Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-23

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Bloody runners were ufe Yesterday IN con.
necti0n with the sudden and violent dg8'h Of
The Hon. Nike Walsh. About i've O'Clock Do
the morning, the warm bat lifeless b0iy of Mr.
Walsh was found by policeman Courtney. a
the Sixteenth Precinct, lying al the foot Of a
steep fight If stone steps, leading o. a base
msnt, under the millinery store, Ao.l36 Eighth
avenue. The officer had passed thai way hall
an hour before, but did not then see any person
there. The steps are eight IN number, and un-
usually steep. on the sides they are guarded
BY ratings, but at the front there IS no ral nor
guard, and a. they cut into the sidewalk some
what deeply thcy are rather dangerous. ANY
person who might happen to stumble near
them, could not save himself from a fan Of ar
least ten feet The bottom step is within eight
inches OF the door. II was upon this that The
head Of the deceased rested, face up. his body
lying with his Feet elevated toward the street
A small pool OF blood, which had flowed from
a slight scalp wound In the back If the head.
lay upon The lowest step.
Mhen we state that Mr.. Walsh had been out
with s1me boon companions until a late hour
in the mounIng, INDUCING rather freely. and
that hen his friend Mr. Geo. Wilkes and be
Jeff the Hone House an : Al. aL. with the
vowed intention of goin- home forthwith. he
was quite under the influence If liquor. II
would strike one as most probable that Will.
staggering homewsrd, be had stumbled and
fallen down The cellar way, where De- vas
found, and died there of congestion. THIS
would appear 20 be the most probable ibeorv.
and d j. sustained By the medical testimony.
Doubtless the fan stunned him. Il Do did not
produce concession o. the brain. leariug him
helpless and being a man of full habit. 2
noted bon viYaut, and sLtle time of the faf
quite upsyZrom de position in which DE- iar.
head downward, b would not strain TIE imag-
uation 20 suppose that under such cireumsfar-
crs BE- died Of congestion of he brain.
But TIE body Is found stripped Of H. taI--
ables. a. costly gold watch. the rH OF tf.
widow Of Geo. Steers, a heavy gold chain. tie
diamond mig worn on the ieft hand, and aH
The money, save q few coppers 30 the pockets.
are missing. What Ghoul has stripped ga
dead2 Were these articles stolen before T..
after death2 Was tie helpless inebraia hurled
down the abyss By some rdfian hand for pIuD-
derg These are questions which suggest Them
selves very unpieasantly. and throw a vail ri
mystery over the melancholy affair thstis GER
taillF perpleEiuE as well as painful Tosart
hochbars who left him In bis cups a. The r..
horse ~ tno O'Clock m tie morning. saws De-
often asked Walsh If De- was not afraid 10 20
bone ~ lste while under he influence Of liau5r.
l1e rfplels DO 20 one ever Fentued 10 modest
him. When The BODY was found. one hand yras
upon The hearj and DE- other undertb 80
Uulcer fosburaa, who was o. dnrv al Tie
corner Of Eight avenue and Nineteenth street.
Jess thar rFo block from where the body was
FOUND t@ncled tlat be heard a cry Of Watch
about 81 O'Clock. and ran up the svenas IL d.
cover %. source whence 81 came b. maafu-
fellow omcer who did nos hear 4. L. f,s-oh.
i must have Gene from below. and refrarInr
bis steps, listened to hear ii the crr wa re-
peated. II was not. There was ! f.u in IN.
neighborhood, and a great many peonie were
slout al tislt time. WHAT sort 81 pesrie gqere
hey and did not one q them h-rl Door walsh
doFn ae steps, and, while De lay h%elnless. rob
him Was that solitary crya OF b Watch rs
death shuekf q The hand over the hear
raised % prevent ne watch from being stolen
ron ne ffs. poeke- These areall Questions
which ne public ask themselves. ard which
ne coroner and bis jury viii do well 10 inves-