The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-08-10
G1urticy ia Green Raw.

TN Tuesday night, five Of the hunlls on
the steamer Sog'a1m, viz: 4 negro waiter
named George Kennedy; the 2ni engineer,
named Wise: saloon keeper, named Clin-
ton; and Jane G,'1onnor and - Miller.
Nheelsmen, were our upon a spree, came
over to this city and amused themselves
and made night hideous by tearing pickets
from the fences and unhin~inr gates. on
Monroe and Walnut sts., and then went
up to certain houses of prostitution at the
corner Of Stewart and Van Buren, streets
not far from | O'Clock in the norni,r.
Here they first obtained entrance to house
and brutality mal-trcated Il girl named
/ Fanny Thornc. They beat and bruised
! her until her eyes were swellcd shut, and
then left her more dead than alive.
! From hero they went directly TO n
house on the corner of Stewart and Van
Buron streets and demanded admission.
which was refused. The only occnnants
OF the house at tho time were an Oneida
sqnaw named Sophia Doxter, alias Green
Wlch, ami man named Thomas Doyle,
with whom she lived We give the pro
cecdinsss as they were told TO ltS, not earouch
aug for their entire correctness: eL Il
e The man Doyle came to- n window and
pulled aside the curtain to hook out, when
Kennedy pointed pistol ut him and told
hlm to "stand back lie again yenturcd
10 look out and received similar warning.
MlSS'D5xter then came to the window ana
raised it, when Kennedy raised his pistol
ut her and fired, the bali passing through
or near the heart. She turned an,l stcpncd
to the door Of the next room saving NV
God, | am shot" then sinking to the floor.
she said, Il am SO faint" and Immediate
lv expired. The other shot frcl entered
the window frame.
Meanwhile, officers Geo. \. Lanrton.
Sheriff, and James Brown, Deputy Mar
ShaI, had been notified Of the row in that
part OF the city and hastcnei up there.
hen about block from the house they
heard two pistol shots Approaching the
house the five men saw them and cscapeI
down town. The officers then had no clue IL
to who the offenders We're: and it is too lonr
story to tell how they finally traced them
to the Sagjnaw However, Just before the
hour for the boat to leave, officers Lanrton
and Brown succeeded in arrcstng all of the
parties, and they were safely lodged in jail.
On arresting Kennedy at the dock. he drew
revolver and presented it at Sheriff |
Langton, but it was knocked from his |
hand and secured. 1t was found that two |
shots were missing from it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doxter, the parents of the |
deceased, and her other relatives are very |
fine people, and this is Il sad blow to them.
They have the public sympathy in this
misfortune.
The Coroner's inquest was held at the
house Of the murder on Wednesday morn
ing.
The Jury impannclled were Charles Hen
ry l.. Van Dyckc, IL. Thrall, T. McFayden,
}. LeClair, and Neil Gallagher.
+. S.-Tho testimony before the Coron-
or, inquest, now in progress, goes to show
that two Of the assailants fired shots, and
there Is prospect that it will be difficult
to tell which was the fatal one. The in
quest was adjourned to p NJ. Wcdncs-
lay, and as We 90 to press at noon, it will
be impossible to get anything definite. We
even be assured that all the names
5f the assailiants we have given are correct.
The Sheriff and his assistants are entit-
ed to much credit for their skill, energy
md promptness.-Green Bay Idrocate.