, 1870-09-03
THE NEWBURGH HORROR.

looking for tho triumph OF modern iaezs with
more interest. perhaps, than to tlss victory at
either 1'tuaala or France.
THE NE WBURGH HORROR
Full Parsicufnra-.l'hc aIuzderer's
very ssrza.sEe eSotlonx--.1ci IL believed
fo-bc H1Haulr.
From sh< fe,r rork Tribune, Stp. !.
ATT o'clock on Tuesd.y evening tic cllfssns
Of Sewbursh were shocked at .Ae repors :ha,
ode Of tho prominent bl,sir ess mop at the
place had beeu shot dssd willie taking supper
With III. family. The particulars of the sad
Anair ars a. fellows: The horrible occur
renee took p1fce in titand-et.. No. IT'S. opp,-
tie st. Georse's Church. The fi4ssm MAS
John L. SeaT-rn, proprietor Of tho Paper Na-
ch.uery Works On the Washington 1ro,l Works
DOCK. The murderer gives hts na1ne al Lien
tenant Euiloh- At the ;iule stated above he
Halkelinto the residence named, going through
the Enain halfway III s!ealtsly Hahner, till
.lin,ng-toom. In The latter room al tlliz time,
seated At the snppof-tal'ts, were Mr, Sea:
yeru and his wife, llr. Scavern's bacl- being
toward tho bell door, and bis wife sitting oI,-
posite. Silently and cautiously the assassin
spproacted his victim, entersng tho dining
walked qniekl$ up 10 l.'s victim, and tircd
single shot. The ball entered Mr.. s;cAsern's
neck, about III inch end a half below and BE-
L1ui tho ear, faasing through the e1,ral cord,
cauring dc.th !nstsntsnoolssly. 1lEs. SeaTaf1.
cried uut, " Oh. John. you ars shot ,1r.
his breast. aud he seemed to Try 10 riias his
eyes in token ct recognition, hut this WAS
probably oniy eonvutsire movement. When
tho fatal bullet struck him lie Has in the act Of
81 r. sa,ling pitce Of bread. In bis right hsud
lie held liz Knife with butter on it, au.l between
&1aS Sir,.}M kAa aAJ1f Ufff IA 1xff r,f
he beld piece Of tre.d. For one hjur aftar
death he SAT ii1t tue ea11n position, aud when the
undertaken laid uut the body, sorto had TO he
used 10 1emoye tho knife. He .at bolt np-
right III his chair, with only lis head bowed.
AZ coon as rasibIe after tho nccurre a:o, Mrs.
door, and seeint; 3tr. Robert $. smith passing,
she exclaimed: - Ny husband Las boon muir,
de1ed; OH, do run for ,luctor." DR.. Cul-
bert arrived soon after, brt ha could do Moth
ing. Ky tins time the crowd commenced 70
assemble. Tho murderer lid not offer 70 llurt
Hrs. S'ayern, hut Immediately af.es IL. c5,u-
| taitted the dteJ, be ran through tho bsacme;.t
el.try. ,sett mp htairs to the thId f}oo1 OF tho
| house, and Btoo. at the head Ut tho s.R:rs.
t At tho time OF the murder. Depntr ShuriI
! Tutli!l waa standing At tho south entrance TO
| the Court House, and heard the rci,ort Of tho
| pistol. lie wen. o:cr fu lr. seaTesn's Louss
| to zee II anything Was w.e.It, aud arr:sHIG
there lsatd at nuce what had faksn plh:e.
lie vent up on the front stonp, and ope ling tho
| door Saw tho nlusderar at tna- hoad Of III,
! s.ai11 with thu Tistol in his hand, The Sheriff
| IVES una1med. and hesitated to rush to what
| seemed Instant death. The murderer said
| nothing. but looked a. it ho inUsnt to do fur
tier mischief. and, had any one attem 4'tod to
| apptoach him, there is 10 doubt that he
| would have tired on them. It is stated shat
be pointed tLl p1ssul threascnuslJ TOW 1ri the
! door. 4 1uf escrScr was At once oent to roltce
hsadqnarirrs. and Marena1 t;oe1rich VAS no
| titled He armed himself with a revolver
and club, and taking with him Ut6ece Andrew
Farrell. proceeded to the resitenco Of afr.
.seaye7n. stasioninS .fe of,l.or At tho base
neut entrance il tie rear, ha hm5alf went
10 tie trutt doort about Which b5 hla tl.la
larse crowd had collected. The murderer wxs
.t1ll at the head Of the stairs; seeing the men
II tbs door, he walked back into the east room
Oh the third story, laid hi: pistol "a double
barrel one, :; ;n =. tube; l.. came sn' 1aff cos TO-
is tleutea ae'I ,ls 0 ssssha NJ '' and slers =.
