New-York tribune., 1882-02-28
Tragedy IN NEW-UTRECdI'

MYSTERIOUS SuOOIlNO VI
xrw-yoRK LAWYER IN CRITICAL CoNpl liON ~ a.
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOsPlTAL-hi' WI
ARREST on SUSPICION. :.
The stracriing little village of New-Ctrecn "
,nattraetively situated in the midst OF tur,lp IL
cabhage fields on the line of the BrookIyh' p'',,. ~
Conev Island Railroad, about MIDWAY
BROOKLYN and Coney Island. mere 49, No. tho
temnt an outsider to make 1t hrs ho'no :, -
-, - +b oir and the invigorating salt oreeIe''
For this reason George Barry " an SV""s
Loo office is NJ No. 81 Wall-St.' "enl % Wv
Ttrecb, last August and rented 'ne l,'o ID -
-, -, Pev H. s Carpenter, OF the nelghDorlhg
nns VI -" D.,b with his young wife. to whom he
-, ,nor-,ed a year and a half, Mr.. wall
- ,ietIv in the village, going back and forth to
~ bpsiness in the city every day. They hVed
o,art by themselves, and returned no calls That
,era made upon them by the Village people, and 20
y, outside observers seemed devoted TO each
o+ber and happy When Mr.. Wall went away
in the morning his wife would wave her hand at
him from the window, and he would kiss his hand
to her. On sunday last 5 w. Dubois, the sexton OF
Che old Dutch church in the town, seated IN the
rear Of tie church listening to the service when
The door opened and Jane Goodcnough, girl en-
Moved by the Walls, looked in and with an
aArichted expression, beckoned Mr.. Dubois outside.
He went to the door. when the girl stated
4ba+ Mr. Wall was sick and wanted doctor.
The sexton told her the doctor was not III he
ehlrch and the girl went away, but again returned
In few minutes, and calling MIR. Dubois out. SAID
tina Mr. Wall was shot and must have doctor at
once. The sexton and one or two ladies OF the
cOngrcg ltio1 Immediately went with the grl to MT.
Walls house, about 800 yards distant where;
in bedroom IN the second story, they t0uhd
hr Wall lying on the h2or' WI Win h. ms ili,I ncdn ar
The toOr beside him, holding her finger TO wound
in the side Of his neck: Blood was, spattered over
the room Mrs. Walls hands and clothing were
gmeaTpd with II and Wflcn Slc removed utI Hu8tt
blood spurted in little red jets from the wound A
bloody pistol lay upon the floor. " Where is the
doctor - She saId. "'Oh you must bring a doctor
He is getting faint and nave been
holding my finger here for twenty min
It was an accident" Drs Dumond and
Schenck were hastily summoned and found that
Mir Wall had been shot III the left side OF the neck
and hat the ball bad lodged III the vertebre' pro-
ducing partial paralysis. The injured man was
placed upon bed and tenderly cared for, Ills
wife being asslduous IN her attentions ana con
stantlv moaning oh, my poor husband; VIII ne
die: don't let him die. IL an accident, wasn't
In ~ The last appeal addressed directly % the
wounded man aud he feeOly responded, -" les, II
Jusfice OF the Peace Cornelius Ferguson. at
tracted by the report of the affair, which spread
rapidly through the village, wa soon on the spot,
and pcrceviug the critical condition OF the wounIed
man proposed to take his ante-morlem 81 ,ttmJhL
but the doctors after cOnsulta concluded thaU
ylying it would be unwise to eX;-
cite him Justice Ferguson accordingly heard
only the statement OF the wife. She SAID that her
husband had been in the habit of keeping rcyol-
Yer in his room, and that morning he failed TO
remove il from the table. They had started TO take
the tram 10 New-York, but missing y, they went
back TO Jhe house. They entered Tie bedroom ana
Mrs. Wal said This Is no place TO keep reFoI-
yer" She picked it mp 10 place 1t IN
n drawer. when II went of with the
result stated. Her statement was believed and no
steps were taken III the matter al thtt tlhe AII.
Walls father, his brother and TWO sisters went
down from New-lork On the o'clock tram sunday
evening. Later on statements Oh tLe SCI
vanf, Jane GOodenOugh, and ihe gossip OF the
ncighbOTs induced the Justice t. place
Z watch upon he women Yesterday afternoon, ~
9 O'Clock The doctors were hastily summoned TO
leve Mrs. Wall of poison which she had swallowed
They found her lying upon "A sofa, calling for mix,
AM III from the drug she had taken hcstOratIves
were applied aud she was relieved.
Last evening II was decided to remove Nr. W all
fatal Justice Church, Of Fort iaml,on, was
sent for to take the injured mans antc-morta an
statement. ThI, was o. such nature hat the
Justice immediately bad Mrs. W ali locked up III the
Town Hall, where she now Us. Jane, the servant
girl. is young woman OF about twenty, and the
substance 0i her story as I"id 10 Helshpoii "Ss
that alter NJ. and Mrs al aO Jailed TO cltch II.
tram the yoney Island Road Mrs. Wall wished
her husband TO walk over and take the ualnu'on
Avenue cars, distant nearly two miles, lie refused
TO 20 and o.. then said she would go
herself alone. she sent the girl up airs
10 YET Lcr rlbbcrs. and when She came down
asked her " Ldt Is he DONG T. Inc glIl o1l4 ne
W. looking out Of the window. MIS-, Wall
then went upstairs and Immediately after
ward came the report OF the pistol. ne
girl rushed upstairs ana iO-4u Mf'
thruat The girl asked what the matter, and
Mr., Wall rected her To run tOr doctor While she
tried 10 pull the bullet cut. The girl then hurried
10 the church. Mrs. Wall Is of light complexion,
with brown hair and blue eyes with figure that
was much admired. She had d. en-
al actress, having played with Rouc-
rlcault in tie SLlueATan' HE pistol Is
rusty from long d!suse, and Of the ol
raI-and-blll pattern. Mrs Wal stated that they
were IN the habit OF keeping II cooked. IAe
wounded husband, previous TO beng brought 10
kew-Y Ork. III Ide his VIII and prepared for death.
Al the Presbyterian Hospital last evening tn
brother OF the wounded man SAID TO lkIBCNE
reporter hat there no foundation Tor the STATE
utnt that Mir. Wall and his VIE
had lived unhappily together recently,
and that the shooting was not the
result of accident Ii was true, he saId that Mrs.
but ,ne and her husband hai had no quarreis anu
there was no desire on her part 10 return To the
stage Even ii there had been trouble between the
two he did not think Mrs. " al
yould have resOrted 10 violence against her nus
band She was too tinid woman and was AFRAID
tie wounded was brought TO the HospltdI.
His father, the Rev. Thomas C.. wan, l.
superintendent If the institution lie together
with Dr. j. +. Dutheld, Resident physician, ana
Edward Wall, younger son, accompanied the
wounded man il the ambulance from Newt recht
to this city. IL was thought best 10 bring
him 10 TINS city in order 20 give him as good
attendance as posi- de. " hen he arrived, the
wounded man was very low and was bleeding IN
fernally. lie retained his Consciousness from the
time he shot. The physicians say that even
should he he viii Oe crippled for life HIS rlghj
side was whOy and his left side partly .arayz zed.
II was not deemed safe probe for the ball, which
was supposed to be lodged IN the vertebre. II was
not expected at a late hOuI hat MI. Nau would
live.