ONE STROKE WITH THE BLADE
Item
- Title
- ONE STROKE WITH THE BLADE
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-14
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-14/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.758,0.153,0.229,0.11,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- lovers; mulatto
- Race of alleged offender
- Mixed alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- Mixed alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- police
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-State; West 26th street
- Length of story
- 503
- Description
- ONE STROKE WITH THE BLADE MARY DEANS DREADFUL DEATO A IUK 11ANDS OF A JKALUV3 31 AN A Nnnriny Night Murder In West TrrtnlytxlV Street Aniutla Inylon Unity Cries nd fllihtTke Chess by Ihe Police At twenty minutes to U oclock last nlgh Augustus Layton mulatto cut the throat ol Mrs Mary Dean also a mulatto on tho side walk In front ot 138 West Twentysixth street That house Is rented by Mrs Elizabeth Millet of 108 East Twentyseventh street She sub lets the houso In furnished rooms Mrs Dunn who was only 20 roars of ago and good looking occupied tho parlor floor Sho did not live with hor husband f Layton formerly lodged In the house lie was Intimate with Mrs Doan and accompanied her to parties and otlior entertainments Us lost his situation lately and was short of money Ho quarrelled with Mrs Doan anti iho refused to havo anything more to do with him Mrs Millar ordered him not tooomoto the house again lie called on Saturday oven lag and was refused admittance Layton returned soon after 10K oclock last night Mrs Dean spoke to him through hoe window and ordered him away He cursed tier and she ran out saying she would get n policeman Layton caught her on the side walk and killed her Ho then ran toward Sea Dnd avenue and escaped Severn persons saw him running and ono detected him throwing n razor away Sarah Mlgglns lives nt 215 West Twenty sevonth street She said Layton was stand ing on the stoop anti talking to Mrs Doan I was sitting by Mrs Deans window Tutu shut ters wore closed so that I could not see but I could hoar very plainly Mrs Dnnn came out of tho front door amid went down to the sldowalk with Layton Both were greatly excited I heard Lnyton ask lior what chic held In her band and what slits was going to do with It She said sho would hit him unless ho went away and that she was going utter an officer Do you mean to strike mo ho asked Yes alto said Then I hoard her say Stop pushing me 1 blight after thuat sluoran Into the room whnra I was Hho hold both hands to her thront and did not say a woid SIte itnmppd her feet and thorf ant on the b d one threw put her arms clapped tier hands to gether anti fell backward Blood pouied down over the front ot her dross I tried to stop It with water but could not Then Pollcomim Hyland cams In and shin tiled a moment hitter Layton Is 23 years of ago of a light mulutto color llvo foot six Inches In height nud wears 4 n slight moustache Ho has lived lately In I Tlilrtyllrst street near tbo middle of tile block Thin hospital doctors oxamlnod Mrs Dunn and said hor throat had been cut with ono blow as cleverly as though by surgeon
