The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-02

MORO KILLED IN THE FIFTH WARD.-On
Saturday ssR evening, between 8 and o'clock.
OmceIs OF the Third District dlscovefed n
ool0red man named John Hill wing upon the
Walk a. Lombard street, near Sixth, aud
he was stili bleedins freeIy from gOout tterrIbIs
wound ia the left breast. They i'm m ediateiy
ootslnsd ts settee for the purpose OF taking MIN
20 tne hospital, and on arriving at that instltu-
uon found he was dead
Returning TO the neighborhood OF Sixth and
LOmDhIu streets, they learned that Hill had
received the wound In the eating-saloon, Sixth
street. above SC. Mary, kept by Littletou
tanned the following psrticulars:-HilI aud a
mulatto named Henry Clay got into a quarrel,
We're Used Clay called GfHi nera
and made towards him, but was pushed away.
while there Olay went into the Kitchen, and
picking up carving knife from the table
opened the door Clay jumped u D. caught hold
OF him, and drove the knife into his body lust
below the shoulder, clean up to the hiIt.
making frghtful cash of about hve inches I'M
length. Clay then went into the front room
ana S.50 IeIt the premises The wounded man. dis
the place for the hospital, but on arriving at
Lombard street, he fell to the pavement in an
eH9ausie1 condition. Clay, the murderer, has
Coroner Daniels held an Inquest to-day at noon,
william Robinson n%residence cofpeS OF siItb and
o sSSp CLAY a wSs 1N The The
and a wee nefe wsre many pelsons iu the
ILhey came. when Clay heard his nsae men .ioaed;
ed him (H had beeu Saying Sboat Siisy SiSy
Hil replied, said that you no more than a1y
other man; CLAY then cursed Hl. and the latter rs
sened It by catching mold of lay. pushing him down
over the stove and .choking hfnl: Mr.. Huoert at
tempted to part them and told them that il thew did
not not cease their aghtipg he would KNOCK them over
away; want to go into the yard;" he did So
ana while he was gone Clay stepped 10 to the table
went back aud sat right by the door where Hll he
came ~, would nave 10 enter; II i'll at length came
oSs I'M Tsh ad his hands IN his pockets and w9en al the
from he kitchen. Clay at him; Hill told him
u be Gld That again he would knock him down; Clay
met Ia the middle of the floor with the COOK of the
house between them Clay tried 30 strike Hill over
her but she waroed OF the blow 6y thro wing up her
backed Clay up into the corner, there they tuss
seled for Time, when Hill sRid, take that knIE
and parting them, kicked Clay ON the floor and them
another man kicked him clear of doors; saw the
nlade was broad and about twelve inches long: il lay
on the floor and covered with blood uD 10 the
haudle: Hill said that CLAW had stuck hi . and the
plono ran out or his sleeve In perfect stream; Clay
had made threats that morning against Hill and Ms
sister Jane West ssying that thew had coDinred him
ano that before long, he would send them both
Lyttleton Hubert the keeper of the shop No. 5lss.
sixth street, where the fight occurred and Susan
testimony Of Mr.. Robinson. '"0
DR.. ShApleigb, the COroner's physician, ayorn-T
zed by Jane West as that of her brother John Hil
aged % years; there was a Penetrating W w1und 81
nches long IN The right shoulder; the upper end OF
WOUND was just In front of the head OF bone
OF the arm; the instrument passed in warda down
WaIob ana oackWards, through the les dividing
me s3isty M aiteIy entering the chest between
thro ana fourth ribs, and woundlng the rIxht lung
depth OF wound 81 TO inches S'
The jury rendered The following verdict:-That the
5lS South Sixth street, "