, 1870-09-22
OUR MURDERS,
A. Tragedy at LcmOnt.
a Divorced Husband Shoots His Wife.
Pursuit of tic Nj N1s1r6{crer..Arres
OF the Son.
Verdict in the Teller Case.

Tragedy at Lemont.
regular murder season seems to t,ayo tairI
set in and the epidemic is travelling from the CIT
TO the suburbs- The village OF Lemont Is the seen,
Of the latest horror.
AT Qunrter past O'Clock on Tuesday evening
the villagers were Startled by the loud Ieno.t of
gun 1t was followed by q CRY OF pain. and :
woman Vas found lying by the window of her cot
age, bleeding, and mottaliy wounded At the
same moment man WAS seen to rush In tht
direction Of the canQl, carrsing something In his
hantl, and who, In answer to the hurried tuter.
.oeatory OF nsIghbor, was heard to exclain. a.
did It, byJcsus." The people were SO much ex.
cited az The moment that n0t.riy thought of pur.
suing him, and lie disappeared. '~'
1he victim OF the c6wartily deed. was Mrs i.
HMn, VINO lived Ia small cottage between the
!alifnau track and tho canal The shot mad en-
tered net right s!de, passing through her lungs
az Ssomacn, ann me neshy Part Of tac breast
eno'. passed clear through ner body, aud lodre.,
n htI isft alm breaking It between the elbow and
tne SnouiaeF; The assassin hn1 stood not over
twenty Ieet from her, rs was shawn on sthses
1ncnt examination, The wntidIng OF Inc cua % Was
picked Up near The fence where the mau hai
sccrefed himself to take AIu. .
Mrs. lrnln vas uLable 10 tell clearly what hot,
occurred She had seen nj one; but was stand-
iag at the door OF her cottase, .looI,ug out upoa
tEe quiet street, Whcn She raw the Hash, ana fell
% the ground: From the tisst, no nopes were
entstta,ned Of her recovery. WIZ
AAC StSALlzt EAEAkrlCuL uAS prev R}leN tNF0ftrh.
out the district, aal lively eiIoits were maSiSr
Yesterday, to TRACK the murderer There q hi
9iS We Geinl"n e mo ag tue rsops Of Lenont a. to
name name is Er, Aincs, the former husband o: Mts.
Irwin. lie resides on a tam nh,nr
nss1s nxs mes 1is, distant from tho village II ap
roee him ysa15 &c he asS, sert se s s, 9pR! Tor
Ia iug. ~ her I'LL Of complaint, lung course sf
s,gl received q. bis hands rne court
moey- Some time after the settlement of iI,e NJ ~.
sorce chse, Amcs transferred fl,s property 10 h,s
sa1 ,snp "np y, y 9,n e IN Lockpor and the
''hc on the 1st u November next. On Tnss.;aS
teunG Anes came to Leuour for the ou1nose ~
aa massmg settlement Ne told Mra. Irwin tts he
er 70 go win him to Jocl that sscnnx to'lse to T
hrss. que az not GO, but aE. eed to meet him
,ts;ta &c 70 sona Msanesaay a ss'ffnty She
stc had strange dread OF the 5ouneS. thar ahs
Cousn not make up her mind to gu nione with
nnG t1ms scaaa Aes l. ana tSt che vas esen afraid 10
cay. The reason Of this d;slrust was well nn,iers
stood BY all her neighbors, who were faniiiar
VI W'dt IN ner family history; since the sepatatsar.
tne paft CT the old man. Ills Jea1uu.y yasm
rested n variety OF pttty annpyances. and H.
Ss Mas seen frequently 70 watch her at nlchts. she
irwin, who lrcs in the village, and their tn,i1nscy
- Il, snsPlcion In Amcs mind that they we're
sneEy. atnut O'Clock on Tuesday evening.
ABOUT TWO hcuis hefUrc the musder WA comT,r
Ley. suspicion attached to htna account Of he
ihfsrrsted. sud xeste1d murniug be Tas hrnn~,,
to Lemont and placed under arrest.
~ss fonnh vrstn,Gar oeGM sven slnee. The gun
.,nwn to the canai M iar on slpe ruaain3
cana In I'M ha + ha hnassnsly tried to throw into
II is @ is.heMH;'n. east Ill sGms @ snruebcry:
has been ,tenftne,, tseo sao'-Snn, and
which WINS carrier nf-Ymaa . .sn snc one
Drpsspu states that ft,ont ~ Nv. .4aa naMe'l
1attl shot was nrct1, he saw Old Amcs Tite NY NY
gun IN his hand, cn,sang corn na;,.t IN NJ hi
fsIr and going toward the road 1ean1 to to- ths as
seine Of the Inhabitants cp,er,n,nea n. ,.,,.,
,rss cs had thrown nlrsei fnto the cane, se pe'ef an
',rs.s. ts esSe1o! Moafs xesle'lay mornng it was
nssrsea- search was made at the same dine in
si no t9ace II his na; @s - ,ate noas last
eS IS Ssan psan; q ~ sac xss In
Mr. Irwin was still alive at O'clock hn. m
Ssts as sevtis nst cssS ss sS s4T;xs
nase teen much respected b. al te peonte Of IT,.
,,,,.! s,ge, Mm1lc Amcs kfe very unrnyia6ie rera
irce sear. no sS nfis9otS fs1n tSe ss,e Mg came y
MET .. ;rirc,astns the niece Of land Of, which H.
,cM .r, ss yss ,ss s s,nt iG5 ns vic aud ehe
hairy eeIiou. g1nsr Is los Sesz IL very
TsS IT. ne[ 10 seek redress 10 tho divorce court
h.n,..s ana,a a !nyestlcatln0 by the proper au-
nclll!es, anu 10 Ill probability the pernefrafor ~
nc 'ao'cer Will he toune in the course u to-day,
The ,r.,,n. ,.
The CORNERS tnoncs, -, tnaaes.. ,na
r,it,r whn w.,S 1uest 1c on tne remains OF Joseph
,,ret hridg. iss, ena Sn, ~ tac rver at Randolph
ay,. been ;,'nT,1cenH a'ay, anu was supposed to
hcrn,s of1,rn ,ast aSo;,,r was eoh1thneI 10 the
onai ,eaIn .ast e,xsnidg and The following al
s>'''iAons eacltM:
,r,. ,.,,.- THE DETECTIVE
ron, ime re-, n1olloM!ns communication was received
be case ~, sas sen1!aan. VINO WAS working on
1ents which would tend to solve the mystcry:
. . tnt c1.o:teT Of Cook <nanfp:
= 4o beips nnd5 shc nnavetaabic neecsity q ieav
le cet ean Do nnder the sncs ~ iaefn f, ss
statement of Whist havc done and di.enTesSi n
.e matter: Ta,t.
5oIna mat .aecpn 1G!cr called. ''trten and
= III - e-th ~ fs1pi - " o y. I'M SthlicE.
.hcr man With lin. inrfacT fonnd y r. Ts,e dne
I'd the other n1nn with him. On the corn thfssss.
rei ne and North Clark street. hefr tt.; id BEN
oolt ~ e!osf o9 mo sane evening Fro1 there all
- II .oss. 1ooG H9k &et good description of