, 1866-07-03

Prominent New: ttrlrnns Merchant
: :: Cuts xliA Throat-Th1co. suaciues In
:" Ono Day.

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,:..>ssyFsom, the N. o. Ptcuy une, Jnne as-l ur
Mr.. Paul Prats, the we'll known lmporfes qfY "
ayana cigars, committed suicide this morn et
,E at hts house, corner Of St. CaaIle1 street b:
Is throat With razor. i was well known b1
0 a tcw OF Mr. Pruts' intimate friends that 3
e had made attempts npon Ills lie, upon, ,oue IF
i two occasions recently, but strong hopes II
! ere entertained tnns thu dehpendency under o
shich be Was llborirg would wear OF, and G
:hange take place for the better. = shors n
,tmt ago rough memorandum WAS found by 4
lis partner In business, Mr. Pcsant, In which |
c took ieaye q hiena; saying ihat pa.vat ~ was
becoming alarmed, sent ont in search OF him, c
and loupd; he had left word that he was going.l l
down 10 the lake. Fearing that he intended =
10 drown or otherwise make way with him. '
ond District, was detached after hiul. The ]
officer found him 1t Alilueburg, aud Persuaded
him to return to the city -,
About week ago 1t appears that ha made
an attempt to cut his throat, the work Of /:
triends iutcrrosatipg him about 1t, he said
thet he had attempted TO cut his throat, but
the razor was too dull. He complained to
his barber the next day that he had not sharp.
ENID bis razor properly, as he tI,ed to, ,snt Ms:
course, looked upon the whole matter IN the
lielt Of Joke. 4 night or two ago hc
nwrkancd his partner, Mr.. Pesant. who occu-
lied: one Of the suite Of ROOMS with Mr.
rrats, and said he could uot sleep wl1n,
md asked hin, Tor cigarette to smoke.s His
psrtucr talkcd TO him = long tine about o.
Towing btznseN to give way to despoudtng
.ceiiIes when thera was not the least oeca sion
fox il, anc he vent back to bed. promising to
try snd'go TO sleep which he % dld. *, ,,,
around nj his Wholesale store Ia Carond:ht |
street, where he remained listening to his |
| PARTNER reud the morning papers, and asked !
aud obtained from him some pills whicsi woe
pIaipt, from Which he sometimes sutl.1vd in
| convenience. He left the store sore sinc al
}terwards, and must have gone ,. once hfruuuI
10 his rooms on ST. Charles street. Mr. Pc
sant, when going to his breakfast as: usual,
walked around TO the rooms to yet Mr. Plaie
inquired Of the negro woman who was
hc al aid '0o oos kno~ WET but w sall le
must be somewhere shout, as his vEst and
coat were lying upon the chair 10 the sitting
room, failip. to lind Alm, his partneF ".
! coming alarmed, at once instituted close
search. 10 his horror, upon opening s1na}l
rooms used for keeping trunks, he discovered
The body lying uron the Noor, With several
gashcs across the throat, one Of them enslre:
| II seycrine the wInl-ripe. lie had taken uti
! lis hat mud placed ii upon one Of the trunks
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with blood, md the glass doors whicl, he had
fastened behind hlm were covered With large
quantities. Upon the marble slAb Of the bp-
| r.au in tho sitting room. to which is attached
L. a large glass, We noticed drops Of bloott. sad
sSoWips sSos utSa hat le must SsSe eu4 @ lin:
self even before he entered the smal
room where he completed The work.
& Thc body, when found, was lying withtMhe ~
, feet to the glass door, and the head oIef p
1 L. In k$nr no y1StN
/ WOUNDS in the neck almost prevented the face
from being seen. The deceased has some rcla-
+ ! lives in our city, bnt his immediate ihmisy,
; mother aud sister, reside IL Spain. son,c OF
: \ his family also reside n Porto Rsco. lie vas
! about thirty-dre years Of oge, and was, Is
tar as We have ever known, universally ;liEcd.
