The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-11
A TRAGEDY or ERRORS.
All Arising from Capt. BuchannnN Wrong
Imprc ssion Regarding ~ Baby.


Between II and 1 o'clock this morning
broadway was alarmed by shrieks and cries Of
murder. proceeding from the upper story Of u
tenement house. near Dupont street. Those
a,irac,cd to tho scene were horrined by the
sight ui a man and woman struggling in n
window. the latter attircd in her night clothing.
and the man eXcrting his strength to throw her
out to the pavement below. Finally. warned by
the shouts ot the people in the street. tho man
dcsistcd from his nurdcrous attempt but
piercing Slri"ks as il evoked by mortal PAIN.
were heard. and the woman Il disappeared from
the indow. falling backward upon the floor.
4 rush was made 10y a dozen or more into the
building. and the m who had been engage, in
nrNtruggle with the woman was met on the
stairway seeking To make his escape For u
moment lac kept the crowd back by threat 'nlng
70 shoot 'n' lli-i VINO improvement tu'h. sinu7h i
ing in u door at tho head Of the stairway. lie
raised u window IN the room. jumped from thc
second story to the sidewalk. and ran away. ap-
parrnty uulnurcd \ crowd started in pur-
suit. but "a" fugitive gained the lahvrlnihs
ol the Chinese quarter. and made good MS
escape.
Meantime the occupant Of the room through
which the mun dashed in avoiding the crowd
on the stairway, suppO-ing that his pr,iuis' -
Wrrn invaded by rnDbcia ur murd"rcrs. Spraus
out Of bed and logan ilrng "A revolver rcck-
lr-sly. the shots being o-pOnd"d to hv "A man IN
tue hall. but fortunately without effect The
crowd on ia" stairway. under the IN -tplr"hr n
sion that tine man who WIS shooting in the
room was the same whom they had observed
attempting u throw the woman from the story
above. cried. Lynch him." He WIS secured,
drie. ged down the stairway heels foremost, and
WIS being hurried 10 "a lamppost by his cnrugrd
cap,urs. when those who had remained in the
street inleri, red and explained that thcy had
caught Tho wrong man. the on" who was re-
suonsible for the disturbance having Jumped
from tue window and run away.
The person who thus narrowly escaped being
mhde the victim of mob violence was one Car
son. proprietor of a coal yard on Pacific street.
II" sun, rcd Severe bruises in being dragged
down a." stairway. AMI conn laincd tlat one Or
NOR" ribs had l"cn fractured 10y KICK lie re-
c"lvcd in the side.
After this unfortunate mistake the excited
crowd proceed. u to explore tho upper story 81
the building. In the room whore the struggle
AT the window rad occurred, they found a
woman living upon tho ioor in a half-con-
s'ious condition and bleeding from Il knife
wound in the shoulder. Aitr recovering rom-
pururr. she related story that completed a
most remarkable combination ol mistakes.
The murlcrous iss.iil;ult va, her husband,
gagged IN trading ~ tho Mexican ports. Ncstrr-
dnv he l, turned home by the steamer Cuilma,
after wears abs 'nco. amt on cut ring her
npartmcntS he found her attending young in
iant belonging to "a neighbour and which had
h,cu left ln h'r care for IA short unl9 To permit
the mot her a. 20 abroad. On perceiving The in
FAINT the husband rcpulsrd her ailectionate " l.
coma with terrible curses and "a blow. and I'M
m"dia,rly l.'t without permitting u word Of cN-
soma distance ON tn street. h'-,,eching him 10
return. until he throat ned to Kill ncr on the
spoi 4 she pursued him an9ther step, Sne
asleep. eNhAli-ting herself with Weeping.
whoa shc Was awakened by u knock AT
The door. In the expectation that her husband
had rslent'l and recovered his confidence in
her Il ieihy sh" -prang up and opened the door.
her 10y the throat End hr-san dragging her to-
ward N. window which he succeeded IN RUS
INK while suli holding her spcochless. She
u-si-'an ~. when she fet a knife blade enter her
back and was dashed Violently Ia tine floor. She
r. m"mnrr.d ~ NOR, until he reroNcrel o. n
F. fuuSneS- through the rcstoratiVcS applied ~
thr physicians The poor woman pleaded rite-
ous,y that No harm should b. done her husband,
~ she knew that he would discover his mistilAt q.