New-York tribune., 1873-05-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MURDER IN THE LowLANDs.

a MANGl.ED CORPSE THE KEY TO MYsTERY--A
NEGRO KILLS HIS PARAMoUR
. A horrible murder and a CHASTITY mystery
vereIeveaed the police Saturday, the events
- interwoven that the appears the only key TO
xne unknown horror The murder accidentally dis
covered while efforts were making to solve the mystery
FRtrolman ,Kernan Of the Eighth Precinct, while
passing through sulvanst at p. IN Saturday, was
Ner by Ranford Livingstone. bartender OF the dance
Aouse No 40 Sullvan-st, kept by William Sarvant and
sreQuented by coored men and women OF bad reputa-
SoD. In his right hand Livingstone held bloody
which ne had Just found In clubhouse back OF the
daDce-house, and which he thought must have
been a weapon used TO murder unknown
PEARSON during the night before. The police-
FASTENED TO the outhouse, and opening It's
doors looked within over the floor covering OF
hright red blood almost inch In depth; the whl'e
walls here and there spatered with blood ana the
marks OF bloody hands were the woodwork ana the
door Going out into the open air the ofhcer uacod
mail OF blood the yard and along an alley opening
INTO BroOme-st A swarm OF policemen we're soon a'
work under the lead of Capt McCuogh, seeking lhor
rAtOn throughout the neghborhood IN reauon 10 'ne
hidden crime physician Inspected the Outhouse anu
declared that the person who had lost the quantity OF
blood on the floor must have received death wound,
and could not have lived many hours Sinks were men
examined In an endeavor nd the body OF the lnur-
aeTed person.
One officer in the search passed into Ihompson-sI'
ard there attracted the attention. Of many persons oy
his inquiries. A coored man named Charles H. Moore
upon beindquestoned, said that woman called Mary
Jane Sullivan white, lying dead ~ No. 67i Thomp-
sOn-st and appeared to have been murdered Several
officers entered the house, and sought out the room OF
the dead woman on entering it they saw on the bed
the body Of apparently about "a years OF age
She was Of medium hight, had long black hair, and
before dissipation marred every line OK the face, must
have possessed beauty part Of her hair which rested
baA qtpd w blood
had flown from a wound on the right temple. The nose
was much swollen as if from blow were also both
eyes and the right cheek and face neck ana breast
were stained with blood On the floor was broken
axEelve, which had apparently been used In tine lhc
ton Of the blows the face Of the dead woman In the
room were two white women, LOttle Armstrong ana
Kate jackson who said that they had not witnessed the
murder. An examination OF the room qua not usciosS
any other weapons nor was the BODY OF ue uecesSSu
marked with cuts from any sharp weapOn' Apparently
there was connection whatever between the crime crime
discovered TO have been committed IN Ine VuOuse "a
she dance-hal aud the seeming murder IN SuIhNd-st'
Moreover. the buildings were over Two docks apart
aud a mOrtaly wounded person could not walk 50 lSf.
The women said that the rooms were tetseu & " h
Jackson (cOOredl q Whitewater, VINO hau hNeu WIth
the deceased. They themselves slept III room a9lon-
Ing where the deceased lying had not seen the as
sault had first become aware OF the murder upon
In bed They had not seen jackson since the hgh pc
fore. No doubt be mad drawn some % money & wRlcA he
Capt McCullOgh questioned SarEant the ddhGe
been i'm tne danceho1se the night before had the
deceased Alfred Wilkes, colored, of No. 137 West
Fbirv-l nird-st informed the Captain that Whlle 10
IauoT saloon al BrOOme and Suydnsts, the nlght De-
fore Jackson had entered and at midnight the deceased
Che had drank glass of ale aud had bought more
nouor Jackson addressed her roughly and asked her
Uba doing there. She replied, NOJDlug,' ana
started 70 20 OF the door, Jackson spdnS toward
Der aud struck her across the back with SUCK
that found his room. Jackson then
1houted out of here and drove the deceased out
Of the liquor saloon and followed her into the street
The wituess OF this then heard some one say,
You ought 10 be ashamed 10 treat woman IN thdt
Jackson sober when lie lett the saloon.
CaDt McCullOgh. upon hearing these various STATE
ments hasteued Police Headquarters ana thence tel
egraphed to entire police OF the city orders Tor the
SersIt of Jackson Tic accused is feet inches in
hight OF great strength, and Will doubtless make des-
perate resistance to arrest The ponce searched an
gently the murderer all day Saturday, throughout
Inc following night and yesterday, hut up 10 lae
hour night had not succeeded IN arrestlng hlIn
Coroner Herman questioned all the witnesses or the
events which led murder and elected facts which
have been embodied IN the foregoing narration Az the
conclusion of the Investigation, nc committed Inc women
jackson aud Armstrong, and SaTyauJ, Wilkes, ana LlY
RgstOne 70 the House of Detention. Deputy Coroner
Cushman made autopsy on the BODY or Jhe deceaed
aud discovered that mad died from compression OF
the brain, caused by the blow ca the forehead.
woman. known TO fhe police by The name OF annie
Thomson stated the Coroner that sbe was sister OF
the deceased and thai they had come from Plape phd
and that their parents dead The dance-hOuse
mystery vet remans unexplained To s0lYo doubt as
10 It's being human bo9d the floor OF the ouhOuse'
Deputy Coroner Cushmal pIeseryed quantity Ct the
hQuid and Will analyZe II to detelInDe us cpdlac
The bloody razor was shown TO tue H4an, LotV.
ArmstrOng during the Investigation, but She IaDeu ~
identity 70 positively as JacksOns property, atVugn
Ine acknowledged that much TesemDed one he caIIS
eayl1g. like bus, gilt letters on the side