The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-17
HOMICIDE.

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ern Railroad and n Resident Of NInnehestor.
Ocean county, NJ L.
The Eleventh ward was the scene of another homi-
eide last night, the victim being respectable citl-
| zen Of Manchester, Ocean county, N. J., named
Charles Carrgan, aged about 80 years, He was en-
| ployed as fireman on a freight train on the New
| Jersey Southern Railroad, and is represented to
have been an Industrious and hard-working man.
The facts of the sad affair." far ascertaned are
these Mr., Carrigan reached this city about ten
O'Clock last evening, In the company Of Wm Layton,
road. They landed at Market street wharf Pass
| ing up Water street, they were attracted by the
McCarty, just above Caowhil street, into which
place they entered, never dreaming for moment of
dance was in progress at the time, and Carri-
gan joined in the festivities. or the noted charac
fers present there were % Two ongsnoremen named
| rigan had some words, and the latter made pass
at the former, but did not strike him. Mullln struck
back, wbereupon Callahan interfered The latter
pulled Mullin away and dealt CarrIgan heavy blow
on the side of the face, telling him to the floor Mr.
Carrigan heavily built man and nearly SIX feet
high In the fall his head came in contact with the
floor, and he died in a few moments after Mullin
and Callahan soon alter the occurrence fed and
Lieutenant Brurein, when notified of the affair,
and william Layton, the friend Of deceased pisHd and
| retained them as witnesses before the Coroner's
| jury. Deceased was married only month ago He
| was firemen on the Delaware and Raritan Rail-
road for three years previous to the sale of that
road to the New Jersey Southern Railroad Com
| parry.
AT eleven O'Clock this morning the Coroner sum.
moned jury and held an inquest on the body at the
| Seventh District Station House. The testimony
ELECTED before the jury was as follows:-
Ocean county deceased saw S hm hMaqSseseT Sst at 6
o'clock last night when he landed & Market street wharf
IN TaS seod fPles OaS and per pS1t
am brakes.an on the New jersey southern Raiircsd
rean got on our train he came to oqmden and then
the ap s as nss f
at Ss o o Rd opk drink no @
name the parties there did not dance saw caSr
E:T f $ss
psS ds
my a hsS drinks r.s g. M Me- eZsSg @
street keep tavern there know Mulin ana CALLAHAN
Wss Soe times Of tho
@
when four men we're dancing Carrgan struck at Mpn
han nterfeTed and pulled Mu away and dealt Oirrsan
sent for cer f
occupied three four minutes there were fourteen
S had Gn qs IN 1 66%se
looked he had been drinkng deceased never spoke
Elizabeth Stein sworn-I reside at No; 4l3 CaIowhi
Ss s G decsas w s he ar n haas
taken from the bar to while the dancing
Ss It of
at oha sn sd % S gD 1Dn
that forFS Sarrigsn said, II only did It in iun i viii
|
oM S as h hm S the 6 S in 9 San ss @
OUT he returned in few moments seeing the condi
2ot
nd pu hs K were examined
witnesses their testimony was corroboratve OF that pre-
Dr. Shapeigh testified I made post mortem eEamina
tion Of the pody found bruise in front of the left
Sas' 6Tase 'Ss 'ai
diameter; The external bruises were sight I' found
sSovs S b
to his death from compression and CONGESTION of the
@ the og
dct:-That the deceased came to his death from vic
| lent blows on the head received at the hands O.
Patrick Callahan and Reddy Mullin, at No. 40
North Water street, on the night of Sept &c. 1870.
MEETING OF REPUBLICAN CoNFEREEs.-At nool
to-day a meeting was held at the Bingham House
Eleventh and Market streets, of the Congressiona
Republican Nominating Conferees of Montgomer
chair. These counties constitute the sixth Congress
sional district. Mr.. John II Oliver, OF Lehigh, wa
nominated Tor Congress by unanimous vote.
brought before the conferees and thanked them il
He mentioned the relations OF himself and party il
the district. He thought that a systematic effort
and particularly the keeping OF the tariff question
before the constituents. would do much in carryin
the district, and especially Montgomery county. TIL
county should be as one in favor of the tariff.
Mr. Oliver was replied to by several members o
the conference who thought that the prospects wer
very favorable. The Democratic majority had bee
coming down steadily at every election. The dis
trict was rich in mineral resources. projections
only could be favored.
The chairman announced that the Democratic nc
minee had strong free trade record.
At the same hour and place meeting of the Re
publican Senatorial conferees OF Montgomery, Della
ware and Chester counties was held for the purpOs
of nominating candidate for State Senator. Tn
names of Messrs Evans, of Chester county, an
YeakeI, OF Montgomery, were before the meeting
but up to late hour no decision had been arrived al
THE MORTALITY OF THE CrTY.-The number o
deaths In the city for the week ending at noon to
| day was 279, being an increase of IL over those G
last week. and an increase OF 81 over the correspond
ing period of last year. OF these 143 adults 13
were minors; POT were born in the United States 6
were foreign; Is were people of color; and IL wer
from the country or this number 40 died of consump
ton OF the lungs 10 OF disease of the heart II of
mus 10 Of old age; 16 OF typhoid fever 10 of convu
sions; OF scarlet fever; 6of Inflammation Of tn
lungs; Of congestion of the brain; II of debility
| and 10 OF cholera infantum.
The deaths were divided as follows among tn
different wards
| HdTdS. Wards.
First .......... ........ II Sixteenth. .........
Second d...............,1l Seventeenth. .........
Third. 10 Eighteenth .. .......
| Fourth 10 Nineteenth .......,..
| NXVpntiQth