Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-22

An CID Gentleman of Sixty ears Is
Found Dead in the Outsk rts of Ca nm
den-9c In Robbed and Foul Play is
suspected.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. Is, 1867.
Our quiet neighbors across the river are
in a state of excitement this morning, in
90 sequence OF a mysterious occurrence in
their midst. which bears on its face the ap-
pearance of foul play and even of murder.
Th 4 circumstances attending the affair
wee as follows: ..-.-.
James Hall. an eccentric old gentleman,
aged about sixty years, resided ON Rush
street, above FrankfOrd road. in the 25th
ward of this city. He was married and had
quite family of children about him.
Some years ago he kept a tavern on Front
street, above Market, and subsequently
presided over the Hart Tavern, on Frank
ford road, above Lehigh avenue, as host
In this occupation he acquired considera-
BILE wealth, which he had invested in neat
row of houses in the neighbOrhood of his
residence, and in two valuable farms in
the southern part of New Jersey. For
some time past he has not been engaged in
any regular business, but has driven quite
large trade in watches, at times carrying
as many as score of them about his per-
son for the purpose of bartar. 1t is also
said that he seldom left home without hav i.
ing as much as 500 in money about his
person. Yesterday afternoon he left the
mousse 10 Iuake d NlSlG 10 OdIuU6n. lie was
known to have five watches in his possess
ion at the time, and is supposed to have
been as well provided with money as usual.
A little girl who saw him just before he
entered the house from which he never
came alive, states that she noticed prom
inent watch chain which he wore at the
time. About four o'clock in the afternoon
colored woman, whose name we withhold
for the present. as her Whereabouts are
still mystery to the officers of the law,
ran out of the large brick house at No. II
kaighn's Point avenue, Kaighnsville, ne
gro settlement on the outskirts of Camden,
and informed her neighbors there was a
dead man in her room. The apart
ment in question is situated on the
third floor of the house, nearly every
room of which is tenanted by separate
colored family. The neighborho0d enjoys
arather unsavory reputation, and it is said
that the woman referred to above, who
passes under several aliases, is a very des-
perate and drunken character, and such
one as would not hesitate to commit an I'M
natural crime for the sake OF money. She
subsequently stated that the man who had
died in her apartment was an old acquaint-
ance of hers, and that he had visited her
tor the purpose of giving her some tidings
of her son, for whom he some time since
procured situation in the navy. The
woman's husband is hard working man,
and as he was absent from the house dur
ing the entire day, and did not return un-
til seven o'clock in the evening he could
not have had anything to do with the mys-
terious affair.
When the neighbors entered the room
they found only the dead body of Mr.. Hall.
There was no signs of violence upon his
person, but there were unmistakable evil
dences of his having been robbed, as moth
ing but bunch OF watch keys was found
in his pocket-money, watches and chain
oil INoip vrnSc nh
colored woman entered the room, and she
is now in custody as witness. But the
tenant of the apartment was not arrested
last evening. although she was present
when the officers visited the place. She
was then decidedly under the influence of
liquor; and the fact chat she shortly after
disappeared and no traces of her wherea-
bouts could be found, goes to prove that
che was guilty of the robbery, it nothing
more.
When the body was taken into the Gus
tody OF the Coroner last evening, the de-