Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-06
TIE JEwETT TRAGEDY.
The Absorbing Topic Of C~oHversa'
ton : Partnership Troubles
tho Cause.

NEw YoRK, APRIL 6.-The tragedy in
the office of the Messrs. Jewett yesterday
is an absorbing topic Of conversation to.
day. The thousands Of people who cross
every morning from Brooklyn to New
York by Fulton ferry all turn this morn
ing into Burling slip and inger a while at
the front street. looking up to the sec
ona floor at the windows Of the Office in
which the calamity occurred, The build.
ing is closed, and the pelioe, 80 needfai
yesterday to keep the crowd from press
ing in, have been withdrawn. In addi'
ton to the story credited TO The
Times, this morning that newspaper also
publishes the following; "All the mem.
bers of the firm bear the very highest
possible reputation, not only for problty
but for amiability Of ehArac,erAad char.
itableness except orville d, Jewe,I who
was Of a close, snrly disposition. oryille's
original inieres, was $l50,000, He never
cot along very well with bis eoeles, lie
came and went as he pleased aud refused
to be tied down to any routine whatever,
Notwithstanding his extreme peaerioes,
ness he did not hesitate 10 spend money
freely tor his wi enjoyment BE KEEP,
$ yacht fas, horse ana dogs, and vas =
generous liver, These characteristics
bsought him iato collision with his
partners, aud BE received tAese remea,
strAnSes Ia anything Aat a faeaaS
spirit TIE AcsAsA tAas SosASS Aseaa,
dacAly wsSsais1 ssal fear years AsA
On the OesasiSa q an ANNA, settlement
there vss a. easa sSgtsEs caused by The
demand that 0svils sAoal2 change his
coarse o. lsAvs he Era, TASs wAs sci
LED, however 81 lie Sza BAT wSiAoat
producing arr Ssss&6Os IA TIE rslA&oas
Of the members q The eoaesra. Orvlle
constantly grew acre 'asoles, Al3 iaas.
pendent and ssallr, AsSsi tSsr weeks
ago. iOrbeAranee ceased TO hsS virtue
and be vas informed ,AAt his ooaasc.
ton must cad uitholi further delay,
Heretofore his unelss, prssaniaE on
their relationship. had taken upon them
selves the duty Of Gliding him. which
produced a feeling Of intense bitterness
against them in his breast; but nov
Dean added the weight of his ontspoken
determination to theirs, and 0rville saw
that be must go. He made stubborn re-
~sistance, however. But enc day last
week he went to Dean, and begging bis
pardon for anything offensive he might
have said to him in the past, told him
that be considered him his best friend,
and if he wished to ~ out his interest
he might have it at a fair price,
bat that he would not sell to bis
uncles on any terms. Dean told him
to nams his own price. He said
that be would take $2oO,O 600, but would
require the papers should be drawn up
by his own lawyers. Dean replied that
he did not care what lawyer drew up the
paper so long as he was respectable; all
he wanted was a receipt for the money
which he would pay aver. This was the
understanding arrived at. 0rville went
to John l.. Sutherland, No. 81 Wall
street, his attorney, and employed him
to draw up the papers, Sutherland said
yesterday that they we're all ready and
we're to be signed by appointment at II
o'clock. The money consideration, all
in cash, had been provided, and a happy
ending to the l%ong-continued troubles Of
the concern was promised. Reporters, in
their desire to obtain the particulars that
would enable them to account for the
presence Of pistols and a knife, carried
the news Of the terrible affair to the re-
l%atious who nearly all resided out Of
town, and who hurriedly came to the
city. Mrs. Jewett, aged eighty Eve,
mother Of 0rville, was informed Of the
tragedy while at her nephew's in Brook.
yn, and Immediately went to the hos
pital where her son was dying, and as
soon as he saw her bending over him
breathed the words, God bless you"