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: and had not been seen afterwards, until
| Been made, in the boarding house of
8 this Me. M aseanted. He then fyncome hours: they retired, and Joho-,
pete ‘the house of Mr. P. and on the son said he was hen impressed with)
evening of the same day removed hisia desire to possess the money in the
trunk from the vessel to the house offtrunk of Murray.—He went into the
Mr. Juha Johnson, 65 Front street,iped room, fhund bm asleep, took from
the vest pocket the key, opensd the
trank, aud took out two bags of dol
arg, which he threw inioa corner
yaaintance were in pursuit of him - now bocame uneasy, and alter 2
| Friday. Me. M, was a sober im-{lanse of somz time he says *¢ the Gewu-
distrions man, and was desirous toi” suggested to him to kill Murray
Anerease the amount of his hard earn: ito prevent a detection <f the robbery.
ines.— Lhe above disclosure occasion He went lato the cellar, procured a
«d a more meouie search than bhadihatchetyand went to Murray, who wus|
Er asleep on his right side, struck him
twice on the left temple, which com
picied tue borrid deed Johnson
«nea bound around the head a pair of
drawers and a bolster case, and took
bim through a trap, doorinto the cellar.
This was on Thursday night; the body
remained in the cellar uatii Friday
aight 3 when be removed it tothe place
where it was found by the watchman,
After he had committed the marder,
he became most dreadfully agitated,
and could not sleep in bis own room ;
be went into that where his daugiters
were, and ip the course of the night,
mentioned it to them, and the money
was given to his daughter Mary, who
gave it to her brother, an apprentice
in Maiden Lane, The boy was this
morning sent for, and has confessed
where he hid the money. An officer
has been sent with him to recover it.
The keeper of the Brideweil states
that when Johnson was first commit
ind dead in Cuyler’s Alley, on Sat.
ay moroing, although som# of his
the above Jubnsen, where was torind
gbucealed, a bloody sheet, part of a
truss, and an axe. The saspicion in
doced oar police officers to take Jobo
son, his wile, and children, and also
Jolin Spence, shoemaker, and his wife,
who reside under the same roof, ali
10 the police offize, where the whole
wae separately examined. Mos,
Jobpson being at Newburgh at the
time. and not returning until after the
murder, was aischarged, and returned
home with ber daughter last evening
Mri Spence and tis wife ‘were also
discharged, and be, being inbad health,
bag a fit shortly afier be got home,
and his death for some time Was ap-
prehended, but was somewhat beuer
Jate last evenivg,
Johnson was committed to DBride-
well for further examination.
It ap ears froin the examination,
that the cook of the vessel also identi
ied rat,”
The principal sufferers are Mesers
Rouecke, Bovbridge and Crosthwaite
Tireer and Sewell, with whom we sin
cercly sympathize,
A few of the bones of the per<ens
who perished in the Hamsgs, have been
found and aterred.
—— P—— -
Caution to Thicves — A voung fellow
about sevenieen yeas of age, was!
brought up a lew moraings smce, be-
fore the Police magistrates, in N, Y.!
in a condition, expressed in common’
phrase by a comparison with “a drown-
The young gentleman, it
seems had a penchant £3 pouluy, and
his own yard did not furnish an ade-
quate supply, he resorted to the deck
of a vessel lying at a neighboring dock,
on which a number of coops were pla
ced in preparation for a voyage.
Whilst he was eagerly engaged in
prosecuting the adsenture wa suc
cessful termination, his foot accident
ally slipped, and Lhe was precipliated
into the dock, where he narrowly es-
caped drowning. A watchman heard
nim struggling in the water, and after
assisting him to the shore, conveyed
him to the watch-bhouse. \
The imminent peril of the unfortu-
nate wight should operate as a warn.
ing to those engaged in similar enters
prizes, to be cautious in avoiding sim
ilar accidents.
N. Y. dmerican.
nl § Gl
On Tuesday morniog the body of a
ted, he appeared very indifierent, pro-
testing his innocence, and declaring
that bis mind was quite at ease. Mr
Thorp went ato lis roora with blank-
fied Mr. Murray, and went with the
officers to Johnson's house, and point-|
ed him out as the man who was In
company with the decessed when he
tonk away his trunk. etsy late in the evening; when he had
It also appears, Ly evidence, thatifaid himself down—=but said he could
on Thursday evening, two persons at'not sleep in consequence of not lying
off:rént times were ioquired of in‘easy. Yesterday morning he also
the sigects the way to Johnson's to complained that he had been unable
both of whoin he said he was a siran-{to sizep. This morning he sent ear-
ger and had lefc his chest with fourfly for the keeper, and appeared io
or five hundred dollars, and wasigreat agitation. ©The stings of a
afraid be should lose it--and thatjwounded conscience who can bear?”
Johnson had been in company with fe stated that he passed a horrible
him, and Icft him suddenly. aight, and was resolved rather than dic
+ The opinion is, that the deceased: with a lie in bis mouth, to confess the
was aylecp when the deadly blow was, whole, Com. Adv,
given. The wound is on the left
temple, and the hole, which is the
size of a dollar, appears tn have been
wade with the back of an axe or stone DREADFUL FIRE
hammer. Itis aiso believed that thef At a late hour of the night on Mon-
murder was committed on Thursday{day the 17th instant, our cutizens were
night, and the body concealed umilialarmed by the cry of fire, which was
Friday night, as his feet appeared to:found to proceed from the frame
tayve heen goawed by rats. house owned by Mr D. Greer, and
———
Irom the Pittsburg Statesman,
November 25th,
Gazette, |occupiedby Mr Botbridge at the
EAN — junction of Maikst and Liberty streets.
