The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-19
MURDER.
COrOner's Investigation into the Fatal
Shooting OF Omcer Young ON Election
Evening, at Eighth and Lombard
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Evening, at Elgntn anu LOMBARD
Streets.
This morning, at 10 o'clock, Coroner Daniels
began an inquest into the circumstances attend
ing the shooting of Police officer James Young,
OF the Fifth District on the evening of election
day, at Eighth and Lombard streets. The fol-
loving evidence was elicited:-
Henry Horn living No. 7O5 Lombard street, testi-
neg @easSaortly S before six o'clock on election evening
street. some Sns asked what 6e mstteT said
the pSs ddsperslns ran up to learn the matter
the had navy revolver In his nano al me Time
he Knocked me down; in getting mp Z saw officer
assisting him at that time the fring commenced nc S?I
ee"T wss Seners gh'n over tss shCShog
l got 70 Mahrs tavern southwest corner OF Eighth
said he shot; he had hat asked Tor one; hat
lighting with the mob sgav he stood on the sdewsse
and exchanged soots with man stan ling In the
Esh wRom nought was also oo1s op a.
h b. deliberately pulled out revolver and aIed 81
ward Young know him, and judged from his ap-
him; it was just dusk In the evening saw his back;
Ola not see his face saw others also fire; suppose
man whom mentioned as exchanging snots with
Mr. Pet cock, living No. sos s. Eighth street. testi
hed-Was working next door 70 the polls; abolt 10
house; saw that officer Young was shot; took him
PaIrcR Mshr fiviog a. No. Sol South Ninth street
tesfeo:MWas Inspector Of elections At the polls;
neAru looked out OF the
window; saw a man beaten by two others; each of
them had pistol tried to get OUT the fell In the
before 90, away from the WINDOW saw Ned YoaSg
nJe y Tosaer sa Tne he
down the street, afterwards heard that Officer Young
wss shot; saw no one shoot asYoung;. card number
..oflicer Parker testlded-About 8 o'clock omcer
Young and myself was standing at Eighth and Lom-
bard streets saw the crowd rusn back from the polls;
him; we both caught hold or men; man then step.
ped up and ,duck Young m Ia tie tie head with black.
IN their hands; said you DO you .-L-" was put
81 my hand In my pScke, IS they yd also srs SAID take
and the one he undertook 10 arrest were at this lime
me; ran around hunting oiceTs to come to our re.
lief when got back Young was shot; don't know
O e W Of n mad @
at the corner Of ESSh Sne sres oseas
Young and Parker special policeman, and myself
saw Ma6r iyipg on the groGDd we started then " up
Lombard street. the firing then commenced: they
Morris Hose house to save % my life; saw msn firing
recognize him: when came out Of the hose S house
heard that Officer Young was shot think the man
q: S rlss Mccali; living at No s25 Federal stree,
testiaed-Was a, Eighth and Lombard % streets; mob
recognized him yes erdsy at the prison. It was Gala
towards Lombard; he stood on the cur6stone at the
shot; didn't hear that ofioer Young was shot; got
04S orr wt6
Young Just before his death he knew that he
dying; he told me 80: he said that DR.. Gilbert has
be the OF all this; he brought the trouble
he got the parties there that shot the parties
who came there about five minutes before o,olock
and man Ia company with him; crowd of NJ ,ya-
mensng Hose fell ews know some OF them by sight:
/ think they shot Mt me simply because was q
police officer; he made no mention of any names.
DR.. Shapleigh made post mortem exanina-
ton of the body of the deceased. and deposed:-
There was gun shEt ct wSgnG of upper p The ball
and passed outward through the lips; there
the nose, and the right eye was Dlackened; there
was gpn-shot wound ON the back three Inches to the
eleventh rib-thrCugh the spleen and diaphragm,
through the upper part of the stomach, through the
left lung-and WAS found In the cavity of the left
pleuTa. The decoase came to his death from hemor-
rhs ge, caused by the wound mentioned,
Case adjourned until Wednesday next at IL
o'clock A. NJ.