New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-09
Details or the Tearibie Tragedy IN CoIa.
water, Michigan.
rspocIsl Dia!atoh 10 The Missouri Dsnoerst.


CnfCAGo. November 6.-The following are the
details of a terrible tragedy which took place in
GgdwateF, Mich, ON Saturday, which resulted in
the almost instantaneous death Of George A.
Brag, a law student, and MF5. h6enezer Leach,
by the hands of Ebenezer Leach, husband Of the
lady. About four years ago, Leach separated
from his wife. Incompatibility of temper Wasthe
cause Of their separation. The wife then opened
asmal millinery shop, and to the date other dsath
supported herBelf by its profits. Leach was an
idle worthless fellow and followed the trade OF
carpentering and joining for living.
Though the man had Fenounced the secretly OF
ms wife and had withdrawn from her hI9 pro-
tecton yet he scanned heT actions closely. OF
late ne has continually watched her. Mr.. Geo. Y.
Brown and Mr. Holcomb were the first peTsons m
ColdwateF who aroused his jealousy Four weeks
since he met Hocomb, and after 8 few y ords Of
enad i s,ao, @ Grew [Sso.vsF On MN aa s
ing the deadly weapon from his grasp. sfae, the
date Of this event Leach repeatedly menaee5 the
two objects Of his jealensy.
Saturday night the two men above named yvay g
at Mrs. Leach's shop when about to 30 boTae sSha
lived with her father, Mr.. Dougherty, about SaIr
mile distant. She requested them to AZ
1 company her. Brown accepted the invitation
pears, stood in fear of her husband and K vra. n
this account, more than any other, that she re-
quested protection. When the two reached tbe.
Oriental Hotel they were oyertaken BY Leach with
revolver in his hand. He stepped mn ~ LEM
four feet of Brown, aimed the pistol At hin. a5
fired. Before word was uttered he fredat N,s-
Leach, and scarce two minutes had elanaaS frors
the opening of the awful drama til two as IL
principal actors lay on the ground strngeno, n
the last agony of death. -
The discharge Of the pistol aroused the naisy,.-
borhood. crowd of excited people im-oa.
diately gathered around and the murderer vas
| secured. The Wife's father arrested Leach.
| On examining the wounds of the victims Il vvaa
| vas found that both must prove fatal Mrs.
| Leach was shot in the breast one inch helox Inc.
left nipple, the ball penetrating her heart and
causing almost instant death. Brown received the
fatal missile in the left side; it entered below th
tenth RIB. penetrating the body, aud coming out,
between the seventh and eighth RIBS He was re-
moved to his house, but died within twenty min
utes after being shot The affair took ulaee he
tween 8 and 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Leach was woman Of thirty-four wears
handsome, yirtuous and well educated, She was
never known to have committed anv aet yThicb
could have called down so summary a vengeance
upon her head. She leaves two children. a boy of-
fourteen and girl Of eight years
George O. Brown was young man Of huE
twenty summers, very popular and Industrious
his family of the oldest in the State. and HI
death will be deeply and widely lamelted. He
had lust graduated at Ann Arbor law seho0l hnt
had not yet been admitted to the bar. His atten-
tion to Mrs. Leach were but those of a gentleman
to lady. and it is not likely that boy Of twenty
could fasGinate married woman of thiFty.four
A corener's inquest was held on the bodies ana
yerdicts in accordance with the above facts re-
turned by the iuries. The excitement in Cold
water is very great and fears are entertained that
Leach will be lynched.