The Republican journal., 1872-12-26
Shocking Street Murder in New York.


FROM t"e Ne" lorh "oru' bec' Il.
A few seconds before the clock in Trinity
Church proclaimed the hour of last evening,
a few persons were gathered in Liberty street
around two men. who had clinched bur mo-
ment before. and We're then struggling in the
kennel. The struggle was desperate one,
and lasted only for few moments. for the man
uppermost had such terrible grip OF his an
tagonists throat that the latter with an oath
cried for mercy and begged his antagonist to re-
lease his hold. This appeal met with but little
pity. and the bystanders were horrltied to see a
bowieknife CLEAN in the air tOr au instant and
Immediately descend and bury itself N the right
side of the neck OF the man lglng on MS back.
Not satisfied with the horrible cash which he
made at his Iirst stroke, the assassin made an
other plunge ana thrust the weapon up TO the
h'lt IN the ah iomen OF ms Nlctlm. A Ieaffnl
hemorrhra9e TOOK place. ana even before the ap-
pearance of ponce ofhrer, Wao arrived
promptly on the scene. the man had died. The
murderer at once picked himself mp ana III Il
laned condition was heiped ny some trends
into Sutherland's restaurant, No. 69 Liberty
street. outside OF winch place the deed had been
commHted' re ihaut 20 lts'stahtt' aS III it't
he could not. his ankle beng ulSocated, but
willingly accompanied the police o1hcer to the
Second Precinct station fiouSe' III beekm'sn
street. Stretcher was Ill once sem iof' .diV
the murdered man. VINO was subsequently
recognized As Nicholas W Duryea, was drrled
to the >tation-h9uSe- ihe assassin VINO y
e tn,ms sooInns. Il IN. stat'n"
h ", MI ~ oe,ol T. ,,n1tlino. IL nonnnn
tion With biS nnconnter or Whit led TO the al
to,,o+;o,, ,,,;tb D,rvna lie rn,n.ined narfecflv
, i iiii ,,l ,,hf,l ,I,. t;n,,iJ ~ tIa
runt " ,i;o4 .''''' c,dw 6 oin,,
pIlI .'''to ] IL ,,ao Il a. Iobn Siron
:, N- ~ LII, n..,, mtrt,.si>,, Ivhcra r,ara
val i'nr,, j; .u.ry,and >, .'y-nnr o,~nnat"n y,
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Eortoo,i,b ,t,aat AroY.,,, marion ~, ,'YaS
THE MuIlLAIEp BODY
On being conveyed to lie station-l0use the
body of the murdered man was placed on the
floor the police surgeon having been Sent for
meanwhile. On the light being directed to fall
on th" features of Duryea fearful spectacle
presented itself The hair was diShcye'lcd. The
mouth wide open. and the hands tightly closed
as if in death grip. The blood had gushed
from the wound on the neck and lay Smeared
over the features and clothes. A long streak of
gore extended The whole length of the dead
man 5 right coat sleeve. His shirt collar and
SHIRT bosom were torn from their places, the
studs being lett hanging on slender ShredS of
the shirt. Even the undershirt was disl laced,
and protruded through the shirt front. The
| pants and coat, which were Of cloth Of fine
texture We're STEPPED in mud, and the whole
| appearance of the 'onditon of the remains de-
noted the fearful death-Strugglc that had taken
| place. The cash in the neck WAS Il trightlu
one. having severed the iugular gud mann ar
teries at one and the same time. The wound
i'll the abdomen was moi - deadly uiihuugu eX-
was the opinion Uf tho medical men that death
would not have ensured directly from the nfic-
ton OF this wound alone.
st,,,roxs rt,t, ,tr-pnrpr,
IN an innar ron,n If tbn statinn. horyo ,,-as
.otoj ,,a ,,,io,,o, h ,,,itI, ,+ ,,
sn,nl.i+ nn. ,rhiio M u" ..,, t1
!a a,,on, a t &
allowed not the fantest sound to pScape his lip,.
The wristbands of his shirt and his shirt-bo>om
were quite dseolored with tn" blood OF his
Ylctlm ~ /, mn hAnds. loo. Wcre INNe 5eL, ana
iitbnn N ,aacttng J, wonderG,I ron,nn.nra no
was stiIl unmistakably inwar,lly cxrifed, and in
rather hurried manner he sad to the writer.
rDo not attribute it 10 dlsrouIlesy on my part,
out ",l re"F III tNr;tf" ~ eNl1'alh anVinlhG
to our UuarreI." Thc surgeon hayms, cy4mino5
the fractured imh. informed the police cantain
the ankle was BADLY injured, and the removal
OF summons to the hospital "a< necessary
ln ,nt 'r,,, t,,'i' in "'th e''l' lineu 10
,t tbo ro.,r Of tbr .t,tjon mil IA a, HI. II ,s
necessary to pass through the loom occupied