The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-17


time when the guilty parties will be ar
rested and punished according TO law.
Passing over many murders, including
that Of Walsh, who murdered his wife,
Perfect, who murdered his wife, Husley,
for the assassination of Patterson, Crane
and his wife, keepers of low boarding
house, for the killing of one oftheir board
ers, and Sweigert, for the murder Of Cane
Higgins, VIC come 10 the
KILLING OF OFFICER o'MEARA,
by Charles Rafferty,. The circumstances
surrounding this case caused great excite
ment among the people at the time the
murder was committed and though, taken
as whole, there are no more law abiding
citizens nto be found in the country than in
this city, had an opportunity been offered,
there is no doubt that the courts would
have been saved the trouble Of trying
Rafferty, for his crime. The particulars
Of the murder are these:
On Sunday night August 5th armed
with warrant sworn out by some one
else, charging Rafferty, and several Others
with riot, Officer O'Meara went in
search Of Rafferty, and his friends. About
haf-past eleven o'clock, Rafferty, was found
in q saloon on the south side. He was ac-
costed by the officer, and the warrant read
to him. Expressing willingness to 20
along with the officer, he stopped down as
If to place his pant legs on the outside Of
his boots. But instead Of so doing, quick
as thought, Rafferty, drew from the leg of
one Of his boots large navy revolver,
and in quick succession fired two shots,
both of which took effect in Officer o.
Mearas body-the second ball passing
through his heart. Rafferty, fed, but was
captured the next day, and placed in Jail.
His trial came of on Monday and Tues
day last. The jury found him guilty Of
murder in the first degree, and recon-
mended that he be hanged. And every
body says amen to their decision.
The next, and the most cruel, cold
blooded, and cowardly of all these muir.
ueTsi WINS OtunS couiH'tbeu 'oss Cuhuoy
night, on Division street, on the west side.
refer to
THE KILLING OF CALLAHAN,
be an unknown devil in human shape, for
no other offense than that of attempting to
protect his own child from insult and
cruel treatment. Callahan, with his wife
and child, little girl of nine or ten years
of age, had been spending the day with
some friends on the west side. Between
nine and ten o'clock, the family, accom-
panied by two men, started for home.
When on Division street, near the bridge,
they met two men apparently under
the influence of liquor. Callahan
leading his child by the hand, was walk.
ing behind all the rest Of the party
Passing all those in front, when the two
ruffians came up to Callahan and the little
girl, one of them pushed the child SC
rudely that had she not had hold Of hel
fathers hand she would certainly hsv,
fallen into the gutter. Angered at thu
treatment Of his child Callahan said Il
them, "what did you do that for p Thu
words were no sooner spoken than one o.
the desperate sconndrels put his hand intc
his inside vest pocket and pulled out {
large knife, and in less time thar
it takes TO tell it plunged the blade int
Callahan's heart. The whole affair wa
done SO quickly that those Of the party il
front could only turn round in time +
catch glimpse Of the blade a. il Wa
drawn from poor Galatians body.
The murderers aed, and up TO the pre-:
ent time have not been arrested. How
ever, the matter is in the hands Of tn
police, and is it hoped the guilt
parties will speedily be caugi
and dealt with in Just and summsr
manner.
STILL ANOTHER MURDER
3 was committed in saloon on Canal stree
on Tuesday night. Two men, both undt
the influence Of whiskey, qusrreled abol
y some trivial matter, when one of thel
. drew large knife and dealt the other
, blow, from the effects Of which it
= thought he cannot recover.
q The murders above detailed are by 4
N means all that have been committed
p this city since the fire. There is now
I'd the Cook county Jail nine persons charg,
90 with murder, and II the law is not robb,
~ Of its just dues every one of them will
!. hanged.