The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-07

OF crimes prrpctratcd ny reckless OF rdblu
mon, which the law cannot prevent, and
against which its penalties cannot be en-
forced. No vigilance could have been
safeguard against this murderer; there
was no way of keeping him in check.
The restraining influences of wealth. business
and social position, domestic life, intell-
gcncc and education, We're all as nothing 10
him. In his case the crime was its own
avengcr; hut the punishment is no Offset TO
the widespread havoc he has caused. For
tunatcly for the community, and for the
comfort of life, there are few criminals of
his kind.
ORvILLE JEwErr's friends say that he
was crazy; but tins is an attcrthought. put
out to relieve him. rs much n possible, from
the disgrace Of his crime. He had not pre-
viously been looked on "a "a lunatic; lac had
never been treated asa lunatic. lie had been
allowed to attend to business, TO take charge
Of his household. and Ia occupy place in
good society. He left his house as usual on
IL m.sain5L G, ia.e 1ay u the crime; he
was seen 10y number Of his acquaintance
not long before its pcrpctration; and up to
the time that he entered into conference
with his business partners in the counting
room. he appears neither to have said or
done anything that indicated any ahcrra-
ton of mind. Some men. and not n
few Of them, according to the doctors
Of lunacy. are liable to a " sudden accession
Of the insane mania - but this. in palmer
language. merely means that they are sub
jet to uncomfortable fits of rage, or rather
let us say. that they wifully surrender
themselves to these fits. These men are not
ordinarily regarded as lunatics, nor are
they entitled to the consideration or COM
miseraton claimed for them as such when
1t is totheir advantage.
OF the circumstances Of the tragedy itself,
we shall probably not have a satisfactory
account till we get 1t from the lips of Mr..
DEAN, who Witnessed it, If he was not a per-
former in IT, He is likely to recover
from his wound, but has thus far been
kept out Of sight and it is said
his mind has been affected by the shock. It
is easy enough to get up theories. hut hard
to find one in which all the known facts fit
themselves. ORvILLE JFwErT himself said
before death that the affair was an accident {;
but. though we dislike TO discrcdit the word
az the dying man. his statement Is destroyed
by circum-tantial evidence Of very dirc,t
and positive kind. 1t is believed 10y some
that OReTLLE JEwErT himself committed
suicide after the explosion Of the hand
grenade; but this notion is not proved.
Let Us. however. notice a few points
l. Mr.. ORvlLLE JEwErr was man Of eX-
cocdngly violent temper and apt TO fall
into fierce fit of rage
q He was about 10 loo oustod from the
successful business house Of which he and
his murdered uncle We're members and ON
the morning If the tragedy lac Visited the
counting room for the purpose oil settling
his affairs with the firm.
g. lie went there armed with az least ons
revolver; and there Is reason for believing
that he also had the hand grenade about
him: but it is not yet determined whether
he likewise carried the dirk knife or whether
il was he who had the small lOur-baIclle,
pistol
A. lie had a quarrel with his deceased
uncle, and with his other partner. Mr.. DEAN
after he entered the counting room.
8. II is not yet established whether Tho
crack of the hand grenade or of one or both
of the pistols was first heard He may iir-
have aimed his revolver ut one or th'
other Of his two partners who Were
present; weapon may immediatel.
ho,u i''cu uidWu upun linn. and then il
al outbur-t Of reoNln-, fury. be- may hd,,
exploded the hand grenade. He may fret
in the rage of the quarrel hay
fired tho grenade; and then. suppo-lng b.
had killed his partners fired four bullet
of the small pistol, and one bullet Of th
navy revolver, into himself Five bullet
entered his body, and five shots ha
been fired from the two pistols, va
one account says that another hullo
mark has been found in the wall Of TN
counting room, as though third pistol la
been brought into play.
&. OEyILLE JEWErr's quarrel with hi
partners had been Of long standing and ha
often brought about outbreaks, in which il
used threatening language; and it is ne
improbable that, as their business relation
were to terminate on the day OF the tragedy
one or other of his two partners may hay
carried the small pistol, Tor use IN case {
emergency.
Many people will hc suspicious because n
statement has yet boon published from VI
DEAS, the only surviving witness of Il
tragedy in the counting room. When "
get that statement, We shall bee able To- cloj
up some Of the obscurities that are now b
yond penetration.