New-York tribune., 1870-08-05


Of the generally afecrted theory murder will out"
Burke was porter IN business house on Broadway,
ana slept on the second floor Early one morning lnJuly,
while opening the door the house for the day he was
she ana oruay murdered after terrible e,,O s,rugg
could not have been entirely noiseless The murderer
shears No person Witnessed The aiiray 1t occurred in
aroom with window partly open, locking upon the
the tragedy going on of them heard it, and
the family occupying the floor above slept all uncon-
He had washed his hands and face at the wash
stand In corner OF the room slight cut on the hand
course to be left in the shape Of faint stain on the door
trace him was lost, except th feet from che door,
elaed citizen had met man walking lesurely; ana
and ysoss ssi person Spdd Se did not noe except that be
mad bandaged hand The scene OF TINS mnIher was IN
which has always claimed tie abes captain in the P1
lice force, and then in charge OF John Jourdan lie
as patroman under Capt Bowling, who had charge OF
the Ward Tor the ten years previous 10 1857 nung ss
and in but the murderer was tracked ana
arrested In that one case the murder aund o B se e
alarm was given. As robbery had been committed,
Ss cr%e Bnse tas 6SS SS' ben T"' H
station and retiring habits, with ,1ssro rev or no no
ue ss pd M was wdad be o S S
pursuing his assassin The officers had not ohy 70 track
crime A stranger had been seen with Burke the pre-
yous evening, but could give satisfactory ac,
themselves chasing shadow. The investigation Of the
| Coroner continued more than three days, and was
thorough and exhaustive; hut the jury were bacd at
every turn and driven to the unsatisfactory YER
dict OF death cat the hands OF person unknown
No progress beyond this verdict has ever been made no
has eyer been suspected 81 he serre yba
the murderer has 30 preserved ms dreaai seere' ''
| the case still remains unfinished busness
TIE LUTENER MURDER.
On Tuesday the 10th day of January, 1884, Dr. william
r. T. Luener at early hour Of the morning left his
residence, in neutrality-suspicious., near
Fourthave, to to his Office, the second hoor OF NO
t5s Broadway and arrived there safely at socloek He
81 years Of age, of splendid person. remarkab
handsome features and Of more than average lnteneci
and culture He entered his office in thorough good
down a front window, facing it, and, as conse.
quence. with his back to the door. He picked
the woman left fhc room and he remained alone
ing visit to make to sister the eastern side OF the
city, the woman left the building at % O'Clock, ana was
absent hour During that hour, and as nearly as pc
could judge, at about 10 o'clock gentleman hurryng TO
ing the building No. 46s thought he heard the report OF
pistol He paused moment and looked an1ioaiy ,,a ;lg
he had heard rushed and thought Of the mat
ter for he was intent negotiating loan, and was
little behind time; At about lOl ocloek-peoPle are
rarely to tme-the eharwoman returned and on
the doctor wanted anything Dr. Lutener lay dead upon
the floor his face pressing the carpet iHeaa th th
rigid clutch death upon the newspaper he had been
reading II plain that ne had been shot from behind
as he reading and had tumbed from his chair done
with world forever. There could not be an lnstant
doubt that ii was murder Almost the Ist hea
ronbe of some kind between Lutener and William Hays
and his wife, who resided in his vicinity. Almost tne
first act of the Coroner order the arrest OF Hays
and his wife, and both were taken during the Day Inc
inquest immediately begun, was continued during
six successive days, and great mass OF testimony was
taken on each day No had seen the murder done'
and with the exception stated no ear had heard ne re
and down the stairs had seen woman hicky vailed
pass into Iuteners office and out again almost in
stantly II was theorzed, therefore, that woman was
the ASSASSIN, and every effort was made to bring the
cessory before the fact but they were all ruess The
witnesses could not deny en MI Mrs. G M bs % part proved
complete and positive abi, showing that at the hour
some law business in office in Wallst, and was seen
there by several reputable witnesses. The coroners
wife we're discharged Where lett the case
poweress Is Ss es,,,IT to nncarth the assassin.
Murder HELEN JEwETT.
Helen Jewett a beautiful courteZan, who was called
the Queen the Pave" in this city, about the year
1892 found with her fair head split open and her per-
son partially consumed by fire in her room early one
morning. She had entertained lover on the previous
night and the other inmates Of the brohe had remarked
had come TO the house about o'clock and had left
it at about in the morning. There was 1hg & ana ana
cumsancesnO disposition on the part OF the women OF
house to shield the prsoner-a great coal cast ON p
the murderer in his fight, which was like that worn by
the prsoner-a hatchet used in the store in which he
was empoyed-white marks on his clothes correspond
ing the whewash Of the hoard fence yet he was ag
quilted Public opinion divided as to his guilt IL
that he must be the murderer and yet perpex
ing made it impossible for any to feel at
all sure OF it, When the officers had sought him,
iVeS. they readily found him sleeping at the
usual hour, with bis roommate, ie0%eerh' ddh
upon his own account though he was plainly gfeVed NJ
the death Of the woman to whom he had Deen atlachen
wore was hanging in his own ROOM that what was sup
posed to be whitewash on his clothes was really paint
ployers store that the man who entered he pr0tei a
bab he
took place. and then saw only the PACK & 0I th is % ea
man accused which this witness testified that she hai
noticed but il shown Oleraby clearly that her nnu
had been subsequently influenced by reports in the daily
nr.s in reference to the bald spot She had seen him
quietly reading something, and heard MN chaIlns
wnpdered IL must have been he who spent the night in
the room up till o'clock IL might nave been some o.neI
person about the house, who from some unknown motive
aafterward slipped into the and murdered the
woman He, Who had been tried for the murder, re-
a%v and only recently died carrying his grave the
secret whether be was or was not the murderer o he
THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL
Aremarkabe instance of murder committed by one
OF the victims household, with subsequent attempt
70 misead the officers OF the law and make appear TO
have been done by outside parties, was that OF Lord
william RUSSELL by his valet, in lsi0 The murderer
Courvoisier had been in his lordshps service 1Or SIX
weeks and had previously borne an eXeee, n o o 10
severely reprmand the valet, and nnaly on retiring 10
tbe V valet provoked his lordship so far that he
declared that would dismiss him the next day Cour
voser returning to the kitchen, medtated upon the
matter and saw himself cast upon the world ana DIS
gfaced. -, MI -. .....s . r,onolaa
corse The first discovered the body and rang up
Couryoisier who appeared in what was auerward
thou,bt 70 he an unusually short time. He pointed 10
he broken state OF the back door and the things scat
tered abou a. indicating that the house had been DUR
arosIy entered But his silence and inactivity Whle
every one else in a state Of hustle and eontsoh Was
noticed Scientific and persons acquainted WIN
mch matters gave the opinion that the marks had Deeh
made from the inside and not from the outside OF tne
her the dust showing Tue