The New York herald., 1874-09-19
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A One.Armed Man Attempts to Cut His
Wife's Throat and then Sewers His
Own Jugulnr.
tragedy occurred yesterday morning in an
upper story OF q tenement house on the corner OF
Main and Fair streets, Paterson John Crown, a
onearmed man, lived at the place mentioned,
with his wife and family. His arm was lost
in the war, and he earned precarious
livelihood by collecting bills canvassing for
books and such other things as he
could do, IN addition TO which he received pen
sion from the government. Having large family
1t was about as much as he could do to get along
under the best Of circumstances, and 1t s said that
he has been complaining to several OF late Of the
utter lack Of business and the almost total lmpos
sibility to get along and keep from starving. This
together with reported domestic trouoles and
possibly the effects OF drink no doubt caused the
rash act that yesterday led him to a suicides
death and almost ushered him into eternity mur-
derer.
1t appears from the best information that can
be CLEANED that John Crown came home, and after
some words with his vile. made an attack upon
her Win the IN ntentlon OF taxing her lie. Selling
a razor he attacked her. attempting to cut her
throat, which attack was made so suddenly that
Mrs. Crown OWNED his purpose barely in time TO
defend herself. But having the use OF two good
arms against her husbands one, and being
by no means so anxious to shufie Off this mortal
coil as he To have her, she defended herself with
desperation, and SO warded Off the blow directed
at her throat that, although quite horrid gasn
was made and the blood flowed freely, the jugular
was not touched. Crown repeated the aetacK and
q desperate struggle seems to nave ensued, in
which Mrs. Crown received severe cash across
her breast, from the pain OF which the unIortu-
nate woman seems to have tainted and lallen upon
the floor.
Crown evidently thought he HAD accomplished
his purpose and that MS wife was dead, and then
stepped back u few feet and drew the razor with
fearful force across his own throat, completely
severing the artery, from which the blood gusned
as from a fountain About this time several neigh
bors who mad neard the noise burst open the door
and rushed into the room. An awful
sight met their gaze. The furniture was
upset, blood was spattered everywhere, and on
all sides were evidences Of tine fearful and fatal
struggle On the loor, bathed IN blood, lay the
form OF the woman, while in the centre OF the
room, an awful specimen OF the most abject
terror, stood the unfortunate man, too late re-
penting of his rash act ana vainly endeavoring
with his only nand TO squeeze together the edges
OF the gaping wound in his throat and stop the
stream OF blood IN which his lie swiftly ebblng
But he had too surely accomplished his purpose
and III short time was dead. The wounds sus.
tanned by Mrs. Crown, however, were not so ser.
Gus as az first supposed, and her recovery is
deemed very probable. The only spectators to the
tragedy were one or two small and horrled cni-
dren. 1t is alleged by some that jealousy was one
o the causes OF Crowns attempt to take the lie
OF his we.