The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-20

lake e me; swain came in then, setled the affair aud
his when he oG tSe deputies 10 sSks there
Lemuei Massey, living No. s24 s Fourth street, tes.
tbs on 9D the gSGnd mqo1ei 'S,Ts
plsiol in his hand; went to him. and told him Tor
as own good to 60 away he ala go nwsy but
that he lHsmi toni ought 70 be arrested the officer
in the name Of the Uommo az wealth of the State OF
Pennsylvania to arrest him at all hazards that he
weapons: the ofncer ard hold Of him in the street.
revolver in his hand at this tme he got the pave
ment heard then sno asked If any ole was shot
went to the corner and as led an officer "Dld Ham.
ton shoot himseliY didn't see the officer shoot him.
Thomas Close. living at No, 012 Moyamenslng ave
ilton wearisg snerlfis badge; he ia ksd to me-
o 70 20 the pc ana aaS
arrow th,ie; saw Hamilton with pistol Ia hts han Il
ssid, I'm DO nything for You, old man., aud put
the pistol u bis panal0Sns % psoSet we then took
Wssh and some tall man were cIncned; jump ID In
snsasd i9Sn
with aamil'on; they Went Ground the corner Sne!
fellow named Piggy Deylue came up, aud tried 10
Hoe was be fsG or S sGa S n wo II doe @S 0
the started again. the moo fell back out Of the
IL his hanoi .he shot was thea ared didn't get ont
Si, bs nd be Iold before during The day oneoi
these p9intlng to his deputy badge c,..,,
street below eO nh1d pace sS TSird snd
heSa hs %s
Mr. Massey ask an officer to arrest Hamilton; saw
Edwa d Paul living at No. 9Oi Moyamensiug ave-
row was kicked up; Hamilton hao . pistol Mr.
E6 n% 70 PAT 1p 6e Pre- ire
omcer he bad o pihtol In his hand.
ton Of Of The boGy snd seposed%T6ere We're mafHs
from gunpowder on the right SIDE Of the lace; gun
shot wound on right side OF the neck, two and half
inches from pomum Adamic and and 10 ph line one Haar
about the wound extending over the right Of the
passed p the nuer the eds s hs
hs TRS sde muscle s byo snrs
EIsncea little i9 the ,igh!; yoa6das the iniefSs
near the inner side Of the common carotid artery.
fifth and sixth cervlcal vertebre. There was mach
the neck and extending even within he cavity Cthe
Seaithy CONDITION: the spinal cord SSs healthy also
the blood ves'es Of the brain were and the
am onnt Of nid yentrisIes Of she brain; have
heard the testimony OF Drs' NePSnger S aud Psneoast
doubt that the immediate cause Of death ndnta-
Certainty prove he Of this disease but the
il fammst'cn and etlu'ion found ia the brain cor
The gunshot wouno was one OF the exctIog causes of
drinks had put his system in condition 70 taks on
this disease The loss of blood the shock the pain.
mspas PCH IN r, man who he had Seen in
dapss and ia y onon %oS %ns
have ultimately proved fa al The dec ased, there
| po u the gunshot wound having been an important
oficer John Siston testified that he was at the
polls; saw Hamilton there he sa was In iiau9f man
Se as San sook hin from taem
Mr.. Massey called me to arrest Hamilton; when 1
pnii @ out t's' pistol and pointed il at me- Oh ser
es%e up fn@ tong To sSoos S eard
tbot dred but did not see who fred iI milton fell;
James Haines corroborssed the foregoing testi-
Officer Hammond testlfed-was at Third and
Christian s,reeia Hamilton there; saw Mr. Mas
in the name Of tne Common eaiIh;, ohcer Weston
h% was n tos sos % %ade ws
me-" Hamilton was face to him; Hamilton drew his
TS EGa
hs S m g eo S.S to COCK a hs bs
me- men heard N he saw him didns the
snSG f%
sfeet in Tsrd walked towards the saw
Hamilton with a revolver Ia his hand; he was then
pavement, w6eo a pistol was dlsohaTged; pushed 10
say se IN
THE VERDICT.
The Jury rendered the following verdict:-That
the said Washington Hamilton came to his
death from mania-a potu super1nduced by q
gunshot wound at the hands of Police Officer
Robert Swain, October l3, 1868. at the corner of
Third and Corstian streets, while in the dis
charge OF his ofLcial duty,
A writ of habeas corpus has already been sued
out for officer Swain, returnable in court to-
morrow morning.
THE "LEAeUE" MEETINGS. a few days.
rest after The October conflict the Union League
| again appears in the field. At Concert Hall
| this evening another series of Republican mass
| meetings. similar TO those which proved so sue.
cessful prior to the election of a week SINCE
| will be inaugurated. Loyal PhiladelphIans
| friendly to the election of Grant and Colflx
are called upon to meet and take counsel
| together, TO express their condemnation of the
| frauds committed by the leaders of the Demo-
| cratic party at the late election, to institute
| measures to prevent their repetition, and secure
| the safely or the citizen in the exercise of n
| freemans rights The meeting opens at
| o'clock. Let all attend, and victory will light
| upon our banners
The LEHIGH Coal AND NAVIGATION COMPANY.
| "A very large meeting OF the stockholders of
| the Lehish Coal and Navigation Company was
rooms. Caleb Cope, Esq, presided. aud
| Francis Mitchell, Esq acted as Secretary. The
| object OF the meeting was TO consider the pro-
priety OF eftecting a lease with the Nesquehoning
Valley Railroad Company.
The case was presented, and met violent op.
position at the hands of some OF the stock
Esq, g. B. FELTON,, Esq, and others. the
matter was put to a vote by stock, which is now
| being taken.
| SHOCKING CAsUALTY.-For few days past
workmen have been engaged in removing one
| of the walls of the round-house on the North
| Pennsylvania Railroad, at Berks street. IN the
| Nineteenth Ward, for the purpose OF enlarging
| the building. About 10 o'c ock this morning
the wall fell with crash, burying Charles
| Weiss, aged twenty-four years, and William
| With considerable difficulty they were re-
| moved. The former is not expected to recover.
and the latter had one of his legs broken in two
| places. They were taken TO the Episcopal Hos
| pital.
TIE GREAT ''NAsBY." ."-To-morrow evening
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