The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-28
SIX MURDERERS ON TRIAL.
,,TRtORDINARY SCENE IN THE
OlEE AND TERMINER.

hy Thomas sheridan With a hnIe-Ine
KILLING Of Hugh mcC"h '' '-
Matthews Win mn Axe
The Court OF oyer ana ler'n'ner' oe'oIe '"'s.
Bernard Will TINS otnmg oe 'ne s'euo " -.
Uectacle, and one which couiu onU n''e "' '"'
N the extraordinary epde mic Of crime which has
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Har'led ihe me'oPohs uuI'"S '"' "'' ,.--
II the present year No less than nve murderers
80, 10 an, I'm trial for their crimcs-at least three
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ibv public Trough the newspapers may be trusted
.u tho rank as among the mott brL.al and unpro-
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voked case OF cap'" ''.'""' "" ..
all nl,sd.d not Guilty. when their trials were post
,o.sd rotii today. While all will have a fair and
oopeu ,.s,'ns the rubc' trembling under the
lrtrorism lately xercistd by the dangerous classes
no city. have the satisfaction OF knowing that
ueir cases will be presided over BY such fearless
punishcr Of evildoers as Judse Barnard, who will,
~ +orn, If The fact, should warrant il, make an
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tAnple OF U'so "'e ""e' ""' .u' ..'.'
other runans o. their Kind from following In their
tocts,,r. for some lime TO come These are BY no
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mems tie only cases OF urder ~hieh unfortunately
tsl flr iut icial nyeseation at this me but they
a.. ,te w.Ic,me b,ginnin.s of what II Ia to be
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against tie rerpc,rstion Of crime.
srx reporter yi.,tei tho unfortun,,s tmen in
their cells last eyernr and pre- pared for tho eniisht
,pment Of our million readers the following concise
.,,or,en, ,,,s Of A., eharr.s .rain,, each.
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,ous GLASS. 1ux MURDERER OF HENRY vAcurrn.
'0nN ULN''' ~ r"' ~ Y, hANa, "No'..H
roiyit.ms ten men. house, situated in the rear Of
li2 West Thrty-hnh street, eetseen Ninth and
Teuth avenues. John ass had boarded with them
for scme time, but Lad been beAindiand In his pay
ment, aud thev ad determined TO get rid o. him.
On Sunday afternoon. the ~, OF last June, Mr. and
a Srs. ms'"t, s zen, I'm w. 'une'si ave. noyhng yhg
xcnt ,nta eJin,njn, iagar haor asIoa, ,shsra ,hey
aet Glass who was intoxicated, and where an in.
tercl aigo OF angry words ensued.
Glass followed tlen TO their apartments, and 70.
his aoor Wachter told him that il would be better
for 1m to leave the house; tie money owed for
wapinr any fn,ther ,renb,s between friends Who
exidani,y couia no, eel alons togsthor t'Is., ,s
snnt bat M ss eo eSa po, 40 CO. s
when am M' ne TO So sD, sOd Wsch,sr sn.wsrsd
ncsS and IssrsnDG" G,s, drsS sS.u sI from q.
or words To- that effect plunged IL 10 The hilt In
ses,ers s11nl ;n1ppGs @ On an ,nss Of & The BLADE
r,nnna snd hiat 10 ~" don,h a. ryor,. ,o ,S ~ US
snor' aA' '''' " ''1'' IN 'sA A'AD''' ''s'''
,htoa,b ,he par, ncr, nc.. ,h Nc ~
sree s Ie an VA "a nv ,ne p ,o ana ~ ny ,ns
.au'sn % street, ana lunped overooard In his terror
wast Thi,,rofh ,,ra", ~ q, ha h,s gu " %, sae
ponneIl,' 10 happened 70 he near ms w. tnsrs
r"eoeorea AZ m. murterey Of NJ w,cstsr Nv es sse
murier. and was Licked up 10 AMI the r..Ui, % Of
sI'c,,sd u. xas romm,,,.a ,n ,, sne ~ 'e ,, 4,
lie Urans Jury Who inS;ci.d him for "' rnrds, o.
