Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-04
EVENING STAR.


II " ELY lNU Oh Inn
TSe Walvessh RarssssAe.
rnnHIBLs poaEsTIc TRAGEDY.
In the Waivorth murder case IN Ncv Yort
yestsra.y morning. mentioned in rns erAa q
WssossS l. sss TSn sssn sSsSis':S 49,
the son Of Chancellor w.isorsS. Siss,, ~
legal profession himself, but OF late yesr, A.
voted himself entirely 20 literature, ana vroes
number Of popular novels. He separated freo
has been residing In New York city, the remasa-
der Of the family living At Sarstoga- Hs ssa
Frank came on from Saratoga Monday 20 shoot
IN Fourth avenue, Monday night. and -
finding him. he left q note for his father asking
hlm 10 come 20 the StuyvessAnf Home. Mr..
pied by his son, received four bullets through
NE eoSy and died He Vas uaarmed, and very
probably was unconscious Of impending danger.
surrendered himself The statement made by
him 70 the coroner IL a very poor justihcatioi.
''My father has no; lived with nv mother sincs
We lett here, three years ago, but he has repeat
edly sent US threatening and insulting letters.
y, ~ y s only snor, time ago since he Threatened
10 shoot my mother and myself. I shot him be-
cause OF this. Not long ago met him IN the
street IN Saratoga. and told him then that az
, ne d,s do, Keep away rom us or n,aitec my
that there we're bounds would not allow anv
man 10 20 beyond with impunity, and especially
when my mother was being insalted. Invent %
his house yesterday aud LETT a note for him %
call on me, which he did this morning. When
ne came into the room drew out my revolver
and told him TO promise me that he would not
threaten or insult us, which he promised. Short
~ afterward We began speaking on family mat
tiers, and he used some Insulting language and
put his hand in his pocket, as though 20 draw
out pistol, when shot him. lie then came
towards me, and fired three other shot "a him.
Two years ago Mrs walwerth was divorced
from her husband, and she now conducts q
seminary Tor young ladies at Saratoga"
ANOTHER MURDER TRIAL IN BALTIMORE
The Proc Agdiast TIE AHeged Assassin Of Dr. Cole.
The trial Of &. II. Henderson on the charge Of
having murdered Dr. Merrymsn Cole, I'm JAM
uary, 1872, still occupies the attention OF the
Of January 6, 1872, DIR. Merrymsn Cole, an aged
gentleman, somewhat eccentric I'm his habits
was found dead In his once. He had been MUIR
dered and robbed. The crime was committed
early In the evening, and on one Of the most
frequented thoroughfsres in that section Of the
city. The deceased owned a number of small
houses which ne sometimes leased TO tenants
not entirely reputable. He always collected the
rents himself. There was receipt for rent ly-
ing on his table made out i'm favor of c. H. Hem
derson, and from this circumstance Hender-
son was suspected of having committed the
murder. He was arrested, but WAS released,
the evidence against him not being deemed
suflciently strong TO warrant his being held for
| trial. On the 2ist of last September he was
| again arrested and indicted by the grand jury
| At the next term Of the criminal court. The
/ testimony against him, rs developed. does not
appear TO be particularly strong. One witness
heard him make admissions OF has guilt, but
She will no doubt be fercely attacked by the
defence, and very probably her credibility as q
| witness will be impeached.s The evidence for
| the state was concluded yesterday, and the firsf
witness for the defence called, a woman who
lived with Henderson. The woman claimed 10
be the owner OF the axe which was found In the
| room occupied by Henderson, and which other
witnesses identified a. belonging to DIR. Cole.
~Coe, the Boston broken broker, has re-
tanned b. y. Butler rs his counsel.
| SMr. McHale shot Mr.. Gordon in 81 LAMA
| because the latter refused him drink
~ The Albany IN. " love-powder doctors.
THOMAS and Brown, will be allowed 90 practice
Tor few months in the penitentiary. Thev
| nave been convicted and sentenced
| ~Sixteen colored men have died a petition
| in tne hrst chancery court ut Memphis, 90 m
corporate the Shelby county colored agricul-
| tural association.
| The Richmond Enquirer STATES that o
would be legislator from Powhatsn wants 10
| represent ''for mex sissi0n the agricutury ana
manucultrary intress" of the farmers
ga proposition has been offered in the os,io
| constitutional convention by a Catholic men,
| Der, looking to a division Of the school IN pd .
and the Cincinnati Enquirer thinks a lively
4 fight Is to follow.
| @A chap given TO statistics estimated that
over two thousand toes were frozen during the
| past winter, by young ladies keeping their
| beaux lingering at the gate, instead OF asking
them into the parlor.
| - An exchange lands Uncle Sans great en-
| terprise In discovering the wrong -dones of our
| commissioners at Vienna, before any oth0r
country mad q chance TO find out theirs Its
rather consoiing, when you come 90 think