, 1866-10-30

a Desperate Shot yyl,1Io Entering n
Mans House.

luc .tu0ulu AQFCT1EEGf, NGtD2Gr 9J.J
Larry Coffin, notorious desperate aud
murderer, who has served two terms in Au-
burn prison for granddaughter aud assault
with deadly weapon, was shot dead at tho
residence Of d Mr.. Hamilton. in Ellen street,
at about three o'clock Thursday morning.
Tho. facts, as gathered At the scene Of the
tragedy, appear to be as follows: Previous
went to lIamilton's house, first door west Of
The railroad track, in Ellen street, and scrcn-
AIDED the inmates. Not gaining admittance
to the house the party, then LEFT, and soon
after ncishbor reported to Hamilton that
Go1n o,tnn. had broken int into aqethsr house Of
armed himself With revolver
and proceeded to The spot to protect
his property, but did not SEQ the maurau-
dcrs until returning to his dwelling, where
ordered them out, and forbade CofIln ever
entering his house again. Coffin replied. II
lowed Hamilton. who turned md entered the
door, warning Coaln not to follow. The
aIf na@to ef:sa sd On N hn tssn'sa ase Sa sn
tering the 1eshy portion Of his chin
on the LEFT side, and probably taking an
upward direction and piercing the h1ntn.
Coffin fell in the doorway, and probably died
instantly. From the great amount Of blood
judge that the carotid artery aud juguIar
vein were severed by the fatal bullet.
Hamilton Is carpenter By trndc, and Is
said to be peaccable, iuoffensiye man, ordi.
nnrily, his worst record being his quarrels
with his wife, Of whose intimacy With Coffin
he was said to have reason to be jealous.
After tho shooting affair this morning he
went ia search Of the police, and upon meet
Ing Officer DeerinE gave himself into
his custody. md they proceeded to the resi-
dence of Police Justice coetes, who, on be-
himself into the custody Of the sheriff. Mr.
DceriuC accordingly delivered his prisoner
| over to Sheriff Mead, at the jail where he fs
now In custody to await the result Of an iu-
guest by Justice snoE, acting coroner in tho
absence Of Coroner Hosmer, who LEFT for
Pennsylvania last evening. The inquest was
progressing up to noon.
Crowds of citizens tl1ronscd to the scene
Of the tragedy this morning. The general
sympathy Of all Is with Hamilton, ns the de-
ceased bore notoriously bad reputation In
this community
Collins record is a particularly dark
one. he has served two terms Of three
years each In the Auburn prison
the first for killing man in Syra-
cusc. For this he was indicted By grand
| ed him Of manslaughter only. Soon aflcr
this term was out he was convicted, in this
city, of assault with deadly weapon, COM
nitted on William Collins with butcher
c!eayer, and again imprisoned.
His next serious offence was supposed
which A1r. Silas ". Aructt, Of this city, was
the victim. While yet on bail under this
charge. he committed second robbery on
Frank kt1foil, in which the woman, Marga-
ret Hamilton, WAS implicated, and for which
offence he was under Indictment.
Having again procured bail, he was at lib.
eEty, with the final result above chronicled.
He WAS dangerous mau when under the in
tiucncc Of liquor, and VIC are informed that
his crimes arc all Inscribed to that deadly
| cause.
The Coroncr's Jury havo found that Hmm.
Ilton was entirely justified in shooting Coffin
ard that the act was done in defence Of his
L home, family and person.