Ca. n o. .nd Tsrminsr ~ W. e'~' :" WV
G,s,s Ser,.. Al snowIed,. Of the uurdsr Al
sl,e ,ms he rsisss tat soneSoav .,.s n"s, s.ss .
done The deed and proiesses rreat sorroI M, the
death q hi. yietn. It !. evident, however, that he
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JOHN QUINN AND IhotAs hcAhrhf' huhpHahs OF
DAVID RriscnEa
About one o'clock on the afternoon OF Monday
the istI OF september, Tnomas MeCarthy, other
wise known as Stitch" and John Quinn while
drunk entered Daniel R,gneI's lager beer saloon
s3i First aver ue and called Tor drinks Being TO.
Ilsed, Quinn whipped out large jack knife and
In Q tened to kill Regner unless the liquor was
pr oda ed lie followed up lis threat with Q
aeIous assault but Mrs. Reg n.r. who was attracted
By the angry yo ees from back room, in,er'ered TO
ssye her husbands lie, when Quinn Knocked her
down and ran out without n6ieting nnrther injury.
Mccarthy followed him, and seizlng q huge stone,
hurled il at The window, breaking several psnes OF
Klass.
Charles +. WIZ ms, 81 FIRST avenue, and attempted
10 help tho pseVes TO LIQUOR, but were prevented by
Mr.. wilkins. H. revenge tpey stoie quantity Of
and amused lh smselses by throw wing them toward
Regner's saloon. They followed this up By knock
Ing down an elderly servant In the empioy OF Mr..
wilkins, who was sweeping the sidewalk at the
time and after abusing Mrs. wilkins shamefuly,
dead.
David Reischer, an inonensive workingman who
happe ned TO be passing At that moment on his war
10 work In Lauck's pork packing establishments on
Forty eighth street, near Second avenue, where he
10 employed, attracted Qunn's attention, and the
ruthAn instantly seized large coal shovel which
bing In bin outside the door. and dealt him Q ter.
RIO blow on the back Of the he:d, fracturinx
his skull.
,ihe Mo murueIeS sepatsvu 70. opoo, vus
f1scsr GiIher, / WHEAT whom he knoeked d.wn
with terrife blow oi his 6st desperste struSSIe
ensnsa dnring xbieh both the oficer and tia mur.
dersT vere b'dly cnl and bruised but Oubcer Iuy
srriyed opportuiey 10 Wright'e sssistanco and tie
tNo snccssded i'm bringing their priaoner 10 the
ii ninth street poi.e siatjon
SeaIch . as INN ediately NJ ade for Quinn who was
di.coyefed ed by Orfc.r VIM H. " eb6 concealed IN
John Fargn's bAT.room 3t4 East Porty-sixth street
lie as arrested alter feeble resistance and taken
20 the FtI.blnth street station where he was given
quarters in a cell near Met ar,Iy Fagap tie pro.
pri,tDT OF the r.roon WAS alter ward arrested BY
CAPT Gunner aud locked 10 on a charge OF Liding
and protecting fugitive from justice.
R'i.cher was laken To II Seebervrr's b,rber shon
sii Fins avenue and /. once l. Tei eyue Hospital
W ere he "a sd NO ta,s terward. lie was uncon.
,cinus until his death 1he COroner's Jury found
Mccarthy ami Quiun both guilty, but Fa.an was let
60. Justice ID INnng, before wlom Le was brought,
dsc imrg all Jurs iction over his case ana re er.
ring 1t to tie CoIoner's jury which had then been
d. .bind d
Quan IN II, smoo h-faced man, alb lut % years
Of agr, Wi'h q remarkably long, thin yisage, and
\ aIIols cast a. couttenaIce Ia Is n native of