Some discoveries were made yes.| The fire spread with rapidity to the
terday relating to the murder of Mur- adjoining buildings, and soon consuju-
1ayy which strengthen the beef that'ed the large house occupied as dry
the act was commitied io the house of goods stores by Messrs Conecke, Bore
Johusgn. On a furt search of bridge and Ciosthwaite, and a small
Johinsgu’s house yesterday mornipg, frame occupied by Green the Barber,
“the chest of the deceased was found ~The progress of the fire was so rap:
under |a bed in the room in which it id as to preclude the possibility of
1s supposed he slept. The coat and Saving any coosiderable part of the
pantaigons of the deceased were also merchandiza or household goods, and
found in the yard behind a pile of consequently much was consumed.
wood, having nreviously, by appear. Owing to the calmness of the night,
ances, been thrown into the sink of the{the unusual activiy of the fire come
necessary The head board of the panies and the fortunate circum tance
bed wap found to be bloody, and a'9f some snow having allen in the
track of blood was discovered from early part of the eveniag, the progress
tiie bed to the cellar. Johnso V's dirtyiof the fire was arrested at the para-
<lotbes, and a temale dress were alsoipet wall of Mr Holdsbip’s brick
found with stains of blood on them. — house in market street. The amount
The cartinan was also found, who de-lof property destroyed is variously es-
posed that he carried the chest to the timated at from 10 to 15,000 dollars.
house of Johnson on Thursday last, [ow the fire originated is unknown.
and was paid for the cartage byl We have thus Stated an ordinary
Johnson, Tue coat and paotaioons, circumstance—ihe destruction of prop
and chest, were known to have Hee €TLY Ly fire. Every one knows how
longed ty the deceased, by the mate distressing it isto encounter the sud
and steward of the sloop ultan. In den bereavement of property and all
censequance of these discoveries, the the comforts of home by a midnigin
wife and daughter of Johnson were fire. ‘The hurry—the terror—the al-
arrested, and after examination, com-{leinations of fear that will be lost,
wilted for trial. and the hope that something may ve!
— be rescued, and the final caim dejec-
=a New Yurk, Nov. 25 [tion when the certainty and extent of
CONFESSION OF PHI MUR- (the loss is known, are things familias
DERER. ito many of usyand such circumstan-
We have just come from the Pol-ices excite a temporary sympathy.
ice Oflice, where we learned, that, But how trifling seen such losses com:
John Johnson, who has been for some pared with (he loss of human life!
days in custody on suspicion of haviazd Tue most painful circumstance
murdered Mr. Murray, has made a{connected with this five is, that three
full and satisfacto:y confession of thelbersous, Miss Louisa Konecke, sisted
horid deed. We have not been able!to Mr Koaccke, bis soa William aged
to oblatn a copy of his declaration; but{6 ycars, and iletty Laishaw, his little
we undersiand that he entirely acquits{servant gicly perished in the flames!
every other person else, and states that| This awtul calamity has penetrated
he perpeteated the crime at midnight, With the most profound grief, an ami-
wheo his {amily and every other per.jable family, aod cast a gloom over
son were asleep. His wife, as already our city, It is the first occurence of
stated, wasat Newburg, and did notithe kind in Pitiebureh, and we most
return till Saturday morning, John. fervently pray that it may never agar
son has also given information where be our painful task to regisicr such a
be concealed the moncy belonging to Calamity,
the deceased ~The Police declined! Mr Konecke escaped from the
aN copy of the confession untiy house, while the flames were raging
Laid Bre ony, when it will be trough ity oy joniplag out ofa win-
cours, Gow 1 the second story, with a child
mm is arms ; vis wife was carried out,
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3 ppears from Johnsons Statement,jverely butat, and almost sufficated
that Murray suj
trot. shore of ppecd with the tamily ; With smoke. Ske ms recovering.
et shortly alter he proposed 1g pe.| It wduld be wrong to close this no-
man named Jacob Keiser, was found
on a small spot of ground, in the mid
die of Lost Creek ; about a miie and a
halt from (his plzce. The following
information was collected from the
evidence adduced before the inquest
held on the afternoon of that day. Atl
ter getting a pint flask filled with
whiskey, he sct off to cress the creck,
and in the evening was seen by sever:
al persons, sieepiog on the little 15land
He was found in the morning, with
his flask empty, and the ice was bro
ken partly across the creek ;—frow
which tis supposed, that he awaken:
ed in the night, and after drinking tic
itquor, attempted to wade through the
water but being benumbed by the cold,
and overcome by the effect of the )i-
quor, was unable to proceed, and so
returned and perished. The inquest
returned a verdict of death by cold
aod intoxication.” —= Miglin Liagle.
mini
Captain Farrin from Havanna, in-
forms that eighteen American sailors
have been imprisoned at that place, on
suspicion of haying smiuvdered a Span.
ish saiior on the Mole. Among the
number confined are ail the crew and
mate of the brig Noble, captain Max-
wel belonging wo Boston,
Lultimore Patriot.
ell Dn.
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Lure, Stating that ke wished Lig trunk
to be with him in bis bed room~J olin.
son told him that his wife being abe
schit he should sicep with hin, and
{ook bine with the trunk into the bed
toon, Johnson famained whl Usk
tice without stating that the LApyzs on
this occasion Bohaved more gallantly,
0 joluing the rauks and carry ny
water than did many lazy fellows, who
s.00d with tieir. arms folded, gazing
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Sk its Line a Tp
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