Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-19
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b Last evening terrible tragedy was dis
covered to have occurred on the previous
night at the fashionable boarding house OF
Mrs. Blanchard, at No. 30 East Nineteenth
street. The police were at once notified,
and the house taken possession of by them.
From what can at present be learned we
compile the following account of the fear
tul occurrence: J.,s I... 81 s.,.i|
For some time past a Mr.. Alfred M. King
has been boarding with Mrs. Blanchard,
and with him lady who was recognized
unquestionably as his wife. King himself
always slept in the house, but never took
his meals there. The couple have always
conducted themselves in the most decorous
manner the lady being remarked lor her
unvarying good breeding, gaiety. and lady
like manners. 1t was known indeed in the
house that King was In pecuniary Difficult
ties, and he was in arrears for board for the
lady to the amount OF 500, and ne had taken
the cheapest room IN the mouse; Dut be-
yond this there was nothing known TO hi,
pr,judice. 7i-aLLg ifstg5 g-gifs.asv s4F -5.57.o.
ns On Sunday, King was in the house most
OF the day, part OF the time down stairs
in the parlor with the lady and other of the
boarders, and it was remarked that the de-
meanor OF the. couple toward each other
was as cordial as eyer, ana upon the part
OF hlng toWaro the iady even more Klnoly
than usual: At IL O'Clock, the house being
out on coHee, ne volunteered 10 go out ard
get some, Whlch ne uld, returning IN few
minutes. He again went out and came
back while the lady was at dinner between
five and six O'Clock: After dinner Mr..
w. G.. Brandon, friend who is boarding
at the Revere House, called, and Mr.. and
Mrs. King, after sitting feW minutes In
the parlor, went up stairs to their room,
Mr.. Brandon going with them. The latter
staid until $3.50 O'Clock, and as he was GO
ing King gave him letter addressed to his
cousin. u. ID. Macy, living at the sherman
House, and asked him to post it. King also
remarked TO BRANDON tnaC he had lonely
walk home, and asked MIN TO take his pipe
SO that he could smoke on MS way down
town. .-
81 Neither MI. hlng nor MS reputed WIFE
were seen about the mouse the following
day, but her absence created no remark.
AT the olnner hour, nve O'Clock IN the al
ternoon, the servant girl, Sarah Taylor,
went up to the room TO call Mrs. klng to
dinner, and was surprised TO f1ud the door
locked and the Key on the inside. She
pushed the key out, and with her pass-key
unlocked the door ana looked In. She gave
but single glance and fled affrighted from
the room, down stairs alarmed the house,
and in moment more Officer Gerard r.
BeekmaD, the policeman on post, was in
charge of the house.
When the officer entered the room the
following was the condition OF the apart
ment and its lifeless occupants: The bed
is OF the low cottage pattern, oak grained,
and stands in the corner. Upon the back
shot through the left temple. me body
lay upon the side; was clothed only In the
ordinary night dress OF lady, and she
nau eeouiy o;at,aS Dse tbe+ tb "nu lr sne a1asp
taken the extra precaution to put her nm
der the influence of chloroform before the
shot was fired. as a large ball of cotton
was living under her nose. The body of
King was partly upon che bed. the legs
HANGING over the front from the knees
down, and the feet touching the floor. The
body was clothed in an undershirt and the
ordinarv dav shirt OF a gentleman. but was
otherwise without clothing. He had evil
woman when he put the pistol to his right
temple and fired, falling upon the bed
with his face upon the pillow, his arms
doubled under his breast. The pistol, a
four-barreled, small-sized Sharp's repeater,
remained clenched in his right hand.
Everything about the room indicated that
the deed had been done after the parties
had prepared to retire for the night, and
after the lady: had, in fact retired and fall
len asleep Her clothes lay upon chair,
her jewelry upon the bureau, her shoes and
stockings upon the floor by the bedside, and
j his clothes were upon another chair. The
pistol was taken from his hand by the Off
Ger, and sent to the Twenty-ninth Precinct
Station house. but otherwise the room and
its occupants remain this morning as when
found last night.
The following is copy of the letter sent
by King by Brandon TO be mailed:
New YoRK. June 8. 1857.
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