Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-08

A JERSEY LAURA FAIR.

Ms. Commsdors ChAuRcsy Attempts the AsnAs-
SlhAilon OF Her fiancee-Sho IL Detected and
Arrested.
Mrs. Commodore Chauncey, the lady who
shot Daniel Snowh II ut a wedding In Spotls-
wood, N. j., Ia under arrest at her house near
the scene Of the tragedy. She cannot be re-
moved TO the jail at New Brunswick, 80
serious were the Injuries which she received
Mt the time Of her attempt upon Snowhllrs
life. Physical prostration, after the. excite
ment Of the attack and the flight, has also
done much 10 reduce her strength, so that II
Is scarcely likely that sue will be well enough
10 be removed 70 the Jail for some days or
weeks 10 come. The officers Of the law keep
strict watch over her residence, however,
and II IL not likely that she will escape, even
II, rs II Is expected, her prostitution is partly
sham. Her disguise and the remarkable
b0ldness with which she carried out her muir
derous purpose on Thursday night have pre-
pared her custodlans for any exercise Of In
genuity on her part to escape from tho
clutches OF the law. 1t Is said by her friends,
however, that she Is
PREPARED TO MEET TRIAL
and to Justify her conduct, aud Ii l. alleged
that her previous high reputation will aid her
In clearing herself, even II, "a Ia expected,
Snowfall should die. Mrs. Chauneey, Il may
be Imagined, Is overcome with grief and the
rage OF disappointment at being detected In
the crime upon which she had so long medl-
tated. The perfection Of her disguise, and
the CELEBRITY with which she left the scene
Of the tragedy, In the excitement attendant
upon the shooting would probably have pre-
vented suspicion from resting upon her but
for the fact, reported by ono Of her servants,
that che was absent from tho house at the
very time when the shooting occurred. II
was then remembered that she had once or
twice used expressions 10 regard 10 Snow
An Ia q. Al.
Intimacy which was suspected To have eX-
listed between them was at once recognized
rs the probable cause Of her attempt upon
his life.
snOwhIll lies at the house Ia which be was
visiting In very
CRITICAL CONDITION,
and Il Is not thought probable that be eau re-
cover. Tho bullet, which lodged near his
heart, has not been extracted.
Mrs. Chauncoy's injuries result from a
blow which Snowfall struck when she fret
fred at him. Dressed In male attire, Snow
hill thought her man, and put himself on
the Offensive as soon as he discovered that
ILLS Assallant was armed.
The prisoner Is a handsome widow OF "a,
with black eyes and dark hair, and appears
70 be u woman with whom 1t would not DO
wise TO triao. How Intimate her aequalnt-
ance with Snowfall was tho nelghbon do not
say, for II appears TO have been kept secret
II Is stated, however, that there was an en-
gagement Of marriage between them, the
breaking of Of which was tho cause Of Mrs.
Chauncey'S rage,
There Is much excitement In tho ccmmu-
nifty over the strange and unprecedented Af-
fair, and although q general horror Is felt
ut the cold-blooded atrocity with which the
woman sought Snowhllrs life, she has her
friends who are eager In her defence. II Is
said by these, that there was no quarrel be-
tween them-no engagement or intimacy OF
any kind whateyer-and that Mrs. Chauncey
went In mems clothes, with other female
company, for q clark" aud that che shot
snoWhill In her fright after the latter struck
her.-Neto York World.