The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-12-22
The Poole Ease.

al in New York, and the greatest interest is
! manifested in its details by the public Of
/ that great metropolis. Our readers are sui
4 6cienty familiar with the details to dispense
with any formal analysis ol the evidence,
A. far as il has gone, but the romantic cir
] cums,ances which attended 1.-THE strange
position of William Pool--the curious de>
yelopmcnts Of New York life which sues
4 c.eded his death the t|igb, ol Lewis ia
ker. the alleged murderer, and the success
/ iul pursuit OF ths fugitive by George Laws
famous clipper the Grsp..hot" til. SYN
{ path, and enthusiasm manifested for TIA. de
ceased by many respectable persons TIL"
n,,endanc. At his f1nera Of one hundred
snd fifty thousand men. wemen aud chl-
dren-all illustrate the social philosophy OF
the Empire CITY. and deserve some at,sn
ton on that account from the writer's aud
publicisls OF the South.
The facts Of the case are briefly as fol.
lows: Poole, Baker, Turner, Mclaughlin,
aud the other individuals connected with
the tragedy, belonged To the elias. which is
known IN New York by the title Of tight
ing men," or prize fighters. whose proirs,
sion is bolIyi-m. violence and riot This
class stands very high in New York. and
even the leading politicians are proud OF its
acquaintance and patronage. john Van
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N.Ls, sad Turner op III. o,hr, They
were AL we understand. native. of Sew
N,,t .od the tr.peay Al Stsuvis Hall was
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,,.,,d.,,apd,nv Having met IN th,
d,,,L,,,, h,uxa .hov. m.c,ion.d the, com
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IN. death of po,l. from a hulle, fired At
tim, nv Lewis Rnker who alleges thu, he
,o,,,u.J tho no, /, xslf,d.fa,c. The
.,,,.r ia now h.,up tried on charra of
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a., ,.l,,t of Nav \o,L has h.an c,ysp,d
+, e,,duc, IN. r,.r for III, prosecution aud
Jsf.,c.
A, has, the .lru, ia. a y,lns, d.,n..
bona. o,,,,.l il, which IN, ,,rirrInl ,c,or,
war. ,n,,-rsn, runners. prllr>6phter. aud
h,,cll.os Even Poole himself tin. mod
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q, rnu.r,il.l.d t.rocity lew month.
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brother rup,i.t named Nnfiis..y. IN a
\,n,h W.,d ,,o,,.,y and b,y,pr succeed
.J in "c.tt,np hun under" commenced to
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=, ,,d.,,u.ly thai the unl,r,un,,, wretch
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