The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-09-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

HOUSE OF ILL-FAME.--The following is taken fr„ the Dublin Freeman's Journal of the 19th instant :-- v` Sunday evening a dreadful occurrence took place i° house of ill-fame in French-street (Dublin). A gentlen attempted the life of a girl living in No. 21 in the 00; street, and immediately after committed suicide by Elb°°,, • ing himself. Shortly before four o'clock some boys PT ; ing near the house were startled by the sharp report a pistol shot, immediately succeeded by the screams female, and in a few minutes after by a second shot. The di• the alarm to the constable on the beat, who 10% cliately proceeded to the house, and was told that b°,'73 shots had been fired by a gentleman who was then in two-pair back bedroom, The constable went up std' and on entering the room was horrified at seeing the body of a man stretched at full length on the floor, and bleenin slightly from a bullet-wound in the left breast. Althougi five minutes had scarcely elapsed from the time the seetls shot was heard, life was quite extinct. The decea.sed° but partially dressed ; he had on dark trorisers, o stockings, a coloured shirt, and dark satin waistcoat ; iid portion of the shirt around the wound, and the left COnt of the waistcoat, which was unbuttoned, were on fire, would appear the muzzle of the pistol must have been 01.'4, to the breast when the fatal shot was fired, The Emma Fawcett, a native of England, whom the unlbr'',4 nate deceased had attempted to destroy before terminat';‘, his own existence, was found lying on a sofa in the dtajl ing-room, bleeding from several wounds inflicted by 0158 shot, scattered over the right side of her person, from vo temple to the knee; the dress which she wore g all stained witn blood. She left deceased Bitting in the bedroom (the same in which the bog had found) to go down to the drawing-room, and bita been absent but a short time when she heard calling her on the stairs. She was going up t° and had ascended some three or four steps when, ill, stepped forward with a pistol in his right hand sateen dandy fired at her—the charge,which appears to have r of small shot, striking her in a slanting direction donthe wards. She immediately turned and rushed back into bedrawing-room, exclaiming, Oh, lam shot !' and theneliti came unconscious. The proprietress of the establishaliate ' Fanny Stuart,' said the deceased came to her house. Tho on the night of the 30th of August, the day afte';nce• al arriv of the Queen, and had remained there eves in He appeared to have a considerable sum of money gold, which he spent in the most lavish manner' for chasing for the females in the house, and partici-11°70ot' Emma Fawcett, various and costly articles of dres! pia? withstanding his great extravagance, he has left, apedosew a bag filled with sovereigns, which was found of his bed-room by the police. He was frequen,,,"''i ; tioned as to where he came from, and who heAorl his replies were often evasive—always unsatisl7iie contradictory. The night of his arrival he ssirfishal`—ip, veterinary surgeon, attached to the Queen's and subsequently he stated that he had been s°, ,';al, ;la Australia. The name he gave was Webster, °l'''ijed, tinaYrei his real name, was one he appears to have travel Psi° for on the railway labels pasted on his luggagelsoett nd H. Webster, passenger to Dublin.'—Emnia;o.val, leges that he was scarcely ever sober since that during the last two days he was consv—,anduct an, cated, and was becoming quite insane in bisZble severe' manner. The police found on the dressing 4,,,rether witha pistols, and beside them a bag of bullets, and of quantity of powder. The pistols are grate ' 003'1 very superior description ; the maker's liar° quantity son, Lord-street, LiVerpool.' A consideralt vas ying wearing apparel, of the best style and (11191:1altly about. The deceased is of the middle size, uch worn, • an t and of a sallow complexion. His face is n• He mlgh would indicate a life of hardship or diss be about 35 years of age, but looked soini a wig, for it I;4_ having lost some of his teeth, and. we?' snof dark brown, la„ worthy of remark that his hair, which 'shaved, which finds • g grown, having been recently t. that it hal; 00* accounted for to Emma Fawcett by treat tre,ated tor an. ~Aed I been done in hospital, where he was .th d'ae— e contact wi of glanders, which he took from closed in a handsonli horse. A miniature of himself, en resented to the gill Paeihat older, frog morocco leather case, which he thbe e tnt clerk in the London Insuran; the deceased had bee abnsconded from that establishnieaVA sFinaweecertetc,ers'iveadfait'htherfule seems some eArcecasporodninfogr money belonging tothe company _ JCnurypunandyerwdhinsgrhacndeful circumstances, having erabeia t. to a considerainliblfevin°ainloaunt'