Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-05
Alleged SubOrnation of Murder i'm
High Life.
Oorrespondence of the Pbiladelphia Press

Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press.
New YORK, April 29.-In the New
Jersey Court of Oyer and Terminer, yes
terday, at New Brunswick, Theodore
Willitts, the proprietor of the Brooklyn
Opera House, and Mrs. Anna NJ. Yates,
a lady of wealth, beauty, and high social
standing, appeared as prisoners charged
with subornation of murder. James
Baxter, who caused their arrest, was
formerly in the employ of Samuel
Whitehead, wealthy citizen of Washa,
n. j., father of Mrs. Yates, and father
in-law of Willitts. Baxter charges that
on the 14th of July, 1870, Willitts, Mrs.
Willitts and Mrs. Yates offered him $l,-
600 and house for The remainder of his
life if he would serve them by killing
Whitehead. They suggested that they
should get the old man drunk, and burn
the house with Whitehead in it. A month
later Baxter says he made the attempt,
pouring oil upon the floor of Mr.. White
heads bed room after the old gentleman
had retired. The house was burned, but
Mr.. Whitehead escaped. On another oc-
CasiOn he was requested by Willitts and
the barn and then kill him, but the
scheme fell through. He was then hired
20 waylsy Mr.. Whitehead and kill him,
but this he did not dare to do for fear
that he might be killed by another hired
hand. This is the substance of Baxter's
affidavit. How true it is cannot at pre-.
sent be known. The prisoners of course
deny it. They were held in 50, 600 bail
each to appear at the next term Of the
court.
DastRrdIy Outrage "A Sleeping
woman Attacked by Masked
Burglars.
From the New York Evening Post, April %.
Close upon the street car assassination
of a merchant by ruffian comes another
dastardly outrage. When Officer Knowles,
of the fourteenth precinct, was on duty
in Elm street, near Broome, at 4 o'clock
this morning, he heard loud cries of
'thieves," murder" etc., and found
that they proceeded from the house No.
1876 Elm street, occupied by Catharine
Manning, better known among her set as
Kate Manning.
The officer entered the house and found
the woman standing near one of the
windows on the first floor, having her
hands and feet bound, and her face cov-
cred with blood. She said that size re-
tired to bed at about half-past three
o'clock A. NJ, and was awakened by feel
ing some person rudely grasping her arm.
She then perceived that there were four
men in her apartment, and Immediately
endeavored to leap from the bed. As
she did so one of the ruffians struck her
a terrible blow on The forehead with
jimmy about fourteen inches long, telling
her senseless to the floor.
The burglars then removed a psir of
valuable diamond earrings from her ears,
three diamond rings from her fingers, a
locket, and necklace, of which the ag-
gregate value is estimated at fifteen hun
dred dollars.
The burglars also took away one hun
dred and eighty dollars in money, which
Mrs. Manning had wrapped up in a
pocket-hsndkerchief, and placed under
her pillow. The burglars all wore
handkerchiefs ON their heads, which
partly covered their faces, and for this
reason the injured woman is unable to
identify any of them.
The burglars appear to have left the
house without attTa"'i''.- -'
the polic-