The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-05

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ieQ'.:;,s e Y s 5s,s. 49, 81
Iof sons vo1untsr company. snd those who
reduce 10 jqin havs 70 ~ > o1e q two dol
| iarn. which ans eoss = dSking fund to
/ drlf.y ~ oxpsness q ~ militia
This military ardor displ1ysd By the
/ young msnI - our city i4ipo neW passion, nor
= Il u fsbplt u any circuusteoce OF com
binations cIf cFcumsiAnees erising out Of the
lsts var. Baltimore has 1tways been noted
| for her volunteers, and when the late war
broke out bhe could boast Of - firs volun-
teef force ne any city in the Union; and
nov. because she desires to return to her
marital psEstiee, she il 10 be mAligued and
! misrsprestnfed By malignant, disappointed
i and psrtisan press. Let Us hope that the
4 dxy 4 pof ~ blatant when . well regulated
militias III all the States Of the American
\ Union Win exchanges friendly intercourse
with each other.
4 HoxcIDEs.
In the early part Of the week negro
woman named Elizabeth Murray was acci-
dentally shot by Policeman Frey while IN
the discharge Of his duties. The affair was
investigated BY the Coroner, and the follow
ing facts were elected AT late hour OF
the nj eht disturbance occurred at the house
Of Murray, and the police were called in 10
arrest the parties. When the police entered
the house the doors were fastened. Word
was conveyed to the Southern Police Station
that the officers in the house were being
murdered. Policeman Frey, one OF the re-
serve force, was sent 10 the house, and sue
. ceeded in arresting Elizabeth Murray; but 10
effesting the arrest he was obliged to use bis
: revolver, with which he struck her on the
head. The revolver accidentally discharged
: the ball passing through the arm OF Murray
entered the head Of Elisabeth Murray, caus
ing death In . few minutes. The jury
brought In verdict in accordance with the
above facts. The affair caused considerable
excitement, and the negroes swore that I
Frey is not hung they win take vengeance
% on him or some other white man or woman
! Emily Parks, another negro woman resid
ing on Biddie Alley was stabbed by negr'
man. The negro was arrested and COMMITTEES
% for assault with intent to kill, since wnicl
the woman died from the effect Of the wounds
ID and n bench warrant has been issued, charg
ing him with the wilful murder Of Emil
Parks. From the evidence before the coro
OF between Emily and her sable companion
q, whereupon he went and procured knit
as returning, he broke open the door. sn
grasping her round the neck, inflicted Nv
wounds, one in the groin. about three inchs
90 long. from which the entrails protruded, an
N one in the left breast; death resulting fro
Al the wound In the groin.
an DEN. PHIL. sHEaIDAS.
Is. Gen. Sheridan pass ed through this eli
this week The city council, 10 the fullne
Ao Of their generosity rendered him the hosp
talities Of the city. He was met at the d
mt Dot by a mixed gathering Of black and viii
.se who, in their eageFness to display their To-
atty to their chief, bore him on their shou
ders to his barouch, which was in waltz
10 for him in front of the depot The gener
q. thanked the council, and expressed his r
lcs gret that he could not spare the time to O
no cept their profered hospitality.
~ GEs. scKLEs
ed also passed through this city during (
week; and the city fathers took occasion
re- offer him the inequalities Of the city, B
TO be could not accept Of them as his time "
act limited. Whether these military chieftai
for God forbid that they should be call
of statesman-made time . pretext to avo
,al accepting that which they must have kno'
ali could not be paid for out Of the city treas
,ut ry, | am unable to say, but certain Il 10 th
he done well not 10 accept the prOfered hosl
"a talities from men who are despised o
looked upon with scorn, even By the I
,er over. scrupulous Of their own party.
ID GEN. HAEcocK.
The Gen. Hancock also passed through
city, but like his predecessors, be had
'ad time to spend with men who are by wh'
40. people charged with Official misdemean
TRADE MATTERS.
There is nothing worthy Of note going
nj In the way OF trade matters. Politics
int entirely absorbed the minds of our workir
men, and until after the election we may 7
T. il6Npk for much among the workrr
men eof the city. VERIrAs'
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