, 1870-01-09
THE lEM0NT HOMICIDE,
Another Version Of the Terrible Sa-
loon Fight on New Years Eve,


The people ez rel Michael Moculloch =. Tne
Sheriff This Is ore Of those proceedings undel
The uahtds ctnJaz act, BY which the relator SEEK
his rcleaso from tGpstsonment, The other peu
t1nns are By JAmes Ready and Patrick Esue, Al o.
them being nled IN the Superior GoGrt, whence
tie WIT Issued BY Judge Gary.
The cases RroN out OF 4 homicide alleged to
haTe been committed At Lemont, in this couuty,
on the slas Of Decerber last. The three prtAou-
ets ars N The comgon ~. by yiFtus Of was5sns.
the Pence, II charge being murder. The party
killed beng famed Michael Mcc1ttby, and the
place nf slaughter beng the housc Of Michael
TIE prisoner McCnlloca states his vte1 OF the
case 10 the Court. alleging that MtchBel MCCARTHY
e n nese Stse5 ns1 y MURDER %
uer, II e deceased, Mccarthy, tn company W1th
seven or eight men, came to his saoon, u Le-
on e,s a. ;ptorest,u IL party sasa ss's s2s
their srrisal one Of ihe company thus
assembled called for !.qroF. trsxudx the whole
seJ sSa nefe sp6 9s a
sgbs Of hostiifty toward tbe prisol ef, with vnon
f5J aeei to pse 60 Mel
upon ther demand. tbey retnsed to make paJ men1
lot H. beirg at the fate Of ten cents per glaSa In
eg thu as ,sve o ans% n
h,m and clean out the building. Upoa this he
sought their pac!tcatiou, his aim being the avoid
acc Of no.e apd 9 9usIIel; ne m o1efsd TO taes as
demonstrated with trem upon their tnprppnesy
ISsiead Of needing h's request,, some OF the par-
II, Nccarihy being one. made Violent and, as he
alleges. an entirely unptosoked ATTACK upon nint
ne oelsg struck with the rsts Of The zssa.lants
e1 ended over the bar or counter, behind which
bin by the throat and cnofed him, Ard still
AZ other party Of them sought 70 get At him oe,
bind the bar. Being thus repeatedly slruck aud
oumf-er Of The nssa.ianis to defend himself, tne
blows stlIl falling on hin, be- with ono hand which
te nausQed TO release seized OF snatched
1"aded revolver from drarer behind the oar,
isssn @ eho h Wers beating him hi 70 aeass sad
leave the house. stat1ng st the time thRf the Pts
tol Naa loaded, and be would ORE unless he wss
the attack IN fnI force and with even greater vio-
ltpce. AID then, being almost completely sns.
rounded and eIhaua.ed. he commenced 1Etng
npon them dlschsrp!cg he beeves, three shots,
bet perhsps more By the time this humber Of
bnlttfa osd been sped, the pistol vas WEeached
from bis ha1os by Luz asaal1anfR, and then some
7scovertd he found htnse]f l5Ipg outside Of hts
rsloon building, The only Sign Of morality io hts
upon ZEE of lie aaoou ne
h's awakenii 8 that he 1as badly hIn.bed aud cat,
t,is syss almost closed, ard his whole body dIs-
There followed tn!s an inq1est,lpres,ded over BY
Mt. Justice Sicily, as the result OF Which he
care 10 ja!L The Nltnease9 upon the Inquest ap-
rear to have been Michael Grimm, David DrlscoN.
pr: l1Dy Jo. Z ph a Rood, ana Mcnael o'adsrs.
In the case. o! the other men, Ready and Ehne
the petitions alleee no facts connected with the
homicide: they only show that they have not haG
any examination upon the charge, but are only
neld under the nittt.aus Issued upon ihe heels o.
tie inquest