Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-17
NEW YORK.
A Startling Attempt at Murder.
In Broad Day i'm the Most POpul0us
Part of the City.

New YORK, April 16-Sanford Murray,
collector for the New York Gas Company,
yesterday afternoon entered DR.. Edward
NJ. Brownies private medical office, on the
second floor of PSI William street to collect
small gas bill. The Doctor handed a
twenty dollar note to Murray, who sat down
to make the change and the entry, placing
package containing about 5000 of the col
lections of the day beside him. While
Murray was writing, the Doctor closed the
door and Immediately struck him with a
hatchet, keenly sharpened sheath knife
having been substituted for the wedge.
Murray attempted to rise and was struck
again, when the knife in the weapon broke.
The Doctor then took from his breat a
heavy hatchet, and as he was about to
strike, Murray closed with him when des-
perate struggle followed. Murray succeed
ed in wrenching the weapon from the Doc
tor and felled him to the floor, and then
broke the lock of the door to get out. The
noise had caused an alarm to be given, and
by this time tie police arrived and Murray
and the Doctor were taken TO the hospital.
Murray is thought to be fatally injured.
The Doctor will recover.
The Doctor affirms that it was an un-
known man, patient, who assaulted Muir
ray, but the police discredit the story.
LATER-Dr. Brown has been committed
to prison to await the result of The wounds
inflicted on Gas Collector Murray yester-
day. He persists in the statement that it
was an unknown patient who made the at
tack.
Putting Immigrants Through.
The Erie road now puts immigrants
through to Chicago in forty-eight hours.
Three hundred are now at Castle Garden,
and arrangements have been made to send
to Illinois, Nebraska aud Southern Kansas
all who can measurably support them
selves. "L..l +.
Howe isyThise -|
A Bridgeport, Connecticut, dispatch to
the Times states that the Howe Sewing Ma
chine Company appears to be involved,
more than half the employees having quit
work for non-payment of six weeks work.
laundering sOHciaIs.
Owing to a blunder Saturday, a large
portion of the mails for Europe were left on
the dock and had to be held over for the
steamer Russia sailing to day.
A Breeze i'm Wall Street.
Barton & Allen, brokers, nephew and
grandson respectively of Commodore Van
dertilt, have failed. There was much excite
ment in Wall street and stocks have gener-
ally declined. The commotion which fol-
lowed the announcement that Commodore
Vanderbilts relatives had failed is rapidly
suhsiding, and it is now sid the affair does
not amount to much. Ths Commodore is
represented to take care of himself in Wall
street and allows his relations to care for
themselves if they can. BE is just now
fully occupied with his contest with the
government relative to taxation. The LOCO
motives and engines of the New York Cen
tral and Hudson river railroad seized at
Albany by collector Bailey aud replevined
by the company on Saturday, have been
returned to the collector who has announc-
ed their sale for April %. Tomorrow the
necessary papers will be filed for removing
the company's suit from the State Court to
the United States Circuit Court.