, 1869-12-18
A DEVIL At LARGE.
a Desperate Villain Attcmps 10
Hill Four Persons.
he Succeeds in MortallY Wounding
A Clerk, and Injuries Two
Other Persons,
The Seoundre1 Captured After Long
and Exciting Pursuit.

Last evening added another 10 the list Of can-
dida1ea for The gallowS, And perhaps Aert an
houeas and respectable c!s!Len to n untiNe!y
Esave. TIE way It hsapeoed va. this: Nj.
K.hett s. Wilcox, CLERK 10 the clio atn5 store OF
SNnrthous, Kent i CO., No 76 Randolph atreet,
near Ssa,c, WAS engaged between s and o'clock
IN arranging aoue goods inzide The 8soFt, when
tc saw maa run away With one al the r1ro lorna
Which atood> outside the door, aho wing on = ault
Of clothes. dc at ouee gave chase 10 the thief,
who turned rdurd the alley way tao aoora on, xnd
ce,se. asa I'd tr no@
ever, a MI. F. D. Cn11as VINO terps
c!o'a'ns ~ sure NJ = g. MsaaoIppa :issst
and, seeing the uan comtnE win tue clothes. he
Jumped nj him aud caught MIN around the back.
o.qs ne cS. ruaaa III IL
iaktuR MN for The ruslsn. " toon Discovered
bis mistake, snd vent 70 rterfJ II b, Holng IN
the latter, who had been fumollnR III his
Ssl e. rpa4. ra.s,Ds E., t,nrosga tae eo,M q
III. Wilcox ctoted with him. but tn less time ;haa
it lates to tell Il, another Shot Vas nred, this
tine With eject a tho ballet pierced Ar. Wilcox
1!bt. They fell together Nj. Curtis saoased
"NnIder " and " polce!" aud rerrested into Tie
s,oe door Of his atore. It "a stated sua. the
waJ OF warning htac not 10 come near htn RQnto.
The next thing he did was 70 IT. Ant escape.
" iet h!s sIcsm Tor dead and ISshtei out Of tns
in hls hand. looking Ike fuIiou@ demon, and
serdinu ,e11br to the hearA OF a1i who sAw hin.
ley, attracted BY the spootlpg TheT n :e wa5 Tor
The fbsUlver ard the c1an, who rln acrosa the
stleet 70 EaIda State t,rHet- \ senuentn named
street heard the houls Of g Murdtr!' and =" Step
hso:' a.d tsied 70 do 70. The despe1a1u, who
sseGed dssssnt3ed 70 asat ~ way sn,o3sa 80 80
! 1rlnE at lii. Newell II vas not t7e acoundsct'a
| lanit tnat MI Newell II not corr.e this nu1n-
; ii y Wa only lie fsa. ct Ine desperaio's tcm2era-
usent, which was e1c'ahlc- had ne bceu a cool
Eceundrel, and had teen collected enough 10 take
! Se~e As 1t was, he only shot under hts A:ua,
! ntraiis e!c-e 10 ma s1rass- TWO Inches more
worin hAye ssoce the b3snesA
On he went IN hi. 1n;a1 cssetE. two shots 8tl
,s1t, gtv.sR MIN two ,nofu chances 10 take dom
some human game ARCHER adsentasoas iaai-
y,daal, ". Isas,no Ltao, psopretsr Of = pt.n.
TIC pistol missed. dc seemed 10 b xrsslns
hl,l.<e1t aRato, lie tnok aEothef chance NJ
humanity with ~ liltie hesitation ~ sportsman
VINO nres At = buck viii toe telihsra,e latent!on
aah slot iii. Lno taro1sl The arm. TbR! vas Two
n+u snot, and one more chance left Wnat a
malicious pleasure ne must hare felt At shoot,n2
t~o, atho.gh two OUT Of ire Is no snoo1,nx u
hExx ot. lie seems to have mailc u h:s mind thai
| II he 6wucg be would not sx1ng for nothing
I
| as 4 lA1.b. II was his iaas chance Mt humAnlty
. tle would have no Opportunity 10 III anyone fol
.s,tS; Or pesbaps totescti g ne made up hls m.ut
! c4mpihh his EumRue teaste was to DO some Fro
| Mt-cucue 1rtnR into cfoTd. It WAS not hath Il
und crow q nnde1 the c:rcums'anees. The role,
oI shp.s had d1aNn Ha1y to the scene, end nun
ber Of ueu, ~ouen, and children had congresatet
Mt the cotLes Of Randolph and STATE streets, nRu
tne was The 1cso!ses and INC uan neatna = !,
foMcbodF. No murderer could ask Tor better. i
| Hzs suse-pop on humanity this LILLE, he thought
. That thought was fatal 10 his Intentions 1t made
HIN too cottdent, and be Hred Wild. The bAl
Oily gfazea The cneek OF y Wouuant and asunne.
her. Had ste been standing h:.te more to sht
} s~oottu from fright aud fell. which mus: nss
been satisfactory 10 tae Scooter, AZ 1t showed taa
bis efforts wero not euttciE il VAN. Auothe
PASSAGE in the ctord. which scattered right an.
LETT. Through this passage The assassin rsn. ID
! c1es Of .4MulAef!' IRON hundred vo:ces E,ugtn
in his ears- When near Lake street. Office! Roger
boldly faced him, nud Etao5eh him G liS hrt1s d
he 1r1ed 10 rush BY. lie fought with the ott;ce
ss; sa' ns91s aaa nscsd :,
: windpipe htstlt s-beiog fotetaste o! the hans
J l,s be hac just easued-asd the eect OF brinG:n
: h.u te time, Je.s theu Officers kno~ec an
Etet.ou caue to the te.cuc, AID toak cnRrGn {
htlu. while Mr. Rogcrs Hent to search for the n
Voter -hlc!! The pritonrr threw array ii b
! fight The pistol hAa not been found.
y This brings us back to the storn, whittier n
cd, rt,haps mostall5. Tor the crime Of I.:eadtn
! 5oung W man. IN ess;y i1nanaooa, saot down 10 II
. very neart Or the city for no cause and Witho1
E prosocstiop- Tic assassin w. brought 10 ~ ~
shoGsnt ns r. r. me5t.l', -, struck 81 :.
sess s.% sS1 x ,sssu ss axss zsf l. Nj 'n sS 1t
Il 81. ~ Warren 47euue, the residence 81 !!
q | EDftrt IN L had D!dEe. He did NOT E,Et