The daily gazette., 1883-07-10
A BRUTAL MURDER.
Jealousy over a Wench Causes Negro
to XIII White Man.

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NEW YORK, July 10.-Robert Simpson,
cartman, about 80 years old, was stabbed
and almost instantly killed last night on th'
sidewalk IN front of No Q York street, b.
Alexander Boyer, a mulatto, about % year
old, boatman on the East river. The mur
derer escaped, but his description was sent
to all the police captains, and it is thought
that he will be captured today.
Simpson was a married man, but had
been living for some time at York street
with a negress named Mary Hawley, to
whom Boyer also was paying attention.
The men met frequently at the woman's
house and always quarrelled. Some two
weeks ago Boyer and Simpson had fight
Boyer was struck on the head with a stove
litter, receiving very severe scalp wound.
He also received other very severe pun
| ishment at the hands Of Simpson and was
finally thrown out of the house on the side
walk, where he laid unconscious for hall
the night.
When he recovered, he left the neigbor.
hood swearing that he would have revenge
and "get square" with Simpson the 1rst
time he saw him.
The negress, Mary Hawley, became
alarmed at the frequency of these fights,
and so left the neighborhood. At No.
York street, however, her neighbors said
1t was learned last night that she favored
Simpson and gave him information OF her
whereabouts. He did not continue his
visits to her, but he and she were In con-
slant communication.
They met by appointment last night In
the liquor store at No. 2 York street, which
is kept by Patrick j. Kelly. During the
time they were In the saloon she upbraided
him with having deserted her and they had
long and violent conversation. He finally
threatened to leave her, but they became
somewhat reconcied. He asked her to
drink. She took soda water and he had q
glass of whiskey.
Then he passed out of the saloon, leaving
the woman behind him. While almost on
the very doorstep of the saloon the mulatto
darted out of place of concealment and
stood before him with drawn knife. A few
angry words passed between them, and al
most Immediately Boyer was ON his victim.
The knife glanced across Simpsons fore
head and cut one long wound, laying bare
the bone.
The white man reeled back from the ne
gro's embrace, and fumbled blindly In his
pistol pocket for a revolver. When he had
drawn and cooked it the blood from his
wound had streamed down on his face and
blinded his eyes. A few PAGES back from
him the mulatto, with the blood-stained
knife, now stood half breathless.
Simpson fired, in what direction he knew
not, but It was wide of his intended mark.
Before the smoke cleared away the weapon
had dropped from his nerveless hand and
the colored man was on him once more and
stabbed him again and again. When he
drew off from the contest the white man
had fallen in pool of his own blood, with
the life quickly oozing out of him. Then
the negro turned towards West Broadway
and fed.
The whole contest took place in few
seconds. Boyer's last plunges with the
knife were delivered with lightniDg-like
rapidity. When a crowd, attracted by the
report of Simpsons pistol, had gathered at
the scene, the negro had disappeared and
the white man was dead.
When Mary Hawley, tht negress who
caused all the trouble, heard the noise of the
fight, she was just finishing her glass OF
soda water in Kelly's liquor store She
quietly stepped out into the street and tried
to steal away unobserved, but number of
women Immediately gave an alarm and she
was held until the police arrived, by whom
she was taken to the Fifth Precinct Station
house and locked up in cell There she
was examined by Captain Eakins and told
her story very reluctantly. The police be-
lieve that she knows much more than she
will tell.
Captain Ealzins said last evening that
both men were drunk when the killing took
place. Simpson and Boyer have bad repu-
tations, and Sergeant Deshay said it was a
pity that both had not been killed.
The negress will be taken to the Coroner s
office this morning with Boyer, If he is
captured.