Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-26
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on the 24th of December, 1882, b' Nicholas l.. Dukes. was one of the mos sensational of recent trage lies. Captain Mutt was the state cashier of Pennsyl vania, and Dukes was a prominent yOunl lawyer and R member of the PeDn>yl vanil Legislature. Captain Mutt re turned to his home from Harrisburg or Saturday, the 23d of December, and ot the following morning, ID company witt his nephew, Clark Breckenridge, cash fer of the Peoples bank, went to tn, Jennings House, where Dukes boarded to see the latter. Be was expecting tn, call, and had his room prepared for the reception of visitors. At the dOOrway the two visitors paused, and then Cap tain Mutt entered alone. In a sLort time the sound of scuffling was heard Breckenridge entered the room, found 1 Captain Mutt and Dukes struggling and succeeded IL separating them. Al this Juncture John J. Feathers, sOn-in law of the landlord, reached the room and found Breckenridge holding tlt Captain. Dukes then drew a revolve. and fired at Mutt, the ball entering be- low the left eye and piercIng the brEIn He lost consciousness and died in a few moments. He had a cane in his hand | and a revolver was found on kls person Captain Mutt was forty-two years ol | and left wife and several children. h. had long been prominent in busi- ness and politics. Dukes promptly surrendered himself and remained iu lail until the l2th of March, when Lt was placed on trial On the 1ith O. March the jury acquitted him. On tho trial 1t was shown that Capt. Mutt had been impelled tO seek Dukes ont be cause of the receipt Of letters from tho latter in which he admitted having had illicit intercourse with young daughter of Nutt's but defended himself on the ground that the girl had made the first advances to him and charged that the girl had been loose in her relation wIth other men. He also suggested that the girl might be saved from exposure if the father would aid in destroyirg z the grow. ing evidence of her giIilt.
 The acquittal of Dukes created in- tense public indignation. The jurOrs were hOOted at in the streets and some of them barely escaped mObblng. Theii action was denounced in public meetings and Dukes was compelled to resign his
 
 warned to leave UniOntown, which he did, but shortly afterward returned and announced his intention of remaining there. He took up his quarters in the same room at the hotel where he had killeda Mutt, and was unmolested until the evening.of the 18th of last June, when he was shot and killed by James Mutt, the 19-year-Old son of the man he had murdered and brother of the glrl he had seduced Dukes was walking up Main street Co ward his hotel, about half past seven in the evening. Young Mutt was standing in a doorway, and when Dukes reached him he drew his revolver and fired at him, the ball taking effect m his side Dukes started tOsrun, pursued by Mutt, who fred Q second and third shot, each shot taking effect. After the third shot Dukes fell to the sidewalk, and Mutt, leaning over him, emptied two more bar rels into his body, leaving him dead. In his pocket was found the revolver witt which he had killed Captain Mutt, and Q dirk knife was attached to a suspender button. Young Mutt promptly surren- dered himself and was placed in jai!.
 Dukes was 8 years of age, a graduate of Princeton university, and had borne a good character. He had been engaged to the young woman whose ruin he effected.
 After his death letter was discovered among his papers which entered into al elaborate defense of his course toward the Mutt family. This letter was pre- pared with a view tO its publication in the event of his death. and displayed. along with a certain literary ability, a degree of moral Obtuseness really phel- Omenal. Dukes lamented his "l'Oiish- ness" Tn writing the letters to Capt. Mutt mich led to the first tragedy, but in other respects found nothing to re- prOach himself with.
 The trial began one week ago yester- day. The case has attracted atteu- ion throughout the country. The case went to the jury last night. At 10 o'clock this morning the idry returned @ verdict of mot guilty" on account of insanity. As early as seven o'clock the entrances to the court house were be- seiged Dy a crowd far exceeding the numbers in attendance any day since the trial. Promptly at 9:30 the court opened and the prisoner was escorted to a seat. His cOunteuance wore the look of most profound anxiety, now chang ing to one of confidence as words of en- cOuragement whispered in his ear, again putting on an ar of dispOndency as the thought that the jury might perhaps find hlm guilty, hItted across his mind: the muscles of hls face tWitcbed and other movements of his body indicated his mind WIS i'll at ease. He stated tC the counsel that he had slept only two hours last night. The curiosity of the audience was intense and at the rustic or cJmmO- ton at the door, there would be turning of heads and stretching of uecks. Al last the jury flied in at 9;j1 a. ID. and as they seated themselves the silence wa oppressive. After the usual questions the prisone- was ordered to stand up but was so weak that he had to be as. sisted to his feet; the foreman tEen an. nounced the verdict and the crowd which with difficulty had been restrained during the day, gave vent to approval in loud cheers, which the immense crowd outside took up and answered back and another cheer went up from inside. Fin ally order was restored and the prisoner remanded to jail until tomorrow, when he will be examined by committee as to his present mental condition. Mrs Mutt and Lizzie were not present, they remained at the residence of Mayor Brown, where the glad tidings were quickly conveyed to them. COngratul- atory dispatches are pouring in Ou them from all points.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Gen. Grant has written Q letter to the Washington Star in relation to the Mexican treaty. Il as United States Commissioner had Irdividual personal interest in AIexicu which would be benefited by the passage of the proposed Mexican treaty. Gen. Grant says Mr Romero and myself never had in our lives. any pecuniarv transactions or transactions of any kind sInce the close of our rebellion and the expulsion Of Meximillisn from Mexico There has been a warm sympathy be- tween Romero and myself; our views being coineident ss to the relations that ought to exist between Mexico and the United States; we have devoted much time tO bringing about more intimate relations between the two republics and entirely grstuitously on our part Argument used that under the treaty 1t would be an easy matter to ship Cuban sugar to MexIco and reship 1t from Mex leo thus evading the duties is untenable because Mexico has 8 higher tariff upo1 sugar than the United States, and that 1t is only crude sugar, which Is admitted free under the treaty and differences be