Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-08-23
The New York Her

aid, speaking of the recent murder oil
Mr.. Nathan in New York, adds the
following in relation to the murderous
transactions which have recently TAX
en- place in that city and vicinity:
The mysterious Nathan murder seems
to have been followed by an extraor-
binary outbreak of the murder mania.
On Saturday and Sunday this mania
ragged to such degree that no less
than eight murderous assaults were
committed in New York and vicinity.
On Saturday fratricide headed the
dreadful record. Thomas Mccormick
stabbed, it is believed, fatally, his
brother Martin. In the afternoon of
the same day Policeman Fitzsimmons
was shot by Adam S. Vail, who was
firing revolver promiscuously in the
streets. On Saturday night young
man named Bimble was Stabbed,prob-
ably fatally, by one or more of a
drunken party, in New York. On
Sunday morning man was brought
from tenement house at the corner
of Bridge street and the Battery,
frighttul!y mangled by blows from a
Ratchet or club, said to have been in
flicted On him by a woman called
"Big Maggie" who found him asleep
in her bed. Another man was dis
covered about the same time on West
street in a hel pless condition, who al
leges that he was assaulted with
club and left for dead by a fish dealer
in Washington market. Sunday even
ing one woman stabbed another dur
ing a quarrel in Mott street. On the
the same evening the CECILIA Singing
Society, composed of Germans, was
murderously attacked on their return
from an excursion, by crowd of row.
dies in Williamsburg. Men, women
and children were seriously, if not
fatally, wounded. Is it not high time
for the police, seconded by the efforts
of all good citizens, to stay this
bloody tide Of murder?
SHOCKING MURDER.-HARTFoRD, Ct,
August IA. Capt. Willard, Warden
of the State Prison at Wethersfeld,
was stabbed this afternoon by con-
Wet named James Wilson, from the
effects of which he died this evening.
Wilson had been put into a cell
for six weeks close confinement for
making an attempt to escape from
prison. About two o'clock this after
noon he called Willard to his cell to
see what he (Wilson) had written
upon his slate. Willard was reading
the slate, standing in front of the cell,
when Wilson reached his cane through
the bars, having previously tied a
shoe knife to the end of the cane, and
stabbed him in the abdomen, inficting
a wound which caused Wizards death
in few hours. Willard was able to
reach his room, but died from infam-
nation and loss of blood at about six
o'clock.
Wilson was sentenced last October
to prison for sixteen years for bur
glary in dry goods store in this city.
He attempted to escape from prison
about six weeks ago, but was detect
ed and has since been closely con-
fined. He was a cripple, having sew
eral years ago escaped from a Michi-
gan State Prison in cold weather, and
froze off both his feet. He was al
lowed a cane to walk with which &C
counts for his having it in the prison
with him at the time of the murder.
How he obtained the knife is a mystic
ry.
Mr.. Willard has been warden OF
the prison for about eight years. He
had expressed fears of his life at the
hands of Wilson. The latter has
been stubborn and ugly since his con
finement, and Mr.. Willard has inform
ed his friends that Wilson was the
only man he feared. Wilson on Sat
urday told some of his attendants
that there would be fun before anoth
er sun went down. Mr.. Willard was
universally esteemed and respected
wherever known, and his death cauS
ed a gloom over the whole communi
ty. He was 50 years old.