, 1869-02-12

himsd1t; for this tufpogo Always carrying "
hey 10 hIs podkot. 1fif residence was ius th1
Wet p!ylsioa. nd Il 10 r. man ,a.;a % e9f!
at homo. Uua mofn}ns fto clerk. camo e |
tho store AZ nAual, hnt Mr. Applcly was not |
t1,crt. They knpqktd< tholr hcol: VINO
o.,,sho steps, and finally ono tf!ed ina ; aoof;
tho ga atill burning, and In thu hack room,
uscl los sto1lpg Tho eoarser gooas. 40 az
cnycrcd Mr.. AppEeby, lying gu tho tloor. dead.
An explanation proved ilIat ho wna isopa'
tlY slllrd without q struggle Oh h!s part 10
unawarcs. Tno back q! hIs head was broken
In hy a blow Of notnc heavy, weapon, aud hlt
body waA cnt BY nineteen stabd or hutellcr
knife which lay pealde h!m on the auot. Tho
murderer haa never tlcou dlscoycred.
len, now 81 tho firm OF Nowlen 4 McElwaiu,
and then, ~ now, do!rg huainess as q lewc!er
on Clark street, testified that he was In the
habit Of trading With .Appleby, and that on
tue night Of his death b. STOPPED y the
tore to Get some cream nitsstse tor aly
0 O'Clock. The streets were very much
crowded hY people walking up md down
to enjoy the beauty Of the evening, after
IN excessively warm day; and Randolph
street, & in front ,-saa.d Of dAppls9ys ya9s, ytte5e
found Jul tie door Of The store shut, and The
b inds OF the windows closed but, seeing
light in the transom window, he went In.
The sound OF hls footsteps on the floor
called man out Of the back room, whom
the place; bnt, suppozing that be was
new cmploye, without taAng special note Of
bis appearance, he called out what he want
ed. The stranger looked into drawer Or
two, and finally into . keg beueath
the counter ,;, snd fa.d 49,. that tasy TSEe ,q
Appleby had intended to. &C.. some,
but had forgotten i. Saying that he
would cali elsewhere. Mr.. N. left. That
strange man was undoubtedly the murderer;
| and his crime, dreadful AZ It proved, was, uu-
que:tioEably, the result Of q sudden aud un-
sist. II quiry into the customs Of the de-
ceastd led to the eyelopment Of these facts:
that he was in the habit, after shutting the
blinds, to make up his cash account on the
counter lp%msdtstely NJ OYER .ns The money drawer!
when counted, and put them In the large
pocket book that he carried about his
person. The. theory Of the tragedy
,heDs "a. IT, this; Th9e the murderer des
gagged and that, berg fred by the sight OF
the msEey displayed, he resolved TO possess
It. Being acquainted with the premises. he
must hive asked for some butter, which
| WAS Kept In large chest or tcc.box In tile
back room. a. Mr.. A., candle ID hand,
passed to the rear, his eoeuJ followed him ;
/ AID, as he went through the partition door,
the latter must have taken down the store
Ratchet, which hung from nail on the door.
post. The circumstances show that a.
, Mr.. A. leaned over the chest to select the
lump asked for. the fatal blow Was dealt.
His hat and the candlestlcE, among the
butter tubs, indicated the position in which
| he stood when the crashing blow fell. But
rs If to make the work sure, the butter-kntft
AN Ordinary butcher knife was freely em
ployed By the assassin, as the many stab:
On The dead body proved. Unquestiouably
the man who confronted Mr.. Nowlen, VIII II
he opened the door, was the murderer, ant
| the facts are conclusive that while he wa!
composedly looking for creaU-of-tartar, iii
: hands were warm with Applcby's blo1d. I'll
whole transaction could not hnre tax IN thre,
minutes time ; and ns 1t Is not supposab1
, | that man who had just dono so terrible
: deed, would unnecessarily lfnCer on the 5po
where IT was enacted, doubtless Us soon a
!. he was satisfied that he had done his worl
= well, aud had grasped the money, seven hun
= dred dollars or tnercahonts, for which b
! sold his soul, the murderer escaped. Not
man oi the hundreds of1oungers on tho stree!
: out, and to this time be Is unknown. In th
!. excitement which followed the discovcry
- the great crime, one arrast-thAt OF q
Englishmau. q friend Of the murdered maj
a who lived ut LasRlle, and who about til:
~ time had been In Chicago-was made, but
:. clearly proved an ntlbi. Gu no other huma
= beIrr has suspion ever fallen aud The ca
to this day remains one OF the utifuthomab
mysteries OF Chicago crime mc.-Epsniny Post.