Evening star., 1867-06-06
THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT AL


received by telegraph, of the killing at Albany,
N. by Gen. Geo. w. Cole, of Mr.. l.. Harri-
sen Hiseock, member OF the Assembly from
Syracuse, who was attending the State Con-
stItutiOnai Convention now In session ~ Al
baBy, as member OF the same. 1t seems that
I on Tuesday evening Mr.. Hiscock was stand
ing in the reception room of Stan wx Hall,
smoking q cigar. In company with Patrick
Corbet and Moses Summers, when Gen. Cole
approached from the dining room, and raising
his arm, placed his pistol against nr His
cocks head, and fired. The ball passing through
his he sd after entering the right eye. Mr.. H fell
back and expired at half past O'Clock p, m.
Mr.. Summers Immediately approached Gen.
Cole and caught his arm, arking him, What
does this meanP' Gen. Cole replied, .'He has
dishonored my wife; he has taken advantage OF
her" Cole was taken into custody.
I he following is a statement OF the prisoner:
The cause of the tragedy is this: had
friend, l.. H. HIscock. thou ghr him the best
friend had in the world. L have wife and
two Children she is as pure snow, or was
before be became acQ uainted with her, in 1884
l was n the army. first private. and last
major general. WIS in the army five years
during the war. In 1861 my wife was taken
sick ana expected to die, and sent for This
lawyer 10 ma ke her Will, knowing him 70 be a
trieno OF mine. While she was in bed he came
and lifted her up, and kissed her. All this
time he expressed world of friendship for me
and sympathy for her. After her recovery he
came again. One evening he came under the
gulse OF business, when The family with whom
she boarded (relatves OF hers) were absent;
when he started to leave, she started 10 the
doer TO bid him good night: he threw his arms
around her, ana enGea oTed, by all mesns ia
his power, to have criminal intercourse with
her; she demonstrating, and praying him TO de-
sIst, which he finally did, but not until after
snamefuffy insulting and exposing her: she
was still weak from the result of her sickness;
lie theD vert away, and she sank to the floor
with shame and exhaustion, fearing to make
any alarm, as he had been there so frequently
before, and false opinion might be formed
She was fearful also OF the conseu uuenees n I
should know il. He after Tward called again,
and expressed so much sorrow for his conduct
that she did not make any exposure After
that he continued to call, and endeavored by
all means in his power to seduce her. and
even made similar forcible effort aga ain She,
oppressed with feeling of shame and guilt
for having permitted him TO kiss her, and for
not having exposed the former interview, did
not care TO make an exposure. This was re-
peated a number of times, she resisting and
preventing the full accomplishment of his pur-
poses, and he making efforts at all time. to
overcome her by exciting her passions At last
upon threats OF exposure TO me, he dessted for
time. After my return from the army had
occasion to visit Washington about four
months since, and while was absent he went
to my house and solicited my wife again,
beseec hing her THAT she would submit fully.
To this she made an indignant refusal, but
was still not relieved of his opportunities,
ne taking every opportunity to annoy her,
but ne never fully accomplished his purpose
All this time l, as husband, felt that
there was something wrong in regard TO nv
wife, because she seldom smiled, and seemed
broken hearted during all these three years.
Only week ago last Monday he met me in
the street and asked me when | was going
away again, which he had done at previous
tunes, and therefore l noticed it. His guilty
manner awoke the first suspicion in my mind
as to my wife's virtue. Upon that, after nv
return TO New York, wrote to friend askinn
hIm II be had ever seen any improprieties
between Mr.. Hiscock and my wife. He replied
that he had seen suspicious circumstances. i
Immediately came home on Sunday morning
last, and learned the above facts from the lips
OF my wife herself. When found that he had
betrayed the love of my wife and defiled her
person, and when found her utterly broken
hearted and nv home desolated, l felt dis
tracted, and as If / should be obliged to kiIl
her destroyer. At her solicitation, that might
avoid SO great calamity to her and her poor
once and shooting him, as 1 felt inclined, L
waited until to-day, that might become more
calm. came to Albany to-day from Syra-
cuse, with my wife, intending to take her TO
her sisters in Brooklyn, where she might have
less opportunity to brood over her troubles,
and then to return myself to Albany, where L
learned MIR. Hiscock was, force him at the
mouth Of pistol on his knees to beg forgive
ness for tho great injury he had done me, and
then to compel him TO leave the country in ten
days. l thought had better have il off my
mind, and L went over 10 his hotel, and when
L saw him, the fall OF my poor heart-broken
wife and the disgrace of my children rose up
before me. and coald not RESTRAIN myself; l
had not spoken to him: thought was calm;
l could not speak; something was IN my throat,
and l could not say q word'
At the station. house the prisoner being re-
Quired TO hand over every thing in his possess
sion, he delivered his pistols, &c, and de-
clared positively that he had retained moth
ing, but upon being searched there was found
concealed upon him a long, sharp bladed,
spring back knife, from which it is argued he
contemplated suicide. About midnight he
was removed 10 the JAIL
George G. Cole went into the army as cap
tain OF cavalry at the commencement OF the
war, served with distinction, and left the ser
vice as brigadier general. He is brother OF
Cornelius Cole, United States Senator from
California. He also has a brother now act
ing as American Consul al 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 that
State.