, 1870-04-30

some boid thief stole chest Of tes from Il
, 8sofe OF MI. Pushict, No. 167 North Wells stree
The Board q Public Worts, yesterday, aT AZ,
s5ed ede aa contract = f9E grading md panE the NM
Oh the terus Of the published bid.
-, DOUBLE HOMICIDE.
Two Men Killed by 4 Policeman.
From tbs Philadelphia Telegraph, april 81.
At No. 1881 North Second street reaides
| family by the na1ne Of Walehs One of the
number, son named james, aged about
, Years, and Plaaterer BY trade, atter returnin
from his daily labor yesterday, spent som
time m cultyating miniature garden Th1c
he had formed in the small enclosure, called
yard, in the rear Of his parents house. 4
continued working therein until it became a
most dark, when he entered the houst
changed bis clothing: and started ont to obtai
some little recreation
| About the time that he left home C1
oc1ock) young man named hurtagh, aEe
years, Whose parents reside at No. 200
North Fifth sheet, returned from German
town, where he had spent the day in doin|
some labor1ng work. The young man, Muir
tagh, at tho ago Of 16. .en1istedin tho One Hun
dred and Seventy third Now York Regiment
in6 to enter the amy, and using an alias Il
prevent his removal therefrom G5 his father
who ras opposed to his en1isting. He seryei
honorahly through the war. and altar beint
discharged returned home. His parent
stata that ne had not done much work zinc,
his return, but bad just received employment
IN Germantown, End he and they wero mutu
ally Joyous over the fact
After Gspo6ing Of the meal prepared for hin
By hiB mother, he c1esnsed himself and saliei
out for some enjoyment
Where he went, or where he spent tho even
f1nf Y3rY I11t 1-nf1 f1n%
the fact is patent that he met With Wa1ah, ani
both succeeded, as al parties admit, in be
| coming thoroughly intoxicated. Some time
after midnight they brought up in the neigh.
borhood Of Third and Montgomery avenues,
and by their noise and carousings annoyed the
whole neighborhood.
The locality is none Of the best It is tho
boundary between tho Seventeenth and Nine
! teenth Wards, and Ia infested by gang OF
young men who are aB desperate as they are
devilish IN their characters- Third street, at
this point, is occupied By number OF 1rish
rance, screen, instead of expose, the u,isdoings
Of the youths that there conTeEate.
They think that because they are all Demo-
Gratis that, therefore, Democratic policemen
should not Interfere with them, and, as l. con-
sequence, whenever the officers attempt to ar
rest any offender, they meet with opposition,
and ofttmes encounter danger.
This beat, too, is what iB termed double
beat, extending from Oxford to BeAch street,
and from Second to Sixth street For some
time past it has been in charge OF Officers Pat
nck Levy and Charles Max, of the Eleventh
District force, both Of whom are said to be e1-
emplAry men. Last night Max WIS left in solo
charge OF the beat" on account OF the death
OF Levy'a father in New York, and whittier
Levy had gone-
Max heard i terrible rumpus whilst standing
at the corner Of Montgomery avcuue aud Third
street, and supposing it to come from tho Ger
mnntown road, he 1T once 1an in that direction.
He soon found, however, that he was leaving
tho Bound, and he returned, intending to
crpss over to American street On passing
Third street he looked down and saw two par
ties apparently squabbling- He approached
them, and in attempting to arrest one
Of them, HcIfne ensued, which resulted in
his drawing his revolver and shooting both.
He did not at the time know either OF them,
mentioned in our opening. After the shoot
ing they we're removed into the house Of Ed
ward McDer1nott, on whose pavement the
affray occurred. Murtagh died instantly, but
Walsh fingered about IN hour. The parents
of the deceased being notified, the bolfoswe1c
removed to their respective residences.