! He was very extensively engaged in the eH<as
{ business having scveral larse retail shop, on
r st. Charles STREET, md largo wholesale te'
: | partment in caronde!et street. His b.it.ntss
1t had been, was, We are assured BY his part
n ner, in prosperous condition.
). The second person who also put a yiolen
Is end to his life ibis morning Is Robert Purcell
i man about atty o. sixty Ssass o'a. whp \: r
morning at Ills residence, with rope aroun'
II his neck, stranSnlatcd. -.- .-.-
;s Tht tllsI is man, whose name wo wcr
n 1 ,,aab,c 10 learn, who had been engaged at tn
e. Museum Of Anatomy, on s.. Charles stree
II | institution. He elected his death 1'y takln
~ y. 1orisnnun. When he was conveyed to Il
IL u hns1t;t,1 Ttfcl, wns about ten O'Clock, he W:
Ia unable TO speak. lie dieA shoF: tiins ~;
i, brrg taken there and w s, les tas oeIo' II;
II. lei her b. buried l,y my side." GWas ubo'
OF .thiriy-tiye years Of agc-
n y Horrible Murder.
~ vsem chttcottc No $prc'a'o'. ''nnc sa;s
ne I'm Saturday cycuin. LAST murder a
rommitted in fbr Eonlhycst pa1t of our cnt1
=, ty. Of such a wicked ai,.l coid.blonlel el,a
- acter rs to make ones lt.c-hlcod cErdlc Al
refuse 10 .dow, aud cause 4 chill Of horror
III run through the eutire community. Sill
ar Smith. a iafmer Of middle agc, and IN so
circumstances, residing about seven NIL
] west Of Dawn, md tour miles south Of Moor
up vile. wus murdered III his own holssc in CO
tic blood on Saturday evening last, By. thi
OF msp, or, raiher, rut1aus. I'll. ciFen
to stances, as faf: Us We could lea
led tlsm,. make this one Of the most barb
do ous murders on rec,rd-almoss equal
u.s. the murder of the Dee,ing family. FRI
sea all that appears. My. Saith WAS tnusdez
ar- for his money. lie was known to have !
ON several hundred dollars II money for sts
I've sold, and on the day Of his muEstct hc
ser+ been to Dawp 10 receive sl-V59 Que II
2ag there. One Of the murde"ers "a" nun
ny talked viii Pm aurn tc ~ dny M S
ace lufl leclincd upon The bed to recover fr
the his fatigue. His vile was milking outside
nE, the enclosure, short distance from tue
: in aud mar c|ump oF timber Or bru
pol, T1.ec mcn comin; from behind this clul
'tar passed her with threats, ran toward thu r
aud 1-lere one was stationed MD Tire two PA
0is1 u11i1e. for Nfr. Smith OF two little Eirts ot
,efc tarnt;v. who: directed their attention to
sed room: On hearing the noise ,11. Smith raj
1c,l- pp md rs thcr ca5uc to the room door he
gem siitiug On The side OF the bed. The s1nall1
wcr the NO Tntiians suid t.Ne have you no
7feit ava t;rc 1rth HE ristnl and continued to
u 'a.,,' t;rin ~ r;.;nr his r;c:;rr7 IN
1T 1oI es ~ sEM 49, ~ I'm finnr hrui
thr o!cast. ~ eM ~. ~ ~ n ~ NV n-nsraj A.
~ Ms EASc sGly nuues, auu sGut - 49, - =
Fsi slot vas n!eu tae o'ocsl asa VI LIZ =,
sts3 ran out screaming ano faE 10y ra,s ara ne =
aua bor's IN sight. As She passea ont o1 tne no
out one Of the ruthans steppeo TO IN :,
WHO mud called to the man at the gaze, 81
rans her," when the rul.an tired but =
leFiH out e1ect. The girl is about eleven yeaH
g 20 age. 1t is not l;uown whciher they got
X at money, hus: !; is supposed not lie kep
lie money about i'm. uud ILLS money taEsl
ears property v:s hidden away 50 securely
ssans his own inI.iy do not know where it IL.