New-York tribune., 1867-02-21
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FRlRrUl TRAGEDY IN PTITADFLPuIA--A FAIhN'
SHOOTS TIR nAVIsHTR OF HIS CHILD IN ofEN

FF4Rt1u TRAGEDY IN PHIIADFLPIllA--A FAIn""
suoor7 rIiE nAVIsHER OF HIS CWLD IN oPEN
COUET.
By FEIEAlAFH TBR TtWrls.
PHrrApELrrIA, Feb 90-About 10 o'clock ths
morning the court rOonOf the Quarter scssVus was 'o
a tragedy. Asa man by the nanie OF George h
braught into 20 be placed on a
for he aIeccd commission Of an outrage upon the pe's"n
eta youuc grl the father of the latter Thomas Le''
rsace -iol AZ iis heart and fired the bah enterns
ihe boz ga the atts just above the left nipple ane cas
ing almost Instant tieath The ErcNHg Tie0rdph mas VIC
s"TEifr. def,iiS- The murdered was
tailor by trade, and about go Years his -.
Thomas Lcis was near ncighboT OF ps h % he was
dtcc atiu dt N0 $50 Orchardst During the Wai orv o
Iue5nbcc the g2th Regiment OF % III red
utaffn with his companions in arms was none Oh to %
niss3. while the regiment was u camp pd ~ OIL ten and
town. d. g.. Icf deserted but was aerM'u ',n'a5agcd
,NJro @ bsep kesat for some time in confinement nlasCu
e. escape and he never retaken ~ SOM G for The
B-d became indebted 10 Ier ia e sun, VI reruent
IA, meut o. which the latter made IeIuendi ieluscd
demand ard the former became Sis im1oTtnny ,%sn On
tive 10Th of April 1866, ler attempted 10 fov ,t 90 70
outrage npon the person oI & Enr This offense
ier was arrested and held in $500 bail Mr. George M
h was for the ofiensC hut shortly aftewaId ne
tlisappcarcd His bail forfeited, ana sun Uous
iud guont being obtained and execution lsS9Su
on3hS since on the 18th of December last Eet Mas
again arrested and committed TO await ms iIld t
Pou f he placed on trial Just as he was passing INTO
the courtroom by the prisoners eItrilcel ugs. % n,
waiting Just within the Ioom stepped up ana drew rev. .
pistol from his side pocket which he placed az te -
of Iler and fired at On receiving uhe "
the pistol, Eer jumped up gave scream am am ot W N
in the of the tipstave The snot roVtd a. " r ~ e
few minutes and the body removed To tbe CeIh
office OF the Quarter Sessions, ana non af
Coroners office A9o9t va an noup offce exbbtnc
great deal emotion account Of the calamty WIN"
I Ts soSn as the crime was committed Ies was taken
before Judge Ludlow who had inst entered Ilo couT our
room The report of the pistol had caused great con-
| M foni
in attendance as witnesses ainting away; Judge Lna
low listened to the testimony of several officers ana
othera who had witnessed the affair, and having au-
dressed the prisoner ordered that he De taken ~ M
County Prison and there be kept IN custody to await i
a the next term of the Court Tor the murder Of George
Fller The prisoner is "A stout and square-bhlt man,
We'll as his hair and whskers the latter worn only npon
the chin upper lip He is, apparently aoont - yeaS
age and exhibited great composue rom HIst 70 & ao
Thus far all expressions OF public sympathy nave peen
entirely with the prisoner
| SENTENCE OF 4 NURDERFR
RoSroN. Feb. 2O-The jury in the case of Frank W.
Rounds who has been trial for the last two days ior
the murder Of Adolph Pragot I'm September last, re.
turned "A verdict at noon today OF Suiil hi lhuueI lhuu
in the degree. lie was sentenced 10 'ne S'"e
| Prison Tor hfe.
SUICIDE IN Hartford.
| HATTFoRD. Feb. 20.-Abraham Skaats, an Ola gen
temn of 76 years committed suicide by hanging miei
at his shop in Wethcrsed, in temporary aocra9h Ul
mind, caused, u Is supposed ny SVdiuai"u' ''F' W
cuated 70 his injury
MURDERERs COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
MONTREAL Feb. Ca woman named Confer ana
her paramour Iaford have been committed Tor rla on
the charge OF having poisoned the husband o inc
CAPTURE or A MURDERER.
CINCINNATI Feb. 20.-GeOrge 4. Ellsworth the
guerrilla Morgan's telegraph operator, who shot ana
killed James Smithers at ShpsburG Bath County ky
on saturday last arrested near Lexington N.Y. !Ss
terday.
A NEGRO SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOE LIVE
BosToN, Feb. Ca colOred man named James Rob
nson in the Supreme Criminal Court yesterday at Lowell
was tried and convicted of committing rape ON the per
son OF Mrs Rebecca g. Mann Of Dracu an od ihdy '2
years OF age January 10 last, and sentenced 10 e
state Prison for life.
A MURDERER SENTENCE COMMITTED.
| WASHINGTON, Feb 2O.-The sentence of Robert
Grove lately on trial before United states Court at
Providence r. L. for murder the high seas, and col
demned To be hanged the 1st Of March, proN mo- was
to-day conmuted by The Government 10 imprisonment
! at hard labor for life.
THEFT or DIAMOND PIN.
! On Monday evening three men entered the jewelry
store of Louis Amrich. under the New-York Hotel and
asIed 10 he shown some diamond jewelry. While two Of
the kept attendant clerk in conversation the con
fcdeIate stole diamond pin valued at 5000, WIN when
the party made their escape The proprietor oilers re-
ward Of S4OO for the recovery OF the missing pin
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY OK BRoADwAY
At o'clock yesterday morning Oiiloer MofllsOh ol
the Twenty second Precinct man standing IN the
doorway OF the and shoe store OF Charles Opperma
No lO5 Broadway Su5pecting that burglary was being
who seeing the officer away and made his escape
In The doorway found large jimmy ana thcie were
marks Of its having been used upon the door
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