, 1874-04-21

Tor by n Concealed Assu1stys.
.sptctaiDispatch to The Chicapo Tribune.
New YoRK, April 20.-hlra. Matilda HujuH
was anot Inst evening and instantly killed whilo
sitting IN tho parlor Of l,or houso, which is Bit
uatod Ut Nan1iet, N. J.. about thirty milos from
this city, in company with rnalo boarder
named Gamble mud n domestic. Tho
shot wlicl, caused hor doatl was
1rod through tho window, and the
missile, consisting Of buckshot mud gquaro alngs,
Btow that tho weapon saB gun. Mr.. Gamble,
who eat in limo with the murdered woman aud
tho window, waB severely, though not danger
ouBly, wounded. There arc two thnores for
tho daBtardly deed-both rovengo. Mrs. 11uius'
husband is collector for merchants In tue city,
and IL abnont from homo about ton months In
tho year. lie has now baen III tho Wost for Bov-
oral months on u collecting tour. Much oom-
mont has boon excited III Nannet by reason Of
hiB wife living alone. with tho exception OF n
think TINT this, rcaching her husbands
oars, 80 arouEed his jealousy that ho
returned by stealth aud committed the docd:
Few bclievo this theory, .howoyor, for 11ugns'
dated tho 10th, aud postmarkod Davenport, Ia.
Tho other, aud more probable, theory, is, TINT
Gamble was lntended to DO tho victim, aud that
tho murderer was one Of two brothorB Of lis
docoasod vito. At hor death she lott consider;
ablo pronorty, which reverted TO him aa her legal
heir. Her brothora contested for it in tho
courts, and charged him with poisoning her, but
the chargo waB not sustained. They wcro un-
nuccoasful in their lawsuits, and vowod they
would tnke the law into thoir own hands. II iB
likely they are by this time arrested, wllrrants
having been issued for their apprehension.
LATER.
New YonK, April 20.-Thomas md Michael
Murphy wore nrrosted this evening in Hudson
City, N. j., by QUO Of piukortonB detectives, for
the murder Of Mrs. Hugios. They are tho
brothers Of llr. CANDLES deceased wifo. -Four
gunB were found concealed III thoir barn. One,
. Springfield riho, appoared to hayo been rccont-
II discharged.
Arrest OF Supposed nItrrdcrcrs Near
Peoria. HI.
snectaI Dtspatch to T3te Chicago Tribune.
PEORIA, ILL.,, April 20.-sllosiff Hitchcock or
dorcd this evening tho arrest Of George SturgiH
md Pauline sturgis. His wife, OIL suspicion OF
thoir connection with tho pfeifror murder OF
Thursday night Inst. Dan Cayanaugh was ar-
rested tp-nlght by tho police, suspected of bolng
an accompIice. These three persons have boon
siadowod ovor since friday noon by tho county
officers, who havo beon working up tho caso with
great akill. sturgis is a hardened yiain, aud
hiH wife has boon an inmate Of houses Of ill.,
fame for tho past eight years.
before ahe went to live with Sturgs, nnl there
Ia no doubt tlht ho has boon visiting har sinee
pfoiiler WAS seen up in tho noighborhood Of lor
house OH tho evoniug Of the murder, and his body
tho river. There il blood on tho stairway lead-
lug to hor room, and other indications tint point
pretty conclusivoly to her place rs tho sceno Of
tho murder. The theory Ia that PfeitIer was
thoro with tho woman when her man, 6turgia,
casno home, and that IN 4 tlt Of jealousy Sturgis
killed him, as also that it WIS Il put-up job
between Sturgis, tho woman, nnd CAvanaurh,
who IL 4 particular friend Of SturgiB. Both
6turgiB and Lis woman deny point-blaul my
knowledge Of tho ntIa1r, yet theis conduct dooB
ntfff1 f1ofr a}Akn rEar ruin