, 1869-06-15
A NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
Robbery and Murder OF tae Colonel
OF nm IlllmoiA Regtment.

OF nm 19A1m0t& HeStments
FROM sAs Scr Iauk HoEii, Juas t.
4 sad case OF death by violence WIS Developed.
Sesagaiion d: the circumstances surrounding, rns
fndlpg Of the cofpse Of Colonel French p. Woodan
np11in8 In The water uG GsS Stznoss Island Efosn
Woodail, it appears taas tho deceased was rs-
tive Of The United States mad about p yeas OF aS
In 1851 he was residing n tna South Mith as @ EEs-
regiments n,ed our By the State Of Illinois, aud b
oa ~ tne Fani. @ to the ssae dc i capsn Wien the
Wss nne1ea he ColoneieJ os tbs One HunAEed and
Iand Of that regiment untli the close Of the war.
Hs then CANE 70 New YORK and enlisted N tue
Marine Corps as rrTater aua rose TO rho tank oI
p!.at.on Of hts terra Of enlistment, He then re-
turned to New fork and settled with hts family.
consisting Of bis ifa and adaughter. the Latter
abon, yeaI9 Of age. 1t AAtu1ta, l. l. BJ the tn-
nuence Of his numerous friends. Colonel Wood
all obtained position In the of1oo Of The A.
nv e bs Il sa WR = Sr:z =: s5 n.s
his sa1ery nom hta employers and lcts The once
with the asoved intention OF returning TO his hoe
pot in appearance Il Inc otnco ness dsT. nis via
and friends became a1zzmed foF bis safety, and on
mailing inquiries It wa4 discovered that Woodaa
had slept 1t French Eoses cn the pt1hs Of hsa DIS
appearanca and had ttfe tho hotel the next morn
| inE apparently n hia usual health and spir1ts.
A4fcf [EA$lNH Q0SEjY every oI uCCe&YEu
| WIZ lost, and the most earnest endcavoss Of hts
friends wcfo Of no avail tn oosa31tuy any clue 10
hts wheseahou1s It vas fnowu taas Colonel
bans IA Their Struggle for frectom. auu nad been
oEcEed position On tne ftAn Of Colonel Jordan,
who {s now at the head OF the American ypiunsecrs
In Euha, but declined the position Many Of nt.
friends were, however, 43agui1e that he had
changed his mind II the eleventh hour urd ts1let
with tho Cuban expedition.
Yesterday morning. however, all the doubts fE
| regard to the deceA8ed were dl4spated hy The
[ finding Of corpse OF ell-tresset man tuatlns
! IN the water on Governor q IstAnd. The BODY WI,
sored TO the Whitehall Hltp By the garrison boa
and brought aahofe, and WAS Subsequently recog
| ntzed os that Of Colonel NooaaiL On eIau,tnlnf
the remains. a large scalp wound was found On ta;
lefr side Of the hesd, and the R&ul mas fractured
There was no money found On the person Of tht
deceased, although L u positively known that b
| had &l0o with him when he YETI the office Of tat
| company In whose employ he was It the time
| The remains were removed 10 An undertake{b i es
| tahltsomeut, where Coroner Keenan, TOOK charxt
| Of the case for Inquest During the afternoon
Doctors Wooster Beach Rnd Joseph Cashtaal
made m autopsy OF the remains, and found tn
len side Of the skull crushed H. as though the dc
ceased had pecn struck With natehes or heav,
bar Of Iron. There Is scarcely jouDt but fha
| the unfortunate Colonel vas murdered. robbed
| and then thrown overheard, The object for IN
crime being tha money In bis possession. ItIs c1
iteLEeI doubtful that the peFpeuat0rs Of this hos
T}bie crime will pe brought 10 }u8ttee, but to nv
tue police An opportunity to "work up" tho cas&
Coroner Keenan, has postponed the inquest mt
next week.