, 1869-04-17
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
Probable Foul Play-Bloody Traces and
Weapons Found.
An Arrest on Suspicion OF Muir
dcr--The Dead Come
10 Life,


AtRn carly hour last evening half dozen pcr-
Fcns, III high state OF excitement, cntcscd the
Twelfth Street Satisfaction, md informed ScrSesut
Cranrx, tnrSa1Ec, that 10 The hest Of their orIu
inn foul frurder had been committed two nights
previous In that neighborhood, and that the body
II The victim hsl been cast Into the stagnant va
sers Of the Chicago River. The Sergeant not
Mtls startled At this Information, inquired for the
facts on Which these aupposittous wcrr hased, and
IN answer received the following particulars:
Between II and le oclock on Ncsfnestiay nt0ht
Two men. named Jack Rafferty, and John Brady.
who were known to bear deep nnimostty toward
each other, on account Of some woman "uytng
Ill little h,nsc On Hope street," met on MaT
street, NJ the burlington crossing, and atter No
terrible struggled The asns { 1taed iasted 81 some
n;Eutcs, when Brady suddenly cried oas, II an
stHs ,Ssae saa 1s tss ssay t. 'hs sqnd
lis victim along the strect, towards the river, and
reaching the bank threw Ii into the water
eahefe frem va1ons sonrces % Some ad aai seen seen
The fight, others hAd Becu man from that point
dragged 10 the river, and third party had seen
nver, On the following morning, several persons In
Possession Q: these facts, had searched the ground
IN the ne.enborhood Of the fracas, aa4 NOT only
lools ol blood. bnt also found a large and ugly
hooking dlrk-knNe, completely covered with gore.
~ seeM ~ e nd o9na
tnct traces Of blood, as had hecn reported, which
Induced HIN to pa1 .erous attention TO the matter
What made the theory Of foul play Etill more
plausible was the fact that brady, rho WAS Irving
w1lh sister on May street, had not been home,
nor hn4I he fcen seen by anyone since the night Of
the fight . ..
Sergeant Crancy instantly detailed number Of
men look after the case and about o'clock yes
lie was found At work in istck-sasd located near
lie aclnowled9ed having had night with Brady
on The night in question, but stoutlI denied the
more serious tMputAuon&. .-
The report of the arrest, COUPLED With the AZ
rrsd,b11 snort srsee Of time, andsthe friends OF
t-oih parties besleEc1 the station In great nun
'rrs- Shortly after dark Last eyenug @ .eyeEa1 linen men
1hc stnry Of Ranerts'e arrest, they bad come to
state that thct had seen Brady only q few hours
Eas no, bSen home fo1 several days received in
answer III tuterTngntorT rs 10 the cause tnat He
s;sd teeu 81 work in bridgeport and hat not iound
il convenient TO arpElse his sister o. his "hefe-
x!nuts. -...-
rron this Information the Sergeant detailed
as 10 xs's hgsp n auss IS a 81 .S e lie
:lcan- He was, however. taken sito CUSTODY auu
lodged with his supposed SLAYER ,
tsnn supposed the person who cried "AnrdeI.
and whose holy was subsequently asaSgcn 70 .ne
river, III he BradE IVES because Inc !attef oas
hnu*n to have hal . eight at or near that place,
l!ul hal subsequently disappeared He denies
how ever that the ssacas between him and tsaletty
was n se7ious character. more than that fist.
},nws were struck snd he also denies having cried
llEr,Ier. ...--,..
Therefore the mystery is not get texrlalne'l That
some person Gtd ciy Murder ts wcll-auihenu-
rated and It is positively asserted that bodF Eas
dragged tuwar1s the river. II Is very certain that
IN the following morning. tloo1 WAS found IN that
,eIrity, aud likewise la!ge knife, covered with
The same suf;ance which IS no~ n, n me p1sses
thai some dark deed was peEpetrated On that oc-
easiun, and that the rady.ltatieI1s flasco was
t!ss wrong scent The matter ELL he fusther u.
yesticate,I snd il any foul play WIS enacted, It
10 lie hered that tho perpetrators Hll be brought
IN