, 1869-04-04
MURDER.
Eatal Result OF q Dispute About
Some Wages.
A Young Boiler Maker Shot and
Killed by His Employer.
Arrest and Incarceration Of the
Murderer.
Ills Statement.

Ayou11g man named Frzaes Mcyey. = worker,
In iron WIS shot snd almost instantly killed BY
his employer, Arthur Deytne, al the boiler works
Of the lattcF, corner Of Canal and Polk gtrcetA yea
terdaJ Afternoon ortn9 to the good ktauttnR
Of the assailant, and the apparently slight provo
cation for the deed shls AMIR Ia OF uncommon To-
lerest, and haa created \ deep feeling Of regret
among the Numerous scqualntanees OF the muir
dercr.
The boiler works Of Deyine Dtothers tArthur
and Peter arc among the Old Institutions of
this city, and the propretorz, especially among
their Ecotch Hnsfolks, h1ve stood well ns honorz-
bic trBdemcn. Frsnc1s Mcvcy,
Tux v1cm,
was young an about twenty three year, Of age
and but recent Arrival In this county. Al,er
working IN CnnAdA for a snort tine
he came to Chicago, and engaged with
the Deytne B1uthers- Not liking bis
manner OF working, OF Tor some other cause, thcy
gave him bis discharge On Friday evening, and
told him to call for his pay on Saturday Accord
ingiy, yesterday forenoon he natla his sppearauce
Arthur Dey1ne, the acting logeman, 10 return ii
The afternoon a. be wished TO consult bis brother
Peter, who WIS then absent, a'out The mat
turned, and On entering the once The clerk hand
ed him an envelope containing t1l5l THIS
amount the deoeased refused e accept. c'asn!oE
would have aggregated us Arthur DcS1nc, Who
was present, then took the word, mad declared In
on. Warm and hasty wor3a Then passed between
shem, which finally drew tho men together, and
scCPY1k ESsrEp,
which, It Teul1 seen. wa8 Of q very determined
character, and 20 alarmed Ar. Dltss, the c.esI.
that he called upon tho wolkmeu in the foundry
TO separate them. -Four or nFc hurried to the
scene and succeeded In t!viding tho comhatantA
One Of the worIIneu, named David Murphy, then
told McyeJ TO leave, and be passed out VI the
Sss at sna 9a,s M a,e1 d 81 WI S9Sg a.
I'd four OF t1ve {al.s, perhaps, when Dsytae, With
d revolver in bis h7nd, stepped out Of the ofaee
door and, 1cvelllng nc Weapon at Mevey. nIed
IN doing 10 he held tho weapon over the shoulder
and beside the face of Murphy, but the Latter did
not observe the action IN time 70 prevent
Tue lall entered the person Of Mcyey IN the
back. Immediately un.les tho left shoulder blade,
Hhtl lodged In some vital part q the body Imme-
cr1ed out "Dasid, am shot: am Filled" and
stumbling forward haifeadozen paces fell dead
upon the sidewAik. n
A large crowd soon COLLECTED In front Of the
prrmises, and Intense excitement prevailed. De
one ior thc police. Meanwhle Constable Ii. nache
wns attructed 70 The scene, an.t on learning the
leSH ~, Rsyns 4 sn ne and sahso
Of Mcvey was conveyed to bis boarding house,
corner ot Ewing and Jefferson u streets @ xasrs N
The deceased has NO relatives IN this country and
his parcnu arc said p r.4dc In The parish Of Rem
Yrcw, nea1 Glasgow. Scotland AmopR his aoquatn-
tanct4 both in the shop and Al his boarding house.
he borc good character.
AK1HIR DEyNF,
the rerpCtrator of thIa tragedy, Ia q mau beyond
the middle Agc and Al old and quite wealthy reh-
dent ol this city. Haytug been lAboruus man ali
hts ilc, he ~as undoubtedly eomewhat rough IN his
Ways, to his worEEco, and perhaps somewhat
| Qua1Telsone. 4Abont ! year ago, We d lderstand
be was deserted By bis wife, md they have since
'' MIrzxKH1 OF 7Hz xuspERxR- 49,.
Our reporter visited Ey1ne In BIS cell last
evening, and received from him the following
.ta'enent regarding tae oceu5 iaees Incidental ta 1
the shop. YestetdAy afternoon thought tna,
man Cicvey} wzs totally careless and nc9teciul u
wages. ~ brother told him we hal no money u
that time, 10 come back to-day, and 10 get ont
then. had nothing to do with keeping the books
md threatened that be would thrash me before
long. Thought tha: he Was blowing, and Old moi
think mach Of II at the time Then he went away
hla q2oFeys wages In II and told me that Was fol
McSey. This afternoon Acvey and young bo,
named gsa ee.k U ne once cane n II Va -
drawer. sot she envelope I'D onesed TO gife it ts
cae IL there to OK zee M nc aout soneth,ne lie AL
he could knock he'll cut Of me. told him hat
nothing TO do With hls ray, and TO come back rhel
I 1EkEIt ulNk1lElt WAH III A4lA " FtAAs
e e. tns tsh1 n.,s .eld ~ h1m ,1,. n, =,
eo eoala elnsr e d down f Z 70 OUT ne Called M
ssid TO hin J. Go away and come back When Pete
como ta. do not Nant to hare any fuss Will
?" ans
dered bin out be hit ne on the eye and rot holt
Of my coat and got hold Of him, aat we had I
once, shocking down : lot Of ink-stands and osae
tnlngA lie was pretty much u stronger MAJ
than waa and appeared 70 DC an ascompi!snet
M; and ns ss Ses es n Ana d0T1 Dsi1 ,ss
pistol was probably ID cupboard. sometime
carried Il ~ night xhen vss out isse, md soms
InoV whether INTENDED 70 saoot him q noh tu
| tt wens on anyhow. l could not sea whether n
nv 9e oplon that ne cams ihs1e e1pry 70
called me a bueges Of hell and other name.
thc polee eame an % they toof NE down-no-som
took NE down before one Of tie Justices. D.
not know his name. was then taken TO IL
County jail THIS a1l happcned - quick as \ nc
ment He looked to me To be about twenty-ns'
Or rtwenty-ax Jeain Of aSe- lie ha1 been cnploye'
came be wns st1auEer-thn. was Last fall. II
him q Job Just on account ot his being i
dlst1raa4 and having no place to go to I dis
charged him once before, three tn,h;si, aSu
and took him back again. lie WAS walking aro1nt
Idle all winter, working hard to get tub. lie ha
worked with Us up to yesterday. believe he is
single man and has no family that know Of IL
l was Scotchluan. Not long sGo there we're som
other men that had discharged who waited at tn
\ corner to trash tnc, Some men told me Of 1t, an
avoided them TINT time. They afe q preit.
rougn Set these ooiler-ma1ers. Little whill
] before that they hired a New Iorl
boxer to eome on hero to whip my trgther, hul
he n: TOO strong for him, and got The beItE o
| him. When Acsey came and asked for a Job
had no work for boiler-tnakef, and hired hin
"a lAhorer at 81 DAY, Aud afterwards ratses
bis waFes to s97a We had no room for
methAnlc then. l haye related TO yop the ctrcum
stances hs / remember them, and think every
one else Will Tell you the sasne-