The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-07-23
Brutal Homicide.


Last Saturday evening some men were
for some time drinking and quarreling in
the " Exchange Hotep in this town, until
street fight resulted which ended in the
death of Isaac Dereamer. There was a
crowd in the bar-room, and between ten
violent of the party moved into the street in
front of the Post Office. Among these were
James M. Price and Daniel Brosius engaged
in quarrel. Upon coming out of the tav-
ern Price stripped off his shirt TO prepare
for fight, and gave it to DR.. Taggart to hold.
Dereamer soon after took off his coat. In
the street Price drew a knife, when Mr.
Billmyer slapped him and ordered him 10
put it away He did SO, and soon after
came 10 blows with Dereamer they clinch.
ed and fell both at the same time. Price
turned Dereamer, and then holding down
the PROSTATE man, struck him six or eight
hard blows upon the temple and face in
quick succession. "He would not let De-
reamer up, because he had not followed
enough Dereamer did not speak after
he got the first blow, and made no resistance
after he fell. When Price was taken off by
Billmeyer and others, Dereamer drew breath
very hard, and died in from two to five
minutes after" We quote this from one of
the witnesses.
Sheriff Miller upon being sent for, came
down and Immediately arrested Price, put
ting him in Jail, and in irons.
The body of the dead man was taken
into the hotel, and afterwards 10 his dwell
ing; where Doctors Ramsey and McKelvy
made a postmortem examination and Es.
quire Painter held an inquest on Sunday
morning. The inquest reported that "the
deceased came to his death from blows in
ficied by James M. Price" The lower
jaw was found broken off entirely on the
right side near the union in front and also
broken on the left side near the articulation
with the upper jaw The scull was removed
by the physicians and the vessels of the
brain we're found very much congested: the
right lobe much more than the left. There
was no extravasation. Inthe opinion of the
physicians death was produced by conges-
ton of the brain caused by external vio-
lence.
The deceased was an industrious man,
and leaves wife and two small children
sorely stricken by their bereavement. He
was member of the Order of Odd Fellows,
and large concourse of people attended
his burial in the Cemetery on Monday
morning. He sometimes drank liquor, but
was not intoxicated on Saturday night. He
had for some years been steady and irusty
workman at the Irondale Furnace.
Price few years ago plead guilty on an
Indictment for forgery in the court of this
county, and served out his sentence. He
has worked some at the printing trade, and
began to learn that art in the 'tDemovat" of
this town, but soon went to Minersville.-
Last spring he was connected with sour
rilous or "fash" newspaper in this place
called the "Sam Slick" which was the
common sewer of rowdy depravity; and af-
ter changing its name, was recently sold
under execution for money embezzled by
Price's comrade. About the same time
Price also connected himself with negro
show which broke down after few exhibi
tons. Lately he has been drinking very
much, and has followed no regular employ
ment.
The afrray Of Saturday seems to have ORR
ginated from brawl and fight which took
place last Thursday between James Major,
Price and Jacob Holder; but at which De-
reamer was not present. One of the wit.
nesses testified at the inquest that on Satur.
day night at the Exchange" Price said
sthere were Morgantown boys there and he
would be'd-dif if he would not raise fight
with them"
While the fight in the street was going on,
George Wasser, who was in the outer edge
of the crowd struck man with his fist and
knocked him down.
Mr.. Buckalew is counsel for Price, and
Judge Woodward will be down to-day (Tues-
day) to decide upon habsas corpus whether
the defendant m ay be permitted TO give bail.