The New York herald., 1870-01-06
THE REIGN OF BLOOD.
Shooting of James Logan No. 2 in
Houston Street.
The Rogers Murder Again-Is Justice
Vindicated ?-lhe Ante-K0rtem
Examination.

paraiyze tHe arm or Justicc anu law league Win
crime but sooner or later the wrongdoer is certain
to reap his reward. One by one the outlaws OF our
cIty-they who laugh in the face OF authority ana
break through society's acknowledgment mlser.
ably. Detective ingenuity mar fail TO discover |
sulcieat proof OF their guilt to warrant conviction
political judges may shield them with their pol.
luted erminc but Time the Avenger 10 certain IN It's
punishment.
Those reeionists who argue that The he'll OF the
Scriptures Is In the breasts OF the wicked and that
the t0rtures OF the damned felt In the flesh must
surely feel their position strengthened by The fearful
tragedy which. following close upon the horrors OF
TIE previous week disturbed the quiet OF the city
yesterday. young man In the heydaJ OF his man
hood, but full OF inquity. upon whose brow public
opinion set the mark Of Cain. the companion Of
prostitutes boastul outlaw, sensual and cowardly
was in the early morn OF Wednesday shot by pistol
In the hands OF rutYan OF his own KIND. His
death, which is momentariiy expected. VIII be
greatly deplored by the politicians and thieves or
his district, and a few poor women more wretchel
than himself, for they are doomed TO live, may
mourn his logs but the community at large wll
have cause to rejoice when II Is announced that he
Is no more. All good citizens Will lament that the
pistol that killed james Logan No. did not also
destroy the entire colony OF scoundrcls who. maang
the Eighth ward their scene OF operations. have
upon the law aud It's administration.
friend or 'Mart Alen," the unpunished felon,
JAMES LOGAN, no 2,
was implicated In almost every crime OF conse
quence committed Ia the neighborhood IN wnicn he
lived Carrie smith, the wrc,chcd woman IN whose
company he when he shot, was his partner
In guilt and ally In all his ylllaaes. How lar
was implicated IN the appalling Tragedy through
winch Logan received his numerai appellation
mains to be discovered. More taan suspected
Hodrers " IN front OF his own house in East ~
Twelfth street, on the morning OF tha 3lst
| OF December, lsds. James Logan, after ms
narrow escape from conviction, dived deep mo DIS
sipation ana waded in guilt. lie became notorious,
and was the theme OF ad,niring comment among
The outlaws of The Eighth ward. Carrie smith a.
has already been stated. u confederate ana the
partner IN his crimes.
| THE SHOOTING.
| few minutes before Two O'Clock on Tuesday
morning wnen peaceful citizens asleep III bed
This woman aud TINS man emerged from the ealing
saloon under the "house OF Commons No. ~ est
| Houston street. They had had refreshments and
were about going to some viilanoas den In
neghbOrnOod. Logan bethought himself ana wcut
back ior cigar, andas he returned To the side.
| walk rowdy named Jerry Du.in, VINO was jealous
| OF him. came out from the saloon with u number
! OF others and rudeiy accostea Logan. After the
manner OF his Class, Logan, who was thoroughly
| aroused declared his aoiuy to ''ckn Dunn or any
| Of his trends. Then vile and abusive language
was used; there Was u tussle on the sidewalk aud
| moment later Dunn deliberately drew u Derringer
pistol IRON his pocket and taking deliberate .ini
shot Logan IN The lett breast lnlicting IL mortal
| wound Inc controversy was ended.
THE ARREST AND RELEASE.
The report OF Inc pistol woAc ap the poice In the
neighoorhood. 0ficers Crlttenten a,d Smitn OF The
Eighth precinct, ran up as last they could, ana
iouad Loean leaning ON the SHOULDER oI The girl
Carrie. Tic had succeeded in getting seventy
otcer Smith approached TO take nm inlo custody
lie had barely strength 10 cry out, 'for Gods sake
Siuitt, take me To "a DOCTORS shop: I'm shot, Ia lne
meantime Crittenden saw Dunn sanding opposite
tho saloon and TOOK nm in charge. The latter pro-
ceedlng was, however. considered uncalleu Tor by
n "a hn nri A. nj IN h.Il ri.
derer. Wltn oatns and blaspaemouS usseveralions
they succeeded IN convincing the officers tnat Dunn
was not the man and the murderer Accordingly
released. Before the mistake could be reciIe.,
Dunn ran down Houston 10 Greene street aul di :
iata pistol ana slungsnot. some emor.s capture
the fellow were subsequently maze, bdG wiIlouL
aval', and then the wounded man aud the woman
Smltn were taken 10 the station house In Wooster
street and Afterwards TO Bellevue hospital.
