The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-17

the case of William McKeye, who was killed on /
Sunday afternoon last, on Lancaster avenue, in 4
the Twensy-iourth ward. The ne, inquest was held
Market streets. large crowd was In attenS> |
ance, and the case appears to excite gress 1nte-
rest in the Twenty-fourth ward |
The following Eamed persons, who are |
charged %itn participation in the affair, we're |
brought TO the Hall for Identification: James |
hunt, Henry Snatz, Levi Sites, John Dougherty, |
John Baxter John Morris, George Young;
The first witness examined was Mchael
Kenny, who testified that the deceased, together |
with witness and two other, was going up
Lancaster avenue, at about ten minutes past b |
O'Clock; saw three young men coming down,
who appeared to be drunk, and they staggered
against Mr.. McKeve aud witness, aud made
some insulting remarks; these men passed by,
when the deCcase, who was behind them with
Mr., Wadlow, said "Boys go on, we don't want
to have anything to do with you;" one OF the
three men had club (witness recognized Hart
as one OF the men9; stones were then thre wn
was hit in the head, knocking his hat of; wit
ness told them TO stop that, they we're doing
wrong when they said, go for that -" with
high hat OF, meaning witness; deceased was
all shs time dying under lamp.post; witness
saw man come across the lot and struck the
deceased with a club while he was Go vn; Mr..
Wadlow told wituest 70 watch the man with
white hat (Hart), es he was the man
who struck the deceased with BRICK; Hart up
aud run ard witness and Wadlow run after him
and caught him rs he was jumping fence;
Hart appealed to the crowd not to let these
citizens sake him; witness said you have killed
man." aud Hart said II wish 1t had been
| you; I'd kill half dozen such men,
The next witness was Joseph cGuire who
| corroborated the statement Of the previous
| witness.
DR.. shapleieh testified ~ follows:-There
was a severe confusion in the lett temUle; a
| wound an inch and a half long behind and
above the lett ear; these wounds extended to
| the skull, and seemed TO have Deen made by
some sharp instrument the whole of the back
part of the head was bruised. and there was
was fracture of the scuil on the right side,
four inches long, running from the pro
downwarda and upwards through the pa
| retal and temporal bones; another
fracture on the LETT side, starting at the middle
of the upper part of the occipital bone and
running forward and slightly dowuwards
through the occipital, parietal, and temporal
bones; there was large clot OF blood resting
upon the lett hemisphere of the brain; much
blood was found effused beneath the mem
branes over a quarter part of the brain; the
deceased came to his death by compression OF
the brein, the result of violence.
The inquest was progressing at 10 minutes of
2 O'Clock, when our report closed.
TIE MORTON HomcIDE.-Coroner Daniels
resumed the Investigation this morning in the
case OF William Martini who was shot on the
night of the October election at the polls Sixth
and Tasker streets. Several witnesses were
examined, but, except one, their testimony had
no bearing on the question.
Charles b. u Ieesy sworn-Wa7 at my uncle's on the
night :o the 18th OF October; there was came
streets, headed by Dan Reading; he came in the bar.
Of ibe street then there was rad fired 10 front Of
ns 70 h he s n sf his g.
S az e sSS s m he he
coming II the door; pr Morton called 0 as ne te
was another man standing in the car track with a
RoF sdda
Worth street; then Went TO Dlckerson street. and
Re ddInR
would have siisl % . taan thst ne 5 had It up to his
The jury then rendered a verdict that William
Morton came to his death from gun-shot
wound, at the house of Daniel Redding. on the
night OF October 49, 1868. at s. w. corner OF
Sixth and Dickerson streets.
JUSTICE IN !DELAwARE.-A practical exsm-
| plidcation OF the manner in which justice Is
administered in the Diamond Staten has just
been brought to light. Fer some time past pas
sengers who travel over The Phila ielphia, Bal
umore, and Wilmington Railroad, and who stop
at Wilmington 10 get refreshments, have been
greatly annoyed by the operations of thieves,
| who enter the cars when the trains stop and
quickly snap up the baggage of passengers who
temporarily leave the cars. One OF this gang
was recently caught in the act of stealing q
valse from q car, and he was arrested aud tried
for the ofiense. He was found guilty and SEN
fenced as iolows:-He is to receive forty lashes
on the bare back at the New Castle whipping
post on Saturday next; made to stand in the
pillory for tour hours, undergo an imprson-
mcnt of one year, and make Iull restitution of
the amount of value of the articles stolen, or
remain IN prison until he has done so. This is
undoubtedly questionable justice, but it will
have the effect to make offenders against the
laws OF Delaware rather careful in their ope-
rations.
SALE OF SToCKs AND REAL EsTATE.-At
neon to-day the following stocks and real
estate were sold by Messrs. NJ. Thomas & Sons,
at the Merchants Exchange
90 shares American Life Insurance Co S67'5o
Season Tick ket ATch Street rheatre....- $40 %
share ercantile Library Co......,........" s775
shares Continental Hotel S75zS
tl0 scrip Market Fire Insurance Co-..... 81 "
shnre Point Breeze Park SQj
shares Academy OF Music, with ucket........ 500
Is shares hiIanninE Coal Co...-.-,".,.-....... SIS
IA shares Union Bank OF Ter essee........... slI
40 shares Camden and Atlantic Railroad Pre-
ieTIsd ......,,. s2I5o
Frame Hweng. - sis5C