, 1870-12-03

A man 0cnks Hts Vile, and IL
Killed by Her PnrnmoaF.


From Tie Rkin Transcript, Drr. l.
Between 3 aid 10 o'ctock. Last Tuesday night,
. Haa named Patrick DOYLE WAS shot aad
killed ut P+kin, probably by 4 cuforsd m in
ramsd William cos'le., better known al avg
ger BILL"
Tbs f.cts, IS elected by tho Coroner'a Jury,
~llch Nas In session from morning to night,
"Ao waa worthless character, Lad besn .loEu
At Eoue Of the drinking sAlooas o. Cou.t
k!rect, in comrtny witt = man named john
Hamilton. The two had Managed to become
G tbsideiaaly Intoxicated. and litt1e after 8
o'clock theT Nj ntto Doylos honse, IN the east
tiiig souetbtcg to eat. After eatinS some
thing. Hamilton got some money from Doy1,'s
wife At went down to rertmAuh saloon Aad
purchased aqaazt Of wEi.kty. He returned
and the useu IL d WOMAN tagan to drink AID
were *oon in badly intoxicated condition.
finally he knocked her down a1u cut large
Eaeh IN her b. I'd, probably by tho fall, but
aoGe suppose lie used ktife on her Hamil-
ton and the woman then vacated the premi-
See. The forueE went 10 get come policeman
and the weman rzn for her life. Dsyle fol-
badly. While ehe lsy on the ground and he
Eas pounding her in the head and face, Mr..
William Still and rome other persons came
up. Still pulled DOYLE from on tue wonAn
aud demonstrated NTH him 1t his se:ioua.
The woman rxn to the hoase aud Doyle soon
She ran out INTO tie bsck .a1d, Doyle pussu-
ing ard eating her, ard Ms. Ss.ll folloxing
short distance behind. -
At this iuncsu1s man identified as william
ccsf1ey, or Sigger Ball. came up. Doyle
ssked him what te wss doing there. Ctstley
told him il he didn't let the woman alone, ho
uob}d ehoot him, and Immediately sfset 3,
shot vi. fred. Doyle fell and Nj. S..ll ran
up to Lin. DOYLE ta,d, Billy, I'm shot, -
AID orent his shirt to exhibit the n1uud.
Sail examined him and foand the bait had
pa setd through lis left 1ung and come ont
Ecar the spine. He was carried ilt, the
horsc, and o,ed IN fex moments. The ne
gro disappeared as soon ~ the ahot was fred,
and the woman euIk down beside i barn, and
vent into drunken sleep.
Mrs. ruGeslue. l1dT residing in the
neighposhood OF the Do. leg, testified that chs
/ Vas attrtcted By the noise Of the fighting,
ard, upon gong to the door, saw msn com:
ing Gown Court etrest. He halted near the
pattis a. and she heard the shot fred soon Af-
terWard. The man then TUNED, and ran back
the way hs came.
Tiers sesmA to b bat little doubt that the
shooting w.a done by Costley: Mr.. Still
a1ears positively to bis identity. The accused
wae arrested that evening, after the Adalr,
| together with two other colored men, WhG
we're liberated yeeterlsr.
| 1t Ia also generally believed that CostleJ
had been upon terms OF improper intimacy
with the wife Of Doyle, and thxt this explains
his interference In the af1xis. 6he seemed u
treat him with marks OF friendship, and b.
wsa often eeen At her house, CostIev hAs
lived in Pekiu from es1iy childhood, and hat
always been regarded - = we1l.behsved mln
much superior to the man he killed. VI
beard story Of him, in company With An,
other negro, stacking md h1dly beatiug I
citizen Of Pehu, year since, but canuo
| vouch for the truth OF the statement
Doyle Was had man In resrly every re-
spect- He had served ! term in the Peniteu
tlary, being sent the1e from Pek1n. som
years since, Tor committing = rape on ittl
girl. Lees than = year ago be Haa .rrestet
| and prost cu1ed Oh a similar charge, but the az
tdence sga1nat him vas Insufficient to conyic
him. He w1s carpenter by trade, but Va
drunk noet Of the fine. He formerIr res1de,
in Peoria, and h4s two brostess IN Pekin VIII
afro lived hero. His brothers are nen o
: good standing, and had nothing to do Wit
The deceased
The body OF the murdered man was brough
to this city yesterday, and i1te1rad he.e
CostIty ia IN jul The evidences is nainl
eoncauzire agsines him, but there il still sora
doubt Il to his identity, and he may be abl
| TO Prove IN q{iN,