The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
M .DD1r, oSAr LOCAL ITEMS SEE 1N11Dr rAeHs J
CITY CRIMINAL CALENDAR.


Wife heaters - Fast Driving Alleged
Larceny Potato Thieves - Running
over n ChiId-RobbiDg his Employer.
The list of the modern order of wife beaters
is increasing at very rapid .i rste' pody We
find occasion TO report two OF these. One II. Il
n nj yards. living at No. 2113 Carleton street,
who is a music teacher, was before Alderman
Pancoast yesterday, charged on the oaih Oh ms
was that, not being able to sing In nrstelass
style yesterday, while he was instructing her,
he struck her. The Alderman ma aeau 81 % ane n a%eS
Dougherty, who resides at Front ana Mltllin
streets The wife, who is at the Hospital, recltes
the story of his wrong.dongs, and says that
Yesterday they got into quarrel, which term-
mated in his first beating his wife with his fist
and then cutting her with knife. James was
arrested, and suddenly committed by Alderman
wJohn McGittigan is the owner of an animal,
which he boasts of as a fast nag. Yesterday he
was captured at GermautoV Vn avenue and
Seventh streets, while driving at a furious rate.
After coming TO- the policeman jumped into the
wagon, aud soon had evidence why John was
going at such a rapid pace: L9ere We're Two
Hood fined him for fast driving, and then held
HIM for hearing before the United States
Commissioner, where he will have n chance of
explaining how he came in possession OF the
william Hiflinger was overhauled last
evening at Front and Vine streets with box of
tender no satisfactory explanation. The police
man took him into custody and gave him
beariug before Alderman Tolaud, VINO suspect
ing that he had stolen the article from some
spice mil held him for further hearing.
The police of the Second District yesterday
arrested James Burns and Charles Dougherty,
who are charged with stealing potatoes from the
farmers along South street. Alderman litter
mary committed both for trial.
"A little girl, aged six years, yesterday at
noon was run over at Fifth and Race streets by
nouG hanDpuinp
in the vicinity, arrested Archibald Anderson,
the driver OF the vehicle, and took him before
Alderman Williams, who bound hlm over for a
William Harris was yesterday before Alder
man Luugren, Of the Twenty-iourth Ward, on
the charge OF removing some money from coat,
the property of his employer. William IS
work man in a brick yard in West Philadelphia,
and it is alleged that he stole the money from
the coat, which was hanging in the office. He
was sent below for Trial.
THE NINETEENTH WARD OOTRAeE.-During
last evening aud this morning the residence OF
Mrs. Mohrmann, mother OF the little Mary, who
was yesterday found in pond at Sixth and
Susquehanna avenue, where she had been
thrown after having been outraged and muir
dered, was visited by thousands OF sympathiZtng
friends, who expressed their anxiety to catch
hold of the fend who had perpetrated the out
rage. Many of them are in such state that
did they find him they would lynch him.
There are no additional facts elected since our
Issue of Yesterday, except the testimony of DR..
II, B. Shapleigh, the Coroner's physician, who
made q postmortem examination of the body.
That examination shoH ed tt at the lower part of
the body had been terribly lacerated 10 the
fends attempt at outrage. The surgeon also
found great quantity OF DRIED pic blood % on on tne
been dead some time before it was thrown into
the pol. That the child bad suffered fearful
agony was evident by the bruised and mangled
condition of the head neck, arms, and body.
Tha wou d on the head were administered by
some blunt instrument, the elbow had been
twisted out OF joint, and the neck looked as
though it had been encircled with rope.
Coroner Daniels has been untlring in his
efforts to obtain some clue as to the murderer
but we are sorry to say, that none has yet been
got. The only description given OF him was
that elected from Mary's companions, who said
that he was tall, slm man, with black whis
kers. Lieutenant Witcraft and his men spent
yesterday and the whole OF last nlght IN endea
yoripe to obtain some information but they
failed Every house in the immediate vicinity
has been visited but there is no clue, and the
probability is that the murderer Will escape.
Mayor McMichael this morning issued procla
nation, Offering a reward of $1,000 for intorma
ton that will lead to the detection aud convic
tiou OF the murderer.
tested at the course pursued yesterday by th
Chief of the Detective force, in not proceeding a
once to the scene of the diaoolicai outrage wlti
his entire force, instead of detailing but tw'
men to work up the case. However, the Mayo
this morning took the matter in charge and sen
the more experienced OF the detectives TO IN
spot with instructions to use their utmost endea
vors to ferret out the author of this horrible
crime.
Coroner Daniels has decided to commence al
Investigation in the matter on Friday mQrnin.
next, at 10 O'Clock, at the Eleventh Distric
Station.
MULTUM IN PARvo.-The political pot is be
ginning to boil quite lively. "Copperheads
and "Radsn are both straining every nerve t.
get at the top of the heap. Flag-raisings, torch
light parades, and mass meetings are all tn
rage The wire -pullers are already busy, an,
''corruption-money" is floating about. The con
test wakes warm.
Mr.. Brown has returned to the city. HI
DIDN'T like the country. Says 1t is good plac
for COWS and calves, and such like, but regard
the city as the proper place for man and woman
to live in. He seems to ignore the fact that
great many calves live in cities. Perhaps he
Tetlcent on personal grounds.
Money is a good thing-but 1t isn't ever
thing. Brains are something, but not all
Plenty of brains and plenty of money make
combination that could hardly fail to suit tn
most fastdious taste as the Principals of femal
boardings-chools say OF their skim-milk fare a
the tables.
Thrown, have you seen Foul Play yet? Al
the go noW." Seen it! Zounds and fort
muskets; why, I've seen little else tor a year
Haven't had dealings with one man in ten VIII
hasn't shown it; Foul play, Jones; gad, ther
isn't any other"
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to be accurate in time. At =. N. they CRY
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