Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-25
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| ana disor7erly upon the street but oeoo,od a.
noucc OF tho policemen. Between ten md eleven
| oc"cN wiley was passing down South Scbroea.r
street. and observing Poole sitting upon door stem
hiGo '9uhe insulting remarks TO him and passed on
10 IN corner OF Schroeder and Lemon streets when
| ooie lApudehty followed him and asked him what
ne meant by thus addressing u assuring hin, tbo -
| If no wanted anything out of him he couId ,ot =
| WheTeupon row ensued between them, during
| whlch Wiley stabbed him in tho left side and cut
| nun oady across the stomach. The injured man i'm.
medately ran to the office of Or. c. W. Nef on Bal
| tlnorc street. where that gentleman and Dr. Jones
| attended him. lie was removed to his homo sub
seq"onty, nut no hopes are entertained of his re-
coFery. lie was still alive yesterday however Tn
the mean time Wiley had gone to his home. in the
| vicinity. but the officer upon the beat policeman
Bond, not deeming it proper to enter the house with
out warrant, he was not Immediately arrested and
"hen search was made for him at later hour he was
| not to be found On the following morning he was
arrested by Sergeant Cadwallader and policeman
| IL "m'th' ana taken before Poole, who identified
MN ~ The party who stabbed and other Witnesses of
the occurrence testified to the same effect He was
subsequently committed 20 jail by Justice Sbowacre
| charged with assault with intent to kill
Yesterday morning. shortly before one o'clock an
oVaeF serious stabblng case occurred on the south
west corner of Lexington and Amity streets party
| OF herman bakers, employed by Henry Rapp, who
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| with David Barrett and man named Collins, when
1t Is stated Conrad Rapp struck Barrett with cane
nc latter made cut at him with large dirk knife
Just scathlnS tho right corner Of his mouth when
| young German named Louis Wensthof interfered
| aud jumped between them. He was then Knocked
| uo"h ana stabbed in the left breast, cut in the
| stomach and IN the right hand. Barrett and his
| irlend then ran away, but tho cry Of murder was
| rjIiSed' ana policemen Moore and England arres. ed
| Barrett in Schroeder street. near Saratoga. Uewas
taken before Wensthof. who identified him as his as
sI ant, and, Wcnstho's injuries being REGARDED rs
| dangerous, Justice Meredith took his deposition.
| Drs. White and Burke were summoned to attend
Hohstaon, but 1t was aScertaned that he was having
| severe internal hemorrhages, and no hopes are in
dulged as to his surviving. Barrett was yesterday
committed to jail by Justice Showacre to answer the
! charge. The party who was In company with him
was not arrested. 1t is stated that Barrett and the
opposing party had difficulty originally on the cor
ner Of Fremont and Raborg streets, which was con-
tnued from that point until it resulted so tragicay
All the parties were under the influence of strong
| drink.
OBSTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION FROM FIREEoREs-
lutte destructive fire occurred on Baltimore street
ABOUT two o'clock on Saturday afternoon the result
OF an lndlscreet act on the part of lad employed on
the premises. This lad, whose name is Abel, was
engaged In the upper story of the three story build
ing on the southeast of Baltimore and Tripo-
let's aley-occupied by George P. Seinbaeh, dealer
In notions and fancy goods-in packing ayav ouan-
tlty OF fireworks, when he determined to set off y a
sky-Tocket from one of the open front windows In
stead OF passing out of the window, unfortunately
Ihe rocket rushed inwardly, and the fire from it com
munlcatIng to quantity of other fireworks series
OF alarming explosions Immediately occurred and
dense volumes Of smoke poured forth from the pre-
mses instantly. Col f. II. B. Boyd, fire inspector.
hrst Uncovered the fire and commur icated the alarm
q no Erap 1nry, al
hIe department to the scene. The combustibIe
character of the stock in the place caused the flames
70 spread with great rapidity, and despite the
activity and promptness of the iremen a large por-
ton OF the stock on each floor wa; destroyed or
damaged by fire, while the water necessarily thrown
| also did its work of destruction.
Notwithstanding the intense heat of the atmo-
| sphero increased by the fire, the fremen worked
vigorously. and in the course of an hour the flames
were extnguished. though not much was left beyond
the blackened walls. The lad Abel was struck bv
| the debris of some of the fireworks when the first
| explosion occurred and knocked down stairs but
sustained no serious injury. Tho Fire Inspector e-
sarsc sbf @ Saoody Office Of this E' ctV an in
| Messrs. Johnston and Webb's agencies amounting
in the aggregate to $4,000. while the house which
is owned by the estate of Thomas B. Small is fully
insured in the Equitable Office. Neither of the ad-
joining premises were injured. An incident of this
fire the raising of the large ladder of No. Hook
| and Ladder Company. which was never before
brought into requisition and the comparative case
and doxterity with which it was put up fully sus-
tanned the fame of the Baltimore City Fire Depart
| ment, as at present managed.
