Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-06-11

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his uncle in Chicago 81 have just shot
father; go and see mother" Handing
his dispatch to the operator, he again
turned to the hotel clerk and asked, with
great nonchalence, "Where is the nearest
police station /; want to give myself
up l"''' Receiving reply that the near
est station house was the Twenty ninth,
in TLirtieth street, near Seventh avenue,
he walked briskly away from the desk.
and, having traversed the long hall, he
disappeared through the street doorway
just before the arrival Of policeman,
who had been seat for by the clerk A
few moments later he entered the station
house, and addressing sergeant Keating,
who was in charge of the desk, said,
with apparent Indifference: II have just
shot my father at the Sturtevant House;
| fired three shots at him, and believe
| have killed him. l have come here to
surrender myself."
While speaking, he drew. from his
pocket a FIVE chambered Colts revolver
and Landed it to the Sergeant. who dis
covered that four of the chambers had
just been discharged. The Sergeant
looked at the voluntary prisoner with un-
feigned amazemen., and seemed unable
to realize the truth Of the terrible self
accusation. made SO lightly and with such
api ~ent unconcern. As young Wal
worth stood before the Sergeant, with
his overcoat thrown across his arm neg
ligsnily, he betrayed no emotion, but
calmly awaited the action Of the officer,
who, upon asking why he had killed his
father, received the brief answer: Il did
it on account of family troubles" On
recovering flom his surprise, the Ser
gcant had the prisoner searched and
placed in cell, under constant surveil-
lance.
Captain Burden, who had been called
meanwhile, went at once to the hotel
with Sergeant Mullin, who was about
retiring after a nights duty when young
Walworih arrived at the station house.
Upon reaching TIE room at the hotel, the
body Of the murdered man was found to
have been uid;sturbed, and Captain Bur
den, remaining in charge, dispatched a
messenger to summon Coroner Young,
who arrived. with Deputy Coroner Marsh,
at about $50 o'clock. DR.. Marsh at once
made a superficial examination of the
body, which that Of man of handsome
features, with heavy blonde noustaclIe,
and dressed in black frock coat and
light colored pantaloons, with white vest.
Upon searching the clothing, no wea-
pons were found, other than small Or
dinary pocket,krife. Among several
letters taken from an inside pocket OF
his coat was the one which had been lef;
at the boarding house by his son. TIE
envelope, which was saturated with
blood from a wound in the left breast,
was addressed in the name of the de-
ceased.
Four wounds, two of which were of a
probably fatal nature, were found upon
the body. One of the wounds was in
the left and another in the right breast.
Another was near the right temple, just
under the cheek bone, while the fourth
was in the left arr. The wound of the
left breast is believed to have entered
the heart, and that near the right temple
is supposed to extend to the brain. 4 fter
the examination the body was removed
to an undertaker's in Carmine street,
where the autopsy was performed by DR..
Marsh
Deceased was a strong, muscular,
healthy man. about forty-three years old.
The bullet. entering the right side, was
found lodged in the ribs under the shoul-
der, the bullet entering the left arm was
found flattened on the bones of the arm.
which were completely shattered /; the
bullet which entered near the right eye
could not be found without taking the
head to pieces, and, as it did not touch
the brain, was not long searched for
After some hours the bullet which enter
ed the left lung and caused death was
found embedded in the forty.secoud COL
umn of the vertebr9.
The inquest will be held on Friday
morning. A large quantity of clotted
blood was found on the body. and a
triangular mark over the right eye. caus-
ed by fall.
While at the hotel Coroner Young tx
amined informally several witnesses who
will be called upon to testify at the in
quest. Charles NJ. Doolit,!e steward of
the hotel, said that he was on an upper
floor calling the chambermaids. at 6.25
o'clock, when he heard the shots. He
knew the precise minute. because the
chambermaids had asked him TO tell
them the time, and he had looked at his
watch Upon hearing the shots he ran
to the room as already described. John
Harrison, night watchman. who was with
the steward, corroborated the statement
of the latter.
Josiah Morehead. a guest at the hotel,