The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-10
The Horrors or Now York,

The Horrors or Now York.
New York, with all its wealth, like
other great cities, has its daily horrors,
as will be seen from the following, which
constitutes the sensations or single
day: SA
For several years past Christian Wal.
ters and his wife, Mary Jane, both Ger
mans, have kept saloon at No. 1853
Division street. The place has for q
long time been known to the police as
one OF the vilest dans in that section of
the city. Characters of the lowest type
have made it their headquarters. some of
them living rs boarders with the Wal
terses. Walters has served four years
term in the State prison. A. warrant is
now in the hands of an officer for his
arrest, on charge of felonious assault.
| Tuesday morning Mrs. Walters arose as
usual and commenced preparing break
fast. She suddenly left the kitchen and
went down stairs. AS she did not re-
turn, Charles Smith, O frequenter of the
place. went to the basement, and there
found the woman hanging by tho neck
to n staple in the wall. She was quite
dcad. She had formed moose out of o
handkerchief, and deliberately commit
ted self-destruction. Coroner Sohirmer
held an inquest, and verdict of suicide
was rendered. The only motive for the
act is supposed to have been the fear
that Walters would be sent to Sing Sing
again; by which his wife would be left in
destitute circumstances.
The police were notified Tuesday that
Mrs. Richard Conlin had died suddenly
on Monday night at the dwelling No. 72
North Third street, Williamsburg, and
the coroner was informed of the fact.
The womnn's name was before the public
several weeks ago. Her husband being
suspicious of her having frequent crimi-
nal intercourse with Patrick Cunning
ham, went off to Albany for several days
and left @ friend to watch his wifs's
course. Returning to his home ut q late
hour on Sunday night, Conlin found his
wife and Cunningham asleep in the same
bed. Furious at the sight, Conlin seized
a club and assaulted his wife's paramour,
breaking his arm and inflicting several
cuts on his head. Conlin was arrested
tho samo night and Cunningham was
taken to the oity hospital The guilty
wife, soon after this occurred, took up
her residence at the house where her
body was found Tuesday. A few hours
before she expired, IL physician was
called in, but he was unable to positively
determine the cause of her death, he
handed the case over to Coroner White
bill. L. is believed by many that the
woman died from the effects Of poison
administered by herself.
The grave closed over one of the vic
TINS of the Elizabeth street tragedy,
Tuesday. The coroper's inquest was
held In the morning. a sister Of Mrs.
Allemego, Mrs. Beck. the keeper of the
assignation den, and the police officer
who broke In the door Of the fatal cham
ber, were examined, but no new develop
ments, further than the public now have,
were elected. The verdict of the iury
was in accordance with the facts, and the
body of Mrs. Allemego was delivered to
her relatives for interment. That of the
murderer and suicide lies rotting at the
Morgue, no one having come forward to
claim it.
In one OF the most elegant mansions
on Fifth avenue, few doors from Twen-
ty-sixth street, Tuesday night, IL young
man named Jnmes B. Pell, son of r. L.
Pell, Esq. committed suicide by cutting
his throat from ear to ear with q razor.
The alleged cause of this dreadful deed
was grief for the death of favorite
brother, who died more than year ago.
Further investigations may develop other
| reasons
Julia Fenton died Tuesday, at 81 Ma
olson street, having boen, Kicked by her
husband, John Fentog. who, on saolS Nov
drunken rsanzy. The poor woman, for
Sstfhe, bore his violent language without
reply, but at length, she retorted, and
he kicked her. AS she was likely soon
to become mother, the assault proved
fatal. The husband is locked up in the
Oak street police station.
ApropOs to the above horrors, judge
Bedford, in the Court of General Ses-
slons, yesterday, delivered n charge to
the grand jury, which touches the right
spot, in these days when half-a-dozen
murders or murderous assaults ure re-.
ported every twenty-four hours, and only
three convictions have resulted out of
forty-two murders. committed in the
year just closed. He charged the iury
that they must give strong aid to the Of
dcers OF the law, in order that crime may
no longer be committed with impunity.
and that the laws must bo enforced. be
the consequences what they may. With
the record of only the past few days be.
fore us, the timeliness of this charge
will be readily appreciated
IMPORTANT RUMoRs FROM SPAIN.
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says:
letter recently received in this city.
from Madrid offor6o oop,o