in scl.-deiense SIN,
however he denied the shooting. The real facts VIII
probaby transpre On the inquest though yet no one
las been found who witnessed TIE occurrence.