The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-17
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THR LITTLE Boy GALLAaHRR.-we narrated
IN our issue Of Saturday that a man named How
Gallagher, drinking a h ydrant in front Of row
Of & new buildings, in Carpenter street above Nine
from the effect of the blow.
The facts TO be that the workmen upon the
building have been annoyed almost unendurably
by boys, who take boards to "see-saw," and are
constantly climbing board piles, periling life and
limb, and embarrassing the workmen in many
ways. The only method of getting rid of this
and in this locality Roliceman's beat is literally
journey in extent There was an inquest held
and the testimony annexed tells the story some of
the children were of years tender that they were
not admitted TO the witness stand onelittle girl,
when asksi y hat was the penalty for the commits
sion OF p1jury, replied, 'I go TO the tatlon-
The first witness was boy about ten years Of
the hydrant; told Tommy to start the b. ydrant on
witness was asked who that man was, and ON
LOOKING io around pointed out Allcut, who was sit
sure he was the man; he threw It at Tommy and
fell down. he was trying get up, but fell down;
crowd OF women then came up and took him into
house, went down home; when Allcutt threw
the brick he standing at the end of the build
ing; he hallooed at first, and threw piece Of
brick which hit Tommy; saw him a. pick Kit il up;
when Tommy was struck he tried to cry but could
John Fletcher said: am between ten and eleven
brcfba was Win Pratt and GaiashsT eettIns wlR
drink OF water at the hydrant when Aucutt took
brick bat; Tommy fell down when he was struck
there was no other man there.
Joseph McMiohael sworn--I nearly ten
years DID, met Frank Pratt ana Tommy Gallagher
coming over the lot, and asked what the
matter; he said one of the carpenters struck him
with brick; asked what for, and ne said he
where he had been; he said he had been at Oarpen-
ter and Eighteenth; Tommy then fell, and said he
upand try to walk and get home before dark; then
ne tried TO get up and fell down again; Tommy
lhen vomited blood lady picked him up and
took him into Mr. Thomas house.
Elias Thomas testified that after the occurrence
ne took the child into his house, where he died
MRS. Peltz deposed that while she had Gallagher
in her charge, after being hit, he stated that the
with brick
Robert Hines, afHrmed-I was at the buildings
working; heard Mr. Allcutt halloo at the boys;
paid no attention to 1t; did not know that anybody
mad been hurt until some time afterward.
Thomas Hannah, sworn Was working on the
building at the time; saw AlIcutt throw piece
OF dirt about the size of walnut it did not hit
hydrant; the boys did not run then.
james Carey, sworn.-I was present at the time;
Mr.. Ancutt hallooed two or three times to the
up piece of dirt and threw toward the hydrant;
DID not see him throw piece Of brick; when he
threw the dirt the boys ran away; Allcutt might
have thrown a brick without my seeing him; did
not hear of any boy having fallen of lumber.
Dr. Shapleigh affirmed that he made a post
mortem examination of the body of deceased; there
We're no external marks of violence on the body;
the spleen was extensively ruptured; the cavity of
the abdomen was filled with blood; death was
caused by hemorrhage; this must have been the
result of a violent blow; piece OF brick would
have causediii a piece Of dirt, the size Of wal
The jury then rendered the following verdict:
'sThat the said Thomas Gallagher came to his
brick) al the hands Of Howard AIIcutt in Oarpen :
ter street, above Eighteenth June IA, 1867"
The prisoner, who had been In custody since
Friday evening" was then committed to prison by
the Coroner u.