The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-07-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—A daring attempt at assassination was committed on Saturday, during the night, on the person of Mr. Turon, jeweller, residing in Chartresstreet, between St. Louis and Conti, under the following circumstances :—A man named Doeth owed Mr. Turon eighty dollars. On Thursday last, about eight o'clock, Doeth went to the shop of Mr. Turon, accompanied by a man named Schneider. " I intend to leave the city," said Doeth, " and, as I cannot pay you before my departure, my friend who is here will settle with you whenever you desire it ; he has a small store in Conti-street, near Royal, and is a matt of business ; he is in want of a few articles, which ' you can sell him with the utmost confidence." Schneider then selected a watch, chain and key, and a few other articles of jewellry. "Do you live here alone ?" asked one. " Yes," was the reply. " Have you any thing to drink ?" was the next inquiry. " I have some beer up stairs, if you wish any." Mr. Turon then went up stairs, followed by Doeth and Schneider. After they had drunk some beer, D.. and S. began a conversation in German. Mr. Turon then asked if Schneider wished to pay for the articles he had purchased immediately. Doeth answered that Schneider wished them laid aside, and that he would call next day for the articles, and pay both accounts. They then went down stairs, and D. and S. left the house together. On the following day Mr. Turon waited in vain for Schneider. On Saturday evening, while Mr. Turon, was shutting up his shop, Doeth arrived and said to him, " I believe Schneider is about leaving, I have been at his house and found him pecking up his trunks. Did he pay you?" " No," answered Mr. Turon. " Well then, shut up your shop and come with me to Schneider's house ; he must pay you before he goes." Mr. Turon then proceeded, accompanied by i Doeth, to Schneider's dwelling n Conti-street. The door bad been left half open, and Schneider was seen occupied at a large trunk in the middle of the floor. Mr. Turon went in first, and was followed by Doeth, who shut the door after i him, and remained near t. Hele is Mr. Turon," said Doeth, will you pay him Certainly," answered Schneider. " immediately. He then took his pocket book, stooped down to the candle, which was on the floor, took sonic notes out, and feigned to present them to Mr. Turon, who, unsuspicious, was advancing to count them, when Schneider, by a quick movement, caught Mr. Turon by the neck, and held him with a firm grasp, while Doeth, who was behind, also seized him ; they then took a short rope, with a stick attached to each end of it, which had, no doubt, been prepared for the purpose, and passed it round his neck, and began to pull, against the other, so as to strangle him. During the struggle, Mr. Turon seized Schneideri by both ears, and then began a desperate wrestle, n which Mr. T. would certainly have been overcome, had he not, luckily, seized Schneider's little finger between his teeth, and hit it off. The pain of this caused him to slacken his grasp for a moment, during which Mr. Turon, who was then near the door, gave it a heavy kick, and cried out murder. Doeth and Schneider, aldrmed by -the cry, opened the door and fled. Schneider was arrested yesterday, in his boarding-house in Toulouse-street, by Mr. Reinecke, and is now in safe custody.—New Or, Pee, Jvne 6.