The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-02
Tragedy i'm Street Car at Utica, N. Y.

On the 18th inst, at Utica, n. Y, a
woman named Burleigh entered street
car in which were seated Mr.. M. III.
Thomson and his friend named Hall,
and after short conversation with Mr..
Thomson, which no one heard, drew a
pistol and fired at him. The ball entered
Mr.. Thomson's left cheek, passing out
through the right nostril. Persons in
the car state that Thomson threw his
head back at the instant the shot was
fired, and thereby saved his life, but it
was at the sacrifice of the life of his
friend. The ball entered Mr.. Halls left
side near the collar bone, passing down
and cutting the aorta, and lodging in
the right lung. Internal hemorrhage
was the immediate cause of death,
which must have been almost or quite
instantaneous.
Mr.. Hall, the innocent victim Of this
terrible tragedy, was coal merchant in
Ogdensburg. His wife, who is step
daughter of Mr.. Thomson's sister, was
visiting ut Thomson's house, and MIR.
Hall had come to Utica to escort her
home. Mr.. Hall left the house in COM
pany with Thomson, to make prepara-
tons for his journey home, and met his
death.
Mr.. Thomson published the following
card:
UTICA, n. Y, Jan. Is, lS72.-To the
public: ! do not expect to silence the
clamor of those who devour character
and fatten thereon but l have right
to demand, and do demand, that all
sensible people, and especially those
who have professed to be my friends,
withhold their judgment till they get
the facts. MILTON III. Thomson.
From the Albany Argus.
Mrs. DR.. Burleigh, murderess Of Mr..
Hall, is well known in this city, where
she has resided for seven or eight years.
In 1862 or 1863 she was kept mistress
Of noted political leader in this State,
and lived in elegant style, a la Mans
field, at one of the principal hotels of
this city. She disappeared from here
very suddenly, early in the year 1868,
and was next heard of down on the
Potomac, where she was engaged in
smuggling quinine through our lines
| over to the rebels.
Possessing an intelligent face, dark
eyes, petite figure, and dressing in ele-
CANT costume, she was woman that at
tracted attention wherever met with.
1t appears that while on board of one
of the river steamboats,, bound for New
York, while she was living on Broad
way, she met Mr. Thompson, and they
occupied her room on the boat that
night. The result Of this meeting she
claimed was little girl.
On her return home, having ascer-
tanned the name and residence of her
companion, she commenced a series of
Matchmaking operations-at times
drawing on Mr.. Thomson, it is claimed,
for $500 to $500. He arranged for her
removal to Howard street, purchasing
the property for her to live in. Her
demands became larger and more fire.
quent, and some months ago he refused
to honor them, saying that he had al
ready done more than she ought to ask
of\him.
She then went to Utica, told the story
in public, which finally reached Mr.. It's
family. Not needing her repeated de-
mands, she continued her importuni
ties, when he finally sold the house on
Howard street, and Mrs. Burleigh, re-
fusing to leave the premises under an
allotted time designated by the courts,
her effects were taken from the house
by the sheriff.