, 1866-08-16
TIE PHILADELPHIA TRAGEDY.
Solution or the My4tery-A Fine Piece
OF Detective Strategy

TIE PHILADELPHIA TRAGEDY. !
;olur1on OF the Mystery-A Fine Piece
OF Detective Strategy
From the Phil. North American. Auglat 1Al
The very remarkable mystery attending
he murder Of acyprian, on Friday iast, IN
house Of ill-repute, CT raer Of Eleventh st1eet
and Marks lane, the circumstances OF which |
were presented In our Last issue, WAS AL !
brought to light on Saturday through tho
sagaciiy and diligence Of our detective force
By the time that the Coroner was ready
been identined- but the alleged murderer
WIS In custody, and the detectives had gath
cred such m array Of evidence that the Cor
oner found it but necessary to exaninc half
the witnesses that we're present, and tbs jury
The name Of the dead girl proved to be.
Mary Kearney. She and her sister Rose are
both from Mt holly, New jersey kearney
Is not their real name In abandontnE their
relations and launching uponthe life Of coar-
my the patrouymic of their poor but upright
PARENTS Both sisters had Eved for some |
years this perilous life; and it Is noteworthy |
that On the night at the Continental tEearr,
Thsn The Cypsian Aagg,s Bae5 u US shot Y "a
companion that evening was Rose kearney,
the eister Of the miserable creature whose
manSled body we looked upon on saturday
There is no romance in this horrible deed
The murdered girl, Mary kearney, possessed
accomplishment Of any kind She Was thin
almost to emaciation, and II at any time she
was comely. her comeliness was lost. The
man who Killed her was little, ii fauy. higher
| In the Intellectual scale. He is named New
ton Champion. and resided at No 1888 Os-
den street. He Is twenty-six years Of a.e,
and an engineer by occupation According
to the Naval Register for 1865, he WAS ap-
pointed an acting second assistant engineer
November 7th, 1864 was born in New Jersey
and was q citizen Of Pennsylvania at the time
Of his enlistment. He was then on duty on
the screw steamer Galatea, engaged in con-
yoy service In the West Indies He Wis ar-
rrested by two Of the Sixth District police
officers, abont O'Clock on Saturday morn
ing, In house No. 1908 Callowhil street.
lie was In bed at the time, and it il said was
suffering from q sudden dysentery. His
mother cnd brother were present, attending
upon him. The authorities had him removed
to the Sixth Ward Station House, where lie
was locked mp to await the result Of the Cor
! oner's investigation.
While in the house in Callowhi1l street, a
policeman went to his residence in Ogden
| street, and there secured the clothes that he
wore when he committed the mnrdetpu:
. deed. They were found in tub, in 4 back
room on the second door, where they had
:. been placed by his mother They were st
: | tmcated By blood as to incaruadine tht
r water Of the tub in which they were depos
+ tied
{ We have already told that Champion sn,
r Mary came 10 the house Of Mrs. Tyson, SUI
!, were assigned TO q back room in the secon'
:, story, and that Champion. af1er renainin.
It there for three.Gparttrs Of an hour, coosl
!. told Mrs Tyson that his friend Was sleeping
70 and that be would take walk until tn
d probable period Of her awakening, and ho1
ehc WAS found with her throat cut from ca
= to car.
d Mrs. TYSON took carriage at once On u
I. discovery Of the murder. and drove to th
If office Of Chief franklin. The latter very 500
~ ascertaincd all the particulars. When tt
IN detectives caine to the room and saw the e,
:: whe a are aceuet"mcd to Ekastliucss in eve,
y shape. The rOs,nl wa. examined, aud sMea
e Of FLOOD were fund uIon the surbase Of
i. window Which opens into the yard. II
" bloAd-staincd hands. The wound in the r.
!: n,an's throat gnred widely. yet Il was
y y hacked and buichrrcd rs to show that Il
-. instrument Of death could have been uothi
il 1nr.cr than annrdfItHry pocket knife.
hs,{ Tho house Is four tiorics higll, very has!
X higher drgrcc Of rctlnciilctlt It i said, th
=, my other place Of the kind In this city.
~ ~ furniture II rosewood, lts eurcts nrc 1sr,istc
~ its 1innglngs Of exquisite brs'eade and cl
al brafdrrcd lace. There arc ptntlns In scvcs
or Or h"!sr, like sts propffetrcss, possess luxurlu
nu a iasics.
mS 10 Mrs. Tyson declared, and no Doubt vi
r.u truth, tlIt thu ldeuttty nfefther the lccc
M cd or tho murderer shr knew nothing.
len clothing or tho bntchcrsd girl iay ur'r
r. eilair Heir tho bed. and a1f the clun exlstt
10. 10 nry i]Iscoycsy III the cAse was lnttltno
~ lit1. eil0wing t'int hlu Ind purchased D
ii, net III Arch street IN the slay bef',rc. {
yas hail Of late bgcn living In d court called
flf III n TN II ~ r
:r1y nboyc Arch. She had been le1uycl
'wn Champion, who watched her with tcalo,
10 10 80 fierce TINT the girl was ultimately tef
. .rc. etrickcu by II, nnl had begin to avot,i ii
tip M timcs Threatened llcr lii. md but fuw i
H. ago openly .nid TINT he had purchased u
10. t0l with which 10 rhout her,
@ '@sea When tl4c boly Of tlle tlcaa girl tsas
esh r,h found i,y Mrs. Tyson, the room WIS dArl
s son1, H wen ~. %ssi.s Tsi,ns i'|e eatts: r s 1' t ST.
. il III Tho centre Of the led. tho upper q
fint. vrnrpct around her. There Was blo0d Il
itnn tho pillow, hln.l upon thu iloot, md ll
,ttoei toi. upon The titlnhlca el,rels. Thu lanl1nty
im HIKE ni"vcd u" hlt,o,l.dathlra linen. Thc
Ill. whs s!cad, i'rrsl,roat cut ~ sIch ;IA, M
sat that nil tle !,alt nttrrlcs haL t,tcfl alnt
aslo" ne0usly severed. AZ lea.t gallon of D.
|owu lad been shed fEot tho .npln. wo
5!sa !aa dhetn was ~ a"!rE len u . 81! Of
her t'",,ts ,ay ~" m,a'n ~ chs;r t,rsn III. l,
|
.eths everything nhort them eylnecd the cl!aTa
J, IN. uftlc weascr. The stocktuEs were u nct-s
,ian" OF holes; tho i1rrs5 was without ''bo
Fay." The light Eorstel cloak and huop skirt
- Sefy y evident duty as the prominently useful
o. W ". clcs OF costume.
: = mo The alleged murderer, when captured,
ittt!e ns calm and as sc1ElN,ssesscd as my III
very lnaulac Ut Or, kirkbrIde's asylum III.
the peasance is just what anybody might -
5dt" from hts known antecedtnts. He had
~ Intimate with the girl for three years, an
TINA gnrded her as devoted to him but his /
efycn was not sufficiently plethoric, and Sue 50
eitiag the society of others. Then lie resigned
lie mp the navy, and after remaining for -ome
o1e3. on shore he enlisted as private In the 8
'uds" When It became known that he had be-
1.ses MsGs the nary he was drafted back to It, and
t1e,ch on board Of one ofthe vessels as fire
4 Tin Here he was recognized, and some o
ed up friends procured him an acting appoint
:" was as engineer. He did not remain long i
hest. service, but either resigned or deserted
e e u after receiving his last appointment. !
II: aau time oftlle murder he enjoyed good
11ffccs>e{ lion at Point Breeze Gas Works
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