| A MAN SUPPosEs HIMSELF SHor.-Between II
| and Il o'clock Saturday night Patrick Mcdonald
while in state of inebriation, entered the cigar
store of Francis Cutaiar, No. North Poppleton
| street, and acted in q very dsordery manner. The
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| pose and finally was compelled to order him tc
| leave the premises Mcdonald then went out into
the street. and picking brick returned, threat
ening personal injury, and thereupon Selling Cutaia,
by the throat the latter drew loaded revolver an(
| struck him over the left eye with it. The hammer
| OF the weapon coming in contact with the head 0
Mcdonald, caused it to be discharged and the BLOOD
| commencing to flow from the wound-a slight one
inflicted by the hammer, Mcdonald, as well as tn
crowd attracted by the report of the pistol suppose
| he shot. Policeman H. Smith, though not Oh
| duty at night, being in the vicinity, ran into tn
place, and seeing Mcdonald still holding on t
CGtaar. arrested the former; but suppOsing he wa
shot, took him to two three physicians Offices an
failing to find them in, concluded to take him to tn
police station, as he did not seem to be dangerousl
hurt. By the time they arrived at the station house
Mcdonald still under the impression that he wa
| shot, began to show signs of great weakness. bu
upon Lieutenant Sebold the officer in charge, exam
| lining his wound and prOnouncing it slight injury
and not gunshot wound he suddenly recovered hi
t strength. Yesterday morning he was committed t
Jail BY Justice Showacre to answer the charge Q
, | assault.
MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEANERs-The steamsh
| Liberty. Captain Hudgins. of the.Batimore, Havan
and New Orleans line, sailed hence on Saturday wit
a good freight and the following irst-class passen
| gers Miss EloiSe Davis, Miss Mary Davis. Mr.
Fairbanks, Sister Anne De Sales, Sister Mary An
, | gelica. Hon. Pierre Soue, Mrs. Jones, MIR. .Immora
! ritz. DIR. Michael Dunn, MIR. NJ. Dfenderfer Nj
r John M. Fitch. Mr.. W. T. PGohl. Mr.. John Deal
: | Master Immoraritz, Mrs. John Dear and two chill
] | dren, Mrs. Jas. Neale, Mrs. Ennels.
= The fast steamship Cumberland. Captain Reid
sailed at the time for Savannah; the Lulu Cap
Childs. for Charleston, and the Ellie Knight, Cap
Q | Harrington, for Wilmington. N c., all carryin
4 | assorted cargOes Of merchandise The steamshi
= Fannie Captain Smoot, arrived at Savannah, froI
: this port, on Thursday last. The steamship Cubs
Capt. Rollins, hence for Havana and Key West sal
i | ed from Hampton Roads on Saturday.
e Observation-Disclosures Williams. colored was al
rested on Friday night by policeman Taylor, charge
| with stealing silk dress and pair of pantaloon
| valued at $50, and belonging to Mrs. Mcleod. Sh
was committed for the grand jury by Justice Show
d acre. A lad named Charles TrusJell was arrested
officer Brown, charged with stealing from the Bait
more and Ohio Railroad Company bar of iron wort
Il JuStlce Johnson committed MIN IN default
| bail to await the action of the grand jury Ellie
Lanahan aged about fourteen years, was arrested G
= | Saturday by policeman H. Smith, charged with stea
ing four shirts and two pairs of stockings from Il
/ ward Murray, living on Pratt street Poppleto
'% Being of an incorrigible disposition, addicted
:. drunkenness. &C., Justice Showacre committed h
Q | to the House Of Refuge.
i | Hanorah Kelly was taken into custody by pc lie
IS man Nevker, charged with stealing $l37 from Tin
y | othy Clarity. She was committed for the action
the grand jury by Justice johnson. She lived in Il
o same neighborhood with Clarity, and while the la
Is ter lay sleeping in his house. she entered Il
e, | place and stole it from his pockets. ~
If | BASE BALL.-Another match game was played
g. Saturday afternoon between the Pastime and Mar
II land Clubs, on the ground of the former out Mac
| son avenue A large number of spectators were pre-
L. emit and the contest a very spirited one RESULT
in favor of the Pastime, the being - to So II
q is contest for the championship and the silver b
= presented by Mr.. George Grafton. Another game
ly the third the contest being for the best two gan
40 out of three-will be played Saturday next.
each club now has game to its credit, and the ne
game decides the contest, far they concerne
la the occasion promises be of unusual intere
~ Should the Pastimes be successful the game whl
n. was won on Monday last by the Enterprise CII
against the Mary land, will not count in the conte
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