The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-12
THE GUILLOTINE.
The Adjournment Of the LeeisIature AHain
starts the Machinery.

The Adjournment ef the LesisInturo Again
The axe has again been set in motion by
Mayor Fox and the fortunate Republicans who
have thus far held their offices through the '1m-
pending Metropolitan Police bill, may receive,
and are now momentarily expecting, their "ticket
of ofleave." This morning George Cailanan.a detec-
tive officer, who has served the interests of the
city under the various administrations well and
faithfully for the last twenty-five years, was
notified that his services were no longer re-
quired.
This action will add nothing to the credit of
Mayor Fox. Mr.. Callahan is long and favorably
known to almost all our bankers and banking
institutions, and has done more to prevent rob-
berries in this particular line than any other
officer on the force. He has now reached an
advanced age and toturn him out to battle with
the world ise omething for which he is not pre-
pared.
The secret of this movement is this, James j.
Flaherty, who keeps a drinking saloon at
Eleventh and Locust streets, good working
Democrat, and member of the Eighth Ward
Executive Committee, has been striving night
and day to supplant Lieutenant Campbell. Lieu
tenant Campbell is also good worker, poiti-
cally, and to remove him would only have raised
a counter-6ght. A compromise was therefore
fixed on and Mr.. Callahan was removed to make
way for Mr.. Campbell and thus Mr.. Flaherty
becomes Lieutenant of the Fifth Police District.
IL Mr. Campbell the detective is to be Judged
of by the actions of Mr.. Campbell the police
lieutenant, then Chief Kelly has no reason to be
pIouu vi hlS hoN euoOI ulhdle.
THE PRossER CAsE.-Yesterday afternoon,
before Alderman Helms, q further hearing was
held in the case of Thomas Prosser, who was
stabbed on Saturday night last by Otto Bran
denburg, at the latter's residence, Marshall
street, above Dauphin.
Meredith NJ Jones, resident physician at st.
Mary's Hospital, testified that Prosser was car
ried to the Hospital about one o'clock on Sun
day morning, exhausted from the loss of blood
from three wounds, one of which was on the
right side, below the nipple, another a little to
the left of the median line of the chest, and the
third still more to the left and lower; at
o'clock Yesterday he began to spit blood, which
shows probability of internal hemorrhage; it
| is supposed the lung is penetrated, as there
! is an escape of air whenever the region is
pressed; he is still in very critical condition,
! and although no one of the wounds is necessa-
rily fatal, the man is in danger of dying; he
would be enabled to express q surer opinion in
four or five days; the wound he thought was
made by pen-knife, or knifelike dagger.
Officer Bird testified that he had arrested
Brandenburg, and that the prisoner had acknow-
| lodged the committal of the deed.
| Robert Brocklehurst, residing at No. 1888
| Germantown avenue, testified that he was with
| Prosser when they went to Mr.. Brandenburg's
| house; they were both in liquor: the first time
| they went they were told by Mrs. Brandenburg
that her husband was out, and they came away;
they went back again; Brandenburg was in, and
| he and Prosser commenced talking in German;
then Prosser struck Brandenburg, and he pushed
Prosser out he (Brocklehurs) tried to keep
Prosser from going back, but he would return
on going in the third time Brandenburg stabbed
| him, and also cut him (Brocklehurst); no our
/ was produced; he did not see Mrs. Brandenburg
| struck
| Upon this the Alderman held the prisoner fol
! further hearing to await the result of the
wounded mans injuries.
This morning Prosser was about in the same
condition, he having changed neither for better
| or worse.