Litchfield enquirer., 1871-06-01

2/ TEN8$W xeBk kYMf6QlUYHA AmQ1g tho . Rfe&i @hoeratie iciansSM He / aNSs gsSYoA, EAeHH HowSSsoA6g thSHlsasu0eSqf qf sF Eacpean ksHf 4 the SexReSse of>their R4ds4nd cdH&it3entse is Mn Patrick spWE late of Ihe 9eDerA Aseafarxat ssag Sing: AasDHy gRess 7 a2nalcofarts of lesSrs> TTse6 Sweeney, And Sne6r two Es, Of >4h0 Tamman3 ssSAtre San 6 higSatty, $saS tefss' o6ansslsand ~WardS by bsa6A jgAden- tsl leadsrs. .S b khs53gI wofe iEtle pass. .m&nqRceos& Acofd, ;e fsrsas it can be ,, t5aiESd 6om 6Maal Ssafoes. is in brief ' e gf@aoYs: in the eunq1ner of 1857 he shot endSkiNA6 .an9h6 6fensive colored man on aSWAst Way Without speaking to him. and aNp because he was a nigger;" for His6 Was arrested, but owing to political Ahhuehce was never brought to trial In
 1Sso he brutally assaulted, but did not
 quite kill, the captain of Long Island
 Sound steamer; for this he he was arrested,
 tried and fined six cents for "disorderly conduct" In 1862, having bought cap- tain's commission in the "Avengers. he commenced military operations by half murdering one of his ieutenants in duel; 4O6 t4A@s O4 COuIScs b0CG0 WEE uO 6IISSb OE attempt at punishment. Some time after ward, while with his regiment in New Or leans, he shot down two Union men who refused to sing the 's Bonnie Blue Flag" for this double murder he was stripped of his uniform by General Butler, and event.
 ually turned out of the service. In 1867 he celebrated his return othe political pastures of New York by killing mechan-
 ic upon little or no provocation; for this
 crime he was never brought to trial. In
 1868, in company with fellow democrat,
 he murdered German restaurant-keeper, who simply requested payment for what the twain had eaten; the assassins both es- capped from the city. but after brief sea- son the wife of the dead man. and the only witness to the crime, mysteriously disap. peared, and the murderers returned to their old haunts without molestation. About the following year he killed a colored barber named Varrick, whose only offence, aa m previous case, mentioned above, was his color; for this act no trial was ever attempted. Early last year he nearly suc- ceeded in murdering policeman named Dyckman, but this victim being also the possessor of political friends, secured his assailant's arrest, and fought the case to a conviction and sentence of nine years and
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 months the prisoner remained quietly in durance, and but little stir was made about him by his associates. They were not idle, however. All the power of Tammany was being exerted in his behalf. Tweed and Sweeney were working for him with an in- fuence that no living men could equal, and as result of their labors, the free and un- conditional pardon of MT. Patrick Duffy was signed by Governor Hoffman, just one month ago. The liberated offender re- turned to New York. was welcomed and feasted by his political friends, promised renewal of their support and favor. and sent of on a transatlantic pleasure trip. to enable him to wear off little of the penitentiary odor before he again appeared in the arena of active public life. He promises upon his return to again repre-. sent his people in the Assembly, and Tam many says that his promise shall be full flled.-R0ston JomnaL