The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-22
INTELLIGENCE
PROBABLE nScNICIDEs.


Jsmes ONeill, Enos Vanlinden, and John -
lapey, paid a visit to the Blue Bell Tavern,
fwenty-seventh ward, and there INDUCED quite
freely In ardent spirits All went merrily until
the demon rum gained the ascendancy when,
their animal passions being aroused, they COM
menced somewhat tempestuous conversation.
This continued for some time, but finally they
came to blows, and 0'Neill, finding that he was
getting the worst of the battle, drew Knife and
stabbed both Vanlinden and Delaney, the 6rst
in the groin and the second in the thigh. Van
lnden's wound Is pronounced by the physician
who is in attendance on him to be fatal one.
Delaney is but slightly injured. Immediately
after committing the bloody deed ONeill fed,
and has not since been found.
Another Probable Homicide.
On Saturday night last an inehriated fellow
named James FOUGHT entered tavern at Third
and Beaver streets, and called for liquor. The
proprietor, seeing that he had already imbibed
sufficiently, refused to either sell or give him
any, whereupon FOUGHT seized glass and
hurled 1t at the proprietor, inaicting wound of
such a character that the physician who has
been called in despairs of his recovery. Reserve
Officer Page fortunately happened in the neigh
borhood at the time, and at once arrested
FOUGHT. Alderman Toland committed him TO
await the result of the injuries he had inflicted.
A NARROW EscAPB-GAs-Abouth half-past 10
o'clock this morning, Assistant Fire Marshal
Randall discovered q strong smell of gas in the
vicinity of Eleventh and Market Streets and
looking around, found that it came from the cell
lar of a Farmers Hotel. Opening the door the
place was found to be filled with gas, and 1t had
also commenced ascending to the stories above
where were sleeping thirty boarders. Without
giving them any alarm quiet search was made
for the leakage, when it was found that the pipe
was defective in two places. The leaks were
temporarily closed and the cellar-door left open
to allow the escape of the gas in they should
again open, an officer being placed in charge of
the door until this morning.
DRY GoeDs.-For months past the Boston
Steamship Company have been missing goods
from their wharf above Pine street. and accord
ingly they resolved to set guard thereon. At
an early hour this morning ebony-hued thief
named William Williams was observed to ap-
proach lot of dry good boxes, pry one of them
open, and take therefrom four pieces of CLOTH No
sooner bad William succeeded thus far, than he
was quietly taken by the neck and marched to
the Third District Station House. He will have
a hearing to-day at the Central Station.
"THB EPISCOPAL REeIsTER."-The issue of
the Episcopal Register for last week was a
double number, which contains great amount
of religious news from all parts of the world,
together with n variety of interesting original
and selected articles Messrs. McCalla S Stavely
are endeavoring to make the Register the lead
ing religious journal of the country, and their
enterprise thus far has been crowned with
greater success than was anticipated at its
inception
THE TROUBLES OF A PoLICEMAN.-Yesterday
Officer Murphy attempted to arrest trough
on TweDty-first and Race streets, when he was
attacked by Thomas Donnelly and William Dun
lap and rather roughly handled, his coat being
torn from his back. Recovering however, he
dropped his original prisoner, and with the aid
of a citizen succeeded in arrestng his assail-
ants. Alderman Smith held each in $1,000 bail
to answer.
BoIsTERoUs.-Yesterday Officer King at
tempted to arrest a disorderly character at
Second and Coates streets, when he was accosted
by VIM. Elton, who questioned his right to do so.
King insisted that he was right, whereupon
Elton assaulted him for the purpose of rescuing
the prisoner. King at once dropped No. l and
eeizfng Elton marched him before Alderman
Cahill, who held him in $500 bail to answer at
Court.
HERoIC.-Robert Newton is the title assumed
by a cowardly character who has of late been
boarding with Mrs. Keogh, at Front and Pine
streets. Yesterday Robert accosted Mrs. Keogh
at the door and commenced denouncing the
quality of the "hash" furnished him. Woman
like she replied, when Robert, drawing a black
jack, struck her on the head, inhicting severe
wound. For this he was arrested, and Alder
man Delaney held him in $500 bail to answer.
PISTOL PRACTICE.-At an early hour yester-
day A. NJ. row occurred between a party
of roughs at Eleventh and Catharine streets,
during the continuance of which one of the
participants, named Charles Connor, fred four
shots from revolver at another one. Connor
was arrested and Alderman Bonsall committed
him to prison to answer.
HUBs.-James Kennedy and James Collins
two MISUNDERSTANDING characters, were
arrested at st. John and Green streets early yes
terday morning on the suspicion of having
stolen lot of carriage hubs which they had in
their possession. Alderman Toland held them
for further hearing.
SILvERwARE.-On Saturday night the resi-
dence of William Bailey, No. 1109 Spring Gar
den street. was robbed of siverware to the value
of $25 The thieves entered the hallway of the
house adjoining, assembled to the second story,
and thence across bulk window to the place of
Bailey.
BUMMERs.-The police of the Fifth district on
Saturday night arrested 152 bummers and ran
them into the extensive grounds surrounding
the station house, and kept them therein until
this morning, IN order that streets might
not be disgraced by them on the Sabbath.
BLACK DIAMoNDs.-A poverty-stricken crea-
ture in feminine form, named Mary Snebley, has
been held in 5000 bail by Alderman Neill tor the
theft of coal from the cars of the Reading Rail