Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-01-24
The Harlem HOrse-Car Murder al
Itiea. n. n.


The IlOrse-Csr murder 81 Utioa, n. Y.
On Wednesday. the 18th, already iakes
rank with the notable crimes u the day
alike from the singular fact that the VIC
tim vas not The nan for whom the fatal
shot Was designed. from the motive which
led to the firing Of the shot, ADD from the
character Of The chief actors in the TRACE
dy. About 10 o'clock on Wednesday
morning. Milton II. Thomson, a resident
Of Utica, left bis house. accompanied BY =
relative. Henry n. Hall. Of Ogiensbuig,
and cnteri horse-car. Before the con-
duoiOr had given the signal TO start, be
was hailed By a neaily-dressed bat heayi-
ly-veiled woman. whom be had noticed
standing on the sidewalk near the house,
but who had not Indicated that she intend
cd 10 enter the car until she saw Mr.
Thomson aud bis friend Gene out Of the
house. She entered the car, took a seat
in the corner opposite MIR. Thomson, and
for few minutes remained silent. She
then arose aud addressed some words To
Mr.. Thomson, which were uuintelligible TO
the other persons in the car, as was also
the reply, il any was made. The woman
leaned over, holding her ear down, as
though TO catch the reply. Immediately
afterwards the report of pistol was heard
aud at the same instant Mr.. Thomson
threw his head back against the side of
the car, and the blood started profusel,
from his left check and about the vicinity
of his jaw on the right side of bis face.
AT the same moment Mr.. Hall, who was
sitting by his side. was observed TO fall
back in his seat, IN such : way as to hide
his face. of course, the report &C the
pistol created great confusion in the car.
and it was some moments before the pas
sengers learned the full extent of the
tragedy. Ii was at first supposed that
Mr.. Hall had merely tainted at the sight
Of his friends blood upon examination it |
appeared that he was quite dead. The
tall which had gone through Mr.. Thom-
sons face had entered the left side near the
collar bone. and passing down, lodged in
the right lung, producing internal hemor-
rhage, which probably caused instantane-
Gus death. But for the fact that Mr.
Thomson threw back his head at the very
instant the shot was fired, he would almost
have been killed. while his com.
panlon would have escaped injury. Asst
was, he only received a painful, but not
serious wound. After firing the shot, the
\ oman left the car and walked along the
street until she had arrived in front Of the
.ity hall, when one of the passengers Who
lad followed her called policeman and
ecured her arrest. 1t appears that she
rrlved in the city on the previous Satur-
lay, accompanied by her three children.
ged two, five aud seven years, respective.
y. and took rooms in one of the hotels, :
where she registered herself as Mrs. l
osephine McOarty Of Albany. In tho i
after CITY, however, where she has lived j
Or seven or eight years and gained much |
otoriety, she has been known as Z" Dr." a
,mma Burleigh, name which she says n
ne assumed because she was Obliged to II
dvertise her profession and disliked to do r.
over her real name. In 1862 or 1868 a
ne was the kept mistress of a noted polt. Il
Al leader, and lived in elegant style,
Mansfield, at one of the principal Al. a
any hotels. The legislation Of those
ears is supposed, and is generally CEN
'ded, to have been largely Influenced by III
lis woman, who was very intimate with re
any of the leading politicians, her par n,
RS at the hotel being the resort of many OF
continent men. Disappearing from Al "a
my in 1868, she was next heard of on IN
e Potomac, where she was dressed in "
ems clothes, and was known IS /" John ail
: McCarty, the blockade runner" She ~
returned to Albany, where ci'
e has slime carried on profitable and ,le
irving business as an abortionist. She la
aims that Thomson ruined her some TEL
ars ago, and asserts that he is the father at
her children. Thomson's friends, how. TO-
err, declare, end what is known of the
mans career in Albany would seem to SCI
oDgly support their view, that she is OF
e of the most desperately vicious black De
lilers in the country. Mr.. Thomson is 70
yell-known insurance agent, and has TN
en- prominent citizen Of Utica for I'M
ny years He published the following 30
ID with reference to the tragedy -
To the rublic-I do rot expect tc 81 exc
&C the clamor Of those who devour ..
lracter and fatten thereon, but have T..
hit to demand, and do demand, that all IT
slble, and especially those who have u
'tessed to be my friends, withhold their
gment till the get the facts. ..
Henry II. Hall, the innocent victim, mt
5 thriving young coal merchant of col
densburgh, about 80 years old. He pal
rred niece of Mrs. Thomson, and had
le to Utica to escort home his wife, who
been visiting there for several days. his
had started down town with the in wa
ton of getting shaved, and preparing II, w,
start for home with his wife at noon. ", w
S. McCarty, upon being taken tothc sta d
! house, seemed to realize fully her wa
ation, and by frequent EXPLANATIONS "" "a
ressed her concern for the welfare of OF
children. She was searched in the IN
ms of the janitor, but nothing was kee
nd which would lead to any suppositiop 'ne
she intended suicide OF
nat
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