, 1861-12-24

4 SOLDIER FOUND MURDERED
arrest OF the Supposed murdercrs.

The southern part Of the city, and especially
Camp Douglas, was thrown into a feycrish
state Of excitement, yesterday, by tragedy
which we have long expected. Our only sur
prise Is TINT so long time has elapsed With
out score Of Eimi1ar instances. EARLY res.
tcrtlay morning, Mr.. Whitney, connected with
the establishment Of Culver, Page & Hoync,
while proceeding 10 his business, espied sol
dicr lying in the snow, on Bucna Vista street.
between Michigan and Indiana avenues, his
head resting upon = military oyercoat, eyi-
IDENTIFY not his own, for pillow. Curiosity
prompted him to approach the spot, when, to
his sstonishmcnt, he discovered that the SOL
der was dead. No signs Of blood were found
upon the snow, and he very naturally sup
posed that the deceased had frozen to death
while under the Influence Of liquor He ac-
cordingly notified the proper authorities, and
the body was conveyed to Camp Douslas,
Upon examination, his heavy oyercoat Was
found to be gashed. Unbuttoning this, the
thick woolen shirts beneath were saturated
with clottcd blood, which had been emitted
proluselJ from email wound just below the
left nipple, only 6ve-eighths Of an inch In
length. The Coroner mas at once notified,
the body removed to the city for post n,o,+sn,
purposes, and the case was submitted to COM
potent detectives From these parties We
gather the following particulars:
IAe deceased was John o'Nei1, formerly
sailor hy occupation, bnt ut the time OF his
acatn private III Company T., capt. Swan,
2tsh heet', lii VOLS, now quartered at camp
Douglas' anu eomnandco o5 toL baia"ln.
Aooat na1t past ele'eh o.cioeh On sunaas
nlsht, Inc deceased, In company Win Peter
zhnffay and auSh mooney, members o1 Tie
same company, oroke oul OF camp oy remoF-
ing some ooafos 1ro1a Inc soutn"estefn cor
hcF u LUG !enee' anu successfully escaped inc
soaFo. 1aAns clfeul1ous roate, they came
10 4 saloon Oh tostase dfose Avenue, dnectly
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WI ~ 1.nlenlpcieu e1at an osefeoat was
ioulu penealh the head OF the deceased by
Mr. Whitney. Taking this as starting point
the detectives established the following points:
first, that it belonged to Mur1ay; second, that
lie had it on when he was in the saloon; third,
tlat Murray, Mooney and 0'Nein were in the
saloon together, and fourth, that Murray came
back without his oTcrcoat. These facts were
deemed sufficient to warrant the apprehen-
sion Of both Of them, and they were accord
ingly lodged in jail yesterday morning. When
questioned as to the oycrcoat, Murray pre-
tended to be very much surprised, and and at
first said he left 1t upon his bunk and after
wards that he had lost 1t. The identity Of
the oyercoat Was, however, sufficiently es-
tapllsAea, and canteen and peculiarly
shaped glass bottle found by the side
OF the deceased, and Known to have belonged
to Murray, gave additional weight to the sup
ros1'loi1 tna' n' MIS- hno"1ns ~ lne laets Oh
IL. nlu1oet'
III. 6ore, the County Physician, held post
''io'tesa examination upon the body OF the de-
eeasea yesterday attefnoon. a wound i've
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explained, and What still more cmbarrssscs
the matter is the fact that neither Of them
were KNOWN to have weapons about them
another supposition is that the wound was in
flicted by some picket guard. What
ever may be the real issue of
the ease it certainly carries with it q fearful
warning to the soldiers at Camp Douglas.
The Indirect cause Of this mans death was
liquor, to which too u,any of the soldiers are
addicted. The result is too painfully evident,
daily and nightly in our streets, and that nu-
1nerous scenes like the one nc have described,
have not occurred, is simply a mere chance
This fatal atlray calls for prompt action upon
the part Of the municipal authorities that SIM
liar murdcrous outrages do not occur in the
iu1urc. More than I'LL, it calls upon the au-
thor1ties at Camp Douglas for redoubled vigi-
lance. That the present guard is not 5uii-
cient, is evident enough by the scores who
break from the camp every night and make
their way unhindcrcd 10 the city, returning in
the early hours Of the morning, There must
be Luck Of diligence somewhere where discf-
pline is so poorly enforced.