New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-06
HORRIBLE MURDER IN THE FOURTH WARD
TWO MURDERS AND A SUICIDE.

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| A tenement-hOuse in Cherry -st. was the
Of triple murder last night, WHICH, for nOrriDe'
codblooded atrocy and cruelty is unparalleled in the
ong list OF crimes which that Godforsaken locality can
boast In all the black list of inhuman atrocities which
have been committed In that terrible Ward the Bloody
FOURTH" not one exceed the awful scene enacted
with its precincts late last night The actors III the
tragedy were Henry AcoDg and Charles Archoea both
natives OF China the first sailor. and Acong's wife,
Sarah Ann, Englishwoman For long time past they
| have been living In a small tenementhouse NO. 81
Cherrys Acong aud his wife occupying the two fourth
floor front rooms and Archoea one on the same moor
opening into q hall. Acong was steward
on board O merchant vessel plying between
Liverpool and Chinese port, and was often aD-
sent from for months at time. On Saturday last
he returned from voyage and seemed in the best OF
Spirits and earnestly and feelingy greeted his family
and friend Archoea, who had known him Tor years.
and had cared for his Acongs family during his absence
For the past few days, however, he has acted most
strangely alternately laughing crying, and jabberng to
himself In broken English Yesterday he was unusually
capricous Last night at about lO Archoea went to bed
In his room across the landing from Acongs apartments
saying that he was tired, having worked hard at his
trade cigar making Soon after the wife OF Acong went
to sleep tho lounge without undressing and her nus
band went into adjoining room and appears
TO have lain down on the bed. No ono else
was In either of the three rooms but lad
named Charles Arguing, who was in the sitting
or common room, where the woman asleep on the
sofa Acong got up suddenly and went into the bedroom
OF Archoea aud walked him from sleep, saying that he
wanted to pay him 81 he had borrowed. After some
words the latter saying "there is time enough Acong
suddenly plunged doube-edged very sharp knife d
recty through the heart Of the haaroused sleeper and
wantonly hendishy inflicted eight other deep cuts in
the breast OF his victim each OF whom would have
proved Immediately fatal The murdered man did not
utter sound.
The assassin then steathly crept into his room,
where his wife lying asleey and plunged the weapon
up ht In her bosom several times 1t Is evident
that she escaped from him, rushed through the open
door, and down flight Of stairs, where she dropped
dead The Infatuated monster then caught at
the boy, bnt the frightened child escaped. and
ran down stairs crying "Poice, Murder" This
alarmed the house, and q woman living below
stairs up and found the demon lying on the bed with
seven horrible gashes In his sde inflicted with the knife
which he still held in his clenched and stenng hand
He wac almost dead but she put tumber OF water TO
to his mouth and he ground the glass between his teeth
taking q piece three inches across out OF the
aide OF the goblet. officers Burns, Nash, McDermott
and Trouger OF the Fourth Precinct. and Surgeon
Donor by this lime arrived but too late to be OF use
except quiet and keep back the crowd for the news
spread like fire. and the Railways OF the building were
filed with excited frightened throng OF half dressed
men, women and children. Out In the street yelling
noisy crew OF men and boys surrounded the house.
and added horror to the scene which was ver
table pandemonium. Finally the police got control and
proceeded to examine the premises and, by order OF
Coroner Flynn removed the bodies to the SationHouse
Tho woman lay the foot OF the stairs in Shiny, sticky
pool OF blood, the bowels protrudng from horrDie
gaping wound and the disheveed hair. halfcoyerins
| staring, pale, agonized face. Tho first victim
| lay across tho bed with the blood tricklng
down to the floor from the goresoaked mattress The
murderer and suicide lay at full length In an adjoining
room with tho weapon. curously designed si1-inch
dagger sharp as razor still in his hand. The boy, who
about IS years DID, detained as witness CT the In
quest TO take place to-day The rooms are neatly and
| comfortably furnished and the bird-cages, vases,
picturcs and other trifes show refined and Guilt
waited taste. Tho woman q native OF Yorkshire,
England and had child girl years old, who was
staying with neighbor at the time OF the occurrence
| Jealousy was supposed TO DO the motive OF
the triple buchery 1t supposed at first that Acong
was crazed with liquor at the time. he was seen to
drink glass whisky early in the evening" but he had
recovered entirely the effects Of this before commit
ting the deed An investigation will take place this
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