New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-06
CRIME.
shooting ARRAY at Memphis-k iIIing a
BrOther-in-Eaw-The Goodrich Nur.
der-TestimOny ut the Inquest-ArresG
of BuIl's Head Bank Officers

| Shooting ARRAY at Memphis-kiIIing a
| BrOther-in-Law-The Goodrich MUIR
der-TestimOny ut the Inquest-Arresr
of Bulls Head Bank Officers.
| MEMPHIS, April about ten o'clock last.
night shooting atfray occurred in C g &.
| sea-the northern part of this city-which
/ resulted in the death of John Newell at the
hands of Il. w. Coleman, his brother-in-law.
1t seems that Newell, who was very dissi-
| pated, had written letter to his tather-in.
| law, +. Il. Keel, a wealthy merchant. tell
| ing him that if he did not give him lNeweln
| $1,000 by noon yesterday he would kill him.
| Last night Mr.. Keel, accompanied by his
| son Samuel and Coleman, found Newell Op-
| pOsite their house, when Coleman drew a
| repeater and shot him number of times.
| Newell, in his dying declaration, admit
ted having threatened the life OF Keel, but
| says that Coleman was hired to kill him.
Coleman has not yet been arrested. Keel
| offers to surrender himself The authori-
| ties will accept $50,000 bail
Last Thursday two men employed in
| krewes nursery, four miles east of this
| city, had an alteration, which resulted in
one of them, Morris j. Bowers, shooting
the other, James Patterson, causing his
death in few hours. Patterson had been
discharged from the nursery: he accused
Bowers of being the cause of it, and at.
tackled him with pruning knife. The
coroners jury returned a verdict of justif.
able homicide. Patterson was from PhiIa.
delphia, and is well connected, his uncle
being president of one of the national
banks of this city.
MEMPHIS, April 5.-Robert H. Coleman.
who, it is alleged, shot Newell, in Chelsea,
last night, with Samuel Keel, aged fifteen.
surrendered themselves to Sheriff Doyle
day, and were committed to iaiI The
former states that he shot Newell with a
don hIa- -har rralnN Sbn+uup
advancing upon him with a knife They
will be brought before Judge Ray on Mon.
day morning, for examination.
NEW YORK, April 5.-At the Goodrich
inquest Reuben Smith testified that he was
the physician and friend OF the deceased
had visited Goodrich at his house in De-
graW street; saw woman there-had seen
her before, at his house in New York.
Goodrich asked him to examine the woman,
which he did and found her three months
pregnant Goodrich asked him to produce
an abortion, but he refused but an abortion
was produced, he believed, by man nam
ed Butts. Did not know where Butts lived,
Did not remember the name of Kate StOd.
dart; deceased said she was a woman of
very violent temper; could identify her if
he saw her; Mrs. Meyers was not the woman.
The investigation lasted till after mid.
night.
Assistant Cashier d. Merritt and Receiv.
ing Teller James d. Peck. of the Bulls
Head Bank, were committed to the Tomba
to-day, Merritt without bail and Peck in de-.
fault of 100000 bail.
In the Goodrich inquest Charles S. Green
testified to being employed by Goodrich to-
help him out of a scrape with a wOman~
He met the woman, named Amy Snow, on
the night of the seventeenth of February in
Goodrichs house. He ordered her out.
She refused to go, and on Goodrich coming
in, struck him, and called him devil, and
threw a smoothing iron at him, whereupOn
Goodrich left and the woman stayed in the
house all night. She went away in the
morning. Meeting Goodrich at the ferry and
going to New York with him, witness
afterwards learned she occupied one of
Goodrich's houses in the block where tho
murder occurred. Deceased spoke of her
being pregnant, and having had an abor.
ton performed. She originally came from
the Women's Home, and said he was going
to make decent woman of her. Deceased
never spoke of a secret marriage Amy
Snow said if deceased gave her $500 she
would leave the house, and remarked that
if not she would get square with him. She,
in company with Mr. Goodrich, at Crooks
Hotel, registered herself as Kate Stoddard,