IN receiving the news OF the tragedy, Chief
Mu1ho1land, who was at the Genital Station,
directed Iieutenant Pritcbard to report imme-
dhtely in person. After consultation, Detec-
tive Gordon was sent to work up tho case, and
he repaired to the Eleventh District Station,
where he . took statement from Policeman
Max, which WAS substantially as follows:
He Has patrol1ing his beat alone, end at
quarter before o'clock he reached Third and
Oxford streets he there heard Erest noise
as Of people fighting he 1an toward Ger
mantoWn road, thinking that tho trouble was
in that neighborhood, but the farther be vent
the farther the noise seemed to be; he then
ret1aced his stepe, and On again reaching Third
street SEW two man Just below ColuEnbia av-
enue, facing each other one of them seemed
to have a revolver in his hand dpoiutingit 1t 1T the
other; ut this tins woman from overhead e1-
this business; n he replied, "fou can't expect
me to be here and in all parts Of my best at
the sarno fme,~ and approached the two men,
whom he ordered away, telling them that this
noise must be stopped; they still remained
and said something TO him; he again ordered
told him to come With him; the other then
approached toward him and was told not to
interfere; Ehl pressing forward Max let 60 his
hold on the other one and seized him : then his
first prisoner showed disposition to inter-
fer fs5e W. h'rspsdhH stt xoad
near Montgomery, approached Max and struck
him in the fAce, and then seized Ma1 by tho
Hhitt collar, which he twisted Max was COM
PEELED to release his hold Of his prisoner, who
vas thrown to the pavement. While lying
there struggling with the men Max was kcke
several times about tho body. He finally re-
leased himself, and, on regaining his feet,
seized one Of them by the coat, and was again
1pi 1nshed J, npon' 1 when he notified tho other
him he would shoot He came to-
Yards him, when he drew his revolver
and fred two shots; both OF them fell to the
pavement; Max then ran to Fourth and Berks
streets, who seeing strange policeman, he
called to him to cone doTn N1 tho g street, as he
and his brother policeman went down to the
scene and found the two men gone he re-
quited Of several people who had their heads !
out OF windows, which direction tho two men
had gone, and received as IN answer, "One Of
policeman poi % 70 q remain AIN theSo s'sN whiIe e /
he could obtain the assistance Of other
policemen; On reaching Berks street |
lie came across Policeman Bird, whose beat /
adioined that OF MIX; they returned to the |
locality and were again refused admission
the station, the particulars Of the ah1ay; he |
Was directed to patrol the beat Of Bird, whom /
ho WAS to notify to hunt up the particulars; 1
shortly after he returned to the stAhon and
delivered himself into custody, stating that
both Of the men wers dead; ho WAS then
tAAN@UAAt
Eleventh District Station.
As in all similar Cases, there arc two sides OF 1
the story to be told This morning We visited
the locality, and after some little search sue
ceeded in finding Mrs. McDonough, who re-
fused to gire any information. Whilst standing
at the door OF her residence lad picked up !
collar supposed to hare belonged to the officer,
which WAS much ruInpled, and pisce Of the
handle Of pair Of nipperB, thus showing that
there had evidently been seye1s struggle. We
next visited the residence of Aurtagh, and from
bis father obtained the following as the sub
'ugh:
and raising the window saH the officer trying
% arrest Walsh: Murtsgh told him CWalsh)
% go with the officer, and advanced toward the
after. The officer shouted to Murtagh not to
:eplied, ~ am going to help Jou." then
ihouted to the officer not to shoot; il
1e was not able to tako his prisoner to
Jpring his rattle. The officer replied, II
lave no rattle" Just then the officer fred
nd Mu1tagh fell Myself, wife, and daughter
nen were shot. We then carried both into my
,ouse, and Walsh died in short time. Just
,efore the shot WAS fred I heard SONIC one Of
he two Bay, :. You needn't take us wo arc all
Democrats like you1sef." did not see either
he officer or the deceased on the ground at
ny time"
As is usual in such cases, bitter feeling cx-
sta to the prejudice of the Officer, some al
eging that lie should not have shot both, and
the1a that he should not have shot either
Both of the young men were shot in tho
rcast, ono On the right side and the other on
he left.
HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A
WIFE