JEREMIAH DUNN
by whom the shot was fired, q naive or Philadei
phia; Is about i've ieet nine inches n,g dark
plexIon, and between twenty arl tnirY yea ~
OF age. Nearly two years age he assumed the I'd q
OF detective, ami played ms part with considerable
success Ills 'lay'' was III the houses OF Iil-lame
where he was wont TO levy black inai on tie IN.
| famous propnetors. 1his infringing upon ca.
| taollshed rights, so Jerry Dunn named Hawk
snaw the detective) was finally arrested ana sent 10
the State Prison Tor twelve months. Succ his re-
lease ne has been very active Tor himself various
! vilianes and useful to the local politicians IN
many ways. Tnc saloon where the rOWuIes were
| previous TO the murder IL kept by TWO men named
Uallott and Thomas aud is as .respec, able" in mp
nei2hDorhood.
/ LoGAN'S PRESENT CONDITION
| Drecudes all idea Of his recovery Hts doom is
seated. lie lies at Bellevue Hospital IN seml-un.
! conscious state. and may die at any moment Coro-
ner Flynn was sent for by Warden Brennan yes.er-
| day iorenoonsi0 take the dying rowdy'B ante NOR
tenn statement, and IL was hoped that aJ LAST the
mystery winch stGl surrounds the Rogers tragedy
| would Oe cleared up. AS VIII be seen, however by
| the following report OF the examination, Logan
made no reference TO his connection that tran
| saclion. Hopes are entertained however lnat ne
important
| assured tnat mis- wound is mortal
TIE ANTE-MoRTEM EXAMINATION
| was taken with some dlffculty the man having to
stop repeatedly TO take breath. He does not th,nx
his life IS in danger but DR.. Mclean VINO IS attend
ing MIN. states that he cannot long survive. The
ba entered between the htn and sixth ribs passed
| through the percardium and is supposed to be
twenryonc years OF age, Is IA native OF Ireland and
resides at no. 2l6 East twenty ninth street, iie-
thinks at about quarter-past onc-hc inI0 the
restaurant at No. 70 West Houston street. the
| Housc OF Commons, to get something to eat. lio
| took seat at one OF the tables, at which a female
was already seated. She left soon afterwards anu
| In about three minutes he lett also, but on
reaching the sidewalk thought he would return To
get cigar. lie did So ana when he came out he
stood smoking at the bottom OF the stoop OF the
| House OF Commons Soon aferwurd, three men
| who were In the saloon when he was there passed
| out and one OF them roughly jostcd against hin,
| but he took no notice OF IL; another then drew
pistol nom Ills pocket aud deliberately nrcd nc nin
Inc BAN entering the lett side OF ais heart lie ana
not recoiiect anytling more unt he iouad himself
\ slungsbot or any other weapon; says he did not
speak 10 the gir or TO either OF the IN the
saIoOn he knew them all by sight but did not know
any OF their names; the bartender was the only man
\ he conversed WITH
| LOGAN AND THE ROGERS MURDER
III VIII be remembered that on the 23tn ut January
OF last year Coroner tt nn and Jury went 10 Black
wells Island and interrogatcd an unfortunate
man In the hospital there, VINO. IL was sAit
acquainted with James Logan No. = then under
rest for the murder OF Mr.. Charles N. Rogers, on
the morning Of the 3st OF DecemDer the woman
l-E nI 4iIQ
at length that danger OF some sort 10 herself or
Logan was meditated, became moe Cautious and
~ was found impossible to the Inks IN the
cham OF evidence already entwInea around the ac-
cused from the statement sBe male. Very
\ little doubt, however, rcmaine1 ON tue minds oi
any OF those present that Logan No. was one OF the
men who committed the foul deed IN Twelfth street.
Therefore, as IL ~ not Improbable that Logan may
make a confession before ne dies. tie
TESTIMONY or MAkTHA ELLSWORTH,
the woman referred TO, Is deserving attention. IL
as folows:--Bctween one aud two O'Clock the
morning OF the 1885, OF December, 1868, James Logan