The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-31

MURDER IN THE FIFTH WARD.--One Of those
brutal aflrays with which all large communities
at times are visited, occurred at an early hour
yesterday morning on Larkins street, belo "
LON bard, in which q man named John 0Shea
was beaten to death and left lying upon the
sidewalk. The difficulty in which deceased met
his death arose from distuI bauce that occurred
about o'clock between O'Shea and one Michael
O'Hara. it appears from the evidence of Mrs.
Mary O'Shea, the wife of deceased, at the Coro.
ner's inquest which was held yes erday morning
at the Fifth Ward Station Hou e, that she while
returning f1om tavern kept by MIR. Gleason,
at Lalkns and Lombard streets, where she had
been TO get some liquor for her husband and
his cousins, who were. with him, met
Michael OHara, greatly intoxicated, whoop
lug and yelling in the street, with a
large crowd OF bows around him. When Mrs.
O'Snea approached, O'Iara commenced swear
iUg, and said that young OSbea haa hallooed at
him; she replied that he had not, that it was
another boy. OlIara said 1t was her boy, and
that OShea's iather could come and take it up
for him, and followed her to the alley of her
house; che threatened TO strike him with the
bottle of liquor II he did not stop following her,
and upon his asking her why sue did not do 1t,
she rephed only from res pect Tor his wife, aud
that she did not want to have anything to do
with him. She then turned and walked up the
alley, when Ollara followed and struck her.
She then called Tor her husband, when a tight
ensueO, and U'Ilara was Knocked down, bUy the
men would not let O'Shea touch him; during
the fight, Mrs. 0'Shea seeing man named
John Grace beating her husband, having
hlm by the neck, rushed in aud scratched
his face, and was thrown by HIN against the
CuIbstOne, and when she got up the Gro sd was
scattering; O'Hara then struck her, aud she
beat him about the bare shoulders with q hoop;
at Gleason's place she saw Patrick Burns and
after the fight her husband told her that Burus'
brother-in law mad struck hun; MIR. aud Mrs.
OSnea then went up to their room: she came
down again and went for Il policeman, but could
not find one when she cane back UHara and
others were Standing about the alley; her hus-
band said do not speak to him, but sue him in
no mn hny n ~ "a aCrll
but O'Shea snpDed down stairs again and went
to GlessOn's: his wife followed him, and heard
him talking inside but could not get in she
called to MN to come up stairs. and he called
her inside, say ing, "Here is Pat Moore making
fun of me;i they were joking; she went
in, was treated by Moore, aud then came oIt-
side; some one then called tor Pat Burns, who
went into Grace's house, aud the two then came
out and went into GleasOn's, and stood at the
counter; GrRce's wife then came to the door,
and Ms. O'Sbea SAID TO her that II was shame
for Grace to abuse O'Shea tor such a man as
O'Hara; O'Hara said TO her, "You struck me;r
John Grace then came out, and made gesture
as though he intended to strike Mrs. UShea,
but she stepped to one side: Grace and her hus-
baud then had so me words: at the same time she
was grasped by the neck by OHara, and became
inseusiOe, and when she recovered her husband
was lyIug on the pavement before GleasOn's
nsens1ble, but she did not see any one strike
him.
Policemen David Rice and Gilbert Wright,
while patrOlling their beat at little before
O'CLOCK hal tnelr attention attracted DY cries OF
murder, aud upon Fastening to the scene found
O'Shea lymg upon the pavement with his wife
beside him. They then went 10 No. $40 LarElns
street and arresttd Michael OIIara, who, while
on the way to the Station House, told the officers
that Patrick Burns and Jonn Grace were in it,
aud admitted that he was himself concerned
III It.
Sergeant William NJ. Nef, upon being in
formed OF tie occurrence, arrested Burns and
Grace. The shirt worn by the former was deeply
stained with blood, while the hands OF Grace
were gtestly swollen and injured about the
knuckles. The cap worn by O'Hara was also
stained with blood. A number of witnesses
were examined who substantially corroborate
the state OF Mrs. O'Shea as 10 the first hight, bat
none appeared 10 know scarcely anything in
relation to the more a'al aHrav no one appa-
rently having witnessed The striking OF u single
blow.
Upon the evidence adduced, The Coroner'5
jury returned a verdict that the said John
O'Shoa came to his death by violence tb'ows on
| the head and neck) at the hands of Patrick
| Burns, John Grace, and Michael O'Hara, on the
| morning of August 30, 1868, on Larkins street,
| below Lombard.