The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-07
HOMICIDE.
sgs 81 the DcasS Of Frank VVyeen,

crs Of the Death Of Frank WySeG. '''''
This morning at 10 O'Clock Coroner Daniels held
an inquest upoh tne nouS oi rtnuN 9t Wyoou VINO WIS
hands Of Henry Carr, on Thursday last and died
almost immediately from the effects of the wound.
The evidence was as tOlluwS;-
Israel p Ricketts,, No. 900 Emclino street sworn On
last Thursday the 6th inst in then the morning 6eyceS II Gnd
Shppen street, with two looking gassoa he said no
toroi tho shop; Derry not in and said would go
and find him; went out looking Tor Derry, and on the
worked in the shop he s ne hadn't sctu jamos hcknrt
pen street 6StwG@ SST,h ySoa S Snd
went SSeE to the shop GoT and tho man %tjb ,hc Look
Derry would be there minutes; Derry did como
to get the money to pay hcm; white Derry Was ont
Lar said to the man 'l.g, has gone out, aud don't
take the glasses and show thrm to his wife hon said TO
were not bought for him; Carr answered that
he knew his own business; | then told ,ho
that James would bo bach Carr insisted upon having
Deryswife lived up over the shop which was not
SO the man LET him haye one glass ne took the glass out
he went stairs with 1t he went out into the street the
me, me, Iid tno, tpI vU n, % % "nnr, tu nry H ,yf NV
mn n toS & me-" 9 man then went S W9 m bnn
for Carr; in the meantime Derry camc back
glass e show to his .osry's) wife; pery said,
My WIFE why dd tn' man let MN % nave lt went out
follow that the devil was t pay about the glasses " Carr
couldn't fit the glass out tro was dollar towards pay.
& S "s bs Would GG pay R @ bS De %S or
and that i would be az rght y the man said Mo- want
would have to make tho best OF it; tue man then
ali 4 pe pSSS said @ Would and os th nons
eXceut twenty five cents mat twenty-five cents to
@ chem az asked @ Derry to wa 6at and take drnE, While
Derry and .he n9n were on, Shis Myco was in little
Hen was boss o. the shop wouldn't keep YOU in it
If hour would put you right out out the bricks
because any g.. man rat would do as you
a. earn sln asked hn what he meant i6o' 6e said Il
mean what say" Carr answered 81 don't for You
@ have @ good SoG g @ @ % 6a s it, nd nor YOU ens ea
whip you j. Frank ak s4jd lGg INT whip me Carr aid he
said III you raise your hands to me or cut will put
IS all you think about if man does anything
yoq putting No r m nn pn in Won 6 he %
Carr laid to him, You =, clear me OF the law
his coat Wycof mad none got up then and said to
Carr and wyeof both IT M go oot and got your rum
this hGP and !! do s nSt 9T ySn ysSos SsP do j.
going to let BIN blow over me-" then he went
%Ta eSse HySo To- r linn took hold o 6em a @ h
them of; they tried to t % away from from IN me , but held
down behind into hrs pocket Frank asked him gSat he
was doing down in his poch whether he going otter
out that tire; attention was called to Frank and
6 FSSd qS% s n 10 @1 Il an sa& m e to Rs Ra
it up that he shouldn't rp tank he make no answer he
blade towards the palm g,sed his hand towards his
shoulders threw the knife WyCOh the knife lodging
Wycoif's breast, abOt inch below tho pple; WycOH
said me, He's stabbed mg" WyCoh pulled tue knife
out threw it floor looked az him. but didn't
any blood !pushed Car. then into the little room
put my against the door keep him in there Derry
then came the shop; Frank said to him. Jim, Harry
has cut /" Derry old him go to the drug store and
get il dressed they went to the drugstore stad in the
shop. keeping Carr u and told me to so to
the drug store, because ihut friend of yours gone
gOose: said 81 guess nor; looked then in the back
for Carr and pIud that he had opened another door
that in the and fled through Mrs. MCGOverns
place, when the officers to look Tor him he
Dr. Shapleigh testii I'd. made part mOrteH eAamiua-
tion of the body Of Frank Myco discovered penetrating
wound threeq quarter inch long, inch below and
three of inch to the right OF the left nipple,
the upper edge the fifth RIB glanced slightly upwards
penetrated the walls nj the chest and the ,rJdjH and
entered the left venrcle of the heart inch and half
above the apex; the wound the heart three
eghhs of inch long the inner wound quarter of
inch the percardial sack led with blood direction
of the wound nwards, slightly upwards and to the right
depth about ~ inches The deceased to his death
| by violCnce-wound Of the heart.
Mrs Mc9overn, lad tner SDn), and james Derry,
prieOr of the shop in which the fatal aay took place
were sworn and gave testimony corroboratve of that OF
| the witness Ricketts,
Derry testified addition that no accompanied Wycoh
after the wound had been inflicted to the drug store that
the druggist said the wound not dangerous but that
while he procuring something dress with WyCo
| fell TO the floor, and died at
The jury rendered the following verdict
"That the said Francis - WyCon came TO his
death by stab inflicted AT the hands of Henry Carr
| at No. 1929 Shppen street, August 5, 1863"