The Republican journal., 1872-10-31
4 Murder Record.

something's me deed Is done in open day,
--7ln al night. and 1T times it is the eli
may "i "a long and intricate plot that baf-
'it~ all elu-idation. In tracing the caus-
'- q ih> greatest OF crimes the records
~A'W tAat ram and women WELD the pis-
ID and knlic in most instances Very
seldom dn we hear OF Il murder for mere
.thurrv- Drunkenness and jealousy seem
.H ir The great rropelling forces to the
allows. Yet not always TO the gallowS,
ilic process that leads thereto is ted-
ru- and The courts are cautious. But
whether the law SeizcS the criminal right
q ut wrongly the victim is here still and
th murder j. done. We have had with
n y year such record Of murders that,
doubtless, the public has forgotten most
ut them Who knows how many muir
'rr~ .;rr committed in our midst that the
world never hears of? Would it b.. rash
.t -tN jhat the =. on, iieless corpse that
Kept from rotting by the dripping OF the
"sIei apon u on slab in the Morgue is
always accidentally drowned" or that
Il Il, = case 0t suicide" There are dark
4igii> on The wharves, and the noise from
-.r splash oi a drunken man OF woman
int> not reach where relief comes from.
mere are dark nights, too, out in the
Iver and neither the cry for help nor the
vail ui the victim can reach the shore
Au unknown man" often. it is to be fear
-d means There is a brother murdered
ia the river"
With these eases. however. the Moreue
aud not the Tombs. is concerned. Through
fhr kindness of Mr.. Finley, the warden of
rbr romhs. a reporter was recently en-
..tlrd to ascertain the names and the num-
leg al prisoners in the Tombs who are
nuw awaiting their trial for murder. The
total j. twenty-five. and the following
.lve~ the names OF The accused, the names
81 The victims and the dates on which the
prisoners We're sent to Jail: Nav 4th,
1871 William Foster Tor the murder OF
Avery Putnam: January 9th. 1872. Ed
ward $ Stokes. ior the murder OF James
FISK April sth, 1872, Frederick IIeggi,
tor the murder OF Frederick Seigtreid
AITl I'D. ls73 David Murphy, for the
murder of David Barry; May 25th 1872,
James l.arkin, tor the murder of John
Murphy; MAY 5Uth, 1872, Patrick Clifford.
tor the murder of Mary +. Gallagher;
.lune ETH, 1872. George Common, John
Clancy and Martin Connors, tor the muir
def of William Morrison June l4th, 1872,
James Fully. for the murder of Augustus
Browne: Emile Andre, for the murder
of his wife; June 18th. 1872, Attilla Roivo
aud Giovanni Brown, for the murder of
Daniel Donuhue: June 18th, 1872, August
Wood for the murder of James Wood
June 18th, 1872, William Dunnigan, for
HE murder of his wife; James Kelly, for
iho murder of David Dorian; July 4th.
~. Thomas Coleb. for the murder of
bis wife; July 26th 1872 James Lamb
lH' The murder of Martin Mcdonald;
Nicholas White. for the murder of James
smith july 18th. 1872. Jacob Bender,
ier the murder of Matthew Burke; August
9TH. 49,. Joseph DYKES. for the murder
oi his mother; September 4th, 1872.
William Sharkev, for the murder of Rob
er : Dunne.
This is 4 startling record. In some of
these cases there were circumstances sur
runding them sufficient to make mems
blood run cold. Ii would be impossible
-u soon to forget the monster DYKES, who
lcked and beat his mother TO death
Though the old lady in her diving hour
absolutely refused 10 make \ CHARGE
against The son. vet he is still verv pron-
,-riv retained in custody to atone tor his
crime. The case of Haegi was also one
ol peculiar interest, as he was arrested
long after the death of Seigfreid, who is
aid 10 have been poisoned. The murder
OF dunno attracted a good deal of atten-
ton at the time of its occurrence. Sharkev.
who did the deed, being a noted politician
ia the Eighth ward. After firing the pistol
ia the bar-room, giving Dunno his Death
wound, Sharkey cried out, 'You know |
didn't mean to do ia great PREPARATION.
Nicholas White is we'll known porter
house keeper on the east side of the city,
and he shot James Smith in the street.
tie is said to be wealthy and to be in
hopes OF acquittal. Murphy, for the muir
der OF David Barry, was tried and con-
yIcted and sentenced TO be hanoed A
stay of proceeding, however, was obtain
ed in his case, and he is now awaiting the