tic front loor. lie G4ily ts'ok Ut tis bssvsr,
1ru, making baw, sasd. V Gentlemen. do
sou want MOI" the Marshal sad, Yes. I
want yon;" aad grasped him by~ shs arm, asa'i
etarttd him 70. the jail. Tho vast crowd
| which had by this time collected, pressed
! closely after the ,rsironer. nsany shouting;
Lynch linn lynch him." and it was feared
v1cjence Nculti 10 asnc, hut the jai! vas not
far ~, and the o:icssa resche. H.. placs ~:tl
their charge in safety, Wlen Button twho=s
name ii on The Army CARTE Al J. Dutss;n,,
citizens yi=itea lin. BuGtm, acco-tin: ous
/ Que Of them. said. Let's have drink" HI
lie wfs aeked it he wanted some wa1er. wie1
lie nodded Liz had. J. pitcher VI watcr Va:
brought him, VIXEN be Passed hts llaaa Il
J and fro over it, asif 1nesnlesixing i !; tas' M
, suddenly holding his head down, he rsia. '',E
<ou see anything there :" r!appins hls haut
! on top Of hi. head. perh1rs the fo!lowins
,, | shows the condition OF The prisoners mind ol
: the Gay OF the mur1er.:
Slr. Ioulg ia thc keeper Of 4 billiard saloos
in Water street. which Was freqnenllI visitet
! l,v Button during his stay in this city,. Mk
:. Ioupe.e statement il III follows: + Aoont
= Deek ago fsst eaw Duton Ae CAME into tn
= saloon aud said he Eas agent Tor paten
: medicine which he represe1ted to be sos
4 e1eigu cure for aclea aud pains, especial
y for nepra1sia and headache; he left botsl
! here for ny uncle to.fxy he said he bad 30
- | Of The remedy. and wanted TO know. il thl
was not > good town 10 cAnyaee fos such
medicine; after some conversatiun With hil
he took drink and left; llo has been in Ii
=. | Aaloou several timed since then be canle hsr
Il 5e.serdsy morning (MondaE) about oc cloc,
r. in company Nlth Joseph SeaFcsn- It seen
that be and this Joseph had been tsiksn
~ abou, eol1e of to sorsc insane ho.pisal> an
- poughkceps.e WAS mentioned. He a.kq
s Hssps;s. fAefs fod 'ia s "is ddnt q rasss 2ps;
=. He said hc understood there was. ar
:. he Ranted to 81 up 3n the up boat, aud
~ was trying 10 induce his friend Joseph 10 {
I, up with him he Etood hero sud talked SON
r time. and asked me il was good Eritcl
y. lie wished me- to write Recommendation fro
:. y. tieneral Grant to the Fonghksepa,e In-a,
h Hospital. He eaid be would dictate the word
N The Recommendation was to run in this US!
y "Ihe he1ter, Lieutenant BufIem. one Of Il
70 immortal twensy-tTo xhu constituted ~
~ tween the South and Southwest during Il
he war. He IVES taken prisoner sud cast IL
-: Anlersonviilc: ard I, T. S. Grant won
bee hereby recommend Lieutenant Da1em to
y. place III The hospital It rouEhkec1sie for Il
~ winter" Buffetn ASKED NE to w1ito the abo
~ .pd sign Il with Grants rarne, I Of cs'ug
y. refused 10 do ttir, and saked him why be
so uos 20 to West Point aud SET the 6enet,
~ who was there At tLs time. lie said hs b
he been down there Oh Friday, and found .
,sr that the General wonld not s7,vs till The ne
~ day. Then he told me that he had gohe doi
nd He SAID that, after siat
IA lis ease to Linn. General Grant b
=. | ptouieed him aid. Ind WAe going TO secf
On $50. He ssna thstthr President had Even
ou N. mte5s Of this - forlnEn hope oomusszln
~ iu the regular atnr, and medals. in coasidei
"a t,on OF their uaeritufious conduct He y
10 lis wife had his medal: tha, he had not iy
II viii. his wife fer two years that it Fxs Il
IN fan,ils tront1e that bothered him. He 9
IA he knew that he wAe weak-uinaed. snd Il
II be did not 20 to the hospitAl, or 90
.lsee Of thst kind, it would lie wosse foE hi
in. he wanted his mind 10 rest. He and Jose
eli had xgreed to 60 up toPbuGhkeeRs7e.
by sbey went OF and gos drunk, and didn't
,1e- The list TINE hswaL here vas At O'Clock
nm H. on the day OF the murder, Hc cacne =
inc took drink he was hare only about httt
on | minutes He esid he wss Eoacg Away 70
he York. and intended to leaye By the 9:U' II
II: On the Haason River Road hst trouble
he getting him away. but, after whila, enecs
Ter Cd, and be lefs.in time to take the 81 bo
,lic gave him - 20 TO assist him in getEng
1,lt n town. / have not seen him e1nce tn
e}f. A he Han going out Of the door. ne y
n, ,.Goyd.bv. 1ou will hear from me bef
de- night" :-.:.-
~ thn nriso1er vest rday morning. lie aA1d
ths lie his feeling coming over lam T times
- 1,e1jinc him to Kill somebody. He said
IA such "a. the caee Yesterday. and that
- cnnIa not help Killing Mr. Sesrern. It wa
,ra secount Of this feeling. he states, that he =
"a to thc asy1nm, where he remained two. ye
;nr and fouf months, having been di3chazl
III only short time aso in = very much impro
~ ~ cnHMtion. Is was supposed by the Officers
-. the institution. He had co1esponded y
-, -, ynsenb seAyeru. old Mr. aeave1n's sop+ VT
NO. he hid known in the asylum, md On be
f. al, CHARGED he accepted an invitation extcn
,.ea to tim b. Sir. and Mrs. Se4ve1n to visit 4
10 sou 4, his homo in Neubnrgh. He reac
~ here about two weekS ago, and since then
an beeu etaving II Ar. 6eaveru's honsa.. Ho
y, ira ~ HA