Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-12
THE EVENING STAR.
From the N. Y. Times, August otn

From the N. y. Times, August atn)
For several years psst q man named Law
renee Dalton has resided with his wife in sns
basement rooms Of TIE premises, No ~ Thames
s,reet ~here he has been engaged in bu.ins.s
as a dealer IN fancy birds ana dogs Of the
pursst breeds Although known 20 bs q man
OF considerable wealth. he resided ss we'll as
carried on bic bpsisess in this basement. usins
the front room as his stor. h once and saleeYoom,
AID the rear room, which was the only re-
pcees
A week ago the wife died quite saddenly,
Ano ne event seems to have worked radical
change in Dalton. He grew moody and lrr-
liable, and, TO the great asronishment Of HE
neiRhbors, took TO drinking 70 s1cses, which
soon told upon constitution unused 70 ssimu-
lants
On Wednesday afternoon. however, i: was
remarked that he was entirely sober On yes
tsIday morning il was remarked thst he did
not open his place. Later IN tae day the place
continuing closed and the animals beginning
TO Re heard as If clamoring for attention, the
EeIahbors began MASKING inquiries as 70 wha.
had ecome Of him. About six O'Clock In the
evening the uproar IN the closed room had ba.
come so great that il sstra 3.ed a considerable
crowd upon the street in front OF the house.
The dogs were bowling and barking, the par
rois squalilpg, and the other birds, each IN
their peculiar way, adding to the din. At thus
time the police were notified. and Roundsman
Mullen. of the Twenty-seyentn precinct, dis.
patched TO the scene. On his arrival the OH GER
at nee broke open the stree. door and entered
the room. The atmosphere was intolerably
close and hot, the odor almost suffocati6g. and
the dogs and birds breaking ont into 8 chorus
of redouhled vigor upon his appearance, the
officer for moment was scarcely conscious.
Alter moment, however, he eaw before
him. stretched out upon the floor, the feet
under q stovn and the head under q table, the
dead body of Dalton. The throat was cut from
ear 10 ear, every vein and artery severed. and
beside him lay the bloody razor, which he had
used with such force that death must have
been in instantaneous. The body was dressed in
the usual clothing worn by the deceased and
Was stuff and rigid, showing that he had not
gone 10 bed on Wednesday night and that he
had been dead for hours. The condition OF
the birds and dogs, however. attested this latter
fact still more strongly than the body; they
were all evidently suffering intensely for food
and water. Shortly after the discoye was
made one OF the dogs, black and tan terrier
OF not more than five pounds weight, which
in common with its fellows was tied up to the
wall, managed to get loose and before it was
noticed II had buried its head in the yawning
chasm In the dead man throat and had begun
to least upon the flesh. 1t was instantly dis.
covered, however, and taken away by the
Oncers, and ultimately removed to the
Twenty-seven'h precinct station house.
Dalton was man about forty-five years OF
age; was an American by birth, and is said to
have two brothers residing on Staten Island,
but further than this nothing appears to be
known OF him. even by those among whom he
has lived for years. An inquest will he held.