, 1873-01-08
Tho Mystory Of Tho Hunt Street Tragedy
Cleared Up.
Arrest Of tho Assassin Of Young
Lars Gustav Larsen,
He Proves to Be a Boy Only Fourteen
Years Old.
Coroner's Inquest on the Remains Of
tie Murdered Man.


days Tribune, hn8 boon nrreHtGtt. llo tB n boy
Of IL years, namod Jamca Dwyer,-n atuntcd,
cunning-looking little follow, with a1nrr,
wcazenod faco, and wicked oyea. His proper
namo is eaid to 10 Delaney, but lo Is bottor
known by Lis step-fathor's nnu,o, Dwyer. Tho
boys antocodonts aro far from good, md his ne
aooiates have boon Of the worst possible doscrip-
ton. His Btop-fatlor ia d drunkard, divorced
from his wifo;. Ills mother, q Woodworking. ig-
norant woman, is perfect viraGo, wlloso tongue
Ii terror to tho noiyhborl,ood in which she
Lives, Ia noighborhood which is far from boing
respectable. or oyon lnw-ablding; Ills oldor
brother il a thief, aud is now Borying out long
sentence in thu Houao Of Correction.
THE YOUTHFUL MURDERER
has been brought up without much regard to
lila moral or n,ontal training, and Inns boon nl~
lowod to mako companions Of boys old In crime,
Tho crowd with which ho run hnyo boon ets-
pectod Of yarious robborics in tho vicinity OF
Hunt street, whoro this Inst murder was COM
mittel, aud always went armed with kniyos and
pistols. Tho Dwycr boys hayo fully repaid the
debt thoy owe their parents for tho neglect with
which they have been treated, mud hayo fur
nished torriblo example for other paronts to
tako warming from.
THE ARREST.
Young Dwyor wnB arreuted at his house on
Hunt strcot shortly aftor tho murder was COM
mitted, by tho Sergeant in command OF tho
Eighth Precinct Station. It WAS not known at
that timo TINT he WAS tho murderer, but it waa
suspected TINT he WIS acquainted with the boy
who had done tho deed, aud could give infor1nn-
tion that would load to his arrest. When
brought to tho police station ho denied all
knowledge Of the crfme, and aHaertcd TINT lo
did not know any Of tile boys with whom Larson
md hs young companion, IsaacBon, had tho
alteration. Ho also gave u wrong name TO tho
officers.
DETECTIVE B1arMoNH
wae detailed to work on the oaso, yesterday, and
with his usual allrowdnosH and good fortune
he Immediately cleared up tho mystery by find
ing the boy to whom Dryer had given tho knife
with which Larson's life had beon tnlson. This
lads name is olo johnson, and the manner in
which tic weapon camo into his possession is
rotated in his evidence boforo tho Ooroncra
jury, which appears further on. It is worry owl
dent TINT Dwyer sought to implicato him BY pro-
sonting him with tho knife. Ator Simmons
found the boy johnson, Dwyor confessed tho
crime. Tho knife iB q common jack-knfo, with
blade about thrco inches In iongth, upon which
thoro aro several blood-stains.
CORONER STEPHENS
mold IN inquest upon Larsen'a body yesterday
afternoon, at his late residence No. 275 WeBt
Erin atroot Thu ,y;trosaoa of Tia n,,r,tor ,voro
NIL young children, but they gave their tostimo-
ny in connected aud straightforward manner.
tile following Ii tho result Of The investigation
DR.. 7. H. EnfafoNg,
countv phveic,on teat;3a1 th,t In Ind ,,odo \
~, .a,a':, sos. Sl"S ~ nau uu4o
gust "o' 'e"s eAu'1iia''ol u 44ats austa'o Lar-
sen, and found puncturod wound In the loft
sido Of tho chest, about two inchos below and
ono inch to The RIGHT of thu n,nnlo. ,onotrotinr
~ o,,o.+ 1r,o,, osoa,;r, ~ ~ 'lt. ~ .1,.o
~ o-ess opvN ol'outne tuo olcst 'au @oaonlen'
tno apoomlna4 organs "ere 1onnd to DO IN a
hoa1thy condition and free from wounds. The
lungs and liyor wero also in n hoaltbv state. IN
+ho onar ~ tha hoort = ,r,,ot,roa ,ro,aa .5.
1890 49,. ~ n,s" t"1e'Aou "oo"u, i'aoo
", Ty nouo aaaaLl;Folntea ms!1nmens, was tound
+hnt ond d aI o ~ t se ma1 Oh
1n"' 's"1i' "nu itau esuseo !s tne mans aeatns
o, - ,,o.ua nAaY aasa;a ANN snnIoNs,
aBoa - yeaTs. 1estinea aB 1oHoWa: She did not
III siuptsiana ING hatuto o. IN oath, Put would tell
a. a. Be hnew. s about o'clock On Monday even
n9Iol Muht and dEnzabethstre9sH IN company With
olhef Httlo girls. ahe observed crowd of boys,
11ut ~ III number, Standing near the Hnme corner.
en1 M a, Know t"o o. them James Dwyer, and anoth-
With nan aud tfovps soys htms Ss
,1n,, wno u Iup 1i poys James Dwyer, stabbed the
Man. and then aN OF them run away: Witness
oio u9t SEQ eho man atrlko any Of the boys: She
MaS apDIt t"oh1ynFe 1eet distant Mt the timo OF
Inc staoolhK; witness was positive that James
lpwyer was the murderer, nH none OF tho other
poFs were near enough to the man to stab him.
After beng atabbed, Larson ran few feet, aa
II TO catch the boys, and then fell down dead.
CHARLES 1sAAcsoN,
On oalng sworn, testlhod that he waa 10 yoats Of
hge, and resided at No. II Hunt street. Ho
knoW IN tho ! murdered man tor aomo time lie last
aaw nm al1'o ABOUT O'Clock on Monday even
,ng. Larsen VAS then in front OF Nos. 50 and s5
!t nunt t, street Mitneas and deceased woro going
aneo a tAe 1oEmef house to 500 man named Dahl,
nu1 ne was ny a. nome ana 20 tlioy went toward
.ho corner OF Ell3nuoth anu Hunt Streets There
fn"s n a11i H. loua ur ltSe poya WHO 1o!!owed tho.
one ean ~ smG s oosa sscM wishess ana 10 lwsnoss)
FL ~ ts, "nnsu hoo nseo gfla wore standing;
LARSEN @ ,noh iah al1er ono OF tue boys and kicked
~ ILL., ano poys a,la witaeas fan away, aud when
" Totu5eu no 1ona Larsen lying on tho SIDE
yak: sys Witness did not know at TINT timo
- tl en a nl VIZ st"opGa, no ald not see my
~ 5na sne pgya a1so nlm: He Knew two boys named
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