Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Sept.l2
THE FIRST KILLING OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
A Boy Knocked tn the Head for Hur.
raining for Greeley

A BOY Knocked I'm the Head for Hur.
raining for Greeley.
While lot of boys were going home last
Saturday evening they met, near the corner
of John and Fifth streets, a squad of stragg-
Cling Grant Guards, in full uniform, (red
capes and hats,) hurrahing for Grant. One
of the boys, by the name of John 7. Con-
way, who was In return shouting for Gree
ley, was set upon by one of the men, who
struck him powerful blow on the side Of
the head with bis fist, which sent the boy
reeling against wall.
Z The boy complained at once of pain in
his left ear, went home and threw himself
on the bed. During the night he fell into
a stupor, from which he never awoke.
Before Z O'Clock in the morning he was
corpse.
Coroner D. Underhill was notified yes
terdsy morning, and commenced an inquest
on the body of the boy. The following is
portion of the testimony taken:
Daniel J. Malloy: Am fifteen years old
and live with my parents at No. ITO Mill
street. got with Johnny Conway at
Mozart Hall last night at little before 8
O'Clock. left there with Johnny Conway
and Charles Segale, and fell in with John
ny Mccarthy also. We tour went down
Vine to Fifth, west on the south side of
Fifth. We heard crowd Of men hallooing
for Grant. The men were without torches,
but wore their capes and hats Perhaps
| there were five or six men in tie crowd.
They were going east on the south side OF
Fifth street. A number Of ladies were on
the porch of some house on Fifth street
between Smith and John, who were hslloo-
ing for Greeley. When We met the men
lust west of John street on the south side
of Fifth, John Conway hallooed for Gree
ley. One of these men ran at him and
struck him on the head with his fist. l
don't know whether or not he had anything
in his hand. He struck Johnny once, when
ne hallooed for the man to let him alone.
Johnny Conway ran out in the street, and
the man who struck Conway dropped his
cape, and Johnny Mccarthy picked it up
aud ran out in the street with it, but drop
ped it upon being hallOoed at.
We thought then that we would follow
them up, to find out who the man was who
had struck Johnny Conway. Johnny Nc
Carthy said for us to find out who the man
was, that Conway could tell his mother,
and get out warrant for tie arrest Of the
man. These men went into the Fifth
Street Beer Garden. We remained out
sids the garden about five minutes, when
we left, and John Conway started toward
| home.
He complained of his ear just after he
had been struck; said that it had come from
the blow. He received no other hurt dur
| ing the evening while with US. The man
who struck the blow was small! man as
| wall as cOuld tell
Charlie Segale's testimony corrObOrated
that of the other boys who witnessed the
| affair. He said that when the man hit
Conway with his fist he knocked him up
against the wall. The blow did not knock
Conway down, but up against the wall.
The man who struck th5 blow was rather
a small man. The men who were in the
crowd wore their uniform of red capes and
hats. s1 -oa
John Mccarthy, another eye witness
made about the same statement, after
which the Coroner adjourned the inquest
till to-day.
1t is to be hoped that efforts will be made
by the men in the division of the process
sion in which the disorder occurred, tc
ferret out the murderer and bring him tc
| justice. TF.-