, 1874-07-03
CRIME

CftiME,
4 Lawyer Shot Down in a Yonkers
| Courtroom.
Miscellaneous Criminal Record.
A Lnsvycr Shot Down In n YonKcrs
Up11rt Room.
From tho Ntu 1'ork Herald, july
| In tllo fonkors City oourt-roorn at O'Clock
| yesterday morning, County Judge sllas D. Git-
ford took hts soat for The third hearng OF tasti-
mony. aa roforoo, tu an action brought by piero
| hlilliot againat h,s fathor-in-law, August La-
| ohaun1c for tho purpose Of nottng aside q con-
| goyanco Of property by tho defendant to ono
chann.o, wifo OF tho first conyoyaucor, on tllo
ground that 1t was fraudulent as against credit
ors. It acen9 tint i1erco and inlplacahlo famtly
feud lad esistod for tlroo or four yoars past
botwoon Lachaumo and bis wifo on ono Bido
aad Atiliiot aud thoir daughtor On tho other,
which has not only srosultod In al
most constant LITIGATION, but hea also
as TO 10 atautliug dtsgraoo to tho neighbor-
hood. Laohauma Ia = merourta1, iraacibto
| trenclIlman, about % ycara Of ago. and owns
snnR littlo farm abons milo from tue contro Of
tho CITY Oh Tho Sawmill River road. Ho dovotos
| bis time and actes chiefly to tho production Of
| vegetables mud howorB, his vito dlHposlng OF
both to advantage In their store On North Droad-
way. u is ul,dnfstool tint Lachaumo 10 In dobt
to alllllot. md, IL ordor to avoid payment, ho
rcsortoi to tho aogod fraudnlcnt tfnnnaction !
nhoyo mentioned. In tho present suit. hltlliot
employed as counsel Janus r. Sanders. an old
yors OF that place, while Laohaun1o WAS repro
aontod by William II. l1oi1y who loft All urn on
tho tioll Of Gettysburg: -...
The hcaring Of tebtimony progressed until
| o'clock. no othor persons being present e1oopt-
ing Judge Clifford, tho counsel on both sides, the
| Immediate parties 10 the suit. aud A. Il. Stain
aoh, interpreter, the evidence having boon given
In Tho French language. During the hen1ing
| nothing waB known TO occur Which might havo
] sown tho Hooas of nurdcr In tho heart OF
Lnohaumo, tho proceedings having boon oharao-
terizea by unusual urpanlty Oh tho part Of tho
ntiganta and their respective COUNSEL. At the
hour named 1t waa mutually agroed upon that
| tho further hearing Of testimony In the oaso: be
postponed until july, Ii, at White Plains, aud at
| that time mono but lachaun1o was pregont, bo-
oi Ss TSs SVng S III ss sha
| when hor examination Ind been concluded, aono
timo previously
Tho opposing counsel voro still soated at olthor
Mr: sandors sitting With liz back partly turnesG
to tho position occupied BY Lachaumo through
out Tho hoaring, when Judge Clifford. Who was In
tho aot Of milking minute OF the adjournment,
vociifsorate III startling tones, "W1Ias IT, aro | you
about. to do7"., and thcn saw him spring
toward his ollcnt, who was alreadY ID
tho got Of cooking a .stx-harreled revol-
restrain him, however, tho rnurderous French
man stepped up bolsind Mr.. Sanders, nud, placing
the weapon againnt tho buck Of Ills victims neck,
nrod, the report reyorberatng sonoro'lsly
oiont building. On rcoolving tho ahot Mr.
Sanders, who iB lnrge aud powerfully built man,
fell forward on his hands and ,kneou, and III
this poaition tho torror-stroten man scrambled
up on tho platform aud behind tho Judges desk,
III tho vain hope Of escaping from his mortal en-
emy. Tie lattos followed him, however, with
the torooity Of . tiger, and whom within a stop
ort two Of him fred again, the loadcn moaaongor
lodging in tho abdominal cavity, causing tho
wounded man to cry out In piorotng tones, "Oh,
I'm Bhotl send for . doctor" Monntime Judge
Clifford, Who hsa preelpttatsly lstt the bench
lowed BY the bloodthraty Freuchuan, wsaa.aud-
lug In q further corner OF the oonIt-room, mutely
mortified at the econo, When Lachaume, aatiafiod
rapidly towards him, pistol IN haud. It
to tho unoifondIng Judge, who oortainly
thought thet his destruction At the hands Of tho
awful beliof tho trembling Judge was about
raising both handa In a eupptioating mannnr
whom Lachaumoa Seaturea instantly assumed 4
friendly es.ppresaon and quoted his i toars by
Tor you" Tho echoes Of tle pistol-shofs bad
scarcely dled AWAY before hundreds Of eitizane
had gathered In and around Manor Hall, an1loue
to &c., or ut least aBcartain tho condition Of, the
wounded man, who ID widely known and uni
yereally respected In Ionkors. Tho utmost
!. excitement proyais over the dastardly decd, aud
during ita continuance Lnohaumo walked unno-
| 1natA1 0nf NJ Tim nnnrt$r1nm fha
! Hqnare to Police HoadquarterB,. where; be sur
rendered himself to Sergeant Osborn, enying,
"sa.dors had been trying to ruin him for the
Inst tifteon years." He was promptly locked up.
a physician having boon haati1y summoned ia
tho courtroom, exa1ninod tho wounded man,
and found TINT tho frat shot hnd plonghod
through tho tlesh III tho back Of tho mock, with
ont lodging tlaero. Tho second ball enterod tho
loft side, between tho lip and tho lowor rib, and
hud fonl rosting-placo In tho body. Gu prob
lug for the bullet 1t WAS found In the tiRsuo Of
tho outer covering OF tho abdomen, and extract
ed without cat,siug much pasn TO tho sufferer Il
isnot known ynt whether this bull passed
through tho intoatnoB, iu Which latter evont tho
wound must, Of courHo, provo fatal. After this
operation lad boon performed 11r. Sanders was
assisted into o carringo aud conveyed TO hia
homo. Up to a late hour last night tho attend.
ing physie}ans still wore hoping that tho patient
had not boon wounded In Vital part Mr..
;. Sanders is ono Of tho oldest lawyers IN Yonkers,
having resided there for nearly twenty years;
Ho III also q p"a altnont naombor OF tho United
Order Of Odd fellows, in which organization be
has Tor somo yeara held tho position OF Past
Grand Sire Of the Order in tho United states.
Tho prisouor, who Expresses no regret for biz
crime, but rather aoons to gloat over 1t, vii
undergo m examination before City Judge E. +.
Baird tlis morning.
l. Pleads Guilty OF Alssrdors
New YonK,; July AIN the case OF Martin
j. Gill, who was tried for the murder OF Mortimer
! eulttvan, couple Of weoAs ago, the Jury, ATTIC,
) boing out nIl night, were uuablo to Rgreo ani
were discharged. Gill then pleaded guilty tt
murder ln tho second degree, and was santoncot
! to the Stata prison for lIfo, with bard labor
lleoordsr Hackott, IN accepting tho plea Of the
prisoner, said: Under tho laws Of this State. Il
nas made noeessnry to. provo doalboration AMI
prameditxtion before verdict OF murder cou!t
be reached. In thls case, according 10 his mind
r this lad boen DONE and got there was no vorllct
, It was conclusive 10 him Tint under prcacn
!. laws, hanging for murder waa "playod out" K
uHe slang term, and 1t would 10 useless hero
after to look for yordieta OF murder III tho frs