The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-05
CRIME In OHEOAGO.
Mysterious Murder Of an Unknown
stranger.

One of the most brutal murders on record
Is supposed to have taken place at Chicago
on the 18th ult the particulars of which
have been suppressed until q late date, to
farther the ends of Justice. The Ohicsgo
Tribune, of the I'd inst. gives the following
history Of this most extraordinary case, IS
it was developed by testimony at the pre-
liminary examination;
On the night of the nth of August, q
strange man, in passing down Clark street,
espied q woman sitting IN 'front.' of a saloon
308-snd aceosted her. She an
swered him pleasantly, and the two soon
became very intimate. He invited her
into the saloon to drink, and she complied.
While the social glass was beng emptied,
q third party entered, who also was invited
by the companion of the woman to imbibe.
Soon another man came in, and he, too,
partook of thu same hospitality. The
stranger next proposed to his female friend
that they take q ride, to which she con-
scented, and the v men, whose names are
John Ryan and Martin Berry, volunteered
to hire q hack for them. While they we're
absent for that purpose, the stranger in
vited another woman to accompany them
Her name is Jenny whitehall of the
strangers first acquaintance Maggie Frank
lin. Berry and Ryan soon made their ap-
pesrance with 8 carriage, driven by a man
named Henry Harrison, or "Big Hank"
The stranger was by this time mnch
intoxicated. He neither knew nor cared
where ne went or who accompanied
him. He started for the hack, fol-
lowed by the two women and Raymond
and Berry. The first fous got inside and
Berry assembled to 8 seat btside the driver.
The hack was then driven down Clark
street TO Twelfth, and thence east to the
corner OF Michigan avenue, where it was
brought to q halt. The driver descended
and opening the door Requested 81 tPe en sSt5ls sp:
rage. The stranger demurred at the sum
asked, but said he would get out and count
his money by the light OF the gas lamp.
Just as he was alighting, Berry jumped off
the drivers seat and seized the stranger by
the throat. AT the same moment Ryan,
who also had slighted. gave the man q ter
rible kick in tho stomach, SId then by their
united efforts thrust his head under the
carriage wheel and ordered the driver to
go ahead. The two women screamed, and
called for help, but we're pushed back into
the carriage by the driver, who hastily
jumped upon the seat, put whip to tho
horses, n drove at q furious rate back %
the starting point. Half or three quarter )
of an hour afterwards, Berry returned
to No. 5Os, and calling the girl, JENNA
White, aside, threatened to kill her
if she ever bresthed to any living being
what she had witnessed. The other wo.
man, Maggie Franklin, went to q friends,
near the corner of Van Buren, street, and
related to q girl what she had seen. This
girl in turn told a hackmsn, and ne CAV
information to the authorities.
The police on learning of the affair, ar
rested the three men implicated in The
murder. A most vigorous search was IL
stituted by them for the body of the muir
dered man, and on Tuesday morning las
their energy and perseverance were re
wnrded by the finding of a man floating il
the river at the foot of Franklin street
which upon being brought ashore wa
found to answer to the description of tn.
stranger attacked OF the night Of the 18th
The girls, however, disagreed about tn,
color of the shirt worn by the stranger
and that found on the corpse. The testi
mony of the fallen women who had wit
messed the murder and of the officers VIII,
arrested the prisoners was produced at th'
Police Court and the supposed murderer
we're committed to Jail to await trial 70
murder.