The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-05

spproachtd Mr.. Cole, who had changed bis position
Of and he put the pistol int m ms Sp 9ssS
s 1epIsd rather IScSheTentiy. Tie has disnonored
my simple, innocent wife, he repeated tnat or We as
more; ] said to him "General, you will have to be
taken into custody he said me Knew & 1nS m am cs was
came. and with them went to the Station House;
wore business coat with SIDE pockets took two
piso from his pockets and let them az the station
had other evidences Of having been recently used.
meant, when he said that this man had insulted his
wife, had taken advantage Of her when she vas III,
his simple, innocent wife, no spoke incoh herenty and
deIIberaieiy bnt IL was premeditated; 1 asked him
why he had not sought the intervention OF friends,
he had not intended % do II In that way; that ne In,
Kim Win ii 70 The nio1y make him get down on his
knees, and II he did not confess TO XIII him but that
At times he cried, but was apparently irenzied,
wSy g e6oyn With his Wife She is at the Della
van House. he asked me TO go to her TO. night,
letter written by MIN in the Station House to his wife.
so erosslY wTobged her that his oesy heart was
on fire, and he was the instrument of making him
on earth. He addresses ner his darling Mary and
advises her to 60 to BTookyn; Mr.; Cole is is not
ence Of liquor don't think Hscock saw Cole before
Dr. j. d. Harens sworn-I reside in Albany; have
examined the BODY body OF m L. & Ill HsSoSk @ , deceased;
badly produced by pistol ball: pro6ed the wound,
badly pass ed upward and outward towardsthe left
hemisphere of the brain: when first saw deceased he
which his heart ceased to beat where the bali entered
the face there were particles in the skin
Previous to the examination of DIR. Harens,
Mr.. Corbett stated that he did not see Cole when
the pistol was fired, his back being to him, and
that he could not add anything to his testi-
mony.
The jury, after hearing the evidence, rendered
the following verdict
"That the said l.. Harris Hiscock came to his
death by wound from a shot from a pistol in
the hand of George W. Coles and fired by said
After the verdict. Coroner Gillespie issued his
warrant for the commitment of Cole on charge
OF murder.
STATEMENT OF COLE.
The following is a statement OF the prisoner
The cause of the tragedy is this-I had n friend,
L. II. Hiscock; thought him the best friend had
in the world; have a vile and two children; she is
pure as snow or was before he became acquainted
with her in 1864; was in the army, first as private
years during the war In 1854 my wife was taken sick
her will, knowing him to be friend of mine while
she was in bed he came and lifted her up and kissed
for me, and sympathy for her. After her recovery
oibusiness, when the family with whom she boarded
(reatves OF hersl were absent When he started
good night, He threw "' bis s'i arms 81 around
PT aPS TO SaSe %R d @ h h
demonstrating and praying him to desist which he
and ex posing her she was still weak from the result
Of her sickness He then went away and she sank 70
any alarm he had been there frequently before
s Fl e
GaeG $ ana G pre- 50 anu much
After that he continued 70 call and endeavored by all
similar forclble effort again. She, oppressed with a
feenng OF shame and guilt for having permitted
interview, did not dare to make an exposure
and pTevenns the m OF s pnF
pose and he making efforts at all lines overcome
exposu,e to me ne Geslsted for a time AFTER my
ington about four months since, and while l was
absent he went to my house; and solicited my wife
TO this she made an indgnant refusal but was stu
plshed his purpose All this time as husband,
wife, because she seldom smiled, and seemed
Monday he met ia Street @
asked me when | was going away again, which he
it. His guilty manner awoke the first suspicion in
my mind as % to NY Wifes virtue. Upon that after my
4 4 he had ever seen any impropTietes between Mr.
suspicious circumstances. Immediately came home
on sunday morning last and learned the above facts
had betrayed the love Of my wife and deded her
and my home desolated, felt distracted, and as If
should be obliged TO XIII her destroyer. At her soli
and her poor little children Instead OF hunting
ncoe9p mn up a nfed 9Gss and nS shooting nc @ him as felt
come more CAIN. came to Albany to-day, from
Sisters m Brooklyn, Where she might have less op
portunty to brood over her troubles and then to
turn myself TO Albany, where learned Mr.. Hiscock
was force him at the mouth of pistol on his knees
beg forgiveness for the great injury he had done
me, and then compel him to leave the country In ten
days. thought 1t better to have IL off mind and
went over 20 his hotel, and when him the TALL
OF my poor heart broken wife and the disgrace OF
children rose up before me, and could not restrain
myself had not spoken 10 him. thought was
calm. could not speak Something In my
throat, and could not say word.
AT the Station House, the prisoner being re-
quested to hand over everything In his posses
sion, he delivered his pistols, etc, and declared
positively that he had retained nothing; but, on
being searched. there was found concealed upon
him large sharp-bladed spring-back knife,
from which 1t is argued he contemplated sui
eide.
About midnight he was removed to the jail.
George w. Cole went into the army as Captain
OF cavalry at the commencement of the war,
served with distinction, and leftsthe service as
Brigadier-General.
He is a brother of Cornelius Cole, United
States Senator from California He also has a
brother now acting as American Consul at
Acapulco.
Mr.. Cole has been engaged for some time past
as detective in the United States Revenue SER
vice in New York. His wife is connected with
some of the most respectable families in the
State,
OBIT UARY.