The New York herald., 1869-09-18

Fourteen Cases OF Murder and Suicide.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. Sept 1871
have been shocked By succession OF murders,
homicides, suicides ana murderous assaults that are
OF those who are least given TO gloomy forebodiDgs
OF evil Wehave been obliged almost daily to record
In our local columns the story OF some unfortunate
suddenly bereft OF life by violence or assaulted with
murderous intentions BY assassins who perpetrated
their bloody work in broad daylight and In utter de-
ance OF every safeguard that the law provides That
1t Is time some decisive steps were taken s evident
from the following list OF murders and murderous
On September we have recorded four cases to
begin with. william O'Connell. q messenger on a
peach train from Baltimore to New York, while the
train was stopping at tle Intersection OF the juno
tion road and Sixth street, shot James C0rdlch, on
suspicion that he was stealing peaches.
c0lored man named James Rodman, belonging
man IN Barnes court.
The body OF an unknown man was found In the
Delaware at Reed street wharf.
The.body Of new born infant was found at Wal
ON September 8 Emma spriggns committed sui.
eide at No. 800 SAMSON street. by cutting her throat
with razor while laboring under religious excite
on September Richard D. Carter the foreman OF
the stOnecutters at FairmOunt Park, was shot by
finished MS murderous work by committing suicide
In his cell at Moyamensng Prison on the sth inst,
by holding his face IN the M soP M bucket. ~
On September Joseph Bickell committed suicide
by throwing himself from the fourth story window
OF his residence. No. s07 North Fourth street. The
T0aSOu hSSiBueu uct W - iusuuity
intempernnce
on September Revenue Detective James J.
Brooks shot In the liquor store OF John keenan,,
on Front street. above Arch, while engaged In ex.
amininG into alleged frauds AGAINST the revenue.
The assassin Jumped into carriage and escaped,
and thus far he has not been discovered, while Mr..
Brooks lies In an extremely critical condition, IL
being a mere chance whether his life can be saved.
On September 10 John Dryburg stibbed William
Geary In quarrel at one Of the Port Richmond
piers.
on the same day william Vaughn committed
suicide in the Franklin Cemetery by shooting hun.
self.
On September IL Lieutenant Colonel James Seibert,
an officer who had served with distinction through
out the entire rebellion was knocked down IN front OF
tavern at Thirteenth and Wood streets, and died
from his injuries. Philip Flanagan and George 8.
Elliott were held to answer for the assault.
On September 13 Bernard Hagan was shot by Den.
mis- Quinn while riding on one OF the Sixth street
cars. Quinn made his escape.
On September IL william Shuster was struck by
James Mclaughlin In tavern at FrankfOrd and
died from his Injuries In half an hour. Mclaughlin
has not yet been arrested.
On September IA the DeerinV farm was the
scene OF another bloody affair. Newbury Gill
shot his companion Andrew Kelley with o
fOwling piece. The evidence shows that the
affair was piece Of recklessness, and perhaps
malice ON the part Of Gill, that ought bring upon
HIM punishment sufficiently severe to warn others
from doing likewise.
We have here fourteen cases of murder, suicide
and murderOus assaults within as many days. The
record speaks for ITSELF and 1t needs commentary
OF ours to enforce the lesson 1t teaches.