The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-04
STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES AND
OTHERS.

One Of the doctors who attended on the muir
dered man said that when he went up stairs to
room 267 he found Mr. Walworth was not yet dead
He was lying on the moor with his head on the
carpet and gasping. His pulse gave one or two
pulsations when the Doctor took his arm in his
hand and then stopped completely. Blood was
gushing from the wound in his left breast and from
his arm, He died in about quarter Of . minute
after the Doctor went into the room. he was
shortly after placed upon the bed. The Doctor says
that young Walworth said when he was brought
e Tae hot
reported the conversation between himself and
father as fOllows:-
You have again written letters to my mother
threatening both her life and my own. Will you
solemnly promise never to make such threats
again.
WALwoRTH THE FATHER-I do make that prom.
WALwoRTH THE SoN-You have also repeated
the insult made to my mother. Do you promise
to never use insulting language TO my mother
WALwoRTH THE FATnER-I do make such q
WALwoRrH THE Son drawing the revolver and
pointing 1t at his 1ather)-You have made that
promise before, and do not believe you. You
shall never have the opportunity OF doing so
again.
And then the firing took place. without mo-
ments interval OF hesitation.
What the Hall Boys Say.
TWO nall boys IN the SturteVant House were
connected with the affair indirectly. Ono. william
Amos, says that when Mr. Waworth asked TO see
his son he took the card up to room 267. 1.-THE
son was in bed and did not answer at FIRST then
opened the door and looked In. Mr.. Walworth took
the card, and looking at 1t, said, Say am not
dressed and Am not up YETI / went down. the
stairs and told the father that his son wasn't up
but would be down shortly. He waited. Pretty
soon the bell OF 267 rang, and again answered
the BELL Young Mr.. walworth then said. SHOW
the gentleman up l did this and when opened
the door and showed the father in the son was SIT
ting on the bed, dressed and with his hat on. He
looked quiet enough, but not In good humOr. I
went out and closed the door. ! went down
stairs heard the bell from one OF the rooms ring
furlously. l afterwards found 1t was No. 26S. It
wasn't a minute after that young Mr.. Walworth
came down the stairs and went up to the desk.
The clerk told me to go for policeman and
did SOD
The hall boy, John, says that when the bell OF
268 rang SO iurously seven or eight OF the indica
tors were pulled open, probably because the wires
got entangled by being pulled SO hard. ran up
the stairs as fast as could do to room 26S. Mr.
he who rang so hard. He wouldn't open his door,
but shouted from the inside that murder was going
on in the next room. / then went to the room and
opened the door. ! saw the murdered man
lying on his side and bleeding pr0fusely from
several wounds. The washstand was covered
with blood, and the wall also. / saw that Mr..
Walw0rth was breathing yet, but as l could do
nothing ] ran down stairs and gave the alarm.
Mr.. WalwOrth the son, had preceded me, and was
standing by the clerks desk, quite cool and col
what / saw, and he told the Doctor, who went
